Just as Dude is about to strike a death blow with a glowing red arm, Guy blocks the punch with Captain America's shield, complete with the superhero's orchestral theme to accompany it (and a hilarious reaction shot from Chris Evans making a cameo, watching the video game stream in the real world). Just when it seems like there's no hope for Guy to stop Dude, he finally gets a chance to tap into the huge arsenal of weapons that he's gained access to while leveling up in the game. The result is the complete man-handling of Guy at the hands of a character who can't form a complete sentence. It's a super buff, shirtless version of Guy, and even though he's unfinished, Antwan orders him to be uploaded into Free City in order to stop Guy from reaching Life Itself. When Guy was at the height of popularity online, Antwan ordered an upgraded version of the character for Free City: Carnage to keep fans satisfied. The larger problem is that he's garnering so much attention in the game that it's keeping players from paying attention to the forthcoming launch of Free City 2, so Antwan orders the servers to be reset so Guy gets rebooted back to his usual self. That makes the romance blossoming between Guy and Molotov Girl within the game a little bit weird, but we'll get to that later. Initially believed to be a hacker controlling an NPC, Guy becomes a viral sensation, and slowly it becomes clear that he's actually the first artificially intelligent video game character to gain sentience. He tries to stop robberies, shootouts, and all the chaos that constantly goes on inside Free City. When he finally retrieves a pair of sunglasses from a player-controlled character after foiling a bank robbery, he starts leveling up in the game by being a hero. Not only does he fall for Molotov Girl, but he longs to become one of the "sunglasses people," the characters who are controlled by players in the real world. When non-player character (NPC) Guy encounters Molotov Girl in Free City, he's suddenly struck with an urge to break free from his typical routine of working at a bank that gets robbed multiple times a day.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |