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* YourMindMakesItReal: Forget hacking into the human mind to give you an aneurysm or whatever: the Ripper can hack your brain in such a way your body's internal pressure builds until you explode from the inside.
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* YourMindMakesItReal: YourMindMakesItReal:
** Forget hacking into the human mind to give you an aneurysm or whatever: the Ripper can hack your brain in such a way your body's internal pressure builds until you explode from the inside.
** It is heavily implied this is why [[spoiler: Josie Dorsett died in the original Ripper game,]] but the dynamics of it are never explored.
** Forget hacking into the human mind to give you an aneurysm or whatever: the Ripper can hack your brain in such a way your body's internal pressure builds until you explode from the inside.
** It is heavily implied this is why [[spoiler: Josie Dorsett died in the original Ripper game,]] but the dynamics of it are never explored.
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** A big part of the reason Falconetti turned out the way he has is that [[spoiler: Magnotta forged evidence to get him convicted of Josie Dorsett's murder even though the death was most likely an unintentional case of YourMindMakesItReal, just because Magnotta was in love with Burton, who was with Falconetti. He eventually walked after the evidence against him apparently fell apart.]] It's completely understandable that he is maladjusted and bitter, especially the fact that [[spoiler: his marriage fell apart, his reputation would have been destroyed, and that's not even getting into the whole WeUsedToBeFriends angle.]]
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** A big part of the reason Falconetti turned out the way he has is that [[spoiler: Magnotta forged evidence to get him convicted of Josie Dorsett's murder even though the death was most likely an unintentional case of YourMindMakesItReal, just because Magnotta was in love with Burton, who was with Falconetti. He eventually walked after the evidence against him apparently fell apart.]] It's completely understandable that he is maladjusted and bitter, especially given the fact that [[spoiler: his marriage fell apart, his reputation would have been destroyed, and that's not even getting into the whole WeUsedToBeFriends angle.]]
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** A big part of the reason Falconetti turned out the way he has is that [[spoiler: Magnotta forged evidence to get him convicted of Josie Dorsett's murder even though the death was most likely an unintentional case of YourMindMakesItReal, just because Magnotta was in love with Burton, who was with Falconetti. He eventually walked after the evidence against him apparently fell apart.]] It's completely understandable that he is maladjusted and bitter, especially the fact that [[spoiler: his marriage fell apart, his reputation would have been destroyed, and that's not even getting into the whole WeUsedToBeFriends angle.]]
** [[SubvertedTrope By contrast,]] [[spoiler: Catherine, if she is the Ripper,]] [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse has a far flimsier excuse.]] The reason behind the killings is [[spoiler: one of the Webrunners accidentally murdered her mother and she doesn't know which one specifically, so she's just killing them all off one by one. The murders are all revenge killings by a depraved AxCrazy psychopath who doesn't care who they have to use or kill to get petty vengeance. It's also implied that, more than anything, Catherine is just a {{Sadist}} who simply gets off on the lurid murders she is dishing out.]]
** A big part of the reason Falconetti turned out the way he has is that [[spoiler: Magnotta forged evidence to get him convicted of Josie Dorsett's murder even though the death was most likely an unintentional case of YourMindMakesItReal, just because Magnotta was in love with Burton, who was with Falconetti. He eventually walked after the evidence against him apparently fell apart.]] It's completely understandable that he is maladjusted and bitter, especially the fact that [[spoiler: his marriage fell apart, his reputation would have been destroyed, and that's not even getting into the whole WeUsedToBeFriends angle.]]
