Finally found out Thompson the media lived after Johnny beat the tar out of him.

[damion.ord]

Never liked the fact that in the mission where Johnny goes to rescue Alt that no matter what you do at the end it seems like Johnny beats him to death. At the end of act 1 where Johnny goes to bomb Arasaka Thompson is on the helo. This takes place after the Alt mission so not only does he live but is still helping Johnny.

[Bogmore]

I never thought he beat him to death, just into unconsciousness. Johnny is a good story so that's why he's with him.

[Vela Darney]

Why did you get the impression Johnny beat him to death? If Johnny'd beat anyone to death, it would be a corpo, not a media. Especially not Thompson - they got history together.

[damion.ord]

Originally posted by Vela Darney:

Why did you get the impression Johnny beat him to death? If Johnny'd beat anyone to death, it would be a corpo, not a media. Especially not Thompson - they got history together.

The only history they have is Thompson getting Johnny to a ripperdoc before they try to rescue Alt. Guess I am forgetting the game's blunt weapon = non lethal rule cos in the cutscene I equate several kilos of metal applied with great force to the head multiple times to equal lethal force.

And don't forget even the game gets it wrong, it's way to easy to kill a cyberpsycho with blunt attacks.

[Vela Darney]

Originally posted by damion.ord:

Originally posted by Vela Darney:

Why did you get the impression Johnny beat him to death? If Johnny'd beat anyone to death, it would be a corpo, not a media. Especially not Thompson - they got history together.

The only history they have is Thompson getting Johnny to a ripperdoc before they try to rescue Alt. Guess I am forgetting the game's blunt weapon = non lethal rule cos in the cutscene I equate several kilos of metal applied with great force to the head multiple times to equal lethal force.

And don't forget even the game gets it wrong, it's way to easy to kill a cyberpsycho with blunt attacks.

I always got the impression they'd met before since Thompson had been covering different conflicts all around the globe - which I thought I had read included the Second Conflict, the one Johnny had been fighting in. Also, Thompson obviously also went up against Arasaka, which cost him his wife (they had her killed). So I might be wrong but my impression and how i remember things is that Johnny and Thompson already knew each other when Thompson found Johnny in the alley and saved his life. Might be wrong about that, though.

[damion.ord]

Johnny asks Thompson who he is after waking up in the clinic, Rogue doesn't know or trust him.