![]() ![]() Perhaps they even genuinely wanted to protect them, even in an environment that turned so many men into monsters. Perhaps it could be seen as another example of 33rd soldiers trying to antagonize and chastise the Delta, but when considered, they have all the reasons to actually consider Delta as such, given on what Delta had just done unwittingly towards the civilian camp, and shows that despite the atrocities 33rd had done to the civilians to maintain order in Dubai, they still had the conscience to protect the civilians from any attackers no matter what. A small example, but as soon as after Delta left the burned-out civilian camp, you can hear 33rd soldiers screaming angrily at your direction, calling the Delta as monsters for bombing the civilians by using the white phosphorus mortar. ![]() In the distance, one soldier can be heard, paralyzed from the attack, crying out for help as a fire approaches him. Many of them are crying in pain, a few begging the squad to kill them. Even before the wham scene, when the team walks through the base full of dead soldiers.Which is, of course, previously what happens. The music equivalent of watching a mind snap at a revelation. To say nothing about the music that plays when the group realizes that they murdered the civilians.You can see his mind fracturing as he tries (and fails) to come to terms with what he's inadvertently done. The way he closes his eyes - as though he is trying to will the sight away - is heart-wrenching. Walker staring at the burnt woman cradling her child.When Walker hears the Wham Line "We were helping.", he replies, "What?" and then looks over at the mass of charred civilian bodies and simply says "Oh no." You can practically hear his spirit breaking right there on the spot.Pay attention when Lugo screams "This is your fault, goddammit!" He's not pointing at Walker.The fact that they are in a deconstruction of that type of story becomes quite difficult to bear once they realize they are Wrong Genre Savvy. The tone of voice Lugo uses and the way Adams tries to defend Walker says it all, "What happened to us? I thought we were supposed to be the good guys!" They thought and hoped they were going to be in a typical story where the American good guys prevail and everyone gets out alright. What makes it worse is that in the aftermath of that incident, Lugo has an epic breakdown where he claims that Walker turned all of them into killers.The image is haunting to more than just the team. White phosphorus, and the sight of a woman's scorched, smoldering corpse shielding the eyes of her child's body.What little lightheartedness that the first half of the game had is largely dropped. From this point on Lugo drops the jokes, Adams begins to question Walker's actions, and Walker himself ( unsuccessfully) tries to cope with what he has done. To say that Chapter 8: The Gate is a Wham Episode and a half would be putting it lightly. ![]()
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