** [[SubvertedTrope By contrast,]] [[spoiler: Catherine, if she is the Ripper,]] [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse has a far flimsier excuse.]] The reason behind the killings is [[spoiler: one of the Webrunners accidentally murdered her mother and she doesn't know which one specifically, so she's just killing them all off one by one. The murders are all revenge killings by a depraved AxCrazy psychopath who doesn't care who they have to use or kill to get petty vengeance. It's also implied that, more than anything, Catherine is just a {{Sadist}} who simply gets off on the lurid murders she is dishing out.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: It is never revealed who really killed Josie Dorsett during the original Ripper game. It's lightly implied [[spoiler: it actually was Falconetti, and that Vince got him thrown in prison over it, but it is also implied it was a case of AccidentalMurder.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Quinlan finds Magnotta's personnel file at the police department at one point, which notes his decker abilities are of the highest skill. This is before Quinlan finds out about [[spoiler: the Webrunners and the fact that Burton, Falconetti, and Magnotta were all a part of it together.]]
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* HiddenDepths: Vince Magnotta is an asshole and a DirtyCop, but there is a scene where he displays a lot of awareness about the Ripper's psychology.
--> '''Magnotta''': You don't have a clue, do ya? You're not smart enough to be a suspect. This guy is a genius, he created a perfect weapon, it took him years to perfect it, now he's gonna savor it. It's not just the killing he's into, he's into the ''power,'' the intimacy of going inside while the heart still pumps. He's into feeling the skin, tight like a canvas, and the warm blood spraying, leaving masterpieces for us to wonder at. And he's gonna go on and on, creating masterpieces, unless ''I stop 'em.'' I'm the only one who can, you know, because I know what drives him to it. So don't you ''dare'' think you understand that killer, or ''me.''
--> '''Magnotta''': You don't have a clue, do ya? You're not smart enough to be a suspect. This guy is a genius, he created a perfect weapon, it took him years to perfect it, now he's gonna savor it. It's not just the killing he's into, he's into the ''power,'' the intimacy of going inside while the heart still pumps. He's into feeling the skin, tight like a canvas, and the warm blood spraying, leaving masterpieces for us to wonder at. And he's gonna go on and on, creating masterpieces, unless ''I stop 'em.'' I'm the only one who can, you know, because I know what drives him to it. So don't you ''dare'' think you understand that killer, or ''me.''
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Falconetti can come across this way in his best moments. He is willing to help Quinlan swift through Catherine's subconscious after Quinlan sufficiently impresses him with his own decking capabilities, and he does this without asking for anything in return even though he knows Claire isn't going to be thrilled to see him. (Not that he seems to care much on that score) [[spoiler: Unless of course he is the Ripper...]]
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* [[spoiler:DisproportionateRetribution]]: [[spoiler:In the ending where Catherine is the killer. Let's see; she wasn't sure which Web Runner killed her mother, so she just decides to kill them all. She also kills a cyber architect who built the virtual Whitechapel for her, tries to kill said architect's twin brother, brutally murders a coroner who had just figured out her murder method, and even murders her own friend in the bad ending.]]
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This game is mostly notable for [[AllStarCast the sheer number of Hollywood actors]] involved in this game. The list is a sight to behold: Creator/ChristopherWalken, Scott Cohen, Creator/BurgessMeredith, Ossie Davis, Karen Allen, Creator/JohnRhysDavies, Jimmie Walker, David Patrick Kelly, and Creator/PaulGiamatti, and features licensed music from Music/BlueOysterCult.
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This game is mostly notable for [[AllStarCast the sheer number of Hollywood actors]] involved in this game. The list is a sight to behold: Creator/ChristopherWalken, Scott Cohen, Creator/BurgessMeredith, Ossie Davis, Karen Allen, Creator/KarenAllen, Creator/JohnRhysDavies, Jimmie Walker, David Patrick Kelly, Creator/DavidPatrickKelly, and Creator/PaulGiamatti, and features licensed music from Music/BlueOysterCult.
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* ScrewTheMoneyThisIsPersonal: Vigo Haman tries to bribe Jake when he questions Haman about his business. When Jake mentions his motive to hunt down the Ripper, Haman freaks and spills all.
