>Shit, we made the antagonist’s motives too grounded and altruistic. Sprinkle on some of the cartoon villain essence we gave the other antags so the player doesn’t feel bad about fighting him.

>>715671031 (OP)
in your own words, explain how his motives were grounded or altruistic

>>715671031 (OP)
He did nothing wrong.

His motives and rethoric are indistinguishable from Yaldabaoth's. He simply is more polite about it. Have you not walked around his "perfect world" and seen the glaring issues that his absolute control has been causing? The people whose will he has annihilated?

give me one guarantee that Maruki won't ever misuse this godlike power over reality that nobody could possibly contest
after he wins, if he wanted to make everyone suffer forever in a burning hellscape he could. and nobody would be able to stop him. so yeah nobody should be allowed this power, nevermind a mentally ill school counselor

>fight ends with the protag and antag having a punch out
always good, no exceptions

>>715671031 (OP)
What the fuck are you talking about. He was literally so sympathetic that he doesn't die at the end, has his own optional ending and half the internet thinks he was right in trying to enslave the entire human race.

>>715671031 (OP)
tao has the same motivation and shes also right

>>715672229
To be fair the majority of humanity is in one form of wage slavery or another. Only those obscenely wealthy or lucky enough to be born in a generous European social democracy aren't directly subjugated to someone else's will

>>715671031 (OP)
Maruki's world is the exact same as Yaldabaoth's, a world of denial and sloth and someone else solving all your problems. It just doesn't have blood rain and bone towers and you, personally, getting deleted for being annoying.
If you would deny Yaldabaoth, you must deny Maruki.
Of course, insect that you are, I bet you WOULD bow before the Holy Grail and beg for it to save you from all suffering.

>>715671031 (OP)
Maruki was a tyrant. He was just nice about it.