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There's been a few times I've gone into Afterlife from a wall switch when my screen was turning red from hits. The red continues on my screen, even in Afterlife. Although, I think it's just a technical thing from switching over. When I get back up though, my body had always recovered from the hits I had experienced before entering Afterlife. I do find it a bit interesting though that Brutus can see their souls in Afterlife, but the zombies can not.

My personal opinion is that it's over. The game ending Easter Egg seems like it would be the ultimate EE for this map. Who knows though, maybe the PS3 and PC guys can dig something up. ;)

Wow, I'm a bit speechless. I'll be honest I held you to some high expectations when you first started talking about this thread. But you've really blown any and all expectations out of the water. Simply amazing. Strong effective strategies and easy to follow guides, along with tons of helpful tips along the way. Thanks to you Andrew I now start round two with around 7500 almost every time. And the little tidbit about being able to jump up to the third level from the stairs near the warden's office. Just another great little tip that shows the detail you put into this guide. This is so much more than just a guide. It is literally a collection of everything a Solo player might need to know to excel in Mob of the Dead. Simply stunning. Thank you for this :D

Traps are a must for high rounds. Our own perfectlemonade has devised an amazing guide with various strategies you could use while utilizing the trap. He has really made it his mission to find the fastest and most efficient way to advance in rounds. Not to mention could get you to 100+ if you really wanted to. Check it out if you get a minute. Good luck!

