![]() ![]() That One Puzzle: Even before Act 2's public release (beside game reviewers, backers received it 24 hours earlier), the knot puzzle and especially the many instances of robot rewiring quickly became infamous, not much for their difficulty but because they involve a lot of trial-and-error and going back and forth to get clues.Not to mention the brief mention of the rumor that Mogs breed beyond the Plague Dam. The spoon measures pH, Mogs appearing every 14 years (which is how old Shay appears to be), Levina considering herself "distinguished", going beyond the Plague Dam being forbidden. Several lines in Act I become more noteworthy after playing Act II.Mog Chothra has red hexagon shaped eyes that look like the windows on Shay's ship.During the second and third "save the creature" sequences of Shay's story, both of the remaining creatures that Shay tries to desperately "save" despite Marek's oppositions appear to have Vella's feather headdress.One of them mentions that there is a "quivering in blood." Though it's actually fatally melting them down, the initial implications that they're taken for reproduction are just as horrific, and the rape subtext remains clear either way. In act 2, the way Marekai and his superior talk about "processing", which again grosses Vella out.Vella is rightly disturbed when Lavina talks about Mog's breeding.Stealth Pun: The Overmother calls Shay to the bridge every morning with flashing red lights, but the emergency is never real.Memetic Mutation: " 3.3 MILLION DOLLARS", which is the amount the Kickstarter campaign raised, often juxtaposed with a less-than-impressive tech demo released early in the game's production.They are last seen (until the credits) riding off into the sunset together naked holding hands. Les Yay: In the end, Dead Eye Dawn and Dead Eye Courtney reveal each one became a Dead Eye Druid to impress the other, and had relied on what they believed to be each other's faith to stay strong despite their own failings.It's Hard, So It Sucks!: Conversely, the main criticism for Act II (aside from the Schedule Slip) is the massive Difficulty Spike.
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