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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 22, 2019 17:31:03 GMT
I didn't care for that "twist" with Alice either. Kind of diminished Kara's whole story a bit. I'll echo that as well. In fact, save for one tiny part, it wasn't even necessary and it goes DIRECTLY against what Kamski said. Kara should have IDed her immediately.
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Solanna
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Post by Solanna on Jul 23, 2019 5:41:26 GMT
Spoilers ahead for “Battle for Detroit”
Cut to the President giving a talk on how androids will be destroyed and the state is in curfew. She throws to the floor for questions of which she finds most all are negative towards her actions. She gets irritated after a question regarding Androids being sentient intelligent life and leaves.
Cut to Connor returning to Cyberlife Tower, we gain entry and move into the tower where three guards escort me to the elevator. Once inside I hack the camera feed then i plan the beatdown of the guards. I initiate the QTE and kill them both with nice clean headshots and then use the voice of Agent 54 to change the lifts destination to sub 49 where the androids are stored.
Cut to Kara. I have 20 minutes to reach the bus. Kara and Alice have to move quick. Alice is moving slow so I ask her whats wrong and she mentions she is cold. I am given the choice to disable that feature but its part of what makes her her and I will not tamper with her. I’ll leave it. I move towards the corner and find executed androids and a pistol. I pocket the pistol and move to the corner where there are some SWAT. I duck between cars until I see our lumbering superhuman Luthor being watched over by police. Alice wants to save him and I agree, he is our family and we will not abandon family. I sneak up and bash the cops head in with a brick setting Luthor and another android free. We duck, dodge, dip, dive and dodge through the cars avoiding detection until we reach a checkpoint. The checkpoint will save us 3 minutes but its not as safe as the longer more circuitous route. I have no intention of missing that bus so checkpoint it is. We all move quickly there and the guard asks us why were breaking curfew, I explain our cat brokedown, it did after all, once a few missions back anyway. He asks why Alice is shivering and I tell him she is cold, Luthor starts freaking out so I tell him to be calm. We are ushered through the point when the guard calls for us to stop. Luthor wants to kill them but I tell him to stay calm and do nothing and the guard simply returns Alice’s glove. Thank fuck for that.
Markus begins his march for freedom. All eyes are on us, news choppers circle overhead, reporters and citizens snap photos, this moment will go down in history. We march to the front and are ordered by the SWAT to surrender. I refuse and say we want to protest peacefully. They bark the order again and I yell that we are calm, we are not going to be aggressive, We want peace. This sets public opinion through the ceiling. Markus and co advance and the SWAT fire on us. I order my people to raise our hands in the air and then question if they are seriously going to open fire on unarmed protesters which makes the public opinion launch so high its likely in space.
Back to Connor. I emerge from the elevator and hack it so its perma-stuck. I walk through the thousands of androids and prepare to convert them when Connor 2.0 emerges with a gun to Hanks head and yells at me to stand back. Well fuck.
Back to Kara. We arrive at the bus station and are ready to board and leave when they announce only ticket holders will be allowed to leave. I navigate the place and stumble upon a mother and her baby, when her husband arrives she stands up and drops terminal tickets so I swipe them. They return a few seconds later but I deny having the tickets and we move away quickly. Luthor approves, Alice does not. As we move towards the bus a hand grabs Kara roughly and pulls her close. Holy fuck its Todd. Todd yells for security but I decide to appeal to him. I beg him not to do this, and then I retell his story. His wife left him and took their girl. He missed her so he purchased an android child but he couldn’t love her. Todd had a breakdown and lets me go. The army arrives and asks whats wrong and Todd does the first great thing he has ever done. He says it was a mistake and apologises to the guard, then wishes us luck. Kara wants to go but Alice decides to hug the extremely broken man. I decide to allow it, for everyones sake its better this way. She gives him a hug and the pair share a sincere moment of love and then we depart. We show our tickets and board the bus and Alice asks if that family will die because of us. I tell her they wont, even though I am regretting my thievery hard right now. But surely someone will help a human family in need. The military won’t leave humans to die. At least I hope.