Our story of Mob of the Dead begins with the end of the easter egg, as the Demonic Controller provides the evidence of what REALLY happened with our mobsters before the events of Mob of the Dead. My name is Stanley Ferguson. I was a guard at Alcatraz from 1933 to 1942. Today, I'm going to give you some insight into one of the more interesting tales of the prison's history. Over the decades, Alcatraz has seen more than its fair share of escape attempts. However, few are as audacious as the one undertaken by four inmates on New Year's Eve, 1933. Thought to be the brainchild of an inmate by the name of Albert Arlington, the outrageous scheme was as unlikely as its mastermind. Just how the Weasel managed to convince these hardened criminals that such a plan was even possible remains a mystery to this day. What is known is that no such plane was ever built. Instead, the group's plans for freedom soon descended into bitter argument and in-fighting. And so it was here, beneath the dark and stormy winter skies, that the hapless Arlington met his grisly end, bleeding to death on the cold concrete roof. For their participation in the murder, the three collaborators were sent to death by Electric Chair. Justice came swiftly. On the morning of January 19, 1934, the execution order was carried out. In these audio recordings, a guard from Alcatraz, Ferguson, is heard telling the story of what really happened to the four mobsters as they devised a daring escape plan to get off the rock. Al Arlington, or The Weasel was an associate of Salvatore DeLuca's crew. He had been incarcerated before the other three, and was one of the first prisoners to arrive at Alcatraz Island in the early 1930's. On February 26, 1932, Al begins drawing schematics of the airplane he plans to use to escape Alcatraz. The plans take many months to perfect, and after he finally completes them, he makes an entry into his journal describing what needs to be done next. "I've completed the aircraft's schematics, using only components that I know can be found within the grounds. However, everything hinges on gaining the trust and help of some of the facility's most notorious residents. They may make fun of me sometimes, but they know I can do anything if I set my mind to it. I've planned enough jobs for them in the past to know that I can convince them to join me as Icarus takes flight. Speaking of Icarus, same old story. The Editor defaced my art, scrawling nasty little comments on every page. When I get out, I'll show him how wrong he is..." Al notes that he is receiving help from an outside source from outside the prison. The Editor appears to have knowledge of aircraft and flight, as he provides feedback on what would work. Al makes a promise to get his revenge once he gets out. But first, he must complete his plans of escaping, and the first step is to secure pawns that will help him in his plans. Luckily for Al, during his time planning the escape, his old acquaintances Sal DeLuca, Billy Handsome, and Finn O'Leary arrive at Alcatraz Prison. Billy Handsome was Sal's go to guy when he needed a guy whacked. No matter what the case, he would get the job done. Billy looked up to DeLuca, and was willing to do anything to please him. He was eventually convicted on 116 counts of murder, and was sent to Alcatraz. With the plan falling apart, anger and frustration would ultimately lead to a brutal altercation between the misguided Arlington and his former co-conspirators. Armed only with makeshift weapons, Finn O'Leary, Sal DeLuca, and Billy Handsome, lured the unsuspecting Arlington to the roof, where they planned to exact a bloody and violent revenge. So when we play during Mob of the Dead, we are in this form of Purgatory. The box from Hell, the triplet of Helldogs (Cerberus, a three-headed "Hellhound" that guarded the gates of Hell). All references to what is awaiting them. According to the sign seen within the cafeteria, this altered state of Purgatory is occurring two years in the past. Why this date? I'm not sure, but what's interesting is that it is exactly two years before the events described in the radios by Ferguson. . 1/1/32 = 1/1/3+2 = 1/1/5 Al's soul arrives in Purgatory, he finds himself reliving the night of his death. Unable to convince the other three to help them, it always ends with the same outcome: He is beaten to death on the rooftop of the jail cell. He is forced to repeat this cycle of death and purgatory until the other three can be persuaded otherwise. As he continues to repeat the cycle, he notices more and more familiarities each time. He begins to realize the repeating tasks, and writes notes to himself about the Afterlife in his journal. He notes symbols that he begins to see in his head, symbols that represent the Afterlife. Before finishing these notes to himself, he makes a final comment "REMEMBER THIS AL, DON'T FORGET!" in hopes he will remember what exactly he needs to do in the next cycle. As Al's soul is repeating the cycle, the other three are being tried for their crimes. The verdict is swift, and stiff: death sentences for all three. 19 days after the initial murder, the men are executed by means of electric chair. And just like Al, all three souls travel to Purgatory within the altered Alcatraz. When they arrive, they begin to relive the night of their escape. The night begins again with Al crying in pain to the guard with a stomach ache. Ferguson notes this wasn't the first time he's tried this. Before, Al was not able to go through with the murder, and chickened out on killing Ferguson, thus repeating the cycle. "Are you scared Al? You should be. If they don't already suspect you, they will soon, and then what? What will you do when the truth's revealed? When your whole house of cards comes tumbling down. Will you confess, or will you run? Where will you run Albert? All around the mulberry bush? There's nowhere to run, there's nowhere to hide. You know there's only one way this is gonna end up. Poor, poor Weasel." The four are able to reach the rooftop of the prison. But instead of the three betraying Weasel on the roof, they build the aircraft seen in Al's journal. "It's working! Looks just like my drawings" exclaims Al after the plane is built on the make shift runway. The mobsters take one last look and kiss Alcatraz goodbye, as they begin their flight through the stormy night sky. "That's a strange looking storm." notes Billy as they begin to take flight. The aircraft miraculously holds elevation, but things take a turn for the worse. Their flight is ended. A bolt of lightning from the surrounding thunderstorm strikes the aircraft, and they are forced off course as they quickly lose elevation. They find themselves heading directly towards the Golden Gate bridge. Unable to control the aircraft, the plane crashes over the top of the bridge, and the mobsters fall to the roadway being constructed below. When they come to, they realize they're back at the Golden Gate bridge. They have relived this event before, and Weasel tries to tell them this. Sal: This place… It's weird. I think we've been here before. Finn: Sure we have. It's the