History VideoGame / Resonance

[[caption-width-right:337: Funny story - no matter what choices you make in the game, [[CoversAlwaysLie you will never see this image.]][[note]] Left to right: Ray, Anna, Ed, and Bennett.[[spoiler:Not all of them will make it.]][[/note]]]]

In the aftermath of a Resonance-related tragedy, Ed, Dr. Morales' research assistant, Anna, a doctor and Morales's niece, Ray, a [[IntrepidReporter journalist]] and Bennett, [[CowboyCop a detective]], are brought together to uncover the secret of Resonance before the more "explosively minded" do first.

* BuddyCopShow: Any time you put Ray and Bennett together, it basically turns into this. [[spoiler:Becomes mandatory after TheReveal.]]
-->'''Bennett:''' We stick together, got it?\\

'''Bennett:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Yeah, you're the naive annoying one.]]

* ButThouMust: When Bennett asks what's going on at the hospital, trying to let him in on it will lead to Anna interrupting Ed before he can speak (at this point they're not sure if they can trust the police). In fact, this is explored throughout the game: [[spoiler:Anna being killed before she can make the choice, the Eleven Foundation's master plan, the fact that the game rewinds when you fail a (timed) puzzle]], etc... all refer to how [[YouCantFightFate we never really have free will]] and every choice and event in life is always calculated and controlled by an unseen force.

* TheChessmaster: The [[TheConspiracy Eleven Foundation]] is impossibly influential. [[spoiler:They can also actually predict the future [[PresienceByAnalysis by crunching available data]].]] The BigBad, however, is [[spoiler:''Ed'', who, despite having been manipulated by the Eleven Foundation himself, has since gone rogue in order to stop them from putting Antevorta into operation. He plays a mean game of XanatosSpeedChess, insinuating himself into Anna's life to gain access to her uncle's secrets, framing Bennett to divert suspicion from himself, then rapidly putting another Resonance weapon to destroy Antevorta. It's just a shame he's so quick to resort to killing people to achieve his ends.]]

* CowboyCop: Bennett. Made obvious when he breaks stakeout protocol to track the suspect during his introduction.

* DecoyProtagonist: Cleverly done. The first scene is played from Ed's perspective, but Anna has the deepest connection to the central mystery. During the four individual scenes, Anna gets the most backstory, while Ed feels like the one whose personality we get see the most from the inside. [[spoiler:The two of them feel like the "real" protagonists of the four {{Player Character}}s... until TheReveal, when Ed kills Anna, turning the game into a BuddyCopShow between Bennett and Ray.]]

* FirstNameBasis: [[spoiler:During the prelude to the final confrontation with Ed, Bennett refrains from addressing Ray as "Jimmy", much to the latter's pleasant surprise]].

** Choleric -- Bennett, a no-nonsense, driven detective.

** [[spoiler:Even more subtle are the two RedHerring notes that point toward Bennett (not counting the letter Bennett dropped by accident). In both instances where Ed hands something of Dr. Morales to Anna, she immediately finds a note attached to it. Coincidence?]]

* GenreShift: It starts out as a sci-fi thriller TeamworkPuzzleGame where you can change party members on the fly. Ed's segments tend to involve more mechanical puzzles, Ray's reading lore and sussing out details, while Bennett's segments are a straight-up detective show, and Anna's nightmarish dream sequence flashbacks lean into psychological horror and focus on mood and atmosphere rather than logic. [[spoiler:After TheReveal, you can't switch out party members and the game tends to play like a slightly more straightforward inventory-based adventure game.]]

** Lesser of Two Evils ending: Alternatively, [[spoiler:Ray can be sympathetic to Ed's cause and agree to help him destroy Antevorta -- but Detective Bennett and several hospital patients die, and it's not clear how much damage has actually been done to the Eleven Foundation. Even though the supercomputer is destroyed and the Eleven Foundation's leading members end up becoming the world's most wanted criminals, the allegations have caused nations worldwide to distrust each other, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero and that in a time when peace treaties were about to be signed everywhere]].]]

