Jean and his actions - what's the point? (SPOILERS!)
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 10:53 am
1)
Yeah, i know about the whale / buffalo thing, but that's not the point. Let's just pretend it's whatever meat you prefer whenever i type buffalo now.
As far as i remember Jean's whereabouts could be tracked due to the buffalo in his stomach and that's how you find out about Outer Heaven. Isabella recognizes him as the man who got sick when he ate buffalo. And Gillian at one point said that Jean had an ulcer and that "maybe Jean had a reason he HAD to eat buffalo."
Well, he obviously had an ulcer and did eat buffalo, but why did he HAVE TO actually? Was this ever explained and did i just miss the explanation by chance? Couldn't he just have been there and not eating, or eating something else (less unhealthy) instead?
The only thing i could think of is his habit of leaving behind clues for whoever would follow his work, but then again, that seems a bit far-fetched. I mean, clever as he was, he surely could have thought of something better than causing an allergic reaction, spitting blood all over the place and hoping for somebody to recognize him afterwards and point his successor into the right direction for the person he was observing. Like having a matchbox taxi car in his pocket along with the queen chess piece. Or he could have left a note in JORDAN / GAUDI or whatever.
2)
The abandoned factory... How did he end up there in the first place and what for? It was never explained why he went there (except for getting killed and Gillian having to pick up the trail, of course) and what he wanted to do there. It wasn't as if it was a specific place for Snatchers where they had anything going on etc.
Also, his words "I've cornered a probable male Snatcher. I'm at the abandoned factory in the Ina District. Request immediate backup." might suggest that he followed Freddy there in the first place, but what was HE doing there then? I know that Ina District suggests that it's near the River AND that it had an underground entrance but it just makes no sense to me why anybody (Freddy AND Jean) would be there in the first place.
OK, so maybe Freddy did *something else* and just wanted to get back to base, but then he could just have disappeared without killing Jean (and leaving clues for Gillian to track him down), or maybe have the insectors kill him instead like they tried with Gillian.
I've played Snatcher numerous times, but never have i been able to figure out those two, apart from Jean's obviously also otherwise strange but somewhat logical behaviour. Any guesses or ideas, or something i might have missed?
Yeah, i know about the whale / buffalo thing, but that's not the point. Let's just pretend it's whatever meat you prefer whenever i type buffalo now.
As far as i remember Jean's whereabouts could be tracked due to the buffalo in his stomach and that's how you find out about Outer Heaven. Isabella recognizes him as the man who got sick when he ate buffalo. And Gillian at one point said that Jean had an ulcer and that "maybe Jean had a reason he HAD to eat buffalo."
Well, he obviously had an ulcer and did eat buffalo, but why did he HAVE TO actually? Was this ever explained and did i just miss the explanation by chance? Couldn't he just have been there and not eating, or eating something else (less unhealthy) instead?
The only thing i could think of is his habit of leaving behind clues for whoever would follow his work, but then again, that seems a bit far-fetched. I mean, clever as he was, he surely could have thought of something better than causing an allergic reaction, spitting blood all over the place and hoping for somebody to recognize him afterwards and point his successor into the right direction for the person he was observing. Like having a matchbox taxi car in his pocket along with the queen chess piece. Or he could have left a note in JORDAN / GAUDI or whatever.
2)
The abandoned factory... How did he end up there in the first place and what for? It was never explained why he went there (except for getting killed and Gillian having to pick up the trail, of course) and what he wanted to do there. It wasn't as if it was a specific place for Snatchers where they had anything going on etc.
Also, his words "I've cornered a probable male Snatcher. I'm at the abandoned factory in the Ina District. Request immediate backup." might suggest that he followed Freddy there in the first place, but what was HE doing there then? I know that Ina District suggests that it's near the River AND that it had an underground entrance but it just makes no sense to me why anybody (Freddy AND Jean) would be there in the first place.
OK, so maybe Freddy did *something else* and just wanted to get back to base, but then he could just have disappeared without killing Jean (and leaving clues for Gillian to track him down), or maybe have the insectors kill him instead like they tried with Gillian.
I've played Snatcher numerous times, but never have i been able to figure out those two, apart from Jean's obviously also otherwise strange but somewhat logical behaviour. Any guesses or ideas, or something i might have missed?