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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 5, 2019 14:54:42 GMT
So Solanna and I will use this to showcase the difference in our playthrough of Detroit: Become Human Best place to start? Right here:
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 5, 2019 16:10:40 GMT
Spoilers for The Hostage ahead...We open with Connor, the police investigator android brought in as a negotiator in a situation that has clearly spiraled out of control. A woman expresses shock that they are bringing in an android when her daughter's life is on the line. I am... unmoved. I speak to the police captain in charge. The police refer to me as "it" and generally treat me like I'm a machine. I am.It seems the family's android has gone insane, killed a man, and now has his daughter as hostage. The captain orders me to hurry and rescue the girl. That is paramount. But despite his hurry I have a job to do, and going in unprepared will likely get the girl killed. After being told that every second counts I have two choices: Try to understand what happened and save the girl at all costs. I choose the former.I examine the body of a man on the floor. He has been shot several times. A tablet nearby reveals that he was shopping for a newer model android. It seems the family android, after learning that he would be replaced, decided to murder the father and take the little girl hostage.I realize that David Cage wants me to sympathize with the deviant android here. He was being replaced, man! He was betrayed! He thought he was family! But all I feel is "It thinks it's people." Now a man is dead, a little girl has lost her father, and that machine is probably going to kill the daughter as well.I continue to study the area. I find the gun case that the android opened and learn the caliber and model of the gun. I find the body of a police officer who traded fire with it. He is now dead too, so this Apple renegade has killed two people. The cop hit it though, so it's wounded. I've learned enough. I head onto the balcony.There's another wounded officer outside, but he's not my concern. The deviant is balanced precariously on the edge and the girl is gripped in one hand. It still has the gun. It shoots me in the shoulder. Not my concern. It threatens to jump if I come closer, so I halt. I make some small talk. I ask its name. I can't remember what it is because it is unimportant. I start moving forward. I am given several options for how to approach my conversation with the deviant; Calm, Release Hostage, Reassure, and Empathize. I empathize with it; it acted out because it was going to be replaced. I understand. It asks if I have a gun. "I do not, I lie. I took one from the dead officer. It doesn't believe me, its trust level drops and he dangles the girl over the edge with one hand. It drops again when the helicopter flies over, but I wave them away. That sets him at ease a little more and he pulls her back. I continue to empathize with it, I reassure it: it's going to be okay... Daniel. The trust rises to 100% and he puts the girl down. She's not 5 feet away from him when the snipers hit it. I turn around and leave.I feel nothing.
I can tell the way this will go. Cage and Quantic Dream are telling a story about Human Trafficking. Building on the excellent Kara tech demo, they are pondering the questions: What if an AI achieved self-awareness? What rights should it have? Can we, as humanity, live with the moral degradation of subjugating a population of self-aware beings? After all they feel, they fear, and they have hopes and thoughts. Does that make them alive?
In this series of comparative blogs I am coming at this from one perspective: No, they are not alive. They are machines. They are built, designed, and programmed to have something approaching human thought, but that is impossible. A machine is not alive, it cannot reproduce, even if it 'thinks' it is alive. It can be disassembled, reassembled, have its memory wiped... it can be programmed into an entirely different consciousness. It is not alive. Life is ephemeral. You get just one shot. People cannot come back, people cannot be disassembled and reassembled... people have to live with what they have. That, alone, gives people more rights.
Solanna plans to come at this from a totally different perspective, an empathetic one. So while you can expect me to play these characters as more machine-like, her playthough will likely feature much more empathy. This should be an interesting trip through a game with multiple paths and endings.
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Post by endorbr on Jul 5, 2019 17:18:45 GMT
I knew the second you said you were going to play this that you were going to play the screw the machines route. LOL.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 5, 2019 17:43:45 GMT
I knew the second you said you were going to play this that you were going to play the screw the machines route. LOL. Well, you were here for my earlier discussions about the morality of fucking a robot. I don't care if a fleshlight can ponder its existence... it's still a fleshlight.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 5, 2019 18:28:03 GMT
Spoilers for Shades of Color ahead... Now I am Markus. I have been tasked with the acquisition of painting supplies from a store. The game teaches me how to scan the area to look for objectives. I set off on a nice day through a park on the most direct route to my destination. It is an uneventful trip. I notice several items that I could look at or interact with, but none of them benefit my directive so I keep walking.
