Oni2 talk:Truth Number Zero: Difference between revisions

Fundamentally Oni has a generic sci-fi inventory (force fields, energy beams, invisibility, teleportation) that was added to increase its cool factor, and to distinguish it from mainstream cyberpunk.<ref group=Iritscen>I think the purpose in adding these items was purely gameplay-oriented, though the phase cloak is unquestionably based on the thermoptic camouflage from GitS, and teleportation doesn't exist at all except in the training level, which is almost certainly in cyberspace.</ref><ref group=geyser>Oni's phase cloaking has an important difference to [[Ghost In The Shell]]'s thermoptics in that it's not a piece of camouflaged cloth wrapped around the body; instead it's the body itself that becomes invisible through "phase shifting" on a molecular level. The in-universe justification of the 30-second time-limit on cloaking is that prolonged cloaking could cause permanent damage to the operator's cells (possibly for a Daodan symbiote the risks of phase cloak abuse are reduced).</ref><ref group=geyser>Besides the anecdotal spawning of powerups in the training level, teleportation is prominently featured in the boss fight with [[Mukade]], in combination with phase cloaking. Mukade is also the only enemy who phase-cloaks in Vanilla Oni (the secret ) </ref> Later on, it was complemented by the [[Screaming Cell]]<ref>'''[[Quotes/Weapons#scream|Quote]]:''' [...] a mysterious entity known as a Screaming Cell. These creatures seem to exist out of Earth phase, but feed on human lifeforce and are drawn to it when freed.</ref> and [[Daodan]]<ref>'''[[Quotes/Consoles#Chrysalis_Removal|Quote]]:''' [...] the organism possesses an unearthly ability to adapt to adverse stimuli [...] If we can communicate with the Chrysalis directly it may be possible to directly influence its physical development.</ref> concepts, leading to the notion that the paranormal phenomena occurring in Oni originate (at least partly) from parallel worlds. The current in-universe interpretation is that Oni's civilization has somehow harnessed sci-fi energy (c.f. generators in the ACC chapters) and also benefits from various phenomena/entities of transdimensional origin, under the collective concept of "phase technology" (some weaponized, some implemented as more or less commonplace commodities, and some experimental/hazardous - like the Daodan).