Golden Gate Bridge. Sal: New Year's Eve. It's always New Year's Eve! Billy: What are you talking about, Sal? You ain't making any sense. Weasel: Sal's right. The plane, the escape plan. We've done it all before. The three are beginning to feel the same way that Al does, and realize they are repeating the same night as they reflect to themselves about the events. Sal: "All of this for nothing? I am done with this stuff, ya hear me!? I'm done. I don't know what the fuck is going on, but I ain't playing no more. Either wake me up, or just fucking kill me already! You hear me!? I'm done!" Finn: "This is all just a game, isn't it? A big, twisted, fucked up game. What am I suppose to do? Come to some great realization about my life? Throw myself to the ground and beg for forgiveness? Well I got news for you, it's not gonna happen! Billy: "Where the fuck? What is this shit? The bridge, the fireworks over the city. I know I've been here before, I just don't know why. Is there something I have to do? Something I'm suppose to say? Answer me! While the three are still trying to get a grasp on what's occurring, Al questions why he's been put in Purgatory like the others. He does not possess the same evil qualities that the other three have. Al: "I don't even know why I'm here. I'm not like the others. Not like em at all. Sal, Handsome, Finn, they're all stone cold killers. Those bastards are evil to the core. So why me? Why am I here!? Why dammit!?" Left without any viable exit from their location on the bridge, all hope begins to fade. Zombies quickly begin to storm the bridge, and their old fiend Brutus makes another return to harass the four. Suddenly, a lightning flashes across the bridge, and four electric chairs appear. Their fate seems to be coming clearer by the minute. Hell begins to seem like a better option for guys like Billy and Finn, and they beg for it before ultimately resorting to using the electric chair to kill themselves, thus repeating the cycle. They return to the prison, and a sense of hopelessness begins to fall upon Sal and the guys. 7WfcIqC152M As they begin to kill the incoming hordes, a zombie's death triggers a wolf like creature on the wall, sent straight from the depths of hell. The gang goes on to kill 5 more zombies feeding what would later be discovered as The Beast, a reference to Cerberus, the 3 headed doglike creature that guarded the gates of hell, stopping the living form entering and the doomed souls from escaping. The name describes exactly what the weapon is used for. The Native American weapon held supernatural powers, forcing the souls of the zombies killed by it to travel to hell to be redeemed by The Controller. However, upon these souls being retrieved by the tomahawks, they are only sent back into Alcatraz to face the mobsters. The gang doesn't know what to do. They are forced to redo the events of the past cycle and rebuild the plane, even with doubts it'll actually make a difference. Reluctantly, they search the prison to find the fuel cans, which would be needed to refuel the "engine" of their aircraft. After they refuel the plane, they're ready to once again attempt their escape from the island. They board the plane yet again, and begin their fateful flight. And again, the storm strikes the plane, sending it into the Golden Gate bridge. All four of the members begin to understand why they're there. Finn: We're not ever getting out. Not now. Not ever. Billy: Why do we keep doing the same shit over and over? Are we in hell? Sal: I don't think so. I don't think hell knows what to do with us. Weasel: We're in purgatory. And just like the events of the past, the others start to suspect Weasel might somehow be behind it. Sal: "I got it now Weasel, I know what you did. You shoved something into my food. Something to make me hallucinate all this. What I don't know, is why? Yeah, I get it Weasel, and you can be damn sure you get it too! Soon as I wake up." Finn: "It can't be like this forever. There has to be a way to break the cycle. What did I do wrong? How do I put things right? What the hell do you want from me?" Al: "They all think its me. They think I did something to them. They're thinking "another scheme, some roost, a game. I didn't do anything, why won't they believe me? I just want to understand!" The cycle continues, as the mobsters are ultimately overrun at the bridge and forced to enter the electric chairs to return to purgatory and into their empty bodies at Alcatraz. Upon their arrival at the prison, one of the souls notices a glowing skull while in the afterlife. When they return to their bodies, the skull has dissapperead. One of the mobsters however decides to throw the Hell's Retriever at the location, and the skull is pulled from the afterlife. Al was familiar with this weapon, and had seen it before. He was also aware of a way to upgrade the weapon with parts found in the prison. The result is an Acid Gat, a gun capable of spraying a highly corrosive acid with the pull of the trigger. Before leaving the room, The Controller announces himself, and warns the prisoners of their impending doom. "Prisoner 872, your time is up!". After acquiring the Blundergat and leaving the Warden's office, a new doorway can be seen while in the afterlife leading to a narrow hallway behind a group of cells. Within the hallway, a spork can be found on the ground near a skull. One of the souls zaps the spork, and it's returned to the cafeteria from which it came. When they arrive back at the office, another Hell's Retriever is throw at the spork, pulling it from the afterlife and into the arms of the mobsters. Ready to make what they hope will now be their final flight from Alzatraz, they begin to refuel the plane. After acquiring all five gas cans, they get the engine's refueled and ready for takeoff. With their hopes up that things will change, they depart from The Rock. "We're going down again!?" shouts Al as the plane is struck by lightning. To the four's dismay, the plane crashes into the Golden Gate bridge again, and they find themselves stranded at the bridge. Sal: "Fuuuck. What do you want from me, huh? Oh no, oh no is this it? Is this all there is? I escape, but then I don't escape? Somebody? Am I suppose to learn something from all this? Answer me damn you!" Billy: "How do I stop this? What am I suppose to do? I don't understand! Ican't change what I've done, so you might as well just end this. Kill me, kill me right here right now, I'm not afraid to die!" Al: "Is it the other? Are they behind this? No, it doesn't add up. How could they be? What am I dreaming? Am I dead? Do I just need to wake up, and all this ends? I need an answer, something that makes sense! Finn begins to question what has brought all this to Alcatraz, and what has caused the evil events that have been occurring, and recognizes the Warden and Ferguson might be behind it. Finn: "How's my more times? What do I need to understand? This is some kind of black magic voo doo shit?! Someone make this all happen? The warden? Was it the stuff in his office that caused all this? I wanna know the truth. I wanna know who's behind