Funny / The Suffering

• Killjoy's demonstration on how to perform a lethal injection is pure Black Comedy. He begins by pointing out that "unlike other medical procedures, the patient doesn't want this performed, so make sure the restraints are tight" and recommends lacerations in specific places if the "patient" is still uppity, as it will either send them into shock, or cause them to bleed to death, sidestepping the whole issue. What caps it off is the final line.
  "And who are we kidding? We're not really trying to be humane anyway. Class dismissed!"
  • Killjoy overall is much more snarky and hilarious in Ties That Bind, from insulting Hejira as a "self-important zealot" to him lampshading how the game's story is a retread of the first's.
• The whole scene on the beach with the Mainliner, Slayer, and Fester. You can almost audibly hear the Slayer thinking "Oh, Crap!..." right before it gets killed by a Fester. A few seconds before then, you can even see it poking the body of the Mainliner it just killed, almost like it's making sure it's actually dead.
• When Torque runs into the Marksman for the first time. The creature emerges after killing a CO with a huge fleshy mass on its back that has rifles sticking out of it. Upon seeing this, Torque looks at the one revolver in his hand. You can tell he's clearly thinking somewhere between "You gotta be kidding me" and "what the fuck."
• Try to steal Clem's homemade wooden raft boat? It explodes.
• In the first game, scary images flash onscreen for a second at random times, accompanied by a Scare Chord. Every once in a while these will be images from the murder scene of Torque's family, but the rest of the time the images displayed depend on where you are in the game. If you're in an area that introduces you to a new type of malefactor, you'll see images of that malefactor; if you're in an area connected to a certain event in Carnate's past, you'll see images of that event. So what images do you see in and around Dr. Killjoy's asylum? Rorschach test inkblots.
• In Ties That Bind, what's the first thing Torque does once he gets free from the Foundation? Steals a dead soldier's boots. Apparently running all over Carnate Island barefoot taught him a thing or two about needing foot protection.
• In the first game, you overhear an accidental PA announcement from some COs who think they're calling the mainland for help. The guard calling for help tries to sound calm and officious in his message only for another to shout over him and completely undercut his performance.
  "This is Correctional Officer Fuller at Abbott Correctional. Can anyone on the mainland hear me? We have a serious situation here-"
  "Fuck that! It's the goddamn apocalypse!"

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