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The Crux Australis of Dontnod Entertainment ’s newest gameTell Me Whyhinges on the mystery of the motivation of Mary - Ann , female parent to duplicate Alyson and Tyler . The night of her death , was she genuinely trying to stamp out Tyler ? Or was she afraid of something else ? The clues to those response might be hiding in an item calledThe Book of Goblins .
[ monition : Spoilers for Tell Me Why , Chapter 1 ]
secern Me Whyis a new risky venture plot from the studio that previouslymadeLife is unknown . The two project have similar styles : both have been released in occasional chunks and have contemporary spectacular plots with a extrasensory machine . In the case ofTell Me Why , the two lead twins share a telepathic chemical bond and can conjure up memories of their past to diddle out in front of them . secern Me Whyhas also garnered tending as one of the first games to have a playable transgender character . Tyler ’s identity is a major patch decimal point as he and his sis attempt to put to work through how their mommy felt about Tyler , and what really chance the nighttime ten age ago when they were forced to kill her in self - defence .
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By the end of chapter one , it ’s become unclouded that , like in other Dontnod game , there might be a extrasensory force at play . While Mary - Ann ’s specific fear is n’t disclose in this chapter , clue can be garnered by readingThe Book of Goblins . This detail is a assembling of short fib written by Mary - Ann and Alyson about various magical adventures of brute and spirits in a woodland near a lake . Although say only one of the story is necessary to solve a puzzle , perusing the other story quickly bring out that they are allegories for the various citizen of the township of Delos Crossing .
The Book of Goblins is More Than Just a Puzzle Solution
A few of the references are comfortable to decode . Mary - Ann is the princess , and the twins are the Crafty Goblins . Others become more apparent as the Gemini fulfil other people of Delos Crossing , reinforced by the comportment ofsmall collectible statues hidingnear specific individuals . The god-fearing Tessa , for representative , who help out Mary - Ann financially over the year , has a statue of the Pious Pelican hiding in her office . InThe Book of Goblins , there ’s a floor about how the Pious Pelican help keep the Princess and the Crafty Goblins safe and warm through a cold-blooded wintertime . But there ’s one of import character fromThe Book of Goblinsthat does n’t yet have an analogue : the Mad Hunter .
The Mad Hunter is introduced on the very first Sir Frederick Handley Page of The Book of Goblins as a figure that is chasing the Princess . Why is never explained in the chronicle , and study the relic of the Princess in the collectibles fare reveals the Princess " wo n’t tell anyone what she ’s running from , because just thinking about it makes her cry . " The twins also remark at one point that the Mad Hunter was Mary - Ann ’s origination , not Alyson ’s . Something tragical happened in Mary - Ann ’s past that she wo n’t talk about , and she never feel she get out it , as one of the cardinal features of the Mad Hunter is " once he start hunting someone , he never stops . "
But most alarmingly , the Mad Hunter might be more than just a reference to another human . A shadowy figure that looks like the Mad Hunter can be spotted lurking as the twins leave the station , and he also have an coming into court the night Mary - Ann die . Whether the Mad Hunter ofTell Me Whyis truly a extrasensory force or just how the twins treat sealed emotion remains to be seen in thecoming chapters from Dontnod .
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Tell Me Whyreleased its first instalment on August 27th , 2020 for PC and Xbox One , with subsequent episodes on September 3rd and September 10th .
