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2[[caption-width-right:350:♪This is the time we have prepared for...♪]]
3->''"It is here. No more planning, no more training, no more time. It. Is. Here. Appropriate firearm discipline is paramount to your survival: the Threat will not wait while you fumble rounds into your magazine, the Threat will not wait for you to slowly chamber a round, the Threat will not wait to kill you. Find the tapes, they are our only chance for survival. Be constantly vigilant, always assume the worst, and take no chances. The threat will insure anything can go wrong, will go wrong. Be ready for your firearm to jam, be ready for the glass beneath your feet to shatter, be ready for anything. Make no mistake that the full force of the Threat can and will overwhelm even the strongest of Receivers, so use any time you have to drill your firearm, and study your enemy. Your life depends on it. If you are hearing this, know you are one of the few, listen to the tapes, this is our last transmission. It. Is. He-[END TRANSMISSION]"''
4-->-- [[https://youtu.be/g-SgoKBIE24 Launch Trailer]]
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6''Receiver 2'' is the sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Receiver}}'', once again developed by Wolfire Games. The game was released on April 14th, 2020, see the reveal trailer [[https://youtu.be/dHj30kG6Et0 here]].
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8The game, like the original, places the operation and mechanics of firearms center-stage as the focus of game-play. If you want to reload for example, you need to remove the magazine from the firearm, insert bullets into it, re-insert the magazine, and pull the slide to chamber a round.
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10And you have to do it all manually.
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12Pressing "R" does not automatically reload your gun with a cool animation. You have to do each step by yourself, while trying to avoid turrets and flying taser kill-drones that are coming after you.
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14Your objective is to navigate a string of metropolitan buildings and collect cassette tapes to prepare yourself against the Threat and become an awake [[TitleDrop Receiver]].
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16The game features the same guns that were present in the original (Colt [=M1911A1=], Smith & Wesson Model 10, and Glock 17 with aftermarket fire select), but also adds 6 new ones: the Colt Detective Special, SIG Sauer P226, Beretta 92FS, Desert Eagle, Hi-Point C-9, and Colt Single Action Army.
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18In March 2021, Wolfire released a major update which added [[HubLevel the Compound]] to the game, which includes a shooting range, a "challenge dome" and a lot of secret areas, including an arcade cabinet that allows the player to play the first game's levels with this game's improved mechanics.
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22!!''Receiver 2'' contains examples of:
23* AcceptableBreaksFromReality:
24** In RealLife, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_malfunction#Cartridge_malfunctions faulty ammo can be the source of catastrophic malfunctions.]] The Threat's commitment to enforcing FinaglesLaw on you doesn't seem to extend to your ammo, presumably because a squib rendering your gun unusable for the rest of the level would be frustrating.
25** Turrets fire rifle rounds, but drop ammo for your handgun when incapacitated.
26*** However, the bullets dropped just seem to appear, while the rifle rounds are left behind implying your character (Or [[spoiler: The Benefactors]]) are manifesting them.
27** You can break some glass panes by dashing into them, and you won't take any lasting damage.
28** You can walk, and even ''run'' on railings without having to balance yourself.
29** There are floating balloons which give at least one bullet each when popped, even when shot at distance.
30* AfterTheEnd: Several places in the city appear to have been abandoned or trashed as a result of the Mindkill.
31* AKA47: {{Averted| Trope}}, all guns have their real-world names and designations (if they were used as service weapons).
32* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: The gun safety note specifically mentions that, for reasons that should be obvious, you should never use firearms while intoxicated. [[spoiler:One Receiver didn't get the hint, and while she doesn't use her gun while drunk, she does write messages that wrongfully imply the Receivers are, in fact, Deceivers. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero This misleads a different Receiver to believe that the Threat is a benevolent entity]], which the Threat immediately takes advantage of.]]
33* AllOrNothingReloads: Just like in the original game, simply by the virtue of the gun operation mechanics, this is averted. Each step of the reloading process can be interrupted or partially completed, such as half-loading a magazine or revolver cylinder, or even chamber loading the semi-auto pistols.
34* AlwaysNight: Prior to Liminal, the Dreaming's sky is constantly dark.
35* AmmunitionConservation: The number of rounds you have is strictly limited, so you must make an effort for each shot to be well-placed.
