>game starts out with all of your buddies, who all witnessed

>>388755432
>so you don't tell anyone about the black mesa incident
We don't know why he chose shepard, and probably never will. Don't push your assumptions as facts.

>>388755432
He NUKED the fucking facility you twit.

>>388755432
This game's story honestly makes no fucking sense.

>>388756436
How so?

>>388756324
G-man didn't nuke it, HCEU did.

>>388755432
what makes you think he didn't save your buddies, too?

>>388757871
No Black Ops were gonna nuke it, you deactivate it and G-Man reactivates it

>>388757986
o fuck you're right I forgot about the scene where you see him working on it. Ignore my dumb ass.

>>388758068
why do you think you'd see him saving your friends?

>>388755432
It's not so you couldn't tell anyone about the black mesa incident. If G-Man wanted to he could have plopped Shephard right back down where the nuke was.

He detained Shephard because he saw value in him, in the same way he saw value in Freeman. Duh. In a parallel universe where Half-Life was actually a series that continued and Valve weren't shit I wouldn't even be surprised to see Shephard come back for an expansion for Half-Life 3 or something because they know that even though he is Gearbox's creation that a lot of Half-Life fans like the character. Gabe has been asked questions by fans back in the day a lot about Shephard returning and whatnot.

>>388755432

>playing a Randy Pitchforky game for the story

This game was all about being a marine and fucking aliens up with your buddies.

This is precisely why it excelled at being a great game.