this. I wanna know what they want. Is it cause of the guard we shanked? What was so special about him? What made him different? I can't change the past, I wish I could but I just can't." The four have now repeated the cycle for a third time without success, and it would seem that nothing can ever be done do change what happened and fix the past. Al has now completed the three stages of redemption in order to repent for his sins and fix the mistakes of the past. He is now ready to return to the bridge for a final time. And after gathering up the fuel cans, that is exactly what they do. This time however, the four enter the afterlife before boarding the plane to escape. This would serve as a crucial step in order to escape Alcatraz. When they make their journey across the bay, they arrive on the bridge to find their empty bodies in the electric chairs. Instead of repeating the cycle of dying at the bridge and reviving themselves back at Alcatraz, they die at Alcatraz and revive their empty bodies at the bridge. This process is able to reverse the occurring cycle, and as a result Al is able to break the cycle, and escape Purgatory. But he's not free quite yet. In order to fully redeem himself for the events of the past, he must kill his murderers in order to stop the cycle from repeating. Al is not sure why he has been chosen, but the others have reached the conclusion that Weasel is at fault. And like the events of the night when Al was originally killed, the gang turn on him. As the zombies begin to crowd the bridge and the final showdown is taking place, the three notices the zombies and Brutus are not going after Al. Finn: "Look who's pal-ing around with the Weasel." Weasel: "No, no. I didn't do nothing! I'm not the bad guy." Finn: "You're gonna die for real this time!" Al Arlington as now fallen out of the sights of Lucifer after resolving his past sins, and the zombies and Brutus react by going for the other three mobsters on the bridge. With the end in sight, the Weasel begins to fire upon his betrayers, seeking the the revenge he so rightfully deserved. With the help of the distraction that the zombies presented, Al is able to kill all three of the mobsters that had once left him bleeding to death on the roof of Alcatraz. Immediately after Al kills the last mobster, the zombies fall to the ground, and the battle for redemption is over as Al escapes the grasps of Lucifer and Purgatory. Sal, Finn, and Handsome are left to answer to The Controller. So I don't get it, what date is MotD? Well, the answer isn't exactly clear, and I think there's an explanation for that. I really hate to say it, but I think the alternate zombies team that created Mob of the Dead goofed up their reference material. I mean we have a cafeteria sign that states New years 31/1932, the radios from Ferguson say New year 1933/1934, a water tower built after 1941, and the Golden Gate bridge that can been seen at a certain step in the construction process, which dates to 1936-1937. There are literally too many dates to pinpoint one they were going for. I think one important thing to note is that it is purgartory, so maybe things simply won't add up. But the fact that a cafeteria sign says January 1 1932, and the water tower dates from 1940-1941 makes no sense. It would have to be one or the other. All these things for me show some things will never add up as far as a solid date goes. I hate to say it, but unless they somehow explain it in future DLC, I think they goofed it up on the dates. So who's in charge of the zombies? I'm just going to say it. Lucifer. But we can just call him the Demonic Controller, or The Controller. I believe this was the darker entity that Samantha spoke of on Moon. The original soul in charge. This Aether energy has been around for a long time, and it appears from Mob of the Dead that Lucifier once had control of this power before Group 935 tapped into it's powers through 115 and Samantha and Richtofen took their reign. I've been saying this since Black Ops, but there is a direct correlation between the energy within Element 115 and the energy that Richtofen seeks. http://www.callofdutyzombies.com/vBulletin/showthread.php?15570-115-Casimir-Effect-Vril-Energy So why the Golden Gate bridge? The Halfway to Hell Club An exclusive club organized by the men who fell from the Golden Gate Bridge in 1936 and 1937 and were saved by the safety nets. One of the clubs earliest members was Iron Worker Al Zampa who fell into the safety nets in October 1936. According to Zampa when a man fell to his death from a bridge it was said "he's gone to hell." The men who fell and were saved by the nets were said to have fallen only "half way to hell." Zampa goes on: "There were ten of us that fell into the nets those first few weeks. Four got hurt. I was one of them. We were in the hospital together. We formed the club right there in St. Luke's Hospital." Newspaper accounts sketch out some details and give some of the names of the 19 members who rounded out the club. No complete list of names has been found and only one photo is known to exist from that time of the early group. The Golden Gates of Heaven "There is a gate in heaven. One day, heaven will extend through this gate unto earth. There is a gate on earth. On that day this gate will first receive the extension of heaven. Both of these gates are known respectively as golden gates. Those not fit to enter heaven are denied entrance at the gates, and descend into Hell" "In the ancient east the names of temple gates were significant as were the gates believed to lead into and out of heaven. The primary gate of heaven was known as the golden gate. From it, the gods ascended and descended. This gate has been written of from antiquity to modern times." Could the Golden Gate bridge represent some sort of gateway between Heaven, Hell, and Earth? There seems to be significance to the bridge area itself in the game. It serves as a final location before Al can escape Purgatory. The Hell's Retriever is used to capture souls of the zombies there and return them to Hell (possibly a reference to how Cerberus guarded the gates of Hell.) Just things to consider when examining the significance of the Golden Gate. So why do they have to go to the Golden Gate three times? Well I'm not quite sure, but it's gotta have something to do wit the significance of the number three in terms of religion, among other things. The rule of three is a common concept of many different religions including Christianity and Buddhism among others. It also appears Al was forced to repeat the events that night three times in order to fulfill the three stages of redemption for his sins, another concept in Christianity. Please be patient with me as I fill in more of the gaps with this. There's is still a lot of stuff I feel I left out, but will continue to update in the following month. Once we got the quotes from the PC guys, I'll do a full revisal with much more detail. This thread has been long overdue, so I thought I'd just release it now. Any and all feedback is welcomed as we work out the significance of Mob of the Dead Shooter