36* {{Antepiece}}: The tutorial shows you how to sneak past, hack, and run past turrets, and a proto turret's exposed vitals allow players to learn how to shoot them. The only sleeping turret present is also unloaded.
37* ArcWords: "This is the time we have prepared for."
38* ArtEvolution: The original game looked decent enough, but lacked textures in its environments and the city was pretty obviously a backdrop. This game features much more advanced lighting, gun models, and detailed environments.
39* BalanceBuff: One mechanic that was generally disliked from the original Receiver is that the player character was too prone to dying from FallingDamage, even if the height they fell was very short. This game makes the player character slightly more resistant to it, as falling shorter heights will now only injure you and cause you to stagger for a while.
40* BlackoutBasement: In Asleep, most of the lights are out. You will need the flashlight you start with.
41* BlingBlingBang: Completing enough Compound challenges will unlock gold-plated magazines and guns for you to use there.
42* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Taser drones, being extremely light, are prone to suffer this when shot. Gets especially ridiculous with the Desert Eagle, as shooting a drone may result in them flying 20 meters away, or even farther.
43* BoringButPractical:
44** Following the rules of gun safety. Things like engaging the safety of your gun (if it has one) or simply slow holstering your gun whenever you don't need it aren't going to help you fight killdrones. However, practicing these extensively will ensure that you don't waste ammo or shoot yourself by accident.
45** Because turrets have limited ammo, it is possible to force them to run dry by repeatedly gaining one's attention and then hiding behind cover until its light flashes red without it firing. Doing so adds minutes to every level, exaggerating the Boring part, but such will also make them easier to complete.
46* CassetteCraze: Receivers train with the help of these tapes, which are disconnected from the online media that the Threat has a strong grasp on.
47* CinematicPlatformGame: The PlayerCharacter can't jump very high, can get injured or die by falling from heights, and dies in one hit from turret fire and shock drones.
48* CompanyCrossReferences: All of the arcade cabinets except for ''Myth/{{Polybius}}'' are of the developer's previous games.
49* ConcealmentEqualsCover: Averted. Turrets can shoot you through wooden planks, glass, and other objects that can't sufficiently stop bullets, but so can you. Furthermore, in addition to busting through transparent windows, drones can turn corners where they last saw you and fly above fences and walls.
50* CrashInThroughTheCeiling: Two glass panes on each arcade's roof are broken, and it is possible to die by falling through one of them.
51* CueTheSun: In Awake, the sun is rising as [[spoiler:you are starting to tear at the fabric of the Dreaming]].
52* {{Cult}}: The Receivers sure seem like this on a surface level — doing yoga, having secret messages to one another through tapes, training obsessively with firearms and distrusting the media. But deep down they actually do want to help people, shown when they turn around the lives of many once-suicidal folk, stress focus on strength of the self, and nonetheless frown upon competitive hierarchies — making them a {{subver|ted trope}}sion of traditionally cultish behavior.
53* CutAndPasteEnvironments: Present, and discussed. One of the diskettes has someone comment that they don't think any of these buildings are real, exactly.
54* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Defied. The game actively encourages you to drill your firearm's operation controls so that you can reload quickly and instinctively. It also has the same controls as the first ''Receiver'', so any muscle memory should carry over if you played it. The game also has re-mappable controls, so you can adjust them to whatever suits you.
55** However, players of the original game who had sufficiently quick muscle memory when reloading semiautomatics may end up shooting themselves to death because of this game's added [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace negligent discharge mechanic]].
56* DeconstructionGame: Even more so than the first game, ''Receiver 2'' is a clear TakeThat against GunPorn and firearms-focused media, as well as tackling the relationship modern society has with guns. In media, guns are portrayed as easy-to-use death machines that operate on a point-and-shoot basis. In ''Receiver 2'', guns are irritating and fussy pieces of equipment that require training, hand-eye coordination, and muscle memory to effectively use, and even then there are factors like ricochets and accidental discharges that make using them dangerous, ''just like how guns are in real life.'' The game also lampoons the fascination society has with guns, treating them more like status symbols and toys rather than the deadly weapons they really are. The entries on the [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]] point out how the iconic gun is [[AwesomeButImpractical cool yet dangerous and expensive]], while the Glock's lack of an external safety and full-auto feature turns what would be a useful weapon into a [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace hazard for your health.]] At the same time, the game does {{reconstruct|ion}} these tropes — guns are ''weapons'', after all, and treating them with respect brings out their real effectiveness.
