The goal of COC and COC2 are the same exact thing, their not even trying to hide it.
Like Alterism said, presentation of said goal matters. Yes the goal of both games is to kill the big bad. Problem with this game is that the goal is muddied and makes zero sense after a while.
Why are we going after Kasyrra in the first place? Because she said she was going to steal your soul. Alright, cool MC has valid reason to want to stop the big bad because they don't want that to happen. Small problem arises when Kasyrra literally tells the MC that she wants you to get more experience to make your soul better for her. Why would you continue your journey and give her what she wants by proxy? HUGE problem arises when you give your soul to one of the gods. If you do this(and objectively there is no reason not to unless you don't want to TF), then there is absolutely nothing Kasyrra can do unless she finds out who has it which she has no way of doing.
There you go, the journey is over. The goal has been accomplished. MC can fuck off and do whatever they want because apparently we're weak as shit and all these NPCs are apparently stronger than us so there's no reason for us to engage with the story anymore.
And to that, I'll say, suck it up and avoid it, so that it's not in your face. You have the option to, why complain?
No, we really don't have that option. If you want to engage with any content, you have to push the story forwards.
Also the "don't like it don't play it" argument is fucking stupid in its own right. How about if you don't like people's criticisms you don't look at them? Same logic.
"COC2 is a narrative game"
The story is not important
Does not compute.
I'm saying people are just bringing lore they don't care about, to say why their mad an NPC is sleeping with other people
I'm curious what sort of insane mental gymnastics you have to do to assume something like this.
Also of course they are a dev pet, a dev writes for them. They are their character and should strive to put in as much effort into them,
There is a clear difference between putting effort into a character and making them the super duper special OC that everybody loves and can do no wrong. Cait clearly falls into the latter. You can have an appreciation for your own characters without treating them like the second coming of Christ. There's a reason the term Mary Sue exists.
Like them, I'm expressing my opinion about how they're wrong/misleading they are. If I got to get on a high horse to push them off theirs then I'll do it.
They were never on a high horse. They stated their thoughts, weren't arrogant about it, and that's it. It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, you do not have to be condescending just because you do not subscribe to their point of view. You are acting like you know them better than themselves/they are lying because they said a thing you don't agree with. Even if what they said was completely and unequivocally false, you can still have the sense to not put words in their mouth.