So. Who/What is Richard?
Is he just the embodiment of the attitude of the original game? It seems he shows up when characters are basically behaving in ways that mimic the original game, with a warning saying "Hey, this ain't that game, you go down this path and shit will end up bad". He doesn't show up for Beard though except in the hard mode intro, where he basically says "Hey man, you didn't deserve this". I believe this might be because Beard's missions are the ones that play the most differently from the original games (i.e. weapons instead of masks, his perception of reality is never altered, his missions are in the jungle, etc etc.)
If he is actually supposed to be a person, then I don't really know...we know he can't be Jacket, because when Richter tries to apologize for killing Jacket's girlfriend, Richard says he appreciates the sentiment, but isn't the person Richter thinks he is. We know he isn't the leader of 50 blessings (Beard's commanding officer) because again in the hard mode intro, he claims to have never met Beard, despite both of them wishing they had in better circumstances.
Also what the hell is going on with this game anyway? Hard mode seems to imply these characters are reliving these events over and over and none of it makes a difference. Is the whole point of the game that after Jacket got the "Wrong Number" and killed the Mob Boss instead of heading to the 50 Blessings hide-out like Biker did in his alternate world, he set in motion the events leading the nuclear holocaust? Is that it? Is that all we are to take from the game? Seems like there should be more...
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