57* DevelopersForesight: There's quite a bit of this, mostly revolving around the guns and drones, since those are the only two complex elements of the game.
58** It is entirely possible to play a "magazineless" run using automatics by manually chambering each round. You can do this by ejecting a magazine, dropping it or placing it in your inventory, and then pulling back the slide on your automatic and clicking in the slide lock. You can then press Z by default to load a round in the chamber and can fire it after closing the slide. This will not work with the Hi-Point C9, however, which despite being breech-loadable has a mag safety, preventing the gun from firing with an empty magwell.
59** There are ways to circumvent the penalty mechanic for drawing your gun too fast and having it shoot you. For the automatics, you can keep the gun completely unloaded (which one of the tapes heavily pushes you towards) or empty it, place a full mag inside, and only rack the slide when you want to fire. For the revolvers, you can pop the cylinder open and holster it, preventing the trigger from even firing the bullet. The only aversion to this is the [[DifficultButAwesome Single Action Army]], whose cylinder cannot be popped out and can discharge if the hammer is resting on a live round, but even that can be circumvented either by half-cocking the hammer, or letting it rest on an empty chamber.
60** All enemy types have a surprising number of places to shoot, and each one causes the enemy to behave in a different way, even if it's not immediately disabling.
61*** Glancing shots to shock drones can break off their bumpers, allowing an agile Receiver to lead them into walls and blow out the rotors. They're still capable of electrocuting you on the ground, unless your shot took out their taser or IR sensor.
62*** Drones can also be split in half, with the battery and camera hanging by a lone cable. This both prevents them from seeing you effectively, and from flying straight should they catch a visual.
63*** The IR sensor of turrets, the small component sticking out the top of the main gun, delays their firing if destroyed, while sleeping turrets never wake up if it's shot off, and drones cannot activate their tasers without them.
64*** Turrets that see you at least once will chamber a round from their magazine. Shooting the magazine before they spot you means they will never fire, but shooting it ''after'' they see you means they still have a chance to kill you.
65*** Lastly, turrets can also have their barrel bent out of alignment, so that even if it tries to fire on you, it'll waste its ammo into the wall or ground; and their legs can be bent or broken off entirely, toppling the turret and rendering it mostly harmless.
66* DifficultButAwesome:
67** The Desert Eagle's weight and recoil make follow-up shots very difficult, and a single negligent discharge with it will kill you. However, its .50 Action Express cartridge is the most powerful in the whole game, and is able to pierce the armor of floor turrets.
68** The Colt Single Action Army is very slow to reload, requires manually cocking the hammer for every shot, has the standard 6 round capacity of revolvers, ''and'' decocking the hammer over a live round will make it fire in the holster the next time you fall a little too hard. However, its .45 Long Colt bullets hit almost as hard as .50 Action Express, meaning that if you take careful aim, one shot will almost always be enough to take down a killdrone. The fact that a half-cocked hammer acts as a makeshift safety in this game (preventing [[IjustShotMarvinInTheFace Glocklegging]]) doesn't hurt either. And of course, it's the Colt Single Action Army. With it you can channel your inner Creator/ClintEastwood or [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Revolver Ocelot]].
69** Undamaged taser drones can be hacked. Doing so is risky and requires you to lure each drone to where you can reach it from behind with no other dangers present, but it will save you many a bullet that shock drones don't give back to you, and it is especially useful in a pinch where you don't have any ammo at all.
70* DramaticThunder: In Sleepwalker, lightning occasionally illuminates the environment, and thunder suddenly follows.
71* DrivenToSuicide: The Threat [[CompellingVoice weaponizes this]]. If you find a tape of someone who is suicidal and have a loaded firearm on your hand, the Threat will force you to load your gun, rack the slide/cock the hammer, and [[PsychicAssistedSuicide turn it on yourself]]. Fortunately, if you [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets get rid of your ammo before this happens]], [[BungledSuicide it won't work]].
