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Random Trivia: The number of buttons on G-Man's cuffs increases with every game. In the original Half-Life he had two; this is usually for a more casual suit. In contrast in HLA he has four, which is a more formal style. They also change from gold to black between HL1 and HL2.

getting up in Gman rankings. In hl3 it would be 8 if not more

That's very interesting, I never noticed that. I wonder if they were inspired by something specific for his look in HL1. I imagine they are purposefully recreating his outfit in slightly different ways each time to make him feel more "off" when you examine him.

Yeah each model of him has a few differences to his suit. Of course some things can be explained by just the engine/graphics changing... but I thought this was a notable difference.

At the same time, the number of buttons on the front is different. My theory is that there is more than one G-man. It's not just because their suites are different, it's like they act and think slightly differently from each other, or maybe they're alternate versions of each other. Who knows?

I have often contemplated if their are either multiple G-Men or he just duplicates himself (as seen in HLA). Of course it could also be he just changes his suit sometimes. Haha!

Forgot to mention: I have also noted there are slight differences in his personality between the games, leading more credibility to the multiple G-Men theory. Of course he might have just been in varying different moods too. I always thought he was more cheerful in HL1 (tone of voice etc.) Maybe G-Man just thought the resonance cascade was hilarious or something.

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it was pretty funny

he needs more buttons to show off the model and texture quality. duh

Another random funfact about Gman's model in HL2: his hands have a bit "broken" UV for the hands, some of it is overlayed over the suit part of the texture, you can even see it on the screenshot