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been playing entropy zero: uprising and i like it, there is some flaws but it is still good, now i want to think about the characters...
since i am a weirdo, i like the combine, i like the metrocops and how they are still human (but yes still bunch of assholes), i always like to imagine how is the personality of a metrocop, but anyways still about ez: uprising. WARNING FOR SPOILERS AND A LONG TEXT!!!!!
"Victor-Sixty" is the protagonist, and i like him, i like his story and how he is in every ending, either with anger because they killed an important person for him and never forgetting about it or forgetting and moving on, he doesnt talk too much, seems to be a metrocop to have a better life and protect the integrity of his important person, a woman that could possible be his wife or girlfriend, but she doesnt like his job, she thinks there has to be another way, but Victor still decides to work as a metrocop, problably because he doesnt think of a safe way to keep her safe, the problem started when Victor was problably send to take care of a few rebels, and one of the rebels he needed to care is she, he didnt wanted to kill her, she was important to him, he problably thought he could just let her and so not consecuences would be for her, but it wasnt the case
"heh, coward" that is what he heard coming from one of his teammates (even a friend but i doubt it) after killing the most important person for him, even the reason he was a metrocop, the anger he felt was immense, so many thoughts come of his mind
"this is not the right path"
he blamed himself more than he could blame the responsible of her death, she wasnt here anymore, he only could feel an overwhelming anger and emptiness, he problably didnt have another choice that keep going as a metrocop, so he drank the water that makes you forget, could be his own choice to get over all of his feelings, or a choice of another so he could forget what happened, once he forget everything, he just keep going as a regular metrocop, patrolling certain part of the city, following orders, and annoying the citizens, once he didnt have many memories of her, he didnt care so much for others, principally thinking of following any orders of the combine, problably for the "better life" or if he still had memories of what happened, he still worked as one perphaps because there was nothing better to do, and maybe he wanted to vent his anger against the citizens (ik this is a really generic thought but idk how to put in words, he probably was so hopeless that he just kept going and didnt have anything better to do, or still processing it and being like in "auto pilot mode") He was also indifferent to the other metrocops, yes he can get along with them but he didnt cared that much, not any emotional attachtment, just working for his supperiors and doing anything he is asked to do. After all, he was there because he wanted to protect someone, not because he liked kicking people.
As for bloody cop, he just an asshole, brainwashed by the combine, thinking that if he is loyal to it, he could have that sweet promotion he desires too much, as i said, problably because he is brainwashed by the combine, and i dont mean in the literal way, he doesnt have any modification, he problably was there for the better life and couldnt think humanity haves a chance of winning, not even in the uprising, more caring about himself, he believes in the combine and it could have him privileges, oh and he is the responsible of the death of the important person of Victor, he said himself Victor is a coward, and knew he couldnt kill her so he did it himself, problably because since it was an order, he could have "credit" for it, he problably thinks the resistence are idiots so he doesnt care that much for them (and as i said, he problably doesnt believe humanity can win), also the reason why he wants Victor to drink the water, is so he can forget what he did and dont face consecuences, something curious is when bloody cop is the one who drink the water, he problably forget he killed the significant other of Victor, and was confused seeing how Victor is aiming his gun at him. My god he literally forgets what he did and is so confused of how Victor seems to act, and he wanted Victor to drink the water so he doesnt remember anything, maybe even he actually drinks the water so he can forget what he did because he felt guilty about it??? believing that it will not happen anything anyways.
As for Bec, 2810, the one that Aidan (bad cop, 3650) found one of the very few ones he liked, i think he worked in social care? , and if he worked on that is understandable he is actually caring, being a metrocop for the better life, scared to not being disloyal to the combine since you know what happens to the ones that opposes the combine, being here not entirely because he wants, he doesnt found the promotion to be worthy, i can say that Victor could find him more likeable since mostly of the time in uprising he is with him, but problably is not that deep, but at least he shows to care, especially in the alternative ending, maybe we could understand better their relationship in episode 2 (also it would be interesting if 2810 ever sees bad cop again, can you imagine how surprised he will be seeing 3650, the one everyone hated, being a combine elite? AND going againts the combine? can you imagine 3650 reaction seeing his old buddy???? IMAGINE WITH WILSON HE TELLS "oh this is the guy i told you about!!", sorry i like them both). Also i think it says a lot he was the few ones who showed respect to 3650, unlike the other metrocops.
This is just my thoughts of the characters, is long i know, but i liked how they wrote them and the story, i really like protagonists who doesnt talk too much, have a great potential but shows indifferent and just do what he is told to do (probably because i identify with characters like that) and shows metrocops with different personalities, being bloody cop the asshole idiot who would do anything for the combine, Bec being someone who even if they work for the combine he still have humanity and is there because of fear and seems to be actually kind, Victor being the one who is there for a significant other, rather than he having a better life.
