Did anyone else not really care for Hugo, like me? (spoilers, i guess)

[Valtharia]

I just found him annoying AF (him and Amicia. Their constant whining). He came off as an entitled little brat to me, even in the first game. I had no feeling for killing him. Yeeted him in the head with a rock. I figured it out that we were going to have to kill him when we got to the duke's place.

And before anyone says "hUr DuR, yOu doN't hAvE gAMe iN liBrAry", I played the game on my husband's steam. He doesn't like it when I make reviews/posts under his steam name, so would you kindly fk off.

[LUHLUH]

This is my first plague tale game, so take my opinion with a grain of salt (especially if you're a fan), but:

I'm struggling to get through this game because of how little I care for the characters. They preach "murder bad" and yet this game is set like 50 years after the crusades, and a century before King Henry VIII beheaded a bunch of his wives for not bearing children. Hell, in the 1800s wild west a lot of criminals were wanted Dead or Alive for things like rustling cattle. If those are all "justifiable" reasons for murder, why does my character get ♥♥♥♥, from someone who you are literally saving from danger, for killing in SELF DEFENSE????

In the first chapter when Hugo sees the child getting beaten and immediately runs up to the large men with weapons and tells them to stop, does he think they're going to listen? This game is set in 14th century France, JUST AFTER THE CRUSADES and the bible says outright that beating your children is something you SHOULD do. In fact, by interfering, Hugo is damning his new friend to Hell, which is a lot worse (to believers, which the French were) than a few punches to the face.
"Withold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with a rod, thou shalt deliver his soul from hell." Proverbs 23:13-14

According to Hugo it's not okay for me to murder in self defense but it's okay to damn a little boy to an eternity of hellfire.

[Mr. Nobody]

I mean, he's a five year old kid who has some super disease that results in thousands of people dying everywhere he goes.

The fact that your biggest criticism is he's whiny and entitled is a testament to his character and quite frankly probably a little unrealistic.

Any real 5 year old kid would probably turn into a complete psychopath if they were put it his position.

[kristijan.123]

LUHLUH LIL.PP a écrit :

In the first chapter when Hugo sees the child getting beaten and immediately runs up to the large men with weapons and tells them to stop, does he think they're going to listen? This game is set in 14th century France, JUST AFTER THE CRUSADES and the bible says outright that beating your children is something you SHOULD do.

They were actually going to kill the boy for not being where he should have been at the time of attack, Hugo tried to save him, He was reckless on the part of risking his own life, but still...

[LUHLUH]

kristijan.123 a écrit :

LUHLUH LIL.PP a écrit :

In the first chapter when Hugo sees the child getting beaten and immediately runs up to the large men with weapons and tells them to stop, does he think they're going to listen? This game is set in 14th century France, JUST AFTER THE CRUSADES and the bible says outright that beating your children is something you SHOULD do.

They were actually going to kill the boy for not being where he should have been at the time of attack, Hugo tried to save him, He was reckless on the part of risking his own life, but still...

oh... yeah, killing him for being late changes the situation a bit

[sagefankia]

I didn't care too much for Hugo in this game, nor their mother. I did care when I killed him, but only because I played the first game. He acted like a scared 5 year old as you'd expect. Amecia was believable as well, or at least consistent.

Amecia was changed in this game to fall in line with their "protector" theme. So the story wasn't about family, survival, or anything like that anymore. It was about being a strong and powerful protector. Well, it flip flopped between the themes, but overall they made her into an angry powerful superhero. Unfortunately this made it "cheesy".

[TJM]

Congratulations, you are a sociopath .

[Valtharia]

TJM a écrit :

Congratulations, you are a sociopath :sherlockhead:.

Soooo, because I didn't have a connection with the 2 characters, I'm a sociopath? Nice arm chair diagnoses.

[Keo]

My question to you would be, are you used to deal with kids? Do you like them? Have you ever lived with a five years old? (this question is genuine and not judgemental)

Because if not, then I can understand why this behavior is annoying; while not all kids are like this (or should I say, "as expressive"), at this age, it's VERY common and considered quite normal to "act out", because that's when they discover and start to deal with emotions.
Hugo is a child that is not used to human interactions and has always been "sick", over-protected, isolated. He does not know how to communicate and yet I find him doing it much better than actual 5/6 years old who throw massive tantrums for a wooden stick IRL... while little Hugo is dealing with trauma after trauma. While you you are absolutely free to not care, finding him "whiny" and "entitled" is a bit strong, because he's actually very far from that. He's been treated like a special being by everyone else and he literally voices at one point he wished he was like any other kid.

Now you can dislike someone, but objectively speaking, Hugo is far from being whiny and entitled.

[Valtharia]

Keo a écrit :

My question to you would be, are you used to deal with kids? Do you like them? Have you ever lived with a five years old? (this question is genuine and not judgemental).

I do like kids and I have worked with them multiple times and NONE of them have acted like Hugo. A lot of them were kids who lived in the ghettos. Idk, the way he acts (and Amicia too) just rub me the wrong way.

[TJM]

Valtharia a écrit :

TJM a écrit :

Congratulations, you are a sociopath .

Soooo, because I didn't have a connection with the 2 characters, I'm a sociopath? Nice arm chair diagnoses.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joke

[Valtharia]

TJM a écrit :

Valtharia a écrit :

Soooo, because I didn't have a connection with the 2 characters, I'm a sociopath? Nice arm chair diagnoses.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joke

Wow, someone's an a s s hole.

[Keo]

Valtharia a écrit :

Keo a écrit :

My question to you would be, are you used to deal with kids? Do you like them? Have you ever lived with a five years old? (this question is genuine and not judgemental).

I do like kids and I have worked with them multiple times and NONE of them have acted like Hugo. A lot of them were kids who lived in the ghettos. Idk, the way he acts (and Amicia too) just rub me the wrong way.

I've worked in a kindergarten, I have several nieces and nephews; and it's actually very normal behavior. Mind you we're probably not from the same country nor do our kids receive the same education.
Main difference for you probably is the setting; Hugo is being treated differently by quite literally everyone he meets, he doesn't deal with other kids (not his choice), he is constantly under someone's watch (not his choice), Amicia is not handling him very well and often disregards his feelings (not his choice again...), he's been a lab rat, he has an immense power despite that same power killing him, he's never had fun, friends, a confident, someone to relate to. He's a product of his environement at this age. If anything, you could totally blame Beatrice for the solitary confinement she put him through at such young age and for hiding the truth to Amicia more than necessary, causing false hopes and worse.

Maybe that's also because you have an entirely different personality, idk. I for one can relate more to him and Lucas than Amicia, Sophia or anyone else.