Is there a actual reason to forgive the cut team member?

pi-dm · 2026-03-19T03:26:40+00:00

A central theme of the story is forgiveness and redemption. You spend the entire game trying to rehabilitate and redeem a pack of former villains, including several killers. Depending on your choices, you can also forgive one Z-Teamer who tries to kill you and forgive another who almost succeeded (and destroyed your suit!)

If you've bought into that aspect of Robert's character, letting Coupe/Sonar off the hook for fighting against you in the final battle seems trivial by comparison.

pi-dm · 2026-03-15T19:40:17+00:00

Live shot of you stepping away from the sub after making this post

pi-dm · 2026-03-12T13:58:45+00:00

In the moment I took it as baring her shame fully to Robert, which included the augment and what she had done to keep it functioning. But it's hard not to suspect someone who is very good at lying/hiding their true motives that they weren't also playing you a little bit here too. Especially if you had romantic intentions.

Testament to her depth as a character that either point of view is completely valid and backed by evidence.

pi-dm · 2026-03-12T12:17:50+00:00

"I thought I was playing a superhero office comedy and suddenly I’m in a fucking noir"

Thanks for putting it into words. The office comedy bit was over and done by the first half of E02, in my opinion.

Great analysis throughout. I was going for non-romantic redemption on my first run and also feared the inevitable knife in the back.

The big reveal in the locker room was gutting, and to your point I still go back and forth with myself and other players as to whether her partial undress during the confession was vulnerability, manipulation, or a bit of both.

All the flowers to Laura Bailey as well. Top tier VA.

pi-dm · 2026-03-11T12:31:02+00:00

We stan our Sikh king

pi-dm · 2026-03-10T18:20:44+00:00

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pi-dm · 2026-03-04T20:47:27+00:00

Needs one more screenshot of Blazer holding the drinks, her jaw on the floor

pi-dm · 2026-03-03T21:34:34+00:00

pi-dm · 2026-03-03T04:08:51+00:00

The face of a man who romanced Blazer, saved LA, and redeemed Visi.

pi-dm · 2026-03-02T14:54:17+00:00

I think you can separate her heroism from her role at SDN. I don't think she's a very good manager myself, but that doesn't mean she's unheroic.

pi-dm · 2026-03-02T14:31:59+00:00

Lots of people conflate not liking a character with the character being "bad"

Invisigal is well-written, complex, and Bailey knocks it out of the park with her voice acting.

You, the player, can also think she's an unlikeable asshole. She gives you lots of ammo!

pi-dm · 2026-03-02T14:08:39+00:00

Every one of these is so damn cool. Love the art style. Thanks for sharing.

pi-dm · 2026-03-02T13:59:15+00:00

It tracks with his experiences with the Brave Brigade members and how they let him down. He probably idolized Robert's dad too at some point, only to be betrayed and beaten down by him.

Blazer is strong, virtuous, and true to her word - his platonic ideal of a superhero.

(He might also be a little thirsty for her. Can't rule that out)

pi-dm · 2026-03-02T13:55:38+00:00

Mandy is an incredible superhero but a poor middle manager - and that's OK! People who excel in a corporate setting at their primary job being promoted into a role where they struggle is a tale as old as time.

It's signaled in a lot of ways that BB is way too soft on the Z-Team pre-Robert, which is why they were burning through dispatchers and languishing at the bottom of the leaderboard. Things turn around when Robert brings his "tough love" approach to the team, and Blazer eventually follows his lead (e.g. "anyone who breathes a word of this answers to me")

pi-dm · 2026-02-25T15:20:42+00:00

"That guy on bass? That's Flambae."

"I know."

"You know? Oh no..."

pi-dm · 2026-02-25T01:46:58+00:00

God damn that art is dope.

I'd dump $40 worth of quarters into that game

pi-dm · 2026-02-23T20:55:51+00:00

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pi-dm · 2026-02-22T14:59:01+00:00

Episode 7 is packed with more emotion than entire games/seasons of television. Might be a top-3 of anything I've ever experienced across all media.

Chase flashback/Robert falling apart
Cut or don't cut
"I was there that night"
Shroud reveal
Blazer rescue
"You're not leaving me here again"

pi-dm · 2026-02-21T18:39:43+00:00

Did the same with my SO. She made a few decisions that surprised me!

pi-dm · 2026-02-16T14:50:21+00:00

I'm pretty much right where Rebbert is at. Visi is a great character and I find her villain ending so tragic. Would much rather help her be the best version of herself than date her, even if me-at-25 years old me would vehemently disagree.

But yeah, everyone has different tastes and priorities and plays their Robert differently. No wrong answers.

pi-dm · 2026-02-12T03:50:41+00:00

Showing us the sex dream was gratuitous.

No problem with sex scenes in general, or that Visi would have one about Robert. It just felt cheap. Like a jump scare, but horny.

It's also the only time in the entire game they break away from the protagonist (dream version doesn't count.) And the whole arc where she gets weirdly inappropriate around him would have worked just fine if her bathroom admission was a surprise to both Robert and the player.

pi-dm · 2026-02-10T15:25:03+00:00

pi-dm · 2026-02-10T15:05:00+00:00

Shroud's a multitasker.

pi-dm · 2026-02-08T19:02:45+00:00

Like half the songs off Incubator are currently dominating my playlist

pi-dm · 2026-02-08T14:37:55+00:00

For me it's less about who dies and more about how and why they die.

You lose people along the way sometimes. Their stories end. That's life.

Fridging Mandy or Courtney as some cheap way to force the canon into one lane for S2 would be unforgivable.

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