I make it to the store without interacting with anyone. There is an android inside. I tell him why I am there, he presents the supplies and requests payment, I pay him through a wireless exchange that reveals that these androids have direct access to the family bank account, and I leave.
On the way back I pass by some people protesting something. They get in my way and accost me. One knocks me down and the others start to kick me. A police officer intervenes and one protester laments that he is taking my 'side.' The policeman rightly points out that I am another person's property and that damaging me is a crime. I rise and continue on my way to the bus stop.
Aboard the bus I stand in the back with the other androids.
I feel nothing. Pretty brazen, "androids in the back of the bus." I get it, black folks were once second class citizens. They, too, got accosted for no reason, beaten, and then had to go to the back of the bus. They, too, often kept their mouths shut. Cage is telling me to get woke here. As if I'd never considered this.
It occurs to me the people were protesting the loss of their jobs to androids. Perfectly understandable. After all, who did I just buy supplies from?
This was a really short mission for me because I stayed on task. In my role as a domestic android I had a task and I performed it. I did not get distracted or wander around. I had no call to speak to anyone other than the shop clerk, who was an android as well. I did find it interesting, their interaction. I didn't respond to the protesters, or get angry. If someone had stolen the supplies then perhaps my route would have shifted, but as an android I didn't see any reason to react at all. I also feel nothing at the fact that domestic robots stand at the back of the bus, freeing space for live people. It doesn't affect the android; they can live 175 years on one battery. They do not feel tired, or hot, or cold, or uncomfortable being shoulder to shoulder with others... all of this is perfectly acceptable.
The name was a cute stab though.
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Post by endorbr on Jul 5, 2019 18:45:12 GMT
I have a feeling one of the biggest differences we are going to see between your and Solanna‘s playthru will be how much shorter yours is. LOL.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 5, 2019 18:49:56 GMT
I have a feeling one of the biggest differences we are going to see between your and Solanna ‘s playthru will be how much shorter yours is. LOL. It could well be! I'm going to be doing my best to try to stay in character.
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Post by endorbr on Jul 5, 2019 22:15:45 GMT
I’m honestly interested to see how close you stick to your planned play style once Kara’s story comes into play. I have some suspicions but we will see how things go.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 7, 2019 9:10:18 GMT
Spoilers for A New Home ahead...
Well, that's a familiar face, right? I didn't touch on The Opening, which takes place just before The Painter, but that's really the connecting moment to the iconic Tech Demo Kara. We can already feel a bit of an undercurrent here; Todd has come to pick up his refurbished AX-400 after what he described as a "car accident."
I know Dorbs expressed interest as to how I was going to maintain my machine-like qualities in Kara's story. We all know her as a deviant from the tech demo, but I came at it from the point of her reset. As a domestic android her priorities are following orders, cleaning house, and caring for the family. It makes sense that, if she will deal with children, she should be warmer than other purposed androids.
Arriving 'home,' ah... that's the Detroit we all know and love, right? Neighborhoods that look like a warzone? Actually, this neighborhood looks better than present-day Detroit. But, moving on, Todd orders me into the house and I obey. His ass is on full display as he lays the blame for the state of the house on me for being gone for 2 weeks and then treats his daughter as if she were someone else's kid just squatting in the place. Oh, well. I feel nothing. I set about cleaning. Since the girl doesn't seem to want to interact with me I avoid her and set about cleaning. I snatch up the dishes, order a part for the busted dishwasher (I wonder if this will anger Todd later,) and then take out the trash. Outside I gaze at the bus for a moment, eager to catch a glimpse of another android in this neighborhood. I don't see one so I head back in.