72* EmbeddedPrecursor: The Compound's secret apartment includes a working arcade cabinet for the original ''Receiver'' that allows the player to play "Classic Mode", basically the original game's levels with the sequel's Killdrones, firearms, and player movement. Hacking, stoppages, holster discharges, and aim fatigue are disabled and turrets spawn with a round already chambered, emulating the feel of the original game.
73* FallingDamage: Your character only has the knees of a real human. Dropping a couple yards will have you limping and barely able to move for a bit, and falling much farther than that will kill you outright. However, if a fall is at all survivable, then it remains ''consistently'' so, no matter how many times you break your ankles. It's also the only way to progress through certain paths or reach hidden collectibles. There's even a Receiver calling herself "the Mongoose" who leaves tips on "crazy drops" that are difficult but survivable.
74** One of the tapes you can find details why you hurt yourself so frequently when falling - After the mindkill, the Threat gained some control over probability. As a result, whenever you fall you always just so happen to land badly.
75* FantasticAesop: One of the tapes found on the Asleep rank states that people who have nurtured damaging thoughts of the Threat cannot be helped, and that one must focus inward on themself first. Due to the Receivers vouching to help others understand their own value, such a contradictory message only makes sense in the context of the impending Mindkill.
76* FinaglesLaw: Discussed in the launch trailer (see the page quote), and this mindset is actively encouraged by the game itself. It's also discussed in one of the tapes, but it's incorrectly refereed to as MurphysLaw.
77* FirstPersonGhost: Like the first game, all items you manipulate and use hover in front of you. However, if you look at your reflection in a mirror or glass window, you'll see yourself as a gun range target.
78* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: While the first game paid lip service to this idea with its "fictional context" tape (which is also present here), this game takes it a step further. [[spoiler:The Receivers discover that the "fictional context" they speculated about means that you are in [[RealLife Reality C]], and that you have been experiencing Reality B as if it was a game. The final set of tapes explains that the Threat exists ''in RealLife''; it is reaching into Reality C to target you directly. However, this is also inverted, because by collecting the final tape, and becoming an awake Receiver, you are ready to take the fight to the Threat – in RealLife. The fourth wall will not protect you from the Threat, but at the same time, the fourth wall will not protect the Threat from you.]]
79* FragileSpeedster:
80** The player can run fairly quickly, and skilled players can jump onto thin platforms to reach places unconventionally, but they're no hardier than a RealLife human.
81** Flying drones are designed to be as light as possible. While this allows them to fly and give chase swiftly, an accurate shot or even a bad crash can easily take one to the ground.
82* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: As of version 2.0.6, the Colt Single Action Army ''will'' discharge when holstered if the hammer is down on a live round and you bump it by taking too big of a fall. A tape explaining the gun warns against fully loading it [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace unless if the player wants to shoot themself in the foot]] due to its lack of a drop safety.
83* GameplayAndStorySegregation:
84** One of the four tapes that describe the Desert Eagle gives it (and the people who use it) some scathing lambasting that borders on TheReasonYouSuckSpeech territory. Gameplay-wise, it's a useful gun to have, due to the obscene power of the [=.50AE=] cartridge it uses. Just remember to safely holster it. [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Bad things will happen]] [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace if you]] [[PressXToDie don't]].
85** The Hi-Point C-9 tape describes the gun as one that, while made cheap and [[LittleUselessGun often made fun of at shooting ranges]], is considered very reliable and a good gun to give to newbie shooters because of its simplicity. In game however, it's pretty much the opposite, suffering very frequently from out-of-battery stoppages and being difficult to aim correctly due to its weight distribution and awkward sights.
86* GhostCity: The metropolitan environment that the player explores is completely devoid of other people, the only things accompanying you are kill-drones.
87* GuideDangIt:
88** The game's malfunction system has fixed probabilities for each kind of malfunction, and certain guns or conditions have a higher or lower probability for a particular malfunction than others. For example, while the Beretta has only a 0.5% chance for casings to stovepipe compared to other automatics' 2%, it also has a 10% chance of having issues seating its magazine properly every single time you reload, which can cause a failure-to-feed rate of 90% if not properly fixed. To remedy this, make sure you tap the mag for every single load. Most of these are hinted at under each weapon's Help entry, though a Steam forum user dug into the code and found the exact values for everything, which can be found [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2063857698 here]].