Oh and also, I really like the headcanon that the metrocop traitor leader is Ava, daughter of 3650, i love her a lot, would be amazing if she ever is with her dad, yes very very unproblably but i like to dream ok, and talking about her, i love they included metrocops rebels, i hope in episode 2 we could get to know the rebel metrocop leader better because i really liked her and if i were to write about her i make this way too long than it should be. I may draw for this game since literally there isn't anything about the game and i'm getting desperate because of this.
i been thinking that they actually are friends and how silly they will be if they ever interact again (ik is not that possible but let me dream...) (3650 said to wilson 28 was one of the few ones he actually liked) (28 was the few ones that didnt hated him)
HIIIII HI HELLO ENTROPY ZERO PEOPLE IT IS I AND I HAVE COME TO DEFEND AIDEN WALKER/BAD COP AND IF U THINK HES ANNOYING UR WRONG AND SHOULD FEEL BAD /j
Bad cop in entropy zero 1 wasn't exactly the blank slate people expect from half life games/mods, but he didn't have much depth-- all we really knew back then was that he was quippy and very good at his job. He doesn't like people at all and is loyal to the combine to a fault, but we don't know his past, what his motivations are, and we kind of don't need to. EZ1 is about survival in a harsh environment where everything and anything is trying to kill u and u just sort of stop a gigantic rebel plot by accident and u get a shiny (mandatory) promotion out of all of it.
Entropy zero 2's writing is really fucking underappreciated because it takes that basic framework and elaborates on it ingeniously. When he insults people he kills or says "people suck" its not because he's quirky or some kind of generic marvel character it's because people do genuinely fucking SUCK. They used a mentally ill man as a scapegoat for a crime he was a victim of that cost him his family, locked him in a prison/care facility and tried to "change" him. Because he wasn't "normal" to their standards. They stripped him of every single comfort and right he had, every reason he ever had to care about a human being, not just the justice system and prosecutors who failed him and the caretakers who likely neglected or mistreated him but the people who hurt his family and took his daughter and the people who likely discriminated against him simply for existing in a neurotypical society.
This also gives Aiden a degree of separation from loyalty to the combine. He's not just evil for the sake of it he wants to find his daughter Ava and the combine's family cohesion perks are the only chance he has. He's loyal but only because he has an incentive to, and he won't hesitate to kill anyone, and I do mean *anyone*, including his coworkers and a fucking COMBINE ADVISOR if he thinks they can't help him or are trying to stop him from finding Ava. He's good at his job but gets in trouble for killing other cops in a rage induced stupor (not unlike victor-sixty) and of course because these are cops and his boss likes him the chief lets him go with a slap on the wrist and "outland duty" because he is "worth 10 of those guys", and he fucking IS. And Aiden takes it like a champ bc he will do fucking anything to find Ava. His Humor doesn't resonate with everyone and that is understandable (some ppl find him annoying and hes not for everyone), but he's not trying to be funny for funny's sake! He's using it as a coping mechanism for the fact that he has nothing else left and he's being lead along in the hope that he can regain atleast SOMETHING from his old life.
And of course, there is the master template (clone cop) and wilson. I love u wilson and u are definitely the canon ending but i wish i didnt have to babysit u without feeling bad I am getting sidetracked
A clone plot is hard to pull off and in most cases fails spectacularly but in Entropy Zero 2 it just fucking works. Clone cop/master is just the newer clone of Aiden but fucking UNHINGED. His loyalty to the combine is gone because he realized they're just using him as an effective tool, and the moment he gets Ava he has no reason to fight for them anymore. So naturally he RIPS OUT A PART OF HIS FUCKING SKULL AND SUSTAINS HIMSELF WITH BOOTLEG CYBERNETICS (I am not joking EZ2 is good at environmental storytelling u can find his fucking skullcap in his little laboratory just before plan B) there are so many little details I noticed on clone cop just before escorting judith on how he butchered himself just to stay independent and have a better chance at finding Ava. His will is fuckign unbreakable which feeds directly into his relationship with the player character Aiden. Clone cop is less of a clone then the Aiden u play as is!!! He even has the prototype AR2! In contrast, the Aiden u play as is clearly modified-- He's much more loyal to the combine but his will isn't unbreakable, and while Wilson doesn't directly factor into whether or not he chooses to fight the Advisor Wilson is CRUCIAL. Clone cop is methodical, using the survival skills from the events of the first game to subvert the rebels, the wildlife, even the combine-- The player character Aiden in turn is (arguably) less badass then Clone cop precisely because they modified him to be more loyal, taking away some of that incredible will and tenacity to try and keep him under wraps. This is proven in the there will be darkness ending where Aiden is mowed down like a standard grunt as soon as his memories/what makes him himself are taken from him.
THE WILSON ENDING IS THE CANON ENDING. THIS IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE.
Wilson is such a fucking important support friend for Aiden because he actually gets the chance to talk with something that isn't a human and is very sympathetic. Aiden goes from being fed up with him and using him as a survival tool to being genuinely concerned for him over the course of the game, Wilson is at first just a way for Bad cop to escape the lab beneath arbiet and maybe pick up supply caches scattered across the other arbiet facilities and sure MAYBE that's the only reason that Aiden brings him along at first but Wilson is very nice and sympathetic and he doesn't judge Aiden and it just. Gives Aiden a chance to rant about his feelings and open up and remember things instead of taking medication and bottling all of his emotions up. Wilson in turn is just thankful to escape the labs beneath arbiet and maybe have a chance at becoming an administrator AI one day if Aiden uploads him into the arbiet AI mainframe!!!! And the coolest part out of all of this is that clone cop only used Wilson as a tool and didn't really care about him but someone like Wilson is exactly what he needed to start healing!!! And the fact that Wilson is able to infiltrate the combine network undetected and free Aiden from the Combine when he's captured out of unconditional love and the fact that "hes da boss" is fucking GREATI am just fucking! Going insane!!! Its so well written!
In entropy zero 3 wilson and aiden will destroy the combine forever and victor sixty will also be there and he and Aiden will get married (real)