Also don't forget that this all comes out of absolutely fucking nowhere in the second game. The first game had no hints of this at all. Or if it did it was so fucking subtle about it that I never picked up on it. Apparently though they were supposed to be a trilogy, but I guess for whatever reason they only got approved for a single sequel meaning they had to axe whatever plans they originally had and try to cram everything into the second game which explains a fair amount in all honesty. Maybe there was meant to be more buildup, I dunno. I still think the twist was dogshit either way.
Lowkey, I thought Mike was a fucking joke character in the first game. Like as a kid my first thought was that he was one of the developers that put themselves in the game as a joke. Especially because he literally is completely unimportant to the plot in the first game besides the fact you rescue him, he then proceeds to do nothing else for the rest of the game.
He doesn't really do much important in the second game either but suddenly near the end it's like "THE WORLD IS GONNA END AND IT'S MIKE'S FAULT BRO!" or some shit. Like, what? Bro, Mike is just fucking here. What do you mean?