while the fifth and final flashback, which he sees at the end of the game, is significantly
longer (though still fast paced) and shows what Torque actually did and reveals whether
he is innocent or guilty. All flashbacks take place through a first-person view, represent-
ing what Torque sees.
- First Flashback: The player sees a closeup Malcolm drowned in a tub of water,
floating slowly beneath the surface. His lips are blue and his eyes are wide open in
disbelief. - Second Flashback: The player sees Cory dead on the sidewalk outside Torque’s
fourth-story apartment in Baltimore, obviously having been killed from the fall.
Cory’s limbs are bent in obviously incorrect ways and his body has been slightly
smashed on the sidewalk, a pool of blood having formed around the body. - Third Flashback: The player sees a closeup of Carmen’s face, her eyes wide open
in a death stare, her expression one of shock, a copious amount of thick blood
pouring out of her skull through her braided hair. - Fourth Flashback: We see through Torque’s eyes and he opens the door to his
apartment, speaking, “Carmen, are you here?” - Fifth: Torque’s crime is revealed when the player sees one of three flashbacks,
depending on his actions in the game.- Positive: Torque walks into his apartment, looking for his ex-wife and children.
He first finds Carmen in the bedroom, dead on the floor. We hear him exclaim,
“Carmen, oh my god!” He turns and questions, “Boys, where are you?” In the
bathroom he sees Malcolm drowned in the bathtub, and we hear him scream,
“No! Cory, where are you?” Now in Cory’s bedroom, we see the window is
open with the curtains being blown in by the wind outside. Looking out
through the window we see Cory dead on the sidewalk below. Torque speaks,
“Who did this? Who? Why?” Suddenly Torque hears a sound behind him and
turns around to see two darkly dressed males run out the door of his
apartment. He chases after them to the stairs that lead up to his apartment, but
they are gone. - Neutral: We see Carmen arguing with Torque in Torque’s bedroom: “I have the
money now, I want the boys up in New York with me.” We hear Torque shout
back: “You’re just trying to take my boys from me!” “Where were you for those
three years, Torque?” “How many times can I tell you that....”Then we see
Torque’s fist swing out and hit Carmen on the jaw, sending her flying to the
ground. On the way down she hits her head on the bed frame, creating a large
gash in her skull. She falls, dead, on the ground. We hear Torque speaking:
“Carmen? Carmen? What have I done?” The camera turns to look at the door
of the room where Cory is standing, anger visible in his eyes and his stance.
He turns to run out of the room, and the camera follows him. First we see him
run into the bathroom and drown his brother, Malcolm, in the tub. Then we
follow as Cory runs into his own bedroom, opens the window, steps up onto the
windowsill, and throw himself out onto the pavement below. We hear Torque
screaming and weeping: “Cory! Malcolm! What have I done?”
- Positive: Torque walks into his apartment, looking for his ex-wife and children.
634 Appendix B: Sample Design Document:The Suffering