#though that's after like 30hrs on PC so maybe that has something to do with it

[namakes]

Every time I play the last level of Ghostrunner I'm like "oh this is octo-expansion if Splatoon wasn't rated E" lol

Which maybe makes no sense to anyone but me and I probably sound like "guy who only played X" here but. You know. I'm gonna slap some words out about it anyway, which will not be organized at all. obviously huge GR and OE spoilers

Okay so disclaimer. it has also been a very long time since I played OE. BUT. Tartar's thing was basically about how he's sick of humanity's successor being "petty and violent" (given that society revolves around how fresh your outfit is and playing pretend war), and he wants to erase and start over with a new, perfect blend of DNA that will result a more "ideal" world.

Though not entirely the same, it came to me when I was playing the final level of GR that the Architect's goal is similar, though without the whole levelling a city thing. At the beginning/middle of the stage, his lines go something like: "Mara was wrong. Humanity must be protected. Not just from the outside world, but from itself as well. And to protect fully, I need full control." [GR: You want to enslave everyone?] "I want to unify them. There will only be one purpose, iron resolve, and a single will. Everyone will eat, sleep, breath, and breed according to the needs of the Tower. No more violence, no more conflict, no more corruption." (if you want to watch/listen to the lines, here's a playthrough of the last level. the delivery makes it better imo)(also you can listen to one of my favorite tracks in the game, it's a bop).

As I was writing this I realized 8's and Jack's storylines are... sort of similar as well? Following a voice you think is helping you, only for it to turn out that thing had other plans for your body (not you, of course. we don't need you)(see also Architect's "Why are you so selfish? This is how you can serve humanity!" line)

Anyway. my brain is mushy atm but. do you see my vision. Creating the "perfect" world through complete order... a sanitized society... something something.........