It's a weird trend with lots of writers in videogames and cinema to write strong female "girl bosses" as awful people. It says more about the writers themselves than anyone else
The woman who voices the main character needs a new agent. She now has whatever tf this is, the Charlie’s angels remake, and Netflix’s Resident Evil show on her resume.
So she doesn't give a shit about people who welcomed her, a complete stranger, with open arms and instead she wants to go back to new York where she's homeless, alone and has a gang after her. Makes sense.
Even if they kept the "twist" of cuff betraying frey, It would have been better if he just kept his personality. Like he breaks free from her and is like "You were given a second chance to start over and you've squandered it. You don't deserve my power or to be here any longer." And then goes after her.
I would like to add how groan inducing it is that once the cuff’s true nature is revealed, he starts talking all big and domineering. It’s the most generic villain thing and honestly it would have been so much more chilling if he kept his calm, soft spoken demeanour post-turn.
Now I never grew up as an orphan abandoned in a train station - but wouldn't someone with no friends or family like Frey literally throw themselves at the opportunity to be part of a community that obviously wants her and welcomes her there? The writing in this game is so bad that when she starts trauma dumping on Auden she's basically giving her reasons why she should STAY, not leave.
if they made her like cuff and get along as friends, or he lied and said he was her father and built a relationship so she trusted him, the twist would have been a lot more powerful i think
Frey is that one kid in school that looked lonely & has no friends and you try to be friends with then realize why the kid has no friends.
Writers these days must think that making a protagonist as unlikeable as possible = depth and a bigger character arc.
This game teaches us how nice silent protagonists are
They literally made Cuff the villain so that Frey could be retroactively justified in not trusting him even though he's been nothing but nice.
Moral of the story: Never give a New Yorker mystical powers
Honestly the cuff probably wasn't even evil at the start, it just got fed up with how awful of a person she was and switched sides.
You know the industry is in a rough spot when the expectations for triple-a games are at rock bottom.
It's a weird trend with lots of writers in videogames and cinema to write strong female "girl bosses" as awful people. It says more about the writers themselves than anyone else
Moral of the story: If life deals you an unfair hand, treat everybody else like it's their fault, & you will be granted magic powers
I feel like writers these days confuse "independent" or "strong willed" with being unlikeable and rude
The Modern AAA Game Dev’s Guide to writing a Totally Hip Character:
The woman who voices the main character needs a new agent. She now has whatever tf this is, the Charlie’s angels remake, and Netflix’s Resident Evil show on her resume.
So she doesn't give a shit about people who welcomed her, a complete stranger, with open arms and instead she wants to go back to new York where she's homeless, alone and has a gang after her. Makes sense.
Even if they kept the "twist" of cuff betraying frey, It would have been better if he just kept his personality. Like he breaks free from her and is like "You were given a second chance to start over and you've squandered it. You don't deserve my power or to be here any longer." And then goes after her.
I would like to add how groan inducing it is that once the cuff’s true nature is revealed, he starts talking all big and domineering. It’s the most generic villain thing and honestly it would have been so much more chilling if he kept his calm, soft spoken demeanour post-turn.
"how did you get here unscathed?"
If kratos is kinder than your character, something has gone horribly wrong
"This is all YOUR fault."
Now I never grew up as an orphan abandoned in a train station - but wouldn't someone with no friends or family like Frey literally throw themselves at the opportunity to be part of a community that obviously wants her and welcomes her there? The writing in this game is so bad that when she starts trauma dumping on Auden she's basically giving her reasons why she should STAY, not leave.
if they made her like cuff and get along as friends, or he lied and said he was her father and built a relationship so she trusted him, the twist would have been a lot more powerful i think