I get separated from aiden because of some force field from the condenser now i take over a chinese soldier go to room at the far right and take a wrench then i go to the weapons room and take the guy out. Then i take the AK47 and go to the control room and all i can do is press a button but because of the 2 soldiers i cant press is and the guy wakes up is this a bug or am i doing something wrong?? Because i cant take the 2 soldiers down with the ak47

When you first take control of the Chinese guard in the room and try to hit the switch to deactivate the containment shield, the other guards will block you and Aiden looses control of that guard. That guard would then walk out of that room. This is when you posses him once again and head into the armoury. Grab the AK47 and go back in the control room. Then it should prompt you to press 'R1' to shoot both the guards and eventually destroy the control machine with it. This disables the containment field and you can now move on to save Jodie.

The game quite early hammers home that the whole point is that the dead are with us and we need to get on with our loves, move on. But the whole issue starts quite early so by the time i got to the end i was so tired of the whole issue. I would have preferred a more subtle approach.
Next thing i hated was the inconsistency with Aiden. Sometimes he's this vengeful angel who totally loses it when someone hurts Jodie, other times he does fuck all for no apparent reason. Why didn't he help when the house was burning and the guy clobbers Jodie with a baseball bat repeatedly? Why doesn't he do something when the army wants to drug her?
Also i get the game is structured in a certain way, but its never explained why you can posses only certain people. Like in "the mission" why couldn't you just posses the guy you were supposed to kill and make him blow his brains out?
Then i hate the fact they didn't explain or explore the whole Other side part in the story, you just know they opened a rift and thats it. Jodie is somehow an expert although the story doesn't explain why. Nobody knows what Aiden is until the end so why is Jodie suddenly an expert on the Other side? What are those things that come out of the rift and kill people? What does a condenser do and how come we have the tech to stop spirits?
While development of Jodie's character is fantastic the others really suffer. Ryan especially for example. We are quite early being told we like him, but there's no reason for it. He comes off as self-absorbed and selfish. The Indian brothers had more character than him and we see much less of them.

I have to agree with the Baseball bat part. I'm not sure why Aiden didn't help Jodie at that point. It could have been the toll it took after she jumped off the building (the force field creation). I'm not entirely certain, but each time Jodie summons Aiden for help, the process stresses her out, both mentally and physically. It's quite apparent from the the nose bleeds she has during the experiments.

About the Army drugging her part, do you mean towards the end when she is tied down and the DPA general says she has to be drugged? If yes, then she says that Aiden is too weak at that point and hence asks it to get seek for help. Not sure what caused that to happen though.

This is purely to extend the gameplay. It's very simple. She could have pretty much killed every one on the scene by possessing just one person. But where's the fun in that when you have alternate means.

I don't think they were focusing on "The Other Side" being a broader aspect here, except with the 'Beyond' ending. It was Jodie's show all along. This was a project that DPA was working on to probably understand the presence of entities and somehow establish a link with it. In that process they might have underestimated the level of threat it had and before they realise it. things go sideways. The reason Jodie is brought is because she has been linked to an entity all her life. She has a better chance of going in there and closing the rift, as opposed to the others. This by no means makes her an expert, just better equipped to deal with the situation with Aiden on her side.

The things which come out of the rift could be demonic/evil entities. It's a doorway to a world which can have unpredictable entities. These same entities used to haunt Jodie in her adolescence as well. Remember she said that the "monsters" were out to harm her?

As for the Condenser, I might have to go out on a limb here and say that it could be like a 'Soul containment vessel', which prevents these souls from bursting out. This is probably how Nathan was able to hold his wife and daughters souls.

Yes but sometimes it shows her getting weak, other times Aiden destroys a whole SWAT platoon and she doesn't even blink. Also it never specifically mentions that Aiden gets weak when she gets weak.

Yes but it makes the games total linearity stand out even more. And that's my point, you don't have alternative means.

You're filling in the blanks for them. Nobody understands what Aiden is until the end. To be honest i still don't understand how they figured out the rift was to the land of the dead and not just some parallel dimension. We never see any actually dead people coming out (only at the last portal). And even if they somehow understand that Aiden has something to do with it, how does it make sense to send a totally untrained, unarmed girl to a place where a shitload of soldiers just died?
And i disagree about them not focusing on the other world. During the character building segments (homless, the indian guys etc.) i didn't care about Rifts and all that crap, i took it for granted. But the game makes you close 3 of them down. The last part of the game is directly linked to it.

Yes, thanks for reminding me. What the hell happened with those monsters? Oh Aiden delt with them, end of story. They show up on 4 different occasions and then they just tell you its fine. I guess you could say since she's tied with Aiden, who's dead the monsters can claim her or whatever, but its quite a gap

I agree and that's a fair point. Like I said, I'm not sure how Aiden functions or how his actions are triggered.

It is linear. Also, just because one sequence didn't allow an array of options to execute a person, doesn't really mean it's a bad thing. You said why not possess the main target and make him shoot himself. Someone else might argue why couldn't we have the whole village massacred in the same way. My point is if we keep on possessing people and having them blow their brains out every single time, then what's the point in having Jodie over there? We can frame endless scenarios, but at the end of the day, it was designed with limited set of options. Also, that's just one sequence you're talking about. There are various other parts of the game which might allow various other options. I had to play the demo thrice to figure multiple ways of escaping 'The Hunted' chapter alone.

I'm merely framing some theories, as nothing is entirely concrete in this game. As for Aiden, we don't really learn what, but it's who Aiden is, in the end. It doesn't change the fact that they both are linked to each other and he's still an entity. Jodie was brought in only because they knew that if there was anyone who could stand a chance of dealing with these entities, is another entity or someone who can communicate with one. So who was their best bet? Surely not the Ghostbusters. Think about it, would you rather have a whole army sent in and get slaughtered, who by the way have zero chance of making it out alive OR have someone who has experienced the phenomenon pretty much her whole life take a chance? Jodie knew the risk and that's the reason why she accepted it.

The game's broad perspective was to present Jodie's life phases. I wasn't even bothered with the "other world" part to be honest. For me, it felt like a small back-drop being set-up for the end, which didn't really need way too much detail to be added. The 'Beyond' ending though left a possibility of a sequel or a DLC.

She does state that Aiden is not afraid anymore, which could mean Aiden understood a good extent of his powers. It could be a gradual development over time.

you dont swim up fast enough after exiting the submarine at the end of the level