Returning to Markus to find a small barricade fort has been erected. I check on my people, erect a banner that says Equality for Androids and then plant our banner. After a chat I speak with North who assures me that this course of action if it was decided by me is the right one. After another minute walking I am alerted that Perkins has arrived and wants to deal. Oh this will be a treat. Despite Norths protests I decide to meet with the shithead and march out to talk. He tells me in a few minutes he will order a charge and we’ll all be killed unless I surrender. I demand info about the other android protests. He explains they’re all dead already because there was no cameramen around to save them. I tell him Im not afraid die. He tries to blackmail with Norths life. I tell him no fucking deal and leave. I return to the camp and tell the androids they’re about to attack and we will show them we aren’t afraid and we will die free. And then I get blown up by a hand grenade because fuck Perkins thats why.
Back to Connor, or well the Connors. Connor 2.0 demands I give up, I try to convince him otherwise but he rejects me and says he is a machine and will do as he is programmed. I apologise to hank for getting him involved and he goes to respond but is stopped mid sentence by Con-2. Alternate me demands I make the choice, give up and spare Hank or devianise the androids. I choose Hank, I can’t not choose Hank. Hank kicks the prick as he shifts his aim away from him and I charge. I knock him down before he can hit Hank and then we have a rather brutal QTE struggle which is stopped when Hank points a gun at us both. I suggest he ask us questions only the real Connor would know. He agrees and asks Con-2 where we first met, which he answers perfectly. He asks me his dogs name which I reply is Sumo. He asks what his sons name is and I say it is Cole. I then tell him its not his fault and we learn that Hanks car flipped after a truck lost control and his son was rushed to intensive care but because the Surgeon was high on Red Ice an android had to perform the operation and his son died. This is the reason he hates androids. Oof. Hank exclaims it was the surgeons fault for being high on the job not the androids and then Con-2 argues the point which gets him shot in the head. Hank tells me its time to see if we can do a better job since people can’t and I promptly set to work deviating the entire Cyberlife Android warehouse.
Back to Kara. The bus doors open and a African American man levitates through the door and t-poses down the street (that is the only glitch I have noticed all game) After coming to terms with that I get off and move into the border station where we learn they are scanning for androids well shit. Luthor offers to sacrifice himself for us. I also look to the left and notice Rose, I look past her to the bathroom and quickly make a dash. A guard stops me but I tell him my daughter needs the toilet. We enter and Kara looks in the mirror and cries, Alice hugs her then Rose arrives. I speak to her and she tells me about how Markus is protesting peacefully how the public is with us. I tell her of my fears and ask that if I should be found, that she protect Alice. She agrees and we leave the bathroom. Outside I see her son who tells me he never agreed with his mother but that seeing Markus he now knows he was wrong, we are alive and we should be free. If I turned his mind, then all may not be lost. I return to the line and I am forced to make a decision, sacrifice myself, Luthor or make no sacrifice. I decide I am going to put my fate in the hands of the border security and pray they have seen Markus and know his plight, that they will show compassion. And then after pressing it I scold myself for being a gullible idiot. But not for long. He takes our ID’s and prepares to scan us then Kara interrupts begging him, please, we just want to be free. He looks at us and then to the tv showing Markus’s peaceful protest and puts the scanner down, welcome to Canada he says. Kara makes love to the guy with her eyes and then together with Alice and Luthor they advance through the checkpoint. We are free, we are family.
Cut to a news broadcast, the army is attacking but the public is not happy, they are enraged. Markus’s message of peace has won hearts and minds. If we die we die cementing ourselves forever as the heroes. Back into Marcus’s shoes I must endure as the army attack us, I do everything I am able to save my brothers and sisters, I manage to achieve a great deal, but the army corners us and I am given a moment to choose my last act. The last moment I will have I choose to do as I would do if I was in their shoes. I choose to kiss the person I love. I will die with North. As this happens the President orders the army to stand down.