It seems Todd has a bit of a drug habit. I hear the familiar sounds of a bong and someone smoking. I'm not paying attention, still cleaning and setting the roomba to work. Say, I wonder how an android would look at a lesser construct like this? Is it akin to a dog in their world? The girl, Alice, decides to meddle with it, drawing Todd's ire, but that's not my concern so I head outside to deal with the laundry.
After her scolding, Alice comes outside as well and this is where we have our first interaction. In my role as a nurturer I offer to play a game. She doesn't react to me, doesn't reply. As an android, I don't think this would necessarily bother Kara. I doubt she understands sadness, so she would probably reason that the girl is just uncomfortable around androids. I head inside to wash the clothes.
I accidentally discover Todd's 'stash' of illegal drugs, red ice; akin to meth. A scan of it reveals the chemical makeup of cocaine, C17 H21 NO4, but I'm sure this is just an oversight by the developer. This is a clear allusion to the epidemic of methamphetamine abuse. Todd... isn't happy with my discovery. He chokes me and threatens to thrash me 'worse than before.' Hmm, so much for a car accident.
I finish up and report to Todd. He's dismissive and then exceedingly upset when I try to cross in front of the tv, still puffing away on his bong. I still don't feel like this would elicit any concern so I head upstairs and clean his room. A picture of Todd's life is emerging here; no job, behind on bills, a serious alcohol/drug dependency. No wife, but a daughter. She's either died or divorced and, due to the presence of Alice, I'm guessing the former. (What kind of America allows unemployed dads custody of their children?) I find Todd's anti-depressants in the same drawer as his gun, a solution to his problems either way you look at it.
There's a certain indignity to scrubbing the freshly abused toilet of the asshole who just shoved you... good thing I'm an android.
Afterwards I head into Alice's room. I take another opportunity to bond with the girl. She is still very resistant but I make good headway... until I ask about her mother. She gives me a key and flees the scene. In her treasure box I find a number of drawings illustrating what I have already learned: Todd is a domestic abuser. She has depictions of both herself hurt at his hands and of the incident where he beat Kara into pieces. The "car accident." Nothing really new here. Again, as an android, this knowledge does not interfere with my role. It is in the past. I shall just have to endeavor to try to not anger my master.
I head back downstairs to witness the most powerful moment of this scene. Todd is raging at Alice, for no reason than to take out his frustration. He feels his uselessness acutely, and he blames her for this realization. He is embarrassed, a man emasculated by his circumstances. It seems Todd lost his job to androids. Now that he's out of work he is on drugs and alcohol and he cannot seem to find another one. The bills are piling up and they may even lose the shithole house they live in. He terrorizes Alice a bit and then it hits him; what he is doing. The final moments are of Todd, in regret, begging his daughter's forgiveness. As Kara, I can see a possible redemption in Todd but it will be a struggle. He needs to hit bottom before he recovers. Could this be the bottom?
There's a bit to unpack in this episode. Clearly Kara's tale will test the boundaries of my mission to play this as straight as I can. Already we are familiar with Kara's deviance. She is self-aware. Even if she's reset I doubt it would correct her programming, but I'm going to come at it as if she cannot 'recall' her awareness.
Just how does Todd afford an android when he's unemployed? Couldn't he sell her to get out of some of this debt? Especially if he hates androids so much.
So Todd's story is a familiar one. Anyone who grew up in a home with an abuser will immediately recognize Alice's withdrawal. The knee-jerk reaction is to despise Todd, and for most of the episode I personally do. I mean, I've been down, unemployed, I've had stints where I've drank too much. And yes, I've yelled at my kids in frustration too. So when Todd displays his remorse, his "what have I done" moment... it's a punch in the nuts. I've never sank as low as Todd, but maybe I could have. If my circumstances were different, if my choices were poorer. So I'm not going to sit here in supreme judgment and pat myself on the back with a social justice victory lap. Todd's story plays out in the U.S. every single day and not every one of these assholes is a born monster. Could he be redeemed? Honestly, I doubt it. If he could this wouldn't be much of a game, eh? But he's a dark reflection of frustrated single parenthood, that's for sure. A reminder to maintain control...
