>late 20s nerd scientist college boy
>fought off 2 alien armies and the US military single-handedly
how
Late 20s nerd scientist college boy
Isaac Myers
Grayson Myers
yeah, he's kind of a badass...
Dylan Reed
He was wearing a suit of power armor
Evan Lopez
Because he could rewind the timeline every time he made a mistake (which was often), until he succeeded.
Aaron Moore
>a hazmat suit
>power armor
Andrew Murphy
He's armed to the teeth
Nathan Russell
Plot twist, the Combine is the US army
Connor Sullivan
>hazmat suit
>built in exoskeleton with muscle enhancer
>charged magnetic armor
>morphine injectors
>full body medical observant
>not power armor
Parker Allen
He went to the gun range often so he had some experience with guns.
Jose Davis
physics-based autism > crayon-eating autism
Camden Wood
literally just clothes, it's all in the wrist
Isaiah Howard
The right man in the wrong place.
Easton Rodriguez
He got into MIT with a sports scholarship and according to Breen he "just barely acquired the distinction of his PhD"
Cameron Edwards
>tfw Im older than Gordon now
David Bennett
shit ton of luck and g-man's hidden hand helping him along
Eli Harris
His was also equipped with plot armor and magic save states.
Christian Peterson
he probably played lots of video games too
Aaron Jackson
HEV suit
Jonathan Parker
Ryder Sanders
the right man...in the wrong place, can make....all the differenceee.....
Jeremiah Jones
it was you all along, YOU did it
Tyler Flores
in the wooorld.....
Julian Campbell
Literally powered structural integrity armor. Yes, power armor.
Juan Cooper
have really good armor
have really good guns
John Russell
no it’s China
Easton Gomez
seeing as the suit administers morphine, he's probably bogged out of his mind for most of it.
Wait, does that explain Xen then? And HL2 is actually Gordon's allegorical view of society post-collapse, full of paranoia and PTSD nightmares?
Ethan Cruz
>>fought off 2 alien armies
except he didn't, they invaded earth, destroyed everything and enslaved humanity anyway
William Torres
>Played half life on ps2 when i was 11
>In 3 years I'll be older than Gordon
I want time to stop bros. What are the chances we discover the secret to immortality within the next 50 years?
Levi Smith
what? he successfully fought off the Nihilinth, destroyed his army and freed the Vortigaunts.
the reason the Combine were successful was because he literally wasn't there for the invasion. but as Half Life 2 shows, Gordon has been a massive thorn in their side.
Wyatt Bell
Breen theorizes in HL2 that he had spent his time in stasis refining his operator skills after you fuck up the Combine so hard
Adrian Anderson
If we consider OP4 canon, then why the fuck HECU soldiers were so squishy? They wear basically the same armor as Gordon and they can be charged too.
Asher Rogers
why do a bunch of scientists have that shit instead of the army
Brandon Butler
How the fuck am insupposed to defend the silo in episode 2? These stalkers are a fucking pain in the ass.
Alexander Brooks
its from a time when shootans didnt need complex story or muh deep lore
Austin Brown
Who exactly do you think developed the suits
Cameron Morgan
Don't forget the military and alien tech weapons.
Brayden Gomez
Because they're sending scientists to a hostile alien border dimension. Also Adrian Shephard had a somewhat similar armor, just without a flashlight as he had NVGs.
Oliver Green
Power armor. Two women were able to accomplish similar feats given identical HEV suits. Also, the military does manage to take Gordon down, he survives due to luck.
Isaac Murphy
Gabriel Cox
the HECU does use the same technology in their vests
Camden Gutierrez
he scienced the shit out of it
Landon Lopez
The army DOES have those suits. the HECU marines have versions of it for their power vests. The military funded Black Mesa for that suit research and development.