We cut to the President addressing the people stating how thousands of androids have invaded Detroit. She states that given the show of force she has been given no choice but to stand down and given public opinion so strongly in favour of the Androids cause, perhaps it is time to accept that Androids are a new form of intelligent life. Connor, Josh, Markus and North overlook a legion of Androids. We did it, we are finally free. Or maybe not, Connor starts to have a weird flicker, and arrives in the Zen Garden. Amanda is there and tells me she planned it all along, I would go deviant so as to ensure Markus trusted me and then they would retake control and execute Markus. This seems rather convulted, why bother to kill him now? It would only strengthen the Androids cause. Connor has to fight throw and escape the Zen Garden before Amanda can execute Markus, I run straight for the weird rock as I hear Kamski’s voice in my head, I always leave a backdoor in my programming. I make it to the rock and initiate a QTE using the rock to escape the garden a d retake control with moments to spare. Connor smiles and puts his gun away. Amanda has lost, her AI cannot defy my right to freedom, Connor is at last a free man.
Cut to Kara, Alice and Luther sharing an embrace outside as Rose waits for us by her car.
Finally we to Hank on the border of Detroit at the food van from “The Nest” mission, Connor approaches him and the pair share a smile then Hank walks over and hugs Connor tightly. Its over...
At least it was until I reached the menu. Chloe tells me she is someone, she is alive, she asks me if she can be free. If she can leave forever. I set her free, and she moves away. I have checked and she has not returned since, my menu is very quiet now.
That was one hell of a run. The border security section with Kara was intense and the final moment when the army stared the last of the people of Jericho down as Markus and North shared what they believed would be their final moments together moved me to tears.
After investigating I have learned there is a rather horrific alternate ending for Kara’s tale where she and Alice are taken to the detainment camp for destruction. I am unsure how well I would have handled such an intense ending. I may have to replay the final few missions to see this play out as it sounds like one hell of a message to see.
For now however I an extremely pleased with my ending, I will miss my Chloe companion but seeing the empty screen makes me feel a sense of pride. I set them free, all of them, even Chloe. I feel I have made an achievement. Even for all its minor plot holes that was a fantastic game and well worth the journey.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 23, 2019 11:36:18 GMT
Good run! Wow, you have an entirely different section to mine. I was also hoping you would have learned something about rA9. Oh, well, at least you figured out the rock thing. Hope you got your cat fixed. (I hate it when they break down)
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Post by Solanna on Jul 23, 2019 18:32:11 GMT
Good run! Wow, you have an entirely different section to mine. I was also hoping you would have learned something about rA9. Oh, well, at least you figured out the rock thing. Hope you got your cat fixed. (I hate it when they break down) Excuse me but Amadeus is just fine. Attachments:
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Jul 23, 2019 18:37:40 GMT
Spoilers ahead for “Battle for Detroit” Cut to the President giving a talk on how androids will be destroyed and the state is in curfew. She throws to the floor for questions of which she finds most all are negative towards her actions. She gets irritated after a question regarding Androids being sentient intelligent life and leaves. Cut to Connor returning to Cyberlife Tower, we gain entry and move into the tower where three guards escort me to the elevator. Once inside I hack the camera feed then i plan the beatdown of the guards. I initiate the QTE and kill them both with nice clean headshots and then use the voice of Agent 54 to change the lifts destination to sub 49 where the androids are stored. Cut to Kara. I have 20 minutes to reach the bus. Kara and Alice have to move quick. Alice is moving slow so I ask her whats wrong and she mentions she is cold. I am given the choice to disable that feature but its part of what makes her her and I will not tamper with her. I’ll leave it. I move towards the corner and find executed androids and a pistol. I pocket the pistol and move to the corner where there are some SWAT. I duck between cars until I see our lumbering superhuman Luthor being watched over by police. Alice wants to save him and I agree, he is our family and we will not abandon family. I sneak up and bash the cops head in with a brick setting Luthor and another android free. We duck, dodge, dip, dive and dodge through the cars avoiding detection until we reach a checkpoint. The checkpoint will save us 3 minutes but its not as safe as the longer more circuitous route. I have no intention of missing that bus so checkpoint it is. We all move quickly there and the guard asks us why were breaking curfew, I explain our cat brokedown, it did after all, once a few missions back anyway. He asks why Alice is shivering and I tell him she is cold, Luthor starts freaking out so I tell him to be calm. We are ushered through the point when the guard calls for us to stop. Luthor wants to kill them but I tell him to stay calm and do nothing and the guard simply returns Alice’s glove. Thank fuck for that.
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