89** The achievements for completely destroying a turret or a drone require you to shoot some parts off that may not be easily apparent. For turrets, it's a small red cable that goes from the main body into the weapon assembly, and for drones, the two halves of the body are connected by a small cable.
90* HackYourEnemy: This can be done to killdrones at close range to fully deactivate them.
91* HardTruthAesop: There are several pause menu tips with the harshness typical to this trope:
92--> "There is no normal life that is free of pain."
93--> "The moral high ground does not provide effective cover from small arms fire."
94--> "There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don't seem to help."
95--> "Sometimes our best is not [[EarnYourHappyEnding good enough]], but that's okay."
96* HubLevel: The Compound is a mixture of this and a tutorial level, allowing players to practice freely, as DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist. The Compound also includes a lot of secrets, and to unlock every single shooting range/challenge dome challenge they basically have to find and gain entry to every section of the Compound to find the floppy disks. The player can also unlock guns in the Compound long before they unlock them in the main game by getting high scores on challenges.
97* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: An invoked and discussed trope. This game adds several negligent discharge triggers (in addition to the first game's sole trigger of shooting while pointing straight down) and makes it a major game mechanic, encouraging handling the gun safely to prevent getting shot by your own gun. For example, guns ''will'' shoot your leg if holstered too quickly while the safety is off.
98* InstantDeathBullet: Played with. It takes just one shot from a turret to kill you, but it's often a little over a second ''after'' being shot that you die, such that a fleeing player might think they got away only to find themselves falling over while running; other times, one shot immediately kills you. Negligent discharges with any firearm other than the Desert Eagle are survivable the first time, but fatal subsequent times during the same level.
99* InterfaceScrew: Combined with a little UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay. Shooting a gun will black out the screen for a moment. This usually isn't noticeable enough to be a problem when you're taking your time with each shot. But if you start shooting a Glock G17 in full auto, it's almost impossible to keep a good sight picture because the screen is constantly blacking out. People who've shot automatic firearms will tell you that it puts you in enough of a daze that makes it hard to retain a sight picture.
100* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Receivers train themselves by focusing on their minds and training themselves to be intelligent, patient, focused, and capable of making quick decisions. Part of the reason why Receivers are taught to use guns is that they are complicated pieces of machinery, yet using them is rote and easy enough to learn that they can be a powerful tool for focus and are good for testing the mind both while under stress and while the situation is calm. If any of this sounds familiar, it's because you're doing the exact same thing Receivers do to train while you play ''Receiver 2''. [[spoiler:The ending draws on this, revealing that the entire game ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall is]]'' [[BreakingTheFourthWall the Receiver's message to you, the player, who exists in a level even lower than Reality "B" — Reality "C".]] Completing the game completes your Receiver training and "wakes you up" into Reality "A", which is implied to be a state of self-actualization and inner peace rather than a literal AlternateDimension.]]
101* LethalLavaLand: In Liminal, some of the background buildings are on fire.
102* KaizoTrap: It is possible to die while listening to the last tape to collect in a level, which will result in your rank going down.
103* {{Nerf}}:
104** The flying drones were infamous in the first game for being fast, relentless, and very hard to kill. While they still have the same behavior from the original game, they move slightly slower, and their body frame is breakable. Also, hitting their rotor blades with bullets is more likely to cause them to spiral out of control into a wall.
105** The 2.0.4 update made it possible to hack security cameras.
106* NoEnding: [[spoiler:After you collect all the tapes in the final level, the game fades to black with a tone, and then exits to desktop. There's an ending cutscene in [[DummiedOut debug mode]], but it seems unfinished, lacking in sound or context, and doesn't play if you actually finished the game.]]
107* NoticeThis: Having your weapon in a state from which it won't fire, whether by a malfunction or just by, say, toggling the safety, is shown by it being pointed and angled in different directions, to cue in the player on what needs to be done. In addition, the flashlight gives collectables a small glow when it shines on them, helping distinguish them a little better from a distance, especially in the darker scenes.
