Eve uses the lifeforce of the remaining machine lifeforms connected to the network to continue his onslaught. The battle is not so black-and-white, however, as the androids begin to question their own motives and the world in which they inhabit whilst being thrown into difficult situations and moral dilemmas.įollowing his brother's defeat, Eve goes berserk and attacks 2B and 9S. The events of the 14th Machine War unfold through three main characters perspectives, 2B, 9S and A2, all of whom fight as the last remnants of human civilization against otherworldly invaders. They can also be replayed via the Chapter Select menu. 2B and 9S are forced to detonate their black boxes in order to destroy the Goliaths, but their fates are left unknown.Įach chapter contains various sub-chapters with some only being revealed after multiple playthroughs. After the target is destroyed, 2B and 9S reunite, only for three more Goliaths to appear and attack them. 2B hesitantly complies and takes his flight unit to defeat Goliath. He implores 2B to leave him to finish the mission and destroy the target. When Goliath is down, 2B makes her way to the top of him to find a mortally wounded 9S. 2B then tells him that they weren't wrong, as she is attacked by Goliath.Ī fight ensues, leading to 9S joining the fight, only to be slammed off his flight unit by Goliath. 9S informs her that there is another facility across the bridge, but that it's unusual for command to get the location of a target wrong. After making her way through the facility and being attacked several times by Goliath wheels, 2B makes her way out of the facility without having found her target. 2B, supported by 9S, is sent to the Factory to eliminate their target.

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