You can play the game in a new Remixed mode that does tell the story chronologically, but that doesn't necessarily help as much as it should. It's like Cage saw Pulp Fiction for the first time and decided to structure everything like that, despite how tired and lame that storytelling style is.
In some scenes, you're telling someone that you hate their guts, only to be friends (or in some cases much more) in the next. In addition, it's all told completely out of order, with the game skipping to different points in Jodie's life, which makes everything kind of confusing. So, even though Jodie becomes a CIA trained badass who can handle any firearm and beat up entire crowds of people - not to mention the fact that she has the aforementioned psychic ghost which gives her a multitude of special powers - Cage still has to write her into scenes where she's nearly sexually assaulted, crying her eyes out over a boy, or taking a gratuitous shower. There's also some pretty gross stuff in here, as David Cage has a tendency to treat his female characters like utter garbage. For example, if we need some drama, how about some creepy drunks at a bar? Or how about a random building fire? Let's throw in an abusive dad too, because that's not done to death. The story is actually pretty good in some parts, but Cage's writing always tends to resort to cheap storytelling tricks that are completely overused at this point.
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