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My first time through the game, I didn’t bother talking to Taggert. I just snuck into his room, zapped his guards, and swiped the info off of his computer. The second time, I confronted him. I was so shocked when I saw the “crowd”. Let’s have a look at Taggert’s audience here:

Eleven people. Taggert’s personal guard is probably double that. I realize that console can’t handle an auditorium of people. (Heck, it would take a good bit of work to get looking right with a decent framerate on the PC.) But this is just sad. I’m sure there was a better way to do this.

What I would have done:

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So yes, we’re back to the Haas puns. Sigh. This is why we can’t have nice things. Because of this.

When Jensen returns home, the top floor of his building is patrolled by Sarif guards. Now, these guys are here because Sarif is here, and there are riots going on. But having spent enough time in videogame trope land, I was SO SURE this was the beginning of a doublecross. I looked at all these guards, and the fact that I was going to confront my boss, and figured this was the big betrayal moment. I figured there would be a cutscene, and then I’d be blasting my way through these guys to leave the building.

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About that earth / baseball motif…

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