This is interesting. I did some digging around and the story behind this is that the character Clarice Owaga, who is interrogating Joyce is one of the higher ups in Monach. Here's where it gets better: She was the character in the first trailer (who was later replaced by Beth). Apparently in a video for motion capture website, the actress stated that Quatum Break was her first mo cap project and order to prepare for her role, she had gone through military training (it was implied that she would have more action sequences, hence the reveal trailer). but since development changed over time, again, her role was replaced by Beth, and Ogawa, played by Jeannie Bolet took a backseat.
I think this is why you see her in game/voice over for a while, and not anywhere in the TV series.
Yeah, I caught all of that but we still have no idea who she is or why Jack is being interrogated. Like, why did he just voluntarily decide to tell some Monarch women what happened?
Just finished. So the ending pretty much implies they're all still fucked. The End of Time was never exactly specified to happen in 2016. All we know is that it happens in 2021 which means it does still happen, just that it was never scheduled for 2016.
See, the entire time I was playing the game I viewed Jack as the villain, a stubborn idiot motivated by petty goals who was simply unwilling to listen to reason or see the bigger picture. Everything we've seen in the game suggests that time cannot be altered, you cannot change the past and yet Jack does everything he can to attempt it including destroying the one plan that might actually save the human race. The thing about the Lifeboat is that theoretically it isn't a bad plan and is the ideal solution to fix the End of Time.
The Lifeboat simply allowed for a fixed place where Time would continue and the scientists could work for a number of decades on fixing the flow of Time. Everyone on the outside of Time would theoretically be safe, frozen in time barring some freak train bursting through to hit them as the Shifters do not bother frozen individuals. However, Jack's plan to use the CFR effectively destroys any attempt to use the Lifeboat on a risky plan that has no guarantee of success to stop Time from ever breaking despite everything suggesting that it has already happened and thus cannot be changed. If you were a betting man the smartest plan is the Lifeboat as it ensures survival and a large amount of time to fix the problem.
I have to say the one thing I like about this universe so far is the idea that you cannot change the past and that essentially everything is predetermined. The majority of time travel stories revolve around being able to change events and thus create alternate realities. I appreciate the idea that events simply cannot be altered and that we are all indeed puppets on a string, it makes time travel all the more scary and mysterious. I especially enjoyed how this fact played with the minds of so many of the characters like William and Beth. William and Beth pretty much accepted they were puppets but were compelled to follow the script "fate" had set for them despite knowing full well their efforts were futile. Again, it's fascinating and scary.
