Since the main Mystery of the Druids page has been edit-locked (for what I'm sure are perfectly good reasons that I'd know about if I was here), I'd like to propose a change to the Be as Unhelpful as Possible entry. First, it sounds like a couple of different people tried to correct each others' edits; second, it leaves out some of the attempted justifications.
Most of Halligan's coworkers are totally uninterested in helping him solve the case, including Chief Inspector Miller, who demands immediate results. The critical path of Halligan simply phoning up a bone expert and doing a google search on modern druids would have taken mere seconds compared to the hoops the player has to jump through in chapter 1 and 3, respectively. The game justifies this by mentioning or implying misbehavior on Halligan's part (numerous long-distance calls on his work phone, putting an arrest warrant out for Prince Charles, stealing from his coworkers)...though one wonders why Halligan is still working at Scotland Yard, let alone working on a high-profile murder case, if he's so untrustworthy.
Then later on, a librarian resolutely refuses to help Halligan look up a book, claiming that her job is just to catch book thieves. She also refuses to let him check out the book once he finds it, due to it being their reference copy.
And while I'm suggesting edits, I think it's worth noting that the "droods" are only *loosely* inspired by historical druids, who weren't a demon-worshipping cult trying to take over the world from Christian monasteries; that the "early bad ending" is recognized as a valid ending on speedrun.com; and that Scotland Yard has reasons beyond "spite" not to not let Halligan into the database (see the Prince Charles incident).
Since the main Mystery of the Druids page has been edit-locked (for what I'm sure are perfectly good reasons that I'd know about if I was here), I'd like to propose a change to the Be as Unhelpful as Possible entry. First, it sounds like a couple of different people tried to correct each others' edits; second, it leaves out some of the attempted justifications.
And while I'm suggesting edits, I think it's worth noting that the "droods" are only *loosely* inspired by historical druids, who weren't a demon-worshipping cult trying to take over the world from Christian monasteries; that the "early bad ending" is recognized as a valid ending on speedrun.com; and that Scotland Yard has reasons beyond "spite" not to not let Halligan into the database (see the Prince Charles incident).
Edited by GreatWyrmGold