>>723369586
I will give a LEGITIMATE CRITICISM here and say the game SHOULD have opened with a story/character select screen with the other options greyed out so it would PROMPT THE PLAYER to UNDERSTAND there was MORE STORY AFTER FINISHING THE FIRST PLAYTHROUGH.
Setting expectations like that would remedy a LOT of complaints that people have with the story, it's simple, you don't have to change anything about the first playthrough (even though you should) and it doesn't do anything to harm the experience in any way either. It's baffling that they have made these narrative choices.
>>723369665
I get the "main character is supposed to be a cunt" thing, but in every FILM I've watched where this is the case the other shoe drops at some point DURING THE FILM.
You can go back through a movie again to recontextualize things and even enjoy this second watch with a lot more clarity... but at SOME POINT in the film in order to keep it engaging for people who AREN'T HISTRIONIC TEENAGE GIRLS you need to have a meaningful reveal and tonal shift.
If the REVEAL AND TONAL SHIFT happens in movie 2 or 3, you're just going to piss off fans of movie 1 who thought it was a movie about them (gross) and people who didn't fucking like the tone of movie 1 aren't gonna fucking go back for movie 2 and 3 to watch things happen.
Imagine if Luke was a dickass piece of shit for the ENTIRETY of the first two films. Nobody would praise that. People would be frustrated and angry.
>>723369872
I'm very upset because I want to understand but I just can not be fucked to actually engage with this game another THREE FUCKING TIMES to get everything I need.
I feel like I was kicked in the balls and told "ok now let me kick you in the balls 3 more times and you'll find out why that was actually a good thing"