Quote Originally Posted by All_Nonsense View Post
A steady, LOGICAL progression of the villain throughout the story with several "breaking points" driving him towards his eventual "I will kill all life lol(???)" philosophy that *connects him to the hero of the story.* Why does he wanna kill everyone in Tural? And why does he really wanna kill Wuk Lamat? Sure people can answer it, but those key points were never deeply explored. The end result is the perception of a cartoon-esque villain at that point, doing bad things simply because that's what bad people do.
I can agree that the story leaves you to fill in the blanks on Zoraal Ja's motivations. Hmm, I definitely see where you're coming from and you've given me food for thought.

I like filling in the pieces myself because it makes me feel engaged with the story. I very, very much dislike the MSQ forcefeeding the explanations a million times because they're too worried that the player doesn't get it.

What would the balance be in this case would be something that I need to think about. I wouldn't want the story to just explain Zoraal Ja's motivations outright but I can also see why a lot of people think his transformation is too bizarre.