Thoughts (Spoilers for all 3 games)

[nary]

I've marathoned all 3 games recently, so most data is fresh in my mind, but this isn't a perfect in-depth comb-over, I'm just dumping my thoughts for others to add onto.

Let's talk about this amazing game series.

The expansion in this game of robot parts make me think the odd hand(s) that would move in Norwood Suite was part of the same tech. There are other mysteries here about what Norwood was involved in.

Interesting that Marcus didn't recognize your character from the first game. Maybe you just didn't matter that much to him. Or Muriel mind-wiped him.

I think the strange green oscilloscope tv's are able to control artificial HRH life, and that this accounts for Caetano's sudden illness. Though he did also seem to act erratically by looking at your resume. The second game is a little unsettling in that I'm not sure who is artificial. I think that the first person you deliver the pizza to is artificial, so who else. Both your first delivery and third delivery (Blue Moose) seem to be directly related to the conspiracy, but the other 2 deliveries are strange but don't seem to be related, unless the houses are also artificial. Which makes sense, why would house people exist if there weren't people. The best I can come up with for delivery #2 is a pun on "Pawns. In a pawn shop".

I think that Luuuke is part of the circus as well, though I don't think he's in this game.

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Things I'm not sure about.

I'm not sure what blue moose has to do with artificial life. Clones seem to like to bathe in it, and there was those letters of correspondance between Caetano and Blue Moose. I thought it was just a sports drink. Is it normal for drink companies to engage in other liquid based experiments.

Does the picture hanging up in this game that looks similar to your shadow in the mirror of Norwood Suite, represent you? And if so why is your picture hanging up in the basement. (This theory is a stretch)

This game seems to imply there was an original Norwood, or at least someone who originally came up with the concept of Norwood. What happened to them. People mention a shadowy figure in the beginning of Norwood Suite, but I think that's just a statue.

I don't know why the 2 figures in the penultimate scene of the game do what they do. Are they just acting autonomously and protecting their heirloom. Does the whereabouts of the real 2 help solve this? Because I don't know that either.

Is HRH trying to get power by replacing celebrities after they die and coasting on their legacy and influence. Is that why they leap on the kid because he has ties to the government.

What is the circus
- A force of good trying to expose the truth.
- A meta-element whose purpose is to guide the player (One presumed member does break the 4th wall in Norwood Suite after watching your progress from a distance)

I think I could go on for awhile.

[nary]

Another connection. Nadia in Norwood Suite was calling someone about delivering (was it 30?) pizzas, and that it was absolutely necessary for the boardroom meeting to go how she wanted.

I don't recall if it was Caetano's, I think it was Bruscali's.

[nary]

I think I get it.

The giant face houses were made in response to Google Street View (Or this universe's equivalent).

They were made to exploit how Google Street View identfies faces and automatically blurs them out. If you wanted your house to be censored on Google Street View, what would you have to do? You'd have to make your house look like a face so that the automatic censor censors it for you. Wiped from Google Earth? Wiped from the maps? Isn't that how the woman at the start of the game introduces the place? "You won't find this place on any maps".

[Cosmo D]

Caetano's Slice and Blucali are indeed rival pie makers. In this city, when it comes to pizza, it's a never-ending debate about who comes out on top.

[AdamWestMan]

Bit late but oh well. ALL OF THIS IS SPECULATION. I have a theory that Blue Moose is an addictive drink to regular people, but is fuel and essential for the clones. This could be why Nadia wanted to order so many pizzas, to influence the clone guests? Could also explain how people stay up for days with Blue Moose (mentioned in Norwood Suite), they're not people, they're clones running off unlimited fuel. All speculation of course.

[Cosmo D]

A bit of a real-life aside here...

In Brooklyn, NY, where I live, there are a lot of boutique energy drinks to go along with the Red Bulls and Monsters on the shelf. You've probably seen them too if you've stepped inside a bodega or grocery store that distributes the more niche brands. I try 'em all, mainly because I'm curious, and because Club Mate magically eliminated my jetlag once long ago...

Club Mate's still hard to find in the States, and overpriced when you can, so I'm always on the lookout for that next best thing...

[SimonPetrikov]

Originally posted by Cosmo D:

A bit of a real-life aside here...

In Brooklyn, NY, where I live, there are a lot of boutique energy drinks to go along with the Red Bulls and Monsters on the shelf. You've probably seen them too if you've stepped inside a bodega or grocery store that distributes the more niche brands. I try 'em all, mainly because I'm curious, and because Club Mate magically eliminated my jetlag once long ago...

Club Mate's still hard to find in the States, and overpriced when you can, so I'm always on the lookout for that next best thing...

Yo Cosmo. Have you tried Bawls Energy Drink? It's only physically sold at Microcenter. Don't ask me why; you can't make this stuff up. Bawls is sublime, but you can't go wrong with White Label mate either.

nice game btw

[Cosmo D]

There's a MicroCenter in Brooklyn. Always enjoy going in there. I'll keep an eye out for Bawls!

[Kowalski]

Are there 3 games in the series ? I'm thinking of buying this one, but only see volume 1. Where are the rest or are they named differently ?

[Cosmo D]

They are different games all set in the same fictional world.

This is the most recent game but the others are predecessors:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/467360/OffPeak/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/

volume 2 and beyond don't exist (yet!)

[Lil Gibby]

Originally posted by Cosmo D:

They are different games all set in the same fictional world.

This is the most recent game but the others are predecessors:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/467360/OffPeak/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/696480/The_Norwood_Suite/

volume 2 and beyond don't exist (yet!)

I'm so exited for volume 2! (or some type of content update) It was a blast making the achievement guide and I really like your games.

[Cosmo D]

Cheers Lil Gibby!

Originally posted by Lil Gibby:

I'm so exited for volume 2! (or some type of content update) It was a blast making the achievement guide and I really like your games. :praisesun:

[TheColorUrple]

Originally posted by Cosmo D:

Cheers Lil Gibby!

Originally posted by Lil Gibby:

I'm so exited for volume 2! (or some type of content update) It was a blast making the achievement guide and I really like your games.

God your games and music rule so hard.