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Continuity mistake: In the opening scene of Level 10 (Sanchez' fortress), Sanchez tosses a stone after his lieutenant Pedro, which lands in front of the barracks under the water tower. Later on, in Sanchez' tutorial (Level 14), however, Sanchez finds the same stone - he recognizes it - right in front of his fortress' gate.

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Continuity mistake: After the tanker in Game Over explodes, when you turn to look at Captain Price for the first time, there are only two people on the road in front of you. However, when you look back a second later, Gaz has suddenly appeared right in front of you.

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Continuity mistake: Athena's sprite in the game has large buddhist-style praying beds (6 visible under her top's collar). In the artwork during the ending, the praying beads are much thinner (7 visible just in her 3/4 view).

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Continuity mistake: In the finale of the KOF94 section, Rugal Bernstein's cybernetic eye switches from right to left between cinematic drawn cutscene and in-world ones.

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Continuity mistake: When the player builds the town hall, the keep, and the castle, the background always appears as a flat land in the summer, even if it is not.

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Continuity mistake: In the level Ambushed, after Diavolo leaves the room where Bond is with the two guards, they both have a gun pointed at Bond. But after Bond says "You first", the game shifts to actual gameplay, and the guy behind Bond no longer has a gun.

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Continuity mistake: In the flashback of Jade and her husband having an argument because of his infidelity, the painting behind Stephen has a broken glass before Jade throws the object that damages it.

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Continuity mistake: Some of the missions - unintentionally - let Tanner switch cars if the player is quick enough (by stopping at red lights and swiftly jumping into another stationary vehicle, for example) and leave the default vehicle behind. Still, in the following CG cutscene, it's always the default/generic car that can be seen.

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Continuity mistake: When Kratos is sent back in time by the Sisters of Fate to the point when he was fighting Ares, you can see that Kratos from the past has the scar on his stomach that was caused by Zeus much later in the series.

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Continuity mistake: In the first level on the boat, there is a red crate in the center of the boat. If you get on top, you can see inside. You'll just see a room... With nothing. Open the crate and see bodies. They weren't there before.

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Continuity mistake: At the end of the game in the cutscene where the black hole is created, the Comet Observatory is being destroyed by the black hole but 5 seconds later when Luma pops out of Mario/Luigi's hat, the Observatory is completely intact.

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Continuity mistake: Claude obtains his default outfit after escaping from the police convoy. However, during the bank heist, prior to getting shot and arrested, Claude has these clothes already on.

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Continuity mistake: When you start a new game after completing the storyline the first time, Nick begins the game wearing the outfit he last had on in your old game. During the cut scene with the plane crash, he'll be wearing his original mechanic's outfit, and after the cut scene, he goes back to the previous outfit.

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Continuity mistake: The game has a regular day cycle shifting from night to day and back over a length of time. If you go into some buildings like Quarantine Zones, for example, the Stuffed Turtle mission, the windows on the inside of the building will always show daylight shining through. Even if you go into the Quarantine Zone mission while it's night outside.

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Continuity mistake: Among the items necessary for Guybrush's escape in the first chapter is the fake pirate hook worn by Wally, which the latter discards after realizing he could never be a vicious pirate. But after Guybrush blows up LeChuck's ship and puts the cursed ring on Elaine's finger, Wally suddenly pops up still wearing the hook on his hand.

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Continuity mistake: In the remake, in the cutscene after Jill fights Nemesis outside the clock tower, Jill will have the grenade launcher equipped, even if she didn't have it equipped before the fight.

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Continuity mistake: The carving boss during the cutshot, where the dragon lands on the ice carver, is always depicted as a male, even if they are female.

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