* TheNicknamer: Bennett gives nicknames from time to time, such as "Sugar" for Anna, and "Jimmy" for Ray[[note]]As in, "Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Pal ComicBook/JimmyOlsen"[[/note]]. The latter is lampshaded late in the game, with Ray calling him out and explaining that Jimmy Olsen was in fact [[ShownTheirWork a photographer, not a reporter]]. Bennett retorts by requesting whether he should call him "[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Lois Lane]]" [[GenderBlenderName then]].

%%* PrecisionFStrike: Bennett delivers quite a few.
* PrivateEyeMonologue: Bennett introduces himself with one of these. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen That's the only time he does it, though.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Detective Bennett is not the traitor.]] The seemingly incriminating [[spoiler:letter]] he drops is about something else.

* TheReveal: Approximately two-thirds through the game, after you locate [[spoiler:Dr. Morales' hidden vault]], Anna is given the choice whether to save or destroy the research, [[spoiler:only for Ed to shoot her in the head, reveal himself to behind the murder of Dr. Morales, and try to kill Ray and Bennett.]]

** That's the [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland second biggest monkey wrench]] Detective Bennett has ever seen.

* StraightGay: [[spoiler:Bennett]] is implied to be gay and to have been involved with [[spoiler:a fellow officer]], who was forced out of his job after being outed by [[spoiler:a reporter. This explains his letter and his mistrust of Ray.]]
* TransparentCloset: Played with. [[spoiler:No character says that Bennett is gay other than Bennett himself, and his orientation is never questioned... but several lines of dialogue with police officers suggest Bennett's potential secret isn't as well hidden as he'd like.]] Considering that [[spoiler:a fellow cop]] was fired after being outed, it's understandable that [[spoiler:Bennett's friends]] would avoid saying anything direct.

* WildCard: Ray, who has the least connection to ongoing events. No matter what happens, he's got one hell of a story. [[spoiler:He can even choose to support either Bennett or Ed in the final confrontation. If he chooses the former Bennett leaves it up to him if he want publish the truth about the The Eleven Foundation and potentially bring both of them in trouble, or just delete the article and walk away]].

[[caption-width-right:337: Funny story - no matter what choices you make in the game, [[CoversAlwaysLie you will never see this image.]][[note]] Left to right: Ray, Anna, Ed, and Bennett.[[spoiler: Not all of them will make it.]][[/note]]]]

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Whichever way you play it, you're going to see at least two of the Player Characters and an indefinite number of {{Non Player Character}}s get killed over the course of this game.]]

* BigApplesauce: As is often typical of a Wadjet Eye Games production, the fictional city has a strong flavor of New York, complete with a secretary who has the accent, complex subways full of graffiti, nobody responding to a call for help, [[spoiler: the specter of terrorism blowing holes in buildings...]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: The Eleven Foundation, really, as they set everything in motion. If you include Ed, it comes a BigBadEnsemble]].

* BoringButPractical: In the opening sections of the game, there is a puzzle involving rewiring a security panel to open a side door, described [[WordOfGod by the developers]] as the hardest part of the game. [[spoiler: Or you could just climb back out the window and go through the open front doors]].

-->'''Bennet:''' We stick together, got it?\\

'''Bennet:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Yeah, you're the naive annoying one.]]

* ChekhovsLecture: Ed's explanation of [[spoiler:how Resonance technology could be weaponised. Can also count as a case of NiceJobFixingItVillain, if you decide to kill Ed in the final confrontation]].
* TheChessmaster: The [[TheConspiracy Eleven Foundation]] is impossibly influential. [[spoiler:They can also actually predict the future [[PresienceByAnalysis by crunching available data]]. The BigBad, however, is]] [[spoiler:''Ed'', who, despite having been manipulated by the Eleven Foundation himself, has since gone rogue in order to stop them from putting Antevorta into operation. He plays a mean game of XanatosSpeedChess, insinuating himself into Anna's life to gain access to her uncle's secrets, framing Bennett to divert suspicion from himself, then rapidly putting another Resonance weapon to destroy Antevorta. It's just a shame he's so quick to resort to killing people to achieve his ends.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Ray's contact Ozzy is a downplayed example. He has a thing for Film/TheWizardOfOz, what with his emerald green cubicle concealed behind a red curtain and how he announces himself as "The Great and Powerful Oz".

