30: Jayden Blues

30: Jayden Blues

Character: Norman Jayden

Unlock Ludwig Von Trophy

The chapter opens with Norman sitting at a piano in a bar.  He is about to play the piano - and if you play every note without missing one, you will get a trophy! 

The sequence is random, so I cannot give it to you, and you only have less than a second to hit each note so you have to pay attention.  If you are good at sequences this should be easy, if not, this might be one you want to come back and get later because once he starts using both hands the notes come pretty fast.   Fortunately you are not playing an entire song, just a piece of one.

After you finish the bartender comes over with your drink and talks to you about the case - if the glow in Normans glasses have not tipped you off, this is an ALI simulation.  The bartender warns you not to overindulge in "you know what" - and of course that is the drug that you are addicted to. 

The scene changes to the ARI data interface so that you can review the clues and evidence.  Start with the files and go over every aspect of them.  Nothing new here, but when you look at the clues you discover that you  have some new data - the video footage from the park on the day that Shaun Mars disappeared.  The footage reveals that a car fitting the description of the suspect was both in the area and appears and leaves within the time span of the event.

You analyze the car and learn that it was stolen.  There was a suspect but the charges against them were dropped for lack of evidence.  Next you review Jackson Neville's file, and that is all of the new data, so you shut off the interface.  You get a flashback and then you feel the need to take your drug.  Don't!

I admit that this sequence is rather silly, and you have no indication of what you are supposed to do to prevent him from using the drug.  The following is strictly conjecture on my part, but I believe that the jerking motion on the controller is intended to symbolize you preventing him from reaching the drug by holding him in the read of the room.  That does not work though, because eventually he rushes over to it and you cannot stop him.

You are then given the choice to take the drug or throw it away.  The problem here is that it appears that all you need to do is select Circle to not take the drug - if you do that and then just stand there, he takes the drug.  You have to stumble into the bathroom that you cannot actually see and physically get rid of the drug!  When you get close to the toilet the ARI flashback will go away and you can dump the drug into the toilet.

This is actually an interesting chapter because it implies that there is an interactive intelligence level to the ARI that had not been even hinted at before.  The more he plays with this thing the more I wish I had one!

Once you have completed getting rid of the drug - or not - the chapter ends and during the transition if you played all of the notes on the piano you will unlock the trophy "Ludwig Von" (bronze), and if you succeeded in flushing the dope, you will unlock the trophy "Detox" (bronze).