Wow, Wuk Lamat is really single-handedly ruining the DT story...

[Powercow]

Back on topic... Boy did they really just have us pull an Emet Selch on the people of Solution nine? Like not even looking at other options or considering how the people there were not different than the omnicrons? Just a "nah flip the power switch fuck em" ????

The problem on our end was that Sphene started a ticking clock and refused to negotiate or talk this through. A solution may have been possible, but our hand was forced early. That part is fine.

Now, as for why Sphene did that, you see it's uh, it's... see she thought about it long and hard and uh, she... decided this was the only way. If they'd put in more effort or explanation as to why our alternatives couldn't work, this plot point may have succeeded. Or if she had legitimate reason to distrust us, because frankly the only person outside of Alexandria who screwed her people over was Zoraal, and we killed him. But they didn't feel like expanding on Sphene (yet) so we got rushed along to a nonsensical conclusion.

Also yeah Otis at the least should have fought back against us. The dude is the epitome of the noble knight protecting his queen and country, and here we are saying "yeah we plan to defy your queen and delete your country and all its children lol" and he just rolls along with it. Also would have given us some actual gameplay during the final area with a solo instance battle, and they could have even made it a bit more interesting with the play narrator (or, ugh, Wuk) trying to play off the WoL and Otis's fight to the death as part of the play. "Alas, an Alexandrian Knight turns traitor and draws their weapon against the noble Otis!" or something.

Edit - Actually thinking back on it the whole play sequence annoyed me. Otis even gives us a warning beforehand like "hey don't sweat it if you mess it up, it's all part of the fun" and then we're given precisely 0 options in that cutscene. Why couldn't we have some options to either go along with the story Otis wrote, or mess up our lines, or do some wacky shenanigans?