* DecoyProtagonist: Cleverly done. The first scene is played from Ed's perspective, but Anna has the deepest connection to the central mystery. During the four individual scenes, Anna gets the most backstory, while Ed feels like the one whose personality we get see the most from the inside. [[spoiler:The two of them feel like the "real" protagonists of the four {{Player Character}}s... until TheReveal, when Ed kills Anna, turning the game into an SaltAndPepper BuddyCopShow between Bennett and Ray.]]
** [[spoiler: Anna has the most motivation to solve the murder and gets alot of scenes that involves her. making you think she is just as important as Ed up until the reveal. ]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: ''Just'' as Anna uncovers that Morales was her ''father'', not uncle, she's unceremoniously shot in the head...by Ed]].
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Ed's real name is ''Tolstoy'' Eddings. So he understandably sticks with "Ed".
* FalseFlagOperation: The game begins with a series of terrorist attacks in the world's major cities. [[spoiler: The Eleven Foundation were never interested in Resonance as a power source. Instead, they wanted a weapon of mass destruction that could be blamed on terrorists and used to create global fear to justify the use of Antevorta, their Big Brother supercomputer capable of tracking every electronic activity of every person on Earth.]]

** Sanguine - Ray, a sometimes flirty, always outspoken writer.
** Choleric - Bennett, a no-nonsense, driven detective.
** Melancholic - Ed, a socially awkward mathematician.
** Phlegmatic - Anna, a compassionate but secretly-insecure doctor.

** [[spoiler: There are several hints early in the game that Ed isn't what he seems. For one thing, he keeps saying that Dr. Morales is hurt inside the lab, even though he has no proof of this, and never tries to call Dr. Morales' phone. For another, he starts to get kind of... manic... whenever anyone starts discussing Resonance technology. Most obvious, though, is his reaction to Anna giving him a peck on the cheek - despite all the [[ShipTease ship teasing]] between them before now, Ed doesn't look happy, or [[CrushBlush flustered]], or even very surprised. He looks [[BecomingTheMask downcast]].]]
** [[spoiler:Even more subtle are the two RedHerring notes that point toward Bennet (not counting the letter Bennet dropped by accident). In both instances where Ed hands something of Dr. Morales to Anna, she immediately finds a note attached to it. Coincidence?]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: With a dash of Karmic death. In one of the endings, [[spoiler: Eddings]] is taken out by one of the Resonance devices stolen from Morales.
** [[spoiler: Also happens to the Eleven Foundation, courtesy of Raymond Abbot, if the player so chooses. They manipulated him so the [=AbbotPost=] could become a reliable news source. But because of Ed's betrayal, they also had to reveal themselves to him, providing enough information to expose them. Normally, as Ray says, nobody would have listened to a mere blog written by an independant journalist. But since he exposed several scandals before...]]

** Lesser of Two Evils ending: Alternatively, [[spoiler:Ray can be sympathetic to Ed's cause and agree to help him destroy Antevorta - but Detective Bennett and several hospital patients die, and it's not clear how much damage has actually been done to the Eleven Foundation.]]
*** [[spoiler:What's worse about this ending is that, even though the supercomputer is destroyed and the Eleven Foundation's leading members end up becoming the world's most wanted criminals, the allegations have caused nations worldwide to distrust each other, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero and that in a time when peace treaties were about to be signed everywhere]].]]

* NiceGuy: Ed's kind of dorky, shy and nervous. [[spoiler: [[AffablyEvil None of this changes after he's revealed to be the villain.]]]]
* TheNicknamer: Not to the typical degree, but Bennett relies on these from time to time, such as "Sugar" for Anna, and "Jimmy" for Ray[[note]]As in, "Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Pal ComicBook/JimmyOlsen"[[/note]].
** The latter is lampshaded late in the game, with Ray calling him out and explaining that Jimmy Olsen was in fact [[ShownTheirWork a photographer, not a reporter]]. Bennet retorts by requesting whether he should call him "[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Lois Lane]]" [[GenderBlenderName then]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: Eddings ]] says he only shot [[spoiler: Anna ]] because she wouldn't talk to him about her decision. [[spoiler:Even if Anna/the player chose to save the data, he couldn't see it from outside the bars.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: Bennet delivers quite a few.

