#A New Beginning story/dialogue nitpick (some spoilers)

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cosmic root
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(i’m pretty sure this is in a new beginning but i could be remembering wrong)

When you ||first meet the Leaves in the Wind and Syndra asks if you’ll join the resistance group, i wish there was an option to say something like “i’m just here for Tasim”, “why should i do that”, something along those lines. And if you pick one of these less enthusiastic options, Syndra would tell you why she wants you to help and maybe there could be a private thought bubble that says something like, “maybe joining them for now can get me closer to the queen.”||

To me it just felt a little forced when the only thing you can say is “I will” before you really know these people well at all. Like at this point in time the player is a ||wanted terrorist and murderer||, in my eyes there’s no reason for us to be so trusting when everything could be a trap. Additionally, we haven’t yet seen much of the bad stuff in Fruma at all when we join - we’re mostly here because of our general suspicion due to the events of the previous two quests, and to ||find Tasim||. But despite this, the story still puts us against the Crown basically from the get go. I feel like the resistance storyline would feel a bit less forced (to me at least), if the player had some doubts and maybe didnt immediately commit to joining a resistance group before we’ve even seen much of the negative aspects of Fruma.

TLDR: If you had an option to be a bit less enthusiastic when first joining the resistance I feel like it would help a lot. Thanks for reading

foggy wyvern
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I always took the player immediately joining as being incredibly desperate, and remember you did get saved by some people who gladly pointed you that way. Like to me it's just like the player following ANY possible lead, and why not shack up with the same people who just broke in to a tower to get you out

cosmic root
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yeah thats fair, i don’t think th player is unjustified in joining i just wish there was more of a choice in how you respond, especially for such an important plot point

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even if all roads lead to Yes in the end, i think it would feel better if you had the option to be a bit less enthusiastic if that makes sense

pale bane
# cosmic root yeah thats fair, i don’t think th player is unjustified in joining i just wish t...

would like to note that it feels like an oversight in the fact its obvious to us in the real world living in a post monarchy society (or at least one with a different hegemony) that one would instantly agree with a resistance, but the character doesnt with wynn/gavel clearly having monarchic structures in some form. like the characters only experience of a different system is corkus and thats not exactly ideal with clear class issues highlighted throughout.

foggy wyvern
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with troms being mildly... uh.. an idiot,

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and then the entire council of elves being extra... thinking about it the king of ragni is literally the only good leader the player really deals with directly.

novel mortar
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more common sense for the player? yes please

stoic rune
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TRUUUEEE this wouldnt even be flat-out rejecting her. walking away would.

the ragni mercenary is merely asking for further convincing, in this hypothetical dialogue branch.

clearly we're doing away with the soldier being an inexpressive, unfeeling and borderline-mute blank slate.

might as well give them a diverse range of dialogue options rather than just

  1. "yes!"
  2. "alright!"
  3. "sure!"
  4. "tell me more about the recipe of ahmsord absinthe. by the way i'm totally on board with your plan!"
hardy remnant
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off the rails over here with the diverse dialogue of:

  1. ||No.||
  2. ||Nope.||
  3. ||Nah.||
  4. ||Absolutely not.||
  5. ||Not on your nelly.||
  6. ||Nuh uh. ||
cosmic root
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i just wish we were a bitttt more skeptical because in the eyes of the player it seems like an odd thing to be so absolute about joining right away lol

cursive quail
cosmic root
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oh hey aly

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yeah it just felt a little bit like “the plot needs you to do this” which i feel like could be greatly improved with some small tweaks

cursive quail
cosmic root
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im finished with it, now for the second time lol

cursive quail
cosmic root
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ooh yeah youll like this one (probably)

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its only gonna get better from here

cursive quail
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i am unironically thinking about making a short Soosu fanfic based off of her journal/diary entries

cursive quail
cosmic root
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gikyos introduction is SICK

cursive quail
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ima go to the store for snacks before i start the quest ok cya