The 3rd Birthday/Headscratchers


 * Ok, so Hyde explains most of the game more-or-less satisfactorily in the ending, but seems to leave out one tiny detail: Why the Christ do a bunch of cops randomly show up and kill everyone at the wedding in the first place???
 * Three words: . In slightly more words,.
 * Except in the ending What the hell Square?
 * This troper figures that the easiest explanation is that If you think about it, it makes a lot of sense...
 * I say the shadow government guys from the second game in SWAT uniforms. They were trying to kidnap Eve to recover their investment, and to eliminate the people who took down the Neo-Ark. It failed. Epically.
 * I have theory that's super crazy, yet more logical than Hear me out...
 * When Aya jumps into a person's body, do they actually shape-shift or is that just for our...ahem...benefit? And if it's the former, why don't the soldiers react to their comrades suddenly turning into someone else?
 * The latter...which opens up its own can of worms for why they don't react to a fellow soldier whipping out nonstandard equipment, let alone Liberation hijinks.
 * For the Liberation stuff, I think they would probably say something like "Man, that was badass!" and go along with it. Never question anything that can help you not die.
 * Its very possible that the Military and the SWAT team were informed of Aya's abilities. She's not exactly a secret weapon.
 * For more evidence backing up what the previous troper said, after Aya Overdives out of the Babel in Chapter 2, it just shows the SWAT Officer that she took over. Strangely, the (very male) SWAT Officer has Aya's voice...but that may also simply be for our benefit.
 * Actually, the game is rather inconsistent about this. In some scenes it is played as if Aya's host body stays the same and only the player sees her as Aya, but in other scenes, characters seem to be able to recognise her despite her supposedly looking like a SWAT guy at the time. It also makes no sense how Aya's outfit affects her defence or becomes damaged if her host is wearing standard military grade body armour. Though at the same time, you'd think if a guy suddenly turned into an insanely hot chick and started tearing up the Twisted, that his teammates would notice.
 * What's up with the first two episodes? Episode 1 to 3 all start at the same time with similar events. But how do these resets happen? My current going theory is that Related, how does Hyde know the term  It was Maeda that thought of it. Sure Aya says it to him, but he doesn't even seem confused.
 * Edited because upon playing a new game it occurs to me I was way off.
 * This troper has been wondering this for a while. Why exactly is  at the end of the game even necessary at all??
 * It's still necessary since.
 * But that's
 * Ohhh. I get it now. okay,
 * Because Eve's body was
 * Its likely due to the fact
 * Why was the Berserker laser introduced so late? The entire game you've been running from Reapers, and then it turns out there is a weapon that can hurt them that just wasn't available. Fine. But why didn't Delta Force or any of the Coalition Troops have one? It would have made more sense to show it once (against the worms, perhaps?) then for it to be in one scene with no buildup. Also, why didn't we see  That would have made a great level. The space between chapters 3 and 4 is just too big.
 * What happened at the end of Red Fog?
 * What is the significance of this game's title, exactly? Does it refer to ?
 * Why was the Berserker laser introduced so late? The entire game you've been running from Reapers, and then it turns out there is a weapon that can hurt them that just wasn't available. Fine. But why didn't Delta Force or any of the Coalition Troops have one? It would have made more sense to show it once (against the worms, perhaps?) then for it to be in one scene with no buildup. Also, why didn't we see  That would have made a great level. The space between chapters 3 and 4 is just too big.
 * What happened at the end of Red Fog?
 * What is the significance of this game's title, exactly? Does it refer to ?
 * What is the significance of this game's title, exactly? Does it refer to ?
 * What is the significance of this game's title, exactly? Does it refer to ?