There are a whole lot of games that give you an “operator”. An operator doesn’t just give you objectives at the start of the mission – they’re constantly in communication with you. They hear everything you say, see everything you do (usually justified only vaguely in the game), update you on your progress, tell you when mission objectives have changed, give you useful information and if poorly implemented can really annoy the krep out of you. The odds of you actually meeting them in person are really low.
So, here’s a list of twenty operators…can you tell me what games they’re bossing the player around in?
1. Moya
2. Janice Polito
3. Irving Lambert
4. The Guildmaster
5. Otis
6. Rebecca Lansing
7. Atlas
8. EVA
9. Shinatama
10. Roy Campbell
11. Dan
12. Cortana
13. Mercury
14. Mike One Juliet
15. Anya
16. Zyzyx
17. Alex Jacobson
18. Major Zero
19. Augustus Sinclair
20. You
.3 seems like Splinter Cell
I challenged myself to not Google! Here is what I got so far:
1. Moya – ???
2. Janice Polito – System Shock 2 of course!
3. Irving Lambert – Splinter Cell, I actually did not shoot him, even though Conviction says I did…
4. The Guildmaster – from Fable, never played the second or third.
5. Otis – ???
6. Rebecca Lansing – System Shock of course! I actually didn’t remember this from the game, but from Shamus Young’s excellent online novel. (http://www.shamusyoung.com/shocked/)
7. Atlas – BioShock
8. EVA – ???
9. Shinatama – ???
10. Roy Campbell – ???
11. Dan – ???
12. Cortana – Halo
13. Mercury – Mirror’s Edge
14. Mike One Juliet – ???
15. Anya – ???
16. Zyzyx – ??? (maybe Zork?)
17. Alex Jacobson – Deus Ex
18. Major Zero – ???
19. Augustus Sinclair – ???
20. You – Can’t remember the name, but I remember hearing about a game a while back where you play someone locked in a security room, who has to guide a blind woman through like a sinking ship or something?
Adding to LameBrain’s list:
5. Otis: Dead Rising.
15. Anya: Gears of War? I never really thought of her filling that role, though.
20. Lifeline (tell her to bark like a dog).
All guesses so far are correct (except 16, it’s not Zork). That still leaves about half of them, and a lot of them are really easy! (Two are evil, though. Pure, pure evil.)
8. EVA – Command and Conquer?
Correct!
I’m stumped.
Hydrophobia had one of these “operator” characters, but I can’t recall the name of him, and I don’t think Hydrophobia was widely enough played to wind up on this list.
Sorry, but Hydrophobia isn’t one of the games on the list…in fact, I’d never heard of it. To the YouTubes!
All right, going to give you guys a few more hours and then reveal.
I am stumped as well
Okay, complete list:
1. Moya – Infamous
2. Janice Polito – System Shock 2
3. Irving Lambert – Splinter Cell Series
4. The Guildmaster – Fable
5. Otis – Dead Rising
6. Rebecca Lansing – System Shock
7. Atlas – Bioshock
8. EVA – Command & Conquer
9. Shinatama – Oni
10. Roy Campbell – Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2
11. Dan – Iji
12. Cortana – Halo Series
13. Mercury – Mirror’s Edge
14. Mike One Juliet – Battlefield Bad Company
15. Anya – Gears of War
16. Zyzyx – Sacrifice
17. Alex Jacobson – Deus Ex
18. Major Zero – Metal Gear Solid 3
19. Augustus Sinclair – Bioshock 2
20. You – Lifeline
I was actually able to find most of these once I lifted my self-imposed ban on Google. Except number 11. Do you have any idea how hard it is to google “Dan”?
Evil People.
I warned you! I did!