I started thinking maybe the reason he wasn't periodically showing up to spy on me was that he was the one locked in the Vault. Part of the reason was I'd been looking out for those classic Half-Life G-Man sightings while I played, and I hadn't seen any.
Excellent, chilling twist.Ĭhris: At some point before the end I suspected it wasn't Freeman in there. I knew it as soon as I saw his silhouette. I got the impression that this was the beginning of a split timeline, which is almost necessary for how much Alyx's ending confuses the events of the previous Half-Life games. Then it 'splits' and the house mirrors itself from above. We get that wild tour through the space-time house where some ghost man, who doesn't look like any character I recognize, is just hanging out.