Good solid strategy. I always enjoy when the strategies utilize the traps early on, makes it go by much faster. Cause let's face it, zombies can become...repetitive. Wouldn't hurt to add some more details into the later steps, number 6 in particular. Again, good strategy, keep the guides coming!

This is one of the most well formatted threads I've ever seen on here. Absolutely brilliant. This is a great guide as well. One thing I like to do on the first round is use my three afterlifes to get into the laundry room and start the dryer. This will allow you to rack up easy points on Round 1, while getting some items for the aircraft as well. Also, if you open up the 2x cell blocks before hand and are able to train the zombies in the laundry room to escape upstairs to get them, you can rack up serious point! Nothing better than getting Jugg on round 2 with 5k leftover Again, seriously impressive work. Keep this stuff coming Sluggo.

The China Lake ..... Yeah, as if.

I already know your name, but hey anyways! We're glad to have you here Nate! Keep up all the great posting my friend BTW just curious, but what does your username mean?

Well he certainly has a reason to not be happy inside of it, otherwise he wouldn't have Samuel and the crew powering all these towers for him. There's gotta be something more to why he's doing this. He states in the quote I listed above that he has the power to manipulate living things, but his power his weak right now. Perhaps he plans to start controlling not only the dead, but the living as well. He also states in Green Run. "Yeah, yeah you did it. Soon this beautiful planet will be healed once more and the flesh will cover the Earth! Oh what a glorious day that will be for you!" Richtofen wants the Earth to be healed. Could Ed want the Earth healed so he can control the minds of the living that rebuild it. It's interesting he states that "the flesh" will cover the planet. We've already heard radios from men who sound like he had been brainwashed, talking about "the flesh". We may already be seeing exactly what Richtofen is trying to do. Oh, the tangents I go off on sometimes. Basically, I wouldn't say it's impossible that Richtofen wouldn't ever leave Aether. Doubtful, but possible.

Well, if Richtofen did exit the MPD, he would be in the body of a 9 year old girl I suppose he could always swap into someone's body. Samuel perhaps? “Vital energy flows through all things, living or dead. My power to manipulate these forces is fragile, and limited. That is why I need your help.” - Richtofen. Die Rise. Richtofen needs the towers to somehow manipulate the energy given off by humans and zombies. The real question though, is what will he do when he does acquire all the energy needed.

Haha now there's something you don't see everyday. I can see it now. Hitting the box with the last 1000 of my points and only my starting pistol, only to get another starting pistol. Pretty cool find.

Welcome to the site Danny! It's always nice to see people closer to my age to sign up as well! If you have any questions about CoDz feel free to ask. And thanks for making an introduction! So, what's your favorite zombie map? Any favorite character in particular?

