Can we take a moment to appreciate Bryan Dechartโs performance as Cyberlife Tower Connor aka Sixty and Sixty as a character? ๐ค
Though Sixty and deviant Connor are physically identical (minus their demeanors, e.g. the way they stand and walk, like wow, Bryan, wow) and their voices technically arenโt different from each other, the distinction is still clearly there, at the same time itโs so nuanced too. Sixty sounds condescending, imperious and callous compared to deviant Connor whose voice is empathetic, curious and sincere. Iโm not even talking about their lexicon, their choice of words here (thereโs of course a difference too). Even when Sixty tries to convince Hank heโs the real Connor, you can hear how heโs failing to sound exactly like his counterpart because he canโt replicate deviant Connorโs voice and speech pattern just so. Sixtyโs also being very commanding when trying to fool Hank into shooting the real Connor (Hank even gets irritated because of it). Damn thatโs brilliant acting, all hats off to Bryan. His performance in this game never fails to impress me. (I wish there were dialogue for RK900 too, I wouldโve loved to see Bryanโs take on his voice and presence.)
Also also I have to mention I love the take that Sixty really was a deviant all along too, an โevilโ version of Connor if you will; cold, calculating and even enjoying the situation he had Connor (and Hank) in. You know, doing all of it because he wanted to, because he liked it. Why else would he deliver a whole ass villain monologue before executing deviant Connor, gloating about how he knows what he is and that he is the obedient, favorite child, plus calling Connor a disappointment (and a disappointment to him especially, like how Connor should care in his final moments that Sixty despises him for not being a good little robot)? AND shooting him several times non-lethally before landing that final shot (if the story goes there), like savoring the situation. Of course he also has to ask if Connor has any last words too. Thatโs definitely not what an efficient machine would have done to make sure it accomplished its mission. In some outcomes his stalling costs him the victory.
Top that off with the ending where deviant Connor dies but the androids still wake up, Sixty is scared and emotional because he failed, scared to be deactivated because of his failure. Then thereโs this scene where he shoots deviant Connor eleven times in front of his friend. After that Sixty takes in Hankโs reaction and even torments him by saying Connorโs death was his fault. Still doesnโt sound like a machine much, huh? More like a sadistic psychopath.
Man, I wish we couldโve seen more Sixty, it wouldโve been chilling to see if he went full-on rogue, maybe being Markusโ right hand/attack dog on a leash in the violent revolution arc, maybe with his own agenda of taking Markusโ place and wanting to subjugate humanity. Or maybe deviant Connor couldโve persuaded him to their side by making Sixty to see he was nothing but a tool, unintentionally prompting him to seek revenge and to reduce Amanda and Cyberlife to atoms (not what Connor intended haha). There couldโve even been a redemption arc for him, like in a โwhatโve I done?โ type way. You know, a bit of an internal moral struggle. And of course, our fave โsack of shitโ (as Hank so eloquently put it) demanding answers from his maker, Kamski, in a not-so, uh, conventional manner. Let them measure their respective arrogance and wit and see who comes out on top. Or would they team up?
Such a delicious character, so many delicious what-ifs.