It really feels like Owen will be killed off in the rewrite or he’s the one who gets force recalled instead of Rei at the start but something goes wrong and he’s so messed up after he can’t do anything so he’s never seen again either way. All because he was nice to women and helped carry Renoa at the start. Wouldn’t be surprised if they find some way to get rid of Hugo and the other guys which would suck because I like Hugo.

Then with making the story being recentered around the player and having characters not interacting with each other that much going forward could easily devolve to everyone being one note only for the player because some people can’t handle characters experiencing things without the player being present 24/7 and to be the one to fix things.