One mission has the local priest excavate an artillery shell in his cemetery. Creator Provincialism: Just like with the first game, there are some hints that the game developers are Belarusian.An officer who you will send to scout out the place before assaulting the Neckties will be so affected by it that they will start drinking once they return. The Sharpwood Circus has a sinister reputation - in the past a pair of performers were lynched by a local mob after they (allegedly) raped a girl causing the circus to shut down, and in the present the Neckties have the abandoned circus their base in Sharpwood. The Chains of Commanding: Lilly suffers from stress related to her job as the head of the police department, which she wasn't prepared to do, due to sudden deaths of her predecessor and her right-hand man.A Dream Sequence late in the game features the map and interface from the first game.Late in the game you receive a vinyl player with some records from the first game that you can play.You can include the same line in a letter Jack writes in the beginning of the second game. Early in the first game Jack muses in his inner monologue that he may have many vices, but predictability is not one of them.Troy Starr and Martin Stett come up as fake witnesses that Jack invented to pin Carter's murder on the Neckties.And continuing even further - at one point you have some officers from the first game joining your roster as hallucinated by Jack.Except it's his cousin, and this time nothing stops you from firing him at once if you feel like it. Speaking of recurring officers - Percy is back.In the first game your recruitable cops included a pair called Virgil Burch Sr.Call-Back: Plenty call backs to the first game.Bookends: Jack Boyd's story begins with a grocery delivery and ends with a cigar delivery.However, Jack has officially gone corrupt, killing all known acquaintances - Captain Carter Lana Arthur, a smartass college student who just wanted to prove he could be a good investigator Moreno, Henderson's peppy henchman Lilly, who betrayed him out of panic Fry, a shady private investigator/cleaner who received weekly payments in exchange for keeping the FBI off the track from him and Emma, his ever-loyal secretary. Bittersweet Ending: Both the Neckties gang and Colonel Henderson have been put down, and Sharpwood Police finally managed to shape up thanks to Jack Boyd.Gets trimmed down to a stylish goatee Beard of Evil by the end. Beard of Sorrow: Jack has grown out a significant one since the events of the first game.The Bad Guy Wins: And he's the main character.Captain Carter, Lana, Lilly, Henderson, Fry and Emma are all killed off by Jack so that he can reign unopposed as Sharpwood's Sheriff. Anyone Can Die: As in the first game, even your most experienced officers can die if you make the wrong decision, but there's one for the main story too.Actionized Sequel: This game added turn-based strategy for breaching and shoot-out missions.Humble Bundle and IGN operate completely independently, and no special consideration is given to Humble Bundle announcements or promotions for coverage. Disclosure: Humble Bundle is owned by Ziff Davis, the parent company of IGN.
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