PRESIDENT OF THE WEAVE - Let's Play 「 Dustborn 」 - 7
2Dustborn
Developed by Red Thread Games
Published by Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/72...
Walkthrough/Playthrough/Let's Play
Description:
Pax, Noam, and Sai are Anomals, who have to hide their Vox powers to avoid persecution from the governments of Pacifica and the American Republic. The trio is recruited by Theo to help steal data from the technocratic government of Pacifica and to deliver it to Nova Scotia. Unfortunately, this also makes them fugitives as they flee from the authorities of both states. Pax, being the unofficial leader, must use her own Vox powers and social skills wisely in order to make it to Nova Scotia and hopefully find a new home where she and her friends can be free.
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0:00 Recap
0:26 Betty's Diner
I delivered the letter to Betty, who now wants me to deliver a photo to Henry. However, I can't backtrack to previous locations, so the recipient will be a different Henry. I feel like this could be solved if all the Henry and Betty robots had a hivemind.
This is the infamous scene where the party is grilled by two cops. Apparently, you can outright accuse them of being racist if you pick certain Vox actions, but I left the Vox usage to Noam, who convinced the cops that this is all a big misunderstanding. According to the rest of the Internet, accusing the cops of racism is the One True Canon and what I did is Fake News.
I have no idea if there is truly a way to resolve this situation without anyone using Vox. Even if you say nothing, Ziggy will call out the cops using the same words Pax would have used. I guess they really are sisters.
I think this whole encounter is an aesop about how people can claim to support anti-bigotry, but fail to truly understand it and apply these principles correctly. Alternatively, they may only see anti-bigotry as rules with loopholes rather than a moral code. The cops may be diverse and inclusive in terms of other groups, but not Anomals. Similarly, Pax wants Anomal rights, but she's robophobic, showing that she needs character development in that regard.
30:20 Bus
I tried to be forgiving of Ziggy and Eli for not being consistent with the cover story.
38:04 Abandoned Mall Outside
You have to solve a puzzle to open the door, and it requires getting an Echo. I don't know why my Echo count is so high. Maybe the game gives freebie Echoes so that players are guaranteed to have certain Vocals by the time a mandatory Vox event occurs. That's honestly kind of evil.
Make sure to get the nuts from the vending machine.
51:33 Abandoned Mall - Freeing Lottie
If you have the nuts, you can get past the raccoon without using Vox.
You have no choice but to use Push on Lottie. That was so silly and unnecessary.
57:34 Abandoned Mall
It took a bit of trial and error to figure out what to say to Ziggy and Eli. Also, you can pick a hat for Caretaker.
Turns out Lottie is Mormon, which is unusual because Mormons tend to be right-wing and the Weave/Librarians is left-coded. I guess people weren't kidding when they said this game had diverse representation. Utah has the Mormon Guard instead of Justice in New Jerusalem.
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