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Robo detectives my beloved

I love it😁

Obviously he’s still compassionate and charming and I’d imagine he was the best fiancée to Jenny considering he loved her so much that it made Synth Nick NEED to take out Eddy Winters.

He was probably a stand up, handsome guy with a high rank, stable job and a beautiful fiancée. He was probably a little cocky. Like in the healthy way. He was confident and funny and could read a room well and make people feel at ease.

But Synth Nick. Oh my word Synth Nick.

He’s a tossed out, prototype monster made by the Institute that people hated.

That charming “I can get along with anyone” was suddenly wasted. Because they didn’t want to get along with him.

Without his Cop Valentine’s looks, rank, and friends and family. The best personality forced into a shell that didn’t fit it at all. No wonder that’s his main storyline, that must be an unbearable feeling.

The love of a woman he wanted to settle down with wasn’t even his. That woman loved NICK. Not this old synth.

So what does he do? Knowing he’s a shell of another man? He goes off a looks after people. Finds folks missing children, gives Ellie a stable living and career, tries to keep peace with people. He’s so desperate to have a legacy that’s not Cop Valentine’s that he puts himself on the line over and over. He gives up his brain to an experiment that could potentially destroy part of his brain, but he does it without hesitation because there’s a terrified parent looking for their stolen baby.

He wants to help and care for and support because when he woke up a synth, he had memories of love and care but the reality was no one wanted him anymore. So he goes off and cares for others so they don’t feel the way Nick does. He’s a broken, controversial shell with the ghost of a good man inside.

And then it hit me with a story about self-identity and purpose which resonated so much that I can't stop thinking about it. Everything about 47 and Diana's journey is a brilliant escalation, one about the realization that even though Diana is slowly bringing out 47's ability to feel again, she's still continuing the cycle of him being used and controlled. It hit me right in the chest when 47 is doing his second mission without Diana, and repeats her line "I'll leave you to prepare" to Olivia. To see a cold-blooded assassin miss his one friend in the world, to see how worried he becomes when she's present for his next mission.

And damn, the way scene where they dance together was perfect, because you can just tell that the betrayal is coming. It almost feels like a premature goodbye. Diana cares deeply for 47 after all this time, and that's why she knows she has to let him go. It's not truly a betrayal - it's mercy.

When he takes out The Constant and goes off his own, they leave things a bit vague, but I love it. It doesn't matter who Diana is now, because her and 47 aren't together anymore. He's on his own, and while he's continuing the path The Constant taunted him for being stuck in, it's different. He makes the choices now. He works for himself.

I teared up watching him smile while talking to Diana. Agent 47, the cold blooded killer, is finally allowed to feel, to grow as a person, because he's free. It's the best conclusion I could've asked for.

The gameplay is amazing, obviously, but I wish less people ignored the story behind it all. I haven't even touched on Providence or Lucas Grey, which are both excellent in their own rights.