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[BigBrother]

Still playing through Ghost of Yotei. Really, really struggling to connect to this.

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I really don't like Atsu as a character and how railroaded the story is. I get that it's meant to be a story about a woman who's closed herself off to the world slowly re-connecting to it; and finding meaning in her life through the connections she forms and the people she befriends. What I'm struggling with is how rail-roaded the narrative is and how there's zero player agency. I hated that Atsu just...forgives the Oyuki. I hate that she forgives Jubei after he says that he doesn't know her any more and that he doesn't want to. I get that it's trying to challenge hyper-independence after suffering unimaginable trauma; but it's just....urgh. I tried shooting traitor lady with arrows and nothing happened, not even a game over.World is gorgeous, gameplay is solid but the characters and story are lacking imo.

Let me do the toxic things and kill the woman who murdered my parents. I don't care if she sacrifices herself with her death (which the story seems to be suggesting with the constant 'I can never atone for what I've done' narrative). This uh...isn't my cup of tea when it comes to narrative. I don't think Tsushima was this bad?

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"Children should never have to see such violence." FUCK OFF OYUKI