A bit disappointed after Act II (spoilers!)

[Adun]

I admit that after the wild ride until the Paintress fight, the reveal of the true origins of everything was disappointing. The exposition was really clunky and heavy-handed, and once again the characters don't ask half as many questions as they definitely should. It was all very Deus ex Machina combined with "it's been a dream all along", which I find quite a cheap plot twist.

[BoolXorElse]

I don't really get where you say this is a dream sort of thing, its much more well thought out than that.

[Elsiel]

You should replay the game because you didn't pay attention.

[FrenchMetal]

Nothing about dream, maybe you write this juste after wake up in the manoir. Juste go on.
Don't forget when you wake up in bed, it's a flashback, in 49 year of the monolyth (when monlyth have 49 on it)

[Veylox]

It's an interesting premise, it's just the way it's written is pretty underwhelming (especially when compared with how well simpler stuff like prologue dialogue is written)

They went for an ambitious story but instead of spacing it out in the whole game they kept it completely hidden until the end of act 2, too many dialogues where the characters know what they're talking about but the viewer doesn't so nothing progresses (like whenever Verso and Renoir talk)

And then end of act 2 / act 3 becomes a completely different story with exposition that has way too much stuff to tell because it didn't do it earlier

So yeah, it's a bit jarring.

[Haruspex]

Only thing I'm thinking about is Gustave is a kinda useless as a character if Maelle recovers her original memories.
I mean I get it she still lived through Maelle but hey that's the actual copy of her real brother lol

[Adun]

Originally posted by BoolXorElse:

I don't really get where you say this is a dream sort of thing, its much more well thought out than that.

You're taking me too literally. And it *is* kind of a dream, only a dream-fantasy world painted by Verso, not an actual dream.

[Adun]

Originally posted by Veylox:

It's an interesting premise, it's just the way it's written is pretty underwhelming (especially when compared with how well simpler stuff like prologue dialogue is written)

They went for an ambitious story but instead of spacing it out in the whole game they kept it completely hidden until the end of act 2, too many dialogues where the characters know what they're talking about but the viewer doesn't so nothing progresses (like whenever Verso and Renoir talk)

And then end of act 2 / act 3 becomes a completely different story with exposition that has way too much stuff to tell because it didn't do it earlier

So yeah, it's a bit jarring.

That's what I meant. The delivery was just ham-handed and clunky, compared to everything else.

[GameBuild]

Originally posted by Adun:

I admit that after the wild ride until the Paintress fight, the reveal of the true origins of everything was disappointing. The exposition was really clunky and heavy-handed, and once again the characters don't ask half as many questions as they definitely should. It was all very Deus ex Machina combined with "it's been a dream all along", which I find quite a cheap plot twist.

Wait until Act III. I confess I am very disappointed for a reason. Can't say much, keep playing it.

[Badya]

Well put answers, I have the same feelings, basically the game could easily ended at act 2.
I thought they would put another layer on top of 'real' world, but they didn't so its pretty disappointing to play act 3 basically knowing how it will end.

I don't like Maelle as a character after act 2, she acts selfish, so as her mother, having a real world and live in a dream just to don't have a scars of real world is some complete delulu sight of view. This gives me no reason at all to play act 3.

They've put the plot too shallow, when they could've make it more interesting.

[GameBuild]

Originally posted by Badya:

Well put answers, I have the same feelings, basically the game could easily ended at act 2.
I thought they would put another layer on top of 'real' world, but they didn't so its pretty disappointing to play act 3 basically knowing how it will end.

I don't like Maelle as a character after act 2, she acts selfish, so as her mother, having a real world and live in a dream just to don't have a scars of real world is some complete delulu sight of view. This gives me no reason at all to play act 3.

They've put the plot too shallow, when they could've make it more interesting.

Feels and smells like watching a French soap opera, a TV reality show, or reading a magazine covering the great feud in the royal family. The idea of being just an observer didn't resonate with me. The story hook was great, combat, music, everything was put together with passion and talent, but the story finale was disappointing.