stemot
Companion Cube
- Joined
- May 20, 2004
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The fact of the matter is that Teidemann is in possession of the marker and he's the first identifiable antagonist in the game. He doesn't 'just happen to be in the same place'. Yes, he's controlled by the marker, but he exists as a surrogate antagonist because the marker just sits there. Obviously. 'Over-arching plot' was probably the wrong phrasing, since it implies it's the only thread throughout the game. But it's undeniably the only thing unique to the sequel, that sets it apart from the (not especially well explored) arc of the series that you mention.
Perhaps I'm more irked that he exists at all. He's just there to articulate some banal point about the marker we've heard already, and he's there persistently.
You say the the Marker just sits there and that he fills the role of the antagonist because the Marker cannot but that's not the case. You spend the entire game battling the marker in the form of Nicole who is much more of an antagonist than Teidemann ever is in the game and what the game is completely focused on throughout. The real battle of the game is against the Markers infection of Isaacs mind and how it's using him throughout to bring about Convergence. Tiedemann may be an enemy of Isaac but it certainly can't be said the whole game's story hinges on chasing him, it's never at any point Isaacs objective to find Teidemann but throughout he continues to battle his mind, Nicole and the Marker.