10 Biggest Unanswered Video Game Mysteries
1. Half-Life - Who Is G-Man?
G-Man is easily Half-Life’s biggest mystery. Described as a “sinister interdimensional bureaucrat”, only ever making reference to his “employers” and even his name remains a mystery, never once being referred to as G-Man in game outside of the HL2 Credits.
Watching you across Half-Life before directly approaching Gordon Freeman in the ending, he seals Gordon away in stasis for 20 years and is implied to have been involved in the Black Mesa incident.
Taking a prominent role in HL2, he appears to Gordon as a vision upon waking him up from stasis before engaging more directly afterwards and actively intervenes in events to Gordon’s benefit.
Whether he’s purely acting on behalf of his employers or whether there’s a personal investment in Gordon’s success remains unclear. Given the success of Half-Life Alyx and Valve’s interest in returning to the franchise though, we may not have to wait too much longer for answers.