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* ScrewTheMoneyThisIsPersonal: Vigo Haman tries to bribe Jake when he questions Haman about his business. When Jake mentions his motive to hunt down the Ripper, Haman freaks and spills all.
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* VerbalSaltInTheWound: Early in Act 3, reporter Quinlan is brought in for interrogation, giving Magnotta]] an opportunity to assault him at length in an attempt to get information out of him, finishing up by just slugging him in the face. When they meet again, Magnotta sneers at Quinlan for not publishing the incident in the ''Herald'' and mockingly asks, "how's your face, asshole?"
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* CreepyCircusMusic: Falconetti's rail shooter segment has an industrial circus theme in the background. Bonus points that the Cyberspace WELL it's in is called "Circus Maximus".
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* CreepyCircusMusic: Falconetti's rail shooter segment has an industrial circus theme in the background. Bonus points that the Cyberspace WELL it's in is called [[spoiler: "Circus Maximus".]]
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* CreepyCircusMusic: Falconetti's rail shooter segment has an industrial circus theme in the background. Bonus points that the Cyberspace WELL it's in is called "Circus Maximus".
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This game is mostly notable for [[AllStarCast the sheer amount number of Hollywood actors actors]] involved in this game. The list is a sight to behold: Creator/ChristopherWalken, Scott Cohen, Creator/BurgessMeredith, Ossie Davis, Karen Allen, Creator/JohnRhysDavies, Jimmie Walker, David Patrick Kelly, and Creator/PaulGiamatti, and features licensed music from Music/BlueOysterCult.
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* ActorAllusion:
** Possibly unintentional, but when Magnotta says Quinlin is on thin ice and "when it cracks, ain't nobody gonna hear you scream", it's hard not to think of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLhFIwkbtJI this.]]
** Not only that, but at one point, Magnotta mentions that anything he gives Quinlan should be considered "Film/PenniesFromHeaven".
** Possibly unintentional, but when Magnotta says Quinlin is on thin ice and "when it cracks, ain't nobody gonna hear you scream", it's hard not to think of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLhFIwkbtJI this.]]
** Not only that, but at one point, Magnotta mentions that anything he gives Quinlan should be considered "Film/PenniesFromHeaven".
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* ActorAllusion:
**ActorAllusion: Possibly unintentional, but when Magnotta says Quinlin Quinlan is on thin ice and "when it cracks, ain't nobody gonna hear you scream", it's hard not to think of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLhFIwkbtJI this.]]
** Not only that, but at one point, Magnottathis moment]] from ''Film/TheDeadZone''. He also mentions that anything he gives Quinlan should be considered "Film/PenniesFromHeaven".
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** Not only that, but at one point, Magnotta
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-> '''Soap''': In cyberspace, I can walk! I can run! I can fuckin' DANCE, baby!
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-> '''Falconetti''': Who! *throws knife* [[PrecisionFStrike Da fuck!]] *throws another knife* SENT! YOU?! *throws yet another knife*
-> '''Quinlan''': (screaming) AH SHIT!
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-> '''Soap''': In the net, I can walk! I can run! I can fuckin' DANCE, baby!
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-> '''Soap''': In the net, cyberspace, I can walk! I can run! I can fuckin' DANCE, baby!
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* NotDisabledInVR: Soap mentions that when decked into Cyberspace, his crippled legs aren't crippled anymore.
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* NotDisabledInVR: Soap Beatty mentions that when decked into Cyberspace, his crippled legs aren't crippled anymore.
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* NotDisabledInVR: Soap mentions that when decked into Cyberspace, his crippled legs aren't crippled anymore.
-> '''Soap''': In the net, I can walk! I can run! I can fuckin' DANCE, baby!
-> '''Soap''': In the net, I can walk! I can run! I can fuckin' DANCE, baby!
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--> '''Falconetti''': Who! *throws knife* [[PrecisionFStrike Da fuck!]] *throws another knife* SENT! YOU?! *throws yet another knife*
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* AutopsySnackTime: Farley is always eating or smoking in the [=MetaCog=] morgue. He gets fired later in the game because of it.
