Thread: Our passive characters and why the 2.55 story fails (BIG SPOILERS) (rant warning)

Originally Posted by ElHeggunte

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All of this.


We end up fleeing Ul'dah anyway, so it's not like complying to Teledji did us any favour (and no one expected it either). It's like they thought of those cliffhangers with the Scions first, and when they had to come up with a storyline to get to those scenes, they dropped the ball and just half hassed it.

Originally Posted by Velia

The player character is a soulless puppet devoid of will.
All they do is nod and follow instructions and do not see blatant things that will get them into trouble later. For example, immediately after being informed that many of the Crystal Braves have been compromised, my character comes upon a random Crystal Brave and... tells him exactly what she's doing and who she's come to meet. Surprise surprise, this guy is one of the bad guys.

Honestly, I'm used to having my avatar/pc being silent after years of playing FFXI. In fact, I pretty much prefer the silent pc, because I feel like I have more freedom to pick how they're supposed to feel and react internally than I usually feel when they're voiced. It's a huge part of why Dragon Age Origins is my favorite Dragon Age, I like the silent pc when compared to the voiced one. Everyone has different tastes, granted, but there are benefits to doing it both ways, I just prefer the silent pc myself.

Originally Posted by Sader

Well, they could work this in by giving us 2 options such as "Give in and accept arrest" or "Fight the guards." It's not like the tech isn't there as they use this choice system in postmoogle quest cutscenes.

I was thinking this lol
I thought the postmoogle quest cutscenes WERE THE BEST AND MOST INTERESTING besides hildebrand and the golden saucer intro cutscene.
I mean i swear all the effort went into these short cutscenes i mean c'mon how sexual can u get with whitty dialogue, mi'qote twin fangirls, & a stud with good morales lol.
If only they tried a bit more on the epic finale of the 2.0 main story arc.
Oh well at least 3.0 will be more thought out rightttttttttt.?

Originally Posted by Lucke

For Ul'dahn characters, this is especially painful. The beloved leader is killed ( I say beloved because I think we can all agree we all liked her).

I'm glad she's dead, and have rewatched her death CS Multiple times. To me she was a weak character.

Good riddance to the useless puppet.

Originally Posted by Eidolon

I'm glad she's dead, and have rewatched her death CS Multiple times. To me she was a weak character.

Good riddance to the useless puppet.

I still don't understand the "i don't like them so they must die" mentality.

She understood she was weak, and could no nothing without the monetarists getting in her way. That's why she decided to the one thing she could, and disband the monarchy altogether.

Originally Posted by Wobi

Please seek professional help.

If she were a real person, I would feel bad.

But she's not. She's a video game character. I'm allowed to laugh because I can make the distinction between Reality and Fiction. Can you? Perhaps you need some help if you're starting to mix your Fiction in so much that you can't tell the different. Y'might give some good cannon fodder to those that say GTA make people violent.

Originally Posted by Wobi

You won't be much of a hero if the general consensus starts to be that you are a murderer.

im preety sure thers an achievement on how many enemys you struck down. i honestly fail to see how those few brass blades/ crystal braves make you look different if you would have killed them (in comparison to the hundred thousand beastmen, traitors, garleans and whatever else you allready killed)

Originally Posted by AdamFyi

I doubt some of the achievements are in any way directly linked to the story. So they're non-canon. As for killing people, there are a few problems I can see and some have already stated. Killing a few Brass Blades would pose bad since the Syndicate can use that as ammunition against you. Killing a few Crystal Braves would pose even better ammunition for them to use against you. Not a lot of people know about the Crystal Braves turning against the Scions as it all happened in private, so they'll just assume you turned traitor and kill some of your own. Welp.

what i meant is that murder depends on the point of view and a hero in such a worlds is just a glorified murderer in a sense.