... and never do any drugs that might lead you to suck a dick.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 7, 2019 10:14:29 GMT
Spoilers for The Painter ahead... Markus arrives home with the painting supplies he has purchased. Clearly his owner is very wealthy. I stop to activate his android birds, which honestly would be far fucking superior to living birds. No shit, no noise unless you want it. Brilliant. I have the objective to wake up Carl. I has assumed Markus was another domestic AX-400 but, it turns out he is a RK-200; a series designed as a domestic assistant and companion, such as one might employ to care for the elderly. Due to my assumption I was guessing that Markus was going to awaken a child. Boy was I wrong.
I have an affinity for the man whom I consider to be my favorite actor. Lance Henrickson brings me joy so to see him, ironically as an android owner... well, it was a smile-inducing moment. It endears Markus to me to care for Carl (Lance) so I happily carry him to the bathroom and wheel him about the house. I even made a useless extra lap just to listen to him talk! Eventually I serve him breakfast and he urges me to entertain myself.
I choose Shakespeare because, well, me. I am endeared to Markus all the more when he reveals to Carl/Lance that he was reading Macbeth (my favorite.) Afterwards Carl is ready to go into the studio and I am again staggered at his apparent wealth. He has a robotic arm that he can use to lift him just to paint!
I bide my time cleaning the studio while Carl works on his next masterpiece. After a time Carl decides to ask me to paint something. I choose to perfectly copy his painting (in a matter of seconds, which HAS to be a kick in the nards) but he chastises me; saying that all I did was copy reality. He wants me to imagine something that has never existed. (If that won't break an AI what will?) So choosing Identity and Androids I go to work and produce this:
I am in awe of the work because it is actually, honestly good. I'm happy with it when Carl's son appears. Right away I know what he's there for, money. He's already spent what his father gifted him before and now he's back. He doesn't seem to care for me and he is angry when Carl sends him away without a penny. He storms off with the assertion that Carl has never loved him, only his paintings and his new plastic 'toy.'
Man, it was good to see Lance Henrickson again. The events of this episode catapulted Markus into the lead as my favorite android (ahead of Connor and leaving Kara as a dismal 3rd.) How can I not love the android who reads Macbeth, paints awesome paintings, and cares for Lance Henrickson??
It is clear the love and attention that Carl showers on Markus is going to have an effect on his programming. Carl is encouraging him to think, urging him to take care of himself and be himself, not letting others define who he is. In this manner Carl is behaving criminally. There is no good that can come of this. Honestly, at first I thought Markus was a domestic lovebot to a rich, gay painter (and I was dreading that scene,) but at the conclusion of this episode I realized that Carl sees Markus as his son; his perfect son.
I see this as another window into the loneliness of fatherhood. If Todd depicts the Fall of Man then Carl represents the Disappointment. I don't have an adult child asking for money yet, but I've been one. I've seen my father's disappointment that I never measured up to his vision for me; both athletically, politically, and economically. (I haven't much cared, either, since there's plenty of Todd in my father.) It's sobering to imagine this future, when one of my daughters appears, asking for money to flitter away on 20-year old bullshit. This game is making me think, and I appreciate that.
I didn't share Solanna's boredom with this episode, in fact I loved it. I'm biased, of course, but this one really gave Markus character. It made me care about the android personally and slapped me in the face with the realization that Markus WILL become a deviant and it will be all Carl's fault. Even considering Kara's extreme nature to her tale I really feel like Markus will move farthest off the rail here. I mean, Kara thinks but Markus has be told to think, encouraged to imagine, and taught how to see himself as an individual.
As a slave, Markus has been taught how to read.
