| Solid-Stark said: Good read. My two big questions are: Whats with the zombified dude in the chateu? and So is snake...err Talbot a super human or something? |
Zombified dude was because of the spiders. They had molested him ;)
Talbots story according to Amy hennig =
Marlowe's crew is supposed to be a highly-trained clandestine organization, with roots stretching back to Elizabeth I and earlier. Sort of like CIA/MI6 secret intelligence service type ops... so the idea is they have lots of means to confound their enemies like a secret arm of the CIA or MI6 might, for example. Like Cutter says, manipulating their enemies through espionage, deception, fear.
This is based on real-life clandestine ops, and "the art of deception". Groups like the CIA really used magician's tricks as well as drugs, etc. to trick and frighten their enemies. So - you can assume there's a rational explanation behind these mysteries... e.g., a bulletproof vest, an escape rope/wire, whatever--which looks "magical" but has a rational explanation, just like a magician's trick.
Magic, tricks, deception, illusion, perception vs. reality - these are themes throughout the game.
So no, he's no super human. He's a member of an organisation that focuses on the "art of deception".