It's a bug in the system. Treyarch was suppose to fix this issue in the latest patch. It seems the issue of the afterlife doorways appearing in the normal mode is still occurring. It doesn't appear he can actually go through the doorway. The solid wall with the afterlife symbol is still there instead of an actual doorway, but the doorway image is just plastered over the wall. Just watch the video and you can see what I mean.

wait, wat siren and where?? :shock: but i have to heard this quote from Stu but i just brushed it off to them having memory loss since they all quotes about being in a certain place b4 or have deja vu Actually a lot of the quotes could be explained by this. The fact they are repeating a cycle of death and having to relive the situation would explain why they have a lot of this de ja vu during the maps. Other characters have interesting quotes about the farm and the cornfield as well. It seems like they are things that don't really exist anymore. I think it all ties into when the Earth was bombed, and when the zombie outbreak occurred. But that's for another thread. The Russian Silo at the back of the farm definitely makes it quite the suspicious setting.

I think the common belief is that it's the man seen on the other page, in the CDC Hazmat suit. viewtopic.php?f=100&t=25002 viewtopic.php?f=103&t=28769 But who knows! Thanks for posting this and keep up the brainstorming!

Well when I play solo, I always hit the laundry room for the clothes on round 1 or 2 (big thanks to perfectlemonade for the suggestion. Nothing better than racking up 10k points on round 1!), but I've never had Brutus spawn from activating it. The earliest I've seen Brutus was round 4, and I assumed it was because I had started the steps for getting the Hell's Retriever. Does this happen in both Solo and Co Op? Or is it just on Co Op?

I see what you're saying. It would definitely be another cool Easter Egg to see, like we did on NTZ. It's unlikely though. Samantha did not enter the pyramid until late 1945. And according to the variety of dates from Mob of the Dead, it could range anywhere in the 1930's, most likely 1932-1934. Either way, it was still about a decade before Samantha would find herself entering the pyramid.

Why of course it cancels out power up drops and cuts the connection between the zombies and the controller, they're both electrical energy! ;)

Very VERY interesting post here Fated. Very well written my friend. So we've figured out what Brutus wants. Now, what do the other three Brutus' want? The main thing that irks me about this whole Brutus thing is that there can be multiple Bruti (lol) that spawn at the same time. This does not appear to be one single entity that we see on the map, but something less substantial, yet still very different. I believe his soul was most likely sent to purgatory in order to punish these mobsters for what they had done. And this makes him much different than any normal zombie. [tab][/tab]He is sent into purgatory by the The Controller himself, as a direct means of a attack against the four. Instead of Ferguson staying alive like we hear in the radios, we know he's killed by Weasel that night before Mob of the Dead starts. Do you think it is indeed Stanley Ferguson's tormented soul sent in by Satan as a means to torture both of them? What's your opinion on that quote from Sal about Brutus being Ferguson? Just stuff I've been contemplating as I've been working on this thread. It's good to talk you again my friend. :)

Hahaha this guy's "system" gave me a good laugh at the end of my night. You know what else worked? Foosball. :lol:

That's my opinion on it too. If you don't want to do it then just don't help them complete the easter egg. "We're on round 25 we've all got Ray guns, Death Machine, and Blundergats. We've been flying through the rounds flawlessly! We're one badass team! Now, let's do the easter egg and end the game!" .... :roll: Yeah, that could get annoying lol.

I know that's an old post, but those emblems are absolutely incredible yourmapper. I'm amazed at how talented some of you guys are with the emblem creator. I probably shouldn't post mine...out of peer embarrassment :oops: :lol:

Congrats Jolteon. Good to see somebody's getting noticed for their dedication! You deserved this more than anyone Jolteon. I'm glad I no longer have to preach about how you should be one. Congrats again my friend.

This. Also, you guys have realized that multiple Brutus (Bruti?) can spawn at the same time, right? This is not some single entity. The fact that four of them can spawn at once shows it's not just some single spirit or entity. He is just like the other zombies, in that he is just being sent by The Controller. It's my belief that Ferguson's soul went to hell after he was murdered in the opening cutscene, and was sent into Purgatory as a new form of a Zombie, Brutus. To punish the four for what they had done, he is trapped in Purgatory to make the mobsters pay. I'm still working out the kinks, but I have a different view on this whole Brutus thing.