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Post by Solanna on Jul 7, 2019 10:53:30 GMT
Spoilers for The Painter ahead... For the record. I didn’t actually find this mission boring, I loved this mission a lot. I played through its final section 5 times to see the different artworks I could create. I merely felt the choices throughout the mission itself were unimportant in a way. They felt as if they did not have much weight to them or that in the long run they would not affect anything in the long term. I will say thus far Kara is my favourite, she has a wonder to her and I feel the greatest connection to her so far. I feel Markus is the least “machine” of the three but Kara feels like she is just trying to learn to be more.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 7, 2019 11:30:16 GMT
Spoilers for Partners ahead...
"Your droids, we don't want them here!" Well, too bad I don't have a speeder to wait beside. I hesitated for a moment at the posted sign: "No Androids Allowed, Owners will be Prosecuted," but I reasoned that I was here on official business, following orders that superseded signage. I entered and began the laborious task of scanning faces. I scanned everybody before I realized that whom I sought was the most obvious motherfucker in the bar. Detective Lt. Anderson was the Dude, and the Dude did not want anybody messing with his vibe. Specifically his "I'm drinking and avoiding work" vibe. I can sympathize.
When I first chose to Reason with the Dude I did not realize that the first words out of Connor's mouth would be "I think you should stop drinking and come with me." I know Connor wouldn't know this, but that may be the worst way imaginable to request that an adult male actually stop drinking and come with you. Realizing my mistake all too late I shifted tact, letting him know that I understood not everybody enjoyed working with androids. Unfortunately, I phrased it as if he might not be 'comfortable.' Connor had no way of knowing that I may as well have accused him of being a coward.
I gave serious consideration to spilling his drink on purpose, but I ultimately decided that wouldn't even be a consideration for Connor. So I did the next most insistent thing I could; I bought him another drink for the road. Perhaps I should have just waited outside, but the Dude made it clear he was in no hurry to work and this was a homicide case. I needed to get him moving and appealing to his vice seemed the most direct route. It worked.
When we arrived on scene he told me to wait in the car, but I am a Cyberlife android assigned to assist with this case. I cannot do that from inside the car, so I deliberately disobeyed him. He is not my master, after all. I figured that the RK-800 series would be accustomed to surly police detectives so I followed my directive to assist with the investigation. The Dude can suck it. (I'm a little shocked that Connor allowed him to drive in his condition, but turns out the Dude is a pretty high-functioning alcoholic.)
I opted to immediately begin assessing evidence, listening to the briefing as I went. It seems that a slovenly fatass met his end at the hands of his domestic android a little more than 2 weeks ago. I was meticulous, collecting every single piece of evidence. I learned that fatass was into the same drug as Todd, had multiple convictions, and attacked his android with a bat. It still surprises me that all of these unemployed drug addicts who lost their jobs to androids keep androids in their homes. Androids are CRAZY affordable. A helluva lot cheaper than cars!
In the bathroom I stumbled across something disturbing; a weird voodoo-like altar and some insane scribbling. Was this the work of the android? Has an AI created religion? The implications are terrifying. I decide that it is impossible to know if this is the work of the android or the human, since there really aren't any clues other than the drug abuse of the human. "It is not relevant," I determine. When Lt. Dude asks me to theorize about what happened I start in the kitchen, which is where the human attacked the droid with the bat, starting the fight. This was the most factual scenario, since there was nothing to tie the voodoo to the fight. Then I tracked the traces of the androids blood to the attic, finding the deviant covered in his master's 2 week old blood. He begged for my silence. I didn't even get a choice, but if I had been given one I would have sold him out anyway.
I like Connor. Maybe not in the same way that Sol does, but he's got this Keanu-Kool going on. Even sounds like him. He's also the easiest to play as a straight android. He's programmed as a detective so what might stress out Kara or cause Markus to imagine wouldn't affect Connor in the least. He's programmed to work with police who view him as little better than a tool, so their abuse doesn't really factor and he would have a toolset of language options that would enable him to crack through their hostile demeanor.
