I enjoyed this game. It's one of the better ones on here. My main issues with the game is how the villain characters are written.
Ellie, Jordan (Dad) & Kevin.
They all pretty much lack any redeeming qualities at all.
Ellie: She is still angry and calling Alex a pervert over Alex getting a boner 6 years ago accidentally seeing her in the shower. She always misgenders Alex, and calls Alex a pervert. How long is she going to be mad about that? Seriously! It's not like Alex was jerking off or tried to rape her or anything. Then 6 long years pass and there is 0 follow up on that from Alex. Why is she still so angry about this incident? She is bitch in every single scene.
Jordan (Dad): He never supported Alex in the transition. He cheats on his wife, and has not been home for months. He seems like a total asshole. We never get his side of things. We don't know why he is keeping his distance from his family.
Kevin: He is extremely misogynist, and a closeted homosexual. He is a bully and an attempted rapist that also likes to misgender Alex, and even punched Alex in the face. His levels of aggression are through the roof. On top of all that he is a complete moron. In the car with Sam he is talking to her about how he wants to fuck her whole family. Then he is like, "What did I say to piss you off?" Really? He is like a knock off "Biff Tanner" from "Back to the Future" with roid rage and brain damage.
The villains are written way too direct. They lack any sort of nuance or subtlety. They are very one dimensional. They are not relatable enough or sympathetic enough. If just one of or even two of the villains were written very direct like this that would be okay. The problem is... They are all written pretty much the same way.
Psychopaths that do not care about anyone else. Also horny...
Do you know what sort of person would have made the perfect villain in this story?
A person with a world view similar to
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. A "Gender Traditionalist". Someone who does not have any "Hatred" inside of them, but just a different way of seeing the world. They are not a bully or cruel. Ellie could have really fit that sort of role well.
In one of her opening lines she says, "The only reason he is like this is because you coddle his perverted ass." Imagine that scene without the screaming and crying. Ellie stays calm and level headed never losing her temper the entire time without any of the name calling or cursing. She does not attack Alex, but attacks Chris instead calling her an "Enabler".
Instead of that all of the villains are exploding all the time and have almost no fuses at all.