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* NervousWreck: Farley's replacement Bob is one twitchy dude.
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* NervousWreck: Farley's replacement Bob Epples is one twitchy dude.
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* HiredToHuntYourself: If the ending reveals Magnotta to be the Ripper all along, then he's been carrying out the officla investigation into his own murders throughout the entire game.
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* BlackComedy: One of the most hilarious, if not twisted moments in the game stands out at the beginning of the second act, between Quinlan and the hospital's receptionist, Viv. Even [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] and WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} found it worth a laugh.
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* BlackComedy: One of the most hilarious, if not twisted moments in the game stands out at the beginning of the second act, between Quinlan and the hospital's receptionist, Viv. Even [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] and WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} found it worth a laugh.
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* SassySecretary: Viv, the [=MetaCog=] hospital's receptionist. The first thing she even says to Jake is, "Can I [[FreudianSlip help you off]] or something?"
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* RecordedSplicedConversation: Jake has to record Dr. Button's voice to open a voice-locked door in the Metacog's basement. Made slightly more difficult as Jake has to download an audio editor from cyberspace first.
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* RecordedSplicedConversation: Jake has to record Dr. Button's Burton's voice to open a voice-locked door in the Metacog's basement. Made slightly more difficult as Jake has to download an audio editor from cyberspace first.
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--> '''Spoony''': With a ''knife'', while handcuffed?
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--> '''Spoony''': With a ''knife'', knife, while handcuffed?
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--> '''Magnotta''': Self defence, man. I mean, why'd you hit me, Quinlan? What are you, stupid? Hitting a cop?!
--> '''Spoony''': With a knife, while handcuffed.
--> '''Spoony''': With a knife, while handcuffed.
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--> '''Magnotta''': Self defence, defense, man. I mean, why'd you hit me, Quinlan? What are you, stupid? Hitting a cop?!
--> '''Spoony''': With aknife, ''knife'', while handcuffed.handcuffed?
--> '''Spoony''': With a
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* NoodleIncident: One of the [=WebRunners=] tells Quinlan that Falconetti once decked with another gang called Error 33, in which he supposedly took out the credit record of everyone on the East Coast. Nowhere else in the game does this come up.
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* AmbiguousCriminalHistory: Falconetti admits that he's a RetiredOutlaw at one point, but it's never stated what he did that was illegal. [[spoiler: He was jailed for 2 years over Josie Dorsett's murder, but let go later because Magnotta faked the evidence.]]
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* MistakenForMurderer: Jake gets arrested by Magnotta at the start of Act 3, believed to be the killer because he was always the last person to see the Ripper's victim. He only gets released because Magnotta couldn't find any evidence to back it up.
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* BrickJoke: At one point Jake can steal Magnotta's ID card and use it to rifle through his personnel files. If you talk to him enough later on, Magnotta opens an envelope with a new ID card inside, while complaining that the desk sergeant was too lazy to keep his stuff safe.
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* DonutMessWithACop: The desk sergeant has one on his desk, sometimes.
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* DonutMessWithACop: The Lou Brandon, the desk sergeant has one on his desk, sometimes.
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* DataPad/VideoPhone: Jake's WAC (Wireless Access Console), complete with Blue Swirly Thing in the corner.
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* DataPad/VideoPhone: DataPad / VideoPhone: Jake's WAC (Wireless Access Console), complete with Blue Swirly Thing in the corner.
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* DataPad/VideoPhone: Jake's WAC (Wireless Access Console), complete with Blue Swirly Thing in the corner.
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* VideoPhone: Complete with Blue Swirly Thing in the corner.
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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMindJourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Whenever Jake hacks into Catherine's brain. Played straighter when Falconetti first helps Jake get in, as Jake has to shoot away "psychological ICE" in order to reach her.