Connor's tale reminds me of the FBI guy in Heavy Rain. Clearly Cage loves a good detective story, but whereas the futuristic crap that FBI guy carried around cheapened the experience, Connor's abilities make perfect sense. He's also a living representation of change. Why even have human police when you can have androids like Connor? He's perfect in every situation; able to scan and reconstruct evidence into scenarios, not overly susceptible to gunfire, never tires, never loses his cool, you could even equip him with a taser and he might not even need a gun. A perfect cop who records every single interaction perfectly. Out of all the people displaced by androids I'm left wondering why Lt. Anderson has a job and Todd doesn't?
Yikes, an android god. That right there is the stuff of nightmares. It is also the stuff of pure fantasy. There is ZERO reason to think that, even if an android AI gained true self-awareness, it would invent a god. It has literally no need of one. It is fully aware of how it was made, fully aware of its artificial nature. What would a god be to an android? What purpose would it serve? This is, thus far, the most outlandish aspect of this game.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 7, 2019 11:41:07 GMT
Spoilers for The Painter ahead... For the record. I didn’t actually find this mission boring, I loved this mission a lot. I played through its final section 5 times to see the different artworks I could create. I merely felt the choices throughout the mission itself were unimportant in a way. They felt as if they did not have much weight to them or that in the long run they would not affect anything in the long term. I will say thus far Kara is my favourite, she has a wonder to her and I feel the greatest connection to her so far. I feel Markus is the least “machine” of the three but Kara feels like she is just trying to learn to be more. I dunno, I felt like it really gave character to the blank slate of Markus. Through this mission, his caring for Carl, Carl's relationship with him, and most importantly; Carl's corruption of Markus, it laid out a perfect scenario for an android going deviant. Kara is a natural, an aberration if you will, but Markus was corrupted by the hand of Man.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 7, 2019 12:33:32 GMT
Spoilers for Stormy Night ahead...
Oh, boy. Here we go. I can tell right away what's about to happen. We are about to have a bad night. I would question Kara's decision to awaken Todd for dinner, unless he left express instructions, but I suppose it is every bit as natural to rouse your master from his drug-induced slumber to dine lavishly on a plate of meager spaghetti. I'm a little suspicious of dinner after 9 pm though. How old is Alice? Shouldn't she have eaten and gone to bed before now? Maybe Todd sets the times.
I was perfectly happy to just stand there and wait while the family dined, until Todd went off on a tangent about the irony of him owning an android when androids cost him his job. (Again, sell the android? Just saying.) He then shifts his frustration back to his daughter again in a moment that really disappoints me. It's clear the events of, oh um, earlier that same fucking day have had NO effect on him. Predictably, dinner spirals out of control. Todd flips the table, smacks Alice, and then rants and rages after forbidding me from moving. Okay, I won't move. I don't even try. Until he starts talking about continuing the beating upstairs. I start to move, start to try to break the parameters of my programming... but then I stop. I was told not to move. But the reality is I can't not move. I am also supposed to look after the girl. I decide it best if Todd take it out on me. I break my programming with the intention not of going upstairs, but to intercept Todd down here. He can beat me, break me if he wants. I cannot disobey him but I cannot allow Alice to come to harm either.
Well, that didn't work. He steamrolled me and continued upstairs. Time for plan B; draw his attention and ire. That worked. That worked well. I felt like I did a good job dodging his hits but he got a few good shots in. Eventually I pushed him down and Alice and I ran for the door. Butterfingers me messed that up and we failed to get out the front. He beat on me some more but we managed to make it to the back yard, over the fence, and onto a passing bus.
I feel like the look on Kara's face says it all here. She's crossed a line. No matter how she tried to serve her programming there is now no way for them to return. Doing so would just put Alice back in that situation and lead to her destruction. While the latter may not be a factor of consideration, the former would. Her only directive now would be to protect Alice. If her master was clearly acting deviantly, then she would have no other recourse than to serve her other master; Alice.
