But above all, Half-Life is perhaps known for Gordon Freeman, and his principle, mute protagonist gimmick. Since he doesn't talk, it allows the player to put themselves fully into his HEV-suited ...

At first, the characters believe this is a Combine super-weapon, but later they come to believe that it's where Gordon Freeman has been imprisoned after disappearing at the end of Half-Life 1.

Alyx and Half-Life 2: Episode Two ahead. But that’s no longer canon. Alyx mostly takes place five years before Eli’s death, while Alyx and Eli are fighting the Combine, and Gordon is in stasis.

Despite this Gordon Freeman action figure from NECA ticking all the requisite feature-defining boxes, there's something not quite right about its 7" plastic homage to Valve's Half-Life hero.

He “offered” Gordon Freeman a job at the end of the first Half-Life, only bringing him back roughly 20 years later for the events of Half-Life 2. Back to Alyx: Once the cell is opened ...

If you wait out the credits, you return to the scene where Eli was just saved, this time as Gordon Freeman. While at the end of Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Gordon and Alyx were just about to head off ...