* RepressedMemories: Anna's nightmares are caused by the recollection of how [[spoiler: her "father" really died: her "uncle" Javi (her biological father through an affair with her mother) knocked him down a flight of stairs, then fled.]]
* TheReveal: Approximately two-thirds through the game, after you locate [[spoiler: Dr. Morales' hidden vault]], Anna is given the choice whether to save or destroy the research, [[spoiler: only for Ed to shoot her in the head, reveal himself to behind the murder of Dr Morales, and try to kill Ray and Bennett]].

* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Bennett]] is implied to be gay and to have been involved with [[spoiler:a fellow officer]], who was forced out of his job after being outed by [[spoiler:a reporter. This explains his letter and his mistrust of Ray.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Tolstoy "Ed" Eddings.]] He's not wrong when he says that the Eleven Foundation needs to be stopped by any means necessary, and [[spoiler:he's obviously torn up about his actions.]] On the other hand, he's a multiple murderer who betrayed everyone close to him.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Ed and Anna form a pretty immediate connection. She even asks him to accompany her to her other uncle's grave for moral support. [[spoiler:Then, near the end of the story, [[TheReveal he shoots her in the head]].]]

* TheNicknamer: Not to the typical degree, but Bennett relies on these from time to time, such as "Sugar" for Anna, and "Jimmy" for Ray[[note]]As in, "{{Superman}}'s Pal ComicBook/JimmyOlsen"[[/note]].

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Poor Anna.]]

* BlackAndGreyMorality: The Eleven Foundation is the Black. [[spoiler:Ed is the Grey.]]

* PlayingThePlayer: As it is hinted right from the beginning that at least one of the PlayerCharacters are not completely trustworthy, the player is left in state of mild paranoia and speculation right up until the TheReveal.

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: Poor Anna.]]

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Subverted. Ray is the only playable character who will survive to the end.]]

-->'''Bennet:''' We stick together, got it?
-->'''Ray:''' [[LampshadeHanging Is this going to be a buddy cop thing now?]]
-->'''Bennet:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Yeah, you're the naive annoying one.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: J.P. Tortoise, who, while being very obsessed with puzzle boxes, seems to have cornered the security market of the city.

* ChekhovsGun: The [[spoiler: database "Antevorta"]] pops up at the beginning, before being mostly forgotten in all the Resonance-related shenanigans. Turns out they're pretty closely linked...

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Ozzy is a downplayed example. He has a thing for Film/TheWizardOfOz, what with his emerald green cubicle concealed behind a red curtain and how he announces himself as "The Great and Powerful Oz".

* TheChessmaster: The [[TheConspiracy Eleven Foundation]] is impossibly influential. [[spoiler:They can also actually predict the future [[PresienceByAnalysis by crunching available data]]. The BigBad, however, is]] [[spoiler:''Ed'', who, despite having been manipulated by the Eleven Foundation himself, has since gone rogue in order to stop them from putting Antevorta into operation. He plays a mean game of XanatosSpeedChess, insinuating himself into Anna life to gain access to her uncle's secrets, framing Bennett to divert suspicion from himself, then rapidly putting another Resonance weapon to destroy Antevorta. It's just a shame he's so quick to resort to killing people to achieve his ends.]]

* NecessarilyEvil: [[spoiler:Ed honestly]] hates himself for his actions, but he has a point when he says [[spoiler:the [[SinisterSurveillance Antevorta]] project]] would be a thousand times worse than the few dozen more deaths to stop it. The problem is that he never considered [{TakeAThirdOption a third option]], but he believes he's in way too deep to stop now -- he's already a murderer.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The basic concept of Resonance as a matter-destroying, energy producing reaction is entirely made up. That said, most everything else is fairly realistic, so keep repeating that MST3KMantra.