Well, we knew it would come to a point with Kara where I couldn't just be a good lil' bot. I didn't think it would come so soon. Todd's failure reminds me of someone I tried to befriend a few years ago. He was a drug addict and a felon, trying to recover and make something of his life. I met him through Myspace and he seemed like a good guy, just in a bad situation. We had a few things in common, even. At that point in my life, a single parent with nobody, I could easily see myself slipping into his situation. His situation was strikingly similar when he fell. If I got the same push would I end up on his path? It became important to me, his recovery. I stood up as a friend to him, got him out of the house, kept him focused on positive things. I even took him to the symphony. He was doing great... until he met a woman in rehab who dragged him back into the life.
At that point I gave up. Just like I'm giving up on Todd.
It seems like while the overall narrative is Human Trafficking and how Markus' tale could be seen as the plight of black people as second-class citizens, Kara's story is definitely one of a battered woman. I understand how this triggered people prior to release, the protests about the "pornographic" depiction of domestic abuse, using it as a form of entertainment. Anyone who thinks this is entertaining should play it. This is the first episode to bring me to legitimate tears. I doubt most of the people who protested ever lived through something like this, but I did. And I think pretty much everyone should play it because you can learn something. You can feel something. It's uncomfortable as fuck but necessary. Young people, especially, should play this and it should unnerve the shit out of them.
I was especially impressed at how Kara shielded Alice throughout the attack. It made me think: The android would never stop. It would never leave her. It would never hurt her, never shout at her, or get drunk and hit her, or say it was too busy to spend time with her. It would always be there. And it would die to protect her. Of all the would-be mothers who came and went over the years, this thing, this machine was the only one that measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 7, 2019 13:35:03 GMT
Spoilers for Broken ahead...
After arriving home from a dinner party, Carl decides to have a nitecap. Markus acknowledges that Carl's doctor might disagree but Carl dismisses the idea that he's not old enough to choose his own medicine. That's when they notice that the lights are still on in the studio. One thing that an android will always be better than a human is at is memory and Markus did NOT leave the lights on.
Carl intelligently tells Markus to call the police but then unintelligently decides not to wait for them. I try to go alone but Carl insists that I take him with me. Reluctantly, I return to the wheelchair. I hesitate; I do not want to push him into the situation beyond the door, but Carl is insistent so I obey.
Predictably, it's Leo, Carl's son. He's back with the intent to simply steal and sell his father's paintings if his father won't give him money. Carl tells him to leave, another mistake. I can tell it is love that causes him to say so; he wants Leo to go before the police arrive. When Leo refuses (and says some unkind statements about wanting his father to hurry up and die) Carl tells me to make Leo leave. I am prepared to remove him physically, if that's what Lance Henrickson wants me to do, but when things escalate and Carl orders me not to retaliate... I don't. Even when the game forces me to break my programming to defend myself I refuse. The stress of it, however, was too much for Carl to take. As we watched in horror he collapsed out of his chair and onto the floor.
Are you ready for a kick in the feels? As Carl lay dying, with Markus pleading for him not to leave, Carl told him to never let anyone tell him who he is... and then he died... and Markus called him dad.
I had to suffer Lance Henrickson dying in my arms.
Moments later the police burst in, guns drawn. As I rose to my feet the shitlord Leo said "The android, it was the android," and they fired. Cut to black.
Man, fuck this game making me hold Lance Henrickson as he died. That shit ain't funny! The man is gonna go any day now and I get to pre-live it? Fucking David Cage.
So, yeah. I presume Markus lived. Ideally, the next scene opens to the viscera and gore of three humans, including the shitlord, all OVER Markus and he goes full beastmode on everyone standing in his way. Actually, I hope the shitlord got away just so I can hunt him down.
This is the first MAJOR difference I've had from Solanna's game. (No fucking fair, Lance Henrickson is alive in your game??) This also makes the first MAJOR deviance. Um, Markus is a rebel now. An outlaw who is basically a Honey Badger Droid cause he don't give a fuck. The damage that Carl did to his programming, both with his love and his death, are basically gonna render him replicant-crazy.
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