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2) no
3) this bothers me as well
4) no he was just going nuts and hallucinating at that point
2. No. Most likely this was Konrad's or the Radioman's order, a warning to discourage further mutinies.
3. Chain of command I guess, Walker was the Captain, Adams and Lugo had to obey him. Even though they do go along with Walker's orders, they do begin to question his leadership. As for the non-existant voice on the busted radio, I don't think Adam or Lugo ever checked the radio for themselves. I think they assumed Walker was really talking to someone on the other end, but like I said, neither of them ever thought to check out the radio or try to talk with Konrad on their own.
4. Open to interpretation. Wether Walker is actually still Alive by that point in the game is not made entirely clear. According to Walt Williams, the writer behind Spec Ops, Walker died in the helicopter crash and everything that happens afterwards is all in his mind. Although, he did say that players should keep an open mind and decide for themselves what really happend, there is no definite answer.
Could you elaborate on this? I didn't see it that way, and don't see how it would have been possible considering Konrad was dead the whole time. It is my belief that Walker did incinerate the last bastion of the 33rd that was still following Konrad's final orders and actually trying to do some good... and his realization of this is a big part of the emotional impact of that scene... but that's merely my own interpretation of it.
Agreed. The bodies were obviously hanging there for quite some time, so it's tough to really say whose doing it actually was, but it's safe to say it was not Walker's. He just happened upon the scene after the fact and fabricated the elaborate scenario behind it in his own mind.
Agreed again. The group does offer some resistance to Walker in the early stages, but as they begin to uncover what the 33rd has been up to (or so they think), it didn't take much for Walker to convince them that Konrad was the "bad guy" behind it all and get them on board.
And as for the radio goes, I encourage anyone who doesn't understand that bit to go back and play the game again, except this time pretend that Konrad's voiceovers don't exist, and pay specific attention to the things that Walker says to him. Taking Konrad's dialogue out entirely you realize that Walker never actually has any sort of "back and forth" exchange with him through the radio whatsoever.
That first scene with the radio is a prime example. The very first time Walker addresses Konrad on the radio, it goes something like,
"Colonel, this is Sgt Walker..."
*Konrad responds*
"Colonel, what's going on here?"
*elaborate imaginary response*
"Colonel, please!"
*more elaborate imaginary dialogue*
Throughout the rest of the game Walker continues to address Konrad this same way. Everything is sort of vague, as if he's answering him but without actually acknowledging anything that Konrad has just said. There is no reason for Lugo and Adams to suspect anything because from their perspective, Walker is just asking questions and barking threats at someone on the radio who simply isn't responding (even if we, the player, are hearing otherwise). It's actually pretty brilliant.
I went with the "open mind" option and choose to believe that Walker is still alive at that point. Never made sense to me that he was already dead, especially since we see that he gets rescued in one of the alternate endings. Regardless, I do think that those soldiers were a figment of his imagination. This is also supported in one of the alternate endings, but absolutely still open for debate.
Sorry for the long post...
1. Long before Walker ever set foot in Dubai and when Konrad was still alive, the 33rd went to war with itself. The 33rd split in two, those loyal to Konrad and the Mutineers (the Exiles as they are called in the multiplayer mode). As to why exactly they went to war with each other is never specified, but Konrad and those loyal to him ended up winning the war. As a punishment and warning to any future mutiny, Konrad gatherd the staff responsible and had them doused in WP. By the time Walker stumble into Dubai, the 33rd civil-war is long over.
2. Again, most likely bodies of the mutineers being hung up around the city to serve as a reminder to what happens to those who betray Konrad and the 33rd.
4. I've read a lot of interesting theories that I will not go into detail, ranging from Walker is stuck in some sort of purgatory/hell or that Walker is actually the hallucination, not Konrad. But as William's said, there is no definite answer, it's up to the player to decide.
Right, but that's why you have me confused. I'm assuming here that the OP was referring to the scene in Chapter 8 in which Walker uses the WP against the 33rd. I'm not sure how this could have been Konrad's doing since, as you say, the civil war over and he was presumably already long since dead by that point. This one was all on Walker.
What's ambiguous about that scene is exactly what sect those members of the 33rd were a part of. Were they working for or against Konrad's orders at that point? In my mind, Konrad was still the "good guy" in all of this, despite all the atrocities that had happened, and that these men were probably still under his orders to try and help the citizens of Dubai. Which is why I say in answer to the OP's question, yes, I do think that Walker incinerated Konrad's staff in that scene.
I was referring to a scene after Walker kills the 33rd and civilians with WP, when he talks to Konrad for the first time on the radio. After Walker's massacre, there a cutscene that shows Konrad's old staff tied sitting down on some chairs. Konrad had these men killed because they lead the mutiny against him.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=371414088
Walker murdered all those people outside, yes, but these guys have been dead for quite some time, Konrad killed them long ago.
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1) No, you find them already dead, remember?
2) No, you already found them hanged.
3) This is due to (my opinion) brilliant writing: as it was previously mentioned, simply cut out Konrad's voice wherever you hear him. It will make a LOT more sense. Play the game again and simply ignore Konrad completely. Also don't forget you are their superior, they both remind you of why you even came here in the first place simple recon and get out all game long, but you keep pushing/leading them further and further.
4) Definitely going nuts, remember how many people surround you at the scene before that? What happened to all those people? It's just your mind finally breaking for failing to become a hero like you wanted that eventually caused ALL this mess, including 2 of your subordinates/colleagues/friends dying for nothing, you were just there to recon and get out, remember? and simply imagining that scene.
Aha, I get the misunderstanding now. Still not sure which scene the OP was referring to though.
It's kinda dumb though that the mission was indeed just a simple recon, but then Walker decides that he wants to help the people here and all goes to ♥♥♥♥, but at no time the two others decide to just say "F you" and return like they were supposed to. I mean, I get he is higher grade, but soldiers aren't complete idiots that can't think for themselves...
Towards the end when you do the beginning helicopter ride, but the second time, doesn't Walker say something like "this seems familiar" or something like that? Why is this? Or did I imagine that (oh no, am I becoming like Walker :O )? Does it have to do with the idea of the personal hell, a sort of groundhog day thing in a way?
Also that one scene where you practically ARE in hell for a moment...
He does! Some have pointed to this as proof that he dies in the helicopter crash at the beginning of the game, and is reliving his past experiences as his own personal hell. As mentioned in an earlier post, even the game's writer alluded to this.
While I do agree with the idea that Walker is reliving his past in a personal hell, I don't believe he ever died in the opening helicopter scene. I think it's more of a metaphorical hell, in his own mind, rather than a literal Purgatory, and that he does in fact get rescued at the end (depending on which ending you get, of course).
Well here's my two cents regarding the heli crash. Like you've mentioned the heli minigun scene was the opening scene, then the transition was like something hours ago. I think at that point the heli scene was the "present", Walker was doing that in the real world at the real time. Then he started memorising backward and told the story of whatever happened before the heli crash in a past tense. Which is to say he has added in bits and pieces to make his memory acceptable by himself. Therefore Konrad, the choices between two men hanged on the bridge, they are just imaginary events that Walker subconsiously added into his memory to make it easy on himself, and to attempt to comprehend all the terrible stuff he has infested on the 33rd and the citizens.
When we play through the plane crash the second time it became the present again. But right now Walker was so convinced that his made up memories were real that he has dimonized Konrad that he started to interpret what was happening differently than the others. Or maybe he really died in the plane crash and what happened next is how he would want it to have happened, Walker feeling like a hero.