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** In the latter case he's just doing the activity for fun, whereas in the climax of the first game Augustus was trying to help save his son who was in mortal danger. The adrenaline, fear, and high motivation could've greatly enhanced his abilities in the moment. Remember too that it took him quite a while to actually break into Raz's mind, as he can be seen trying to break through from the beginning of the Meat Circus, taking him til Raz reaches the final boss to actually succeed. The giant projection Augustus helps create could also have been largely helped by the fact that he had just reconciled with Raz and dispelled the baggage Raz had thinking his father hated him. With that burden lifted and getting love and encouragement from the person he was most afraid of until then, Raz's confidence and connection to Augustus would've been at an all time high, allowing them to both combine powers at the peak of his mental well-being.
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** Both questions could be explained by him being the son of a dictator. Fascists tend to have [[ColdBloodedTorture their own ways]] of guaranteeing compliance, which could have been used on Loboto. The family would also probably have some rudimentary training in mental defenses to prevent being manipulated by psychics, explaining how Nick could mask his true intentions.
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*** That's all Raz was trying to do too. The gambling addiction was an accident, not intended by anyone. It's most likely that he feels responsible since he's the one who actually did it. If he hadn't caved to peer pressure it wouldn't have happened.
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*** 'Being liked by coworkers' isn't a red flag, [[SanityHasAdvantages but the fact that Gristol is such an incredible narcissist should've made it extremely difficult to slip into the position of a mailroom clerk]], an extremely low level position, and to be so well liked as a coworker, defies belief.
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** Maybe it's easier to affect mental powers in the mental world, and maybe the power to instil power onto others is less to do with the person in general but the receiver's opinion of that person. It is easier to get "charged" if you see them in a position of power to give you that power to begin with for example.
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*Why does Augustus seem to be significantly weaker as a psychic in this game than the first game lets on? At the end of the first game, he was able to protect himself into Raz's mind without the use of a Psycho-Portal, which no character before or since has evidently done. Also, he gave Raz the power to become a giant, much like Lucrecia does at the end of the second game. But then in the Questionable Area he struggles to even ignite a pinecone, when pyrokinesis was the first power that Raz learned, and he set much larger objects on fire during his lesson.
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** The only thing the other interns pressured Raz into doing was changing Hollis's mind about allowing them onto the casino mission. Giving her a gambling addiction in the process was all on Raz.
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** The Psychonauts didn't see "being well-liked by coworkers" as a red flag, understandably. As for the psychic block, perhaps it happened back in Rhombus of Ruin, but it never came up because Gristol wasn't a factor/didn't exist in the narrative at the time.
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* How did Gristol ever infiltrate the Psychonauts? The guy is such a [[SanityHasAdvantages huge narcissist]], but also had a clarity of mind to infiltrate as a low-level mailroom clerk. Also, in his Nick Johnson persona, he's really well-liked by coworkers. No one saw any red flags? Do the Psychonauts not have a HR system or were they so afraid of a being accused of discrimination because 'Nick' was not psychic? It paints a picture of shocking incompetence here. Also, he somehow managed to cow Dr Loboto, so that he's mentally blocked from talking about him. How does Gristol, a non-psychic place a psychic mental block on the Dr. Loboto? The whole thing defies belief.
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* How did Gristol ever infiltrate the Psychonauts? The guy is such a [[SanityHasAdvantages huge narcissist]], but also had a clarity of mind to infiltrate as a low-level mailroom clerk. Also, in his Nick Johnson persona, he's really well-liked by coworkers. No one saw any red flags? Do the Psychonauts not have a HR system or were they so afraid of a being accused of discrimination because 'Nick' was not psychic? It paints a picture of shocking incompetence here. Also, he somehow managed to cow Dr Loboto, so that he's mentally blocked from talking about him. How does Gristol, a non-psychic place a psychic mental block on the Dr. Loboto? The whole thing defies belief.
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* How did Gristol ever infiltrate the Psychonauts? The guy is such a [[SanityHasAdvantages huge narcissist]], but also had a clarity of mind to infiltrate as a low-level mailroom clerk. Also, in his Nick Johnson persona, he's really well-liked by coworkers. No one saw any red flags? Do the Psychonauts not have a HR system or were they so afraid of a being accused of discrimination because 'Nick' was not psychic? It paints a picture of shocking incompetence here.
Also, he somehow managed to cow Dr Loboto, so that he's mentally blocked from talking about him. How does Gristol, a non-psychic place a psychic mental block on the Dr. Loboto? The whole thing defies belief.
Also, he somehow managed to cow Dr Loboto, so that he's mentally blocked from talking about him. How does Gristol, a non-psychic place a psychic mental block on the Dr. Loboto? The whole thing defies belief.
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* How did Gristol ever infiltrate the Psychonauts? The guy is such a [[SanityHasAdvantages huge narcissist]], but also had a clarity of mind to infiltrate as a low-level mailroom clerk. Also, in his Nick Johnson persona, he's really well-liked by coworkers. No one saw any red flags? Do the Psychonauts not have a HR system or were they so afraid of a being accused of discrimination because 'Nick' was not psychic? It paints a picture of shocking incompetence here.
here. Also, he somehow managed to cow Dr Loboto, so that he's mentally blocked from talking about him. How does Gristol, a non-psychic place a psychic mental block on the Dr. Loboto? The whole thing defies belief.
