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Mission Failure

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If on any level, you fail to accomplish the specified objectives or your health equals zero, the Mission Failure screen appears which allows you to either retry the level or quit the game. It is accompanied by very "in-Your-Face" music that has a very good beat until about mid-way through the music. Then, what appears to be some sort of monster starts growling while the music volume is lowered. When thoroughly analyzed, it is found out that the noises are actually voices with their speeds incredibly slowed down.
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'''Mission Failure''' is an event that occurs when you lose on a level.  
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==Sublimal messages==
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Levels that it can happen on include Story mode, Challenge mode, and Arcade League. For it to happen, the player's character must either lose all of his/her health points, fall off a bottomless chasm, or possibly fail an objective.
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Since the voices are incredibly slowed down, when their speed is increased, it is hypothesized that the mysterious "monster growls" will sound more human.
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A man claimed that he increased the speed by 300% and heard that it was a male voice saying "Stay right where you are" and "Good Lord!" These claims have yet to be proved by another source.
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When the screen is displayed, you are given the option to either restart the level (possibly from the nearest checkpoint) or exit the game. On the screen, you can sometimes view other menus such as the list of objectives that you completed and failed to complete, the number of points each character earned, or the briefing.
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===Reverse play===
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==Soundtrack==
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Some players claim that the voices aren't slowed down; they are actually played backwards. This implies that playing the sounds in reverse would make the sounds sound normal.
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When the ''Mission Failure'' screen appears, somewhat drastic music begins playing. The music continues to play for six minutes. After about two or three minutes, noises are made that resemble noises of some sort of monster. When furtherly analyzed, the noises are actually voices slowed down.
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Some hyphothesize that when played backwards, the "monster growls" actually are Satanic messages encouraging the player to worship Satan. These claims have yet to be disproven as no one has dared play the music backwards.
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===Sublimal Messages===
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Since the strange monster-like sounds are actually voices slowed down, it is implied that speeding the sound up would transform the noises to sound somewhat normal. Once done, the phrases "Stay right where you are" and "Good Lord!" have been claimed to be vaguely heard.
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==Is that too loud?==
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Some also hypothesize that playing the sound backwards would translate it into messages, also.
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At the end of the Mission Failure music, a woman asking, "Is that too loud?" is heard. This is likely a mistake by Free Radical though it could also be a clever feature added to the game to scare players (in addition to the mysterious noises (see above).
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===Mistakes===
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A mistake is heard at the end of the soundtrack when a woman (most likely from Free Radical) says "Is that too loud?"

Revision as of 06:15, 24 July 2007

Mission Failure is an event that occurs when you lose on a level.

Levels that it can happen on include Story mode, Challenge mode, and Arcade League. For it to happen, the player's character must either lose all of his/her health points, fall off a bottomless chasm, or possibly fail an objective.

When the screen is displayed, you are given the option to either restart the level (possibly from the nearest checkpoint) or exit the game. On the screen, you can sometimes view other menus such as the list of objectives that you completed and failed to complete, the number of points each character earned, or the briefing.

Soundtrack

When the Mission Failure screen appears, somewhat drastic music begins playing. The music continues to play for six minutes. After about two or three minutes, noises are made that resemble noises of some sort of monster. When furtherly analyzed, the noises are actually voices slowed down.

Sublimal Messages

Since the strange monster-like sounds are actually voices slowed down, it is implied that speeding the sound up would transform the noises to sound somewhat normal. Once done, the phrases "Stay right where you are" and "Good Lord!" have been claimed to be vaguely heard.

Some also hypothesize that playing the sound backwards would translate it into messages, also.

Mistakes

A mistake is heard at the end of the soundtrack when a woman (most likely from Free Radical) says "Is that too loud?"

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