* BoringButPractical: In the opening sections of the game, there is a puzzle involving rewiring a security panel to open a side-door, described [[WordOfGod by the developers]] as the hardest part of the game. [[spoiler: Or you could just climb back out the window and go through the open front doors]].
* BlackAndGreyMorality: [[spoiler:The Eleven Foundation is the Black, Ed is the Grey.]]

* ButThouMust: When Bennett asks what's going on at the hospital, trying to let him in on it will lead to Anna interrupting Ed before he can speak (at this point they're not sure if they can trust the police).
** This is explored throughout the game: [[spoiler:Anna being killed before she can make the choice, the Eleven Foundation's master plan, the fact that the game rewinds when you fail a (timed) puzzle, etc... all refer to how [[YouCantFightFate we cannot truly defy fate]], how we never really have free will, and that every choice and event in life is always calculated and controlled by an unseen force.]]

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Both Ed and The Eleven Foundation, the former towards his three companions and the latter to Ed and the rest.]]

* CowboyCop: Bennett, which is made obvious during his introduction, where he violates orders to track a suspicious person down.
* DeathByFlashback: Anna is the only character amongst the four that has flashbacks to her childhood, and some serve as clues to the mystery. [[spoiler:Guess what happens to her at the end of the second act.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler: Cleverly done. The first scene is played from Ed's perspective, and then during the four individual scenes, Ed feels like the one whose personality we get most inside. Thus he feels like the "real" protagonist of the four {{Player Character}}s... until two-thirds of the way through the game when he gives TheReveal.]]

* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: The Eleven Foundation were never interested in Resonance as a power source. Instead, they wanted a weapon of mass destruction that could be blamed on terrorists and used to create global fear to justify the use of Antevorta, their Big Brother supercomputer capable of tracking every electronic activity of every person on Earth.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: There are several hints early in the game that Ed isn't what he seems. For one thing, he keeps saying that Dr. Morales is hurt inside the lab, even though he has no proof of this, and never tries to call Dr. Morales' phone. For another, he starts to get kind of... manic... whenever anyone starts discussing Resonance technology. Most obvious, though, is his reaction to Anna giving him a peck on the cheek - despite all the [[ShipTease ship teasing]] between them before now, Ed doesn't look happy, or [[CrushBlush flustered]], or even very surprised. He looks [[BecomingTheMask downcast]].]]

* GenreShift: The first and second act has the story play out like a mystery thriller. After TheReveal, the story switches to something akin to a SaltAndPepper BuddyCopShow, albeit still serious.
-->'''Bennet:''' We stick together, got it?
-->'''Ray:''' [[LampshadeHanging Is this going to be a buddy cop thing now?]]
-->'''Bennet:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Yeah, you're the naive annoying one.]]
* GratuitousSpanish: Happens once or twice with Dr. Morales talking to his niece, most notably [[spoiler:with the password to the Resonance vault - Te Prometo, or 'I promise'.]]

* MeetCute: Ed and Anna are riding the subway together. Anna drops her lucky coin which rolls to Ed's feet...[[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Except it turns out he was actually shadowing her and attempting to build a rapport]].]]

* NecessarilyEvil: [[spoiler:Ed honestly hates himself for his actions, but he has a point when he says [[SinisterSurveillance Antevorta]] would be a thousand times worse then a couple deaths and possible collateral damage to delay the project.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: Eddings ]] says he only shot [[spoiler: Anna ]] because she wouldn't talk to him about her decision.

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Detective Bennett is not the traitor. The seemingly incriminating letter he drops is about something else]].
* RepressedMemories: [[spoiler: Anna's nightmares are caused by the recollection of how her "father" really died: her "uncle" Javi (really her father) knocked him down a flight of stairs and then fled.]]

* ShoutOut: One of the things you find is [[Literature/{{Neuromancer}} a television, tuned to a dead channel.]]