108* OneHitPointWonder: Zig-zagged. Attacks from turrets and taser drones still kill you in one hit, but the former usually isn't instantaneous. Otherwise, the player character can survive damaging falls reliably and repeatedly, shooting near a window without pressing into it will just hurt you momentarily, and you can survive one negligent discharge from most firearms (though it's better to avoid such scenarios altogether). However, shooting yourself with the Desert Eagle [[spoiler:or in the head due to [[PsychicAssistedSuicide a Threat Echo]]]] is a OneHitKill.
109* PressXToDie: By default, the K button is mapped as "Ending Mistake".
110* RecklessGunUsage: Discouraged, the game makes an active effort to educate you on proper firearm safety. If you don't follow the proper procedure for holstering your gun in a safe position for example, [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace you WILL shoot yourself and die]].
111* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: A major gameplay mechanic, in addition to the intricate reloading of your firearms, is managing and dealing with the inevitable jams (for semi-autos) or blocked cylinders (for revolvers). They span in complexity, from simple stovepipe jams to double feeds. All guns can also [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace go off involuntarily when being holstered improperly or in unsafe conditions.]]
112* RevolversAreForAmateurs: The Smith & Wesson Model 10 is the gun given to you during the game's opening tutorial, and has the same simple operation controls as in ''Receiver''. The Colt Detective Special also has the same operation controls, with the only difference being that the cylinder spins clockwise.[[note]]This only matters when one of the chambers is blocked and you want to manually cock the hammer.[[/note]] Also, unlike semi-automatics, revolvers don't suffer from stoppages, and you can quickly holster a loaded revolver without suffering a negligent discharge as long as the hammer is decocked. However this is inverted with the Colt Single Action Army, which has the longest and most complicated reloading procedure out of all the guns in the game, and can suffer a negligent discharge if holstered with an uncocked hammer, instead needing the hammer to either be half-cocked or resting on an empty chamber.
113* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy: A drone might electrocute you almost instantly if it notices you very close to it. Turrets are more dangerous to be detected by at a distance, yet floor turrets can be leaped over in a pinch.
114* ShoutOut: Wolfire seems to be a fan of these.
115** Some arcade cabinets can be found around the building environments. All of them are the developer's previous games, including ''VideoGame/{{Overgrowth}}'', and ''Myth/{{Polybius}}'' makes an appearance.
116** In one of the rooms, 3 trapezoid-shaped tables are arranged against each-other to look like the [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Abstergo Industries logo]].
117* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: This game is surprisingly idealistic for a DeconstructionGame. It (as well as its [[VideoGame/{{Receiver}} predecessor]]) is a DeconReconSwitch of GunPorn and society's relationship with firearms. It places center stage how deceptively complex and dangerous guns can be by forcing you to manually perform every action of re-loading a gun. If you've never handled a firearm in your life (which you probably haven't if you don't live in the US or served in a military/police force), the game will show you right to your face how hard guns can be to handle as you fumble rounds into your magazine, eject perfectly good rounds like an idiot, [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace shoot yourself in the leg]], or make other such mistakes. However, the game also makes its best effort to teach you the proper and safe way to handle the guns so that you can learn to actually use them to their greatest effectiveness. Also, the cassette tapes that you can find illustrate how HumansAreSpecial and that YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre.
118* SoftGlass: Zig-zagged. Some glass panes cannot be run through, no matter your momentum, so they require being shot at to weaken, while other panes allow a running jump to break it. Smashing through a glass pane by walking or running into it never hurts your character, thanks to their Mindtech, but shooting glass at very close distances (or any other surface that sparks or makes bullets ricochet) can hurt you, and if glass shards fall onto you from above for any reason, [[YetAnotherStupidDeath it's lethal.]]
119* TakeThat: Some of the notes are from a person that starts to [[spoiler:[[MoralMyopia doubt the Receivers' cause]]]] once he starts getting messages from another person that says "DON'T TRUST OTHER RECEIVERS!" and starts to believe that the Threat is actually a benevolent entity. As it turns out, [[spoiler:those notes were written by someone who got drunk and instantly regretted doing so once she sees she [[FromBadToWorse sent those messages to other Receivers]]]]. This is a jab at how commonly putting DracoInLeatherPants and VillainProtagonist theories occur in some [[MisaimedFandom Misaimed Fandoms]]. [[invoked]]
120* UrbanRuins: {{Downplayed| Trope}}. The entire building complex the player is in is completely abandoned.

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