#disappointed if DD2 drops that bc it was fun

[vounoura]

assuming they're not gonna pull a hard left turn out of nowhere again like in DD1 (tho I would really enjoy it if they did), but if they play the whole 'fated to fight the dragon' thing straight in this one I'll be a little disappointed

#saint plays dd2 #spoilers #major spoilers #like I played DD1 as a teen right so while what it has to say abt character agency and the nature of choices is in current year #a fairly lukewarm take at the time it blew 14 year old me's brain out the back of my fat head #and honestly the way the actual final boss of DD1 doesn't outright break the fourth wall but leans very heavily on it #abt the inherently kinda horrific nature of the disparity between being a player character and an NPC in a video game #(ie. the pawns' situation is horrific and uncomfortable once you think about it for 2s but.....so is the situation of any NPC ever. #there is no agency beyond what they came with. there is no version of the story where the king of gransys kills the dragon. #the world/time loop stuff aside metaphysically everyone you meet is basically the same as the pawns. isn't that horrific?) #in regards to choices and agency is...idk I have a soft spot for it I still think it's an interesting and fun choice. #Your arisen in DD1 like all that came before them doesn't *have* to fight the dragon. you're given the same choice as everyone else. #if you refuse the call the game just....ends bc you stopped playing. and grigori's entire fight spent a lot of time reminding you that this #was *your* decision and no one else's. idk. I still like how DD1 starts and stays as a fairly nondescript #kill the dragon plot and then hard left turns into being abt agency and the nature of player characters so I'll be a little #disappointed if DD2 drops that bc it was fun #and now all my mutuals know why I'm so insane abt player character agency in MMOs bdvhhbjgd /jokes

[orinthered]

Of course that test ask went through fine, lol. I literally don't even know what would've been wrong with the original ask I wanted to send, I just wrote up a short thing giving personal examples between good/bad gameplay vs good/bad story. Sure is a webbed site that we are caught in

Anyway, I think a lot of people have a break point either away. I've put dozens of hours into games with throwaway stories because they were just really fun to play, yet I'd never force myself to endure something like typical WoW-style MMO mechanics even for a story that people are praising from the rooftops (I'd much rather just watch a synopsis, a cutscene compilation, or a let's play)

i mean for sure. my personal reason for making the poll was because dd2 was kind of a disappointment to me in terms of story which soured my opinion on the game of as a whole. the gameplay itself is really good, but the game dropped like 2 points for me from a 9/10 to a 7/10 just because of how awful that story was. but i hate watching people play lets plays bc i feel like the story is more impactful to me if im the one personally experiencing things. which is why i still feel like i don't really "get" pathologic bc i only made it up to day 3 or whatever.

the parameters for voting are whatever people want, frankly

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