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Anna.
* SphereOfDestruction: How Resonance-explosions operate. Anything sitting inside the sphere...''isn't'', afterwards.
* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Bennett is implied to be gay and to have been involved with a fellow officer who was forced out of his job after being outed by a reporter. This explains his letter and his mistrust of Ray.]]
* TransparentCloset: Played with. [[spoiler: No character ever explicitly confirms that Bennett is gay and his orientation is never questioned... but several lines of dialogue with police officers suggest Bennett's potential secret isn't as well hidden as he'd like. Considering that a fellow cop was fired after being outed, it's understandable that Bennett's friends would avoid saying anything direct.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Tolstoy "Ed" Eddings. He is perfectly right when he says that the Eleven Foundation needs to be stopped by any means necessary, and he's obviously torn up about his actions. On the other hand, he's a multiple murderer who betrayed everyone close to him.]]

* WildCard: [[spoiler:Ray. He can choose to support either Bennett or Ed in the final confrontation, and if he chooses the former Bennett leaves it up to him if he want publish the truth about the The Eleven Foundation and potentially bring both of them in trouble, or just delete the article and walk away]].
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Ed and Anna form a pretty immediate connection. She even asks him to accompany her to her Uncle's grave for moral support. [[spoiler: Then, near the end of the story, he shoots her in the head.]]

Developed by ''xii games'' and published by Creator/WadjetEyeGames (of ''VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries'' and ''VideoGame/GeminiRue'' fame). Has nothing to do with [[DarthWiki/{{Resonance}} the Pokemon fanfic]] over in DarthWiki/DarthWiki.

Developed by ''xii games'' and published by Creator/WadjetEyeGames (of ''VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries'' and ''VideoGame/GeminiRue'' fame). Has nothing to do with [[DarthWiki/{{Resonance}} the Pokemon fanfic]] over in DarthWiki.

* [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything The Dev Team Is Unusually Flexible]]: While your options as a player are by no means unlimited, there are many puzzles in the game that have more than one possible solution, using different combinations of the four characters you control. Unlocking all the achievements requires finding several of these alternative solutions.

* [[spoiler: BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. The black dude is actually the only one guaranteed to live.]]

* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie: Whichever way you play it, you're going to see at least two of the Player Characters and an indefinite number of {{Non Player Character}}s get killed over the course of this game.]]

* [[spoiler: BoomHeadshot: Poor Anna.]]

* [[spoiler:BlackAndGreyMorality: The Eleven Foundation is the Black, Ed is the Grey.]]

* [[spoiler:TheChessmaster]]: [[spoiler:Both Ed and The Eleven Foundation, the former towards his three companions and the latter to Ed and the rest.]]

* [[spoiler:DeathByFlashback:]] Anna is the only character amongst the four that has flashbacks to her childhood, and some serve as clues to the mystery. [[spoiler:Guess what happens to her at the end of the second act.]]
* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist: Cleverly done. The first scene is played from Ed's perspective, and then during the four individual scenes, Ed feels like the one whose personality we get most inside. Thus he feels like the "real" protagonist of the four {{Player Character}}s... until two-thirds of the way through the game when he gives TheReveal.]]

* [[spoiler: StraightGay: Bennett is implied to be gay and to have been involved with a fellow officer who was forced out of his job after being outed by a reporter. This explains his letter and his mistrust of Ray.]]

Developed by ''xii games'' and published by Creator/WadjetEyeGames (of ''TheBlackwellSeries'' and ''GeminiRue'' fame). Has nothing to do with [[DarthWiki/{{Resonance}} the Pokemon fanfic]] over in DarthWiki.

Developed by xii games and published by WadjetEyeGames (of ''TheBlackwellSeries'' and ''GeminiRue'' fame).

* ShoutOut: One of the things you find is [[{{Neuromancer}} a television, tuned to a dead channel.]]

* TheNicknamer: Not to the typical degree, but Bennett relies on these from time to time, such as "Sugar" for Anna, and "Jimmy" for Ray[[note]]As in, "{{Superman}}'s Pal JimmyOlsen"[[/note]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: With a dash of Karmic death. In one of the endings, [[spoiler: Eddings]] is taken out by one of the Resonance devices [[spoiler: he]] had stolen from Morales.

** The latter is lampshaded late in the game, with Ray calling him out and explaining that Jimmy Olsen was in fact [[CriticalResearchFailure a photographer, not a reporter]]. Bennet retorts by requesting whether he should call him "[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Lois Lane]]" [[GenderBlenderName then]].