>>725027602
it wasn't necessarily the fact that she talks that was the problem. Gaming is full of great protagonists with great dialogue. But Team cherry were locked-in to her personality from HK1. It was fine, as a side-character, whose lore purpose is killing weak vessels; for her to be cold, serious, and judgmental. But when they had to carry that personality over to HK:SS, and base an entire talking protagonist on it, things got tedious.

At a serious risk of Flanderizing her character, maybe they should have made her even more cold haughty and mean. It seems like in HK:SS, her default attitude is respectful, and she only becomes haughty and condescending if a character shows themselves to deserve disrespect. They could have reversed that, and made Hornet (a princess-knight demi-god from a doomed land) default to rude superiority, and only show respect after it is earned. That might have been more fun.

There is some basis for her to be condescending. Some relevant voice lines and dream nail dialogue from HK1:
>Too weak, little ghost...
>Only pity for your cursed kind.
>My needle is lethal and I'd feel no sadness in a weakling's demise.
She's pretty damn mean to the knight, only showing respect after you prove your strength. And most of the pilgrims of Pharloom are way more pathetic than the knight.

>>720206731
No, I am making sure to go thorough the game as slow as possible. Imagine rushing through a game you waited 7 years for.