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First, I just want to say this is my favorite game since Skyrim or New Vegas, and that is a VERY high bar. I have no serious complaints, but I do have some questions that were bugging me.
1. Why is everyone on a first name basis? They did this in the last game, where everyone calls Hoyt Volker by his first name like they're old friends. Here, everyone calls Pagan by his name and not "that bastard Min". The only time you hear his last name is 'King Min' which is kind of weird, when 'King Pagan' is appropriate. Also, Noore calls Paul Harmon by his first name. Yes, they're co-workers, but it's a tad familar for the man who supposedly has your family.
Developer preference? It's just the way Ubisoft programmers decided to phase dialogue.
2. Were the Golden Path deliberately avoiding discussing Ishwari with Ajay, or is it possible they just never knew?
Bear in mind the current leaders of Golden Path are younger generation, easily 2 decades from Mohan Ghale's era. They only knew Mohan the Legend, not the man's intricate family details. In traditional Kyrati culture, the wife remains in the background. Mohan is the MAN. Ishwari was simply Mrs Mohan Ghale, or a former Tarun Matara period. They didn't know how Mohan died, or how he planted his wife as a spy with Pagan Min, details of which will be revealed to you by Pagan Min if you chose certain game options.
3. What language is everyone speaking? Hindi? (India is right there) English? (Kyrat was a British colony) A separate Kyrati tongue?
Main game dialogue is in English. Occasionally, NPCs especially the guards banter in Hindi or even hilariously speak Cantonese.
4. Is Shangi-La real? Are you actually reliving Kalinag's tale, or are you just reading a story? Do you think Yuma actually tapped into the Kyrati mythos, or did she just drug you?
My interpretation is that Ajay is visualizing the scenes when he reads the Thangkra. Just like when we read a book, we visualize the scenes in our heads. Yuma drugged Ajay with a hallucination drug. Because Ajay has been reading Thangkras and experienced the Shangri-La visions, his mind becomes filled with those images. So Yuma appeared in his hallucination as Kalinag and her guards as blue demons.
5. Noore and Yuma have thick American accents. This may be an oversight on the part of the devs, but it just bugged me, since Yuma is explicitly born and raised in Hong Kong, and Noore is Kyrati. (Pagan's Brit accent is actually logical considering his age and background.) Both also say 'A.J.' for some bizarre reason.
Again, developer preference? Just like in AC: Unity, main French characters speak British-accented English.
6. The scene in which Pagan speaks to the family. Is it actually Pagan or just his body double?
His body double, Eric. Pagan has been living as a recluse after his daughter's death. He seldom makes personal appearances.[/B]
7. Noore Najjar's plot seems pointlessly complicated. Couldn't Pagan Min have found someone else to run his arena and drug business? Someone WITHOUT a grudge?
You must understand Noore's backstory. She was a harsh Pagan critic who lambasted his regime's human rights abuses. So Pagan had in mind to mess her real good. By forcing her to take charge of prostitution, drugs and death arena fights, he was torturing her against her former good doctor beliefs. Put simply, he transformed a good woman into a monster. It was deliberate, sadistic fun for Pagan.
8. Is Paul Harmon CIA? I notice Willis Huntley doesn't start his purge until right after Harmon is disposed of. I keep thinking he's what people refer to as a 'military adviser' and the loading screen mentions his former employer was an American intelligence agency. The Golden Path made a deal with Mohan, but we never see their assistance before Huntley shows up. Perhaps they switched sides after his death?