I can't help but chuckle a bit every time I see the "piracy is theft" screen each time I start the game up. This isn't going to deter those of us sailing the high seas, especially with porn games regardless of how well developed they might be.
Anyways, the start of book 7 showcased some of the best - and worst - writing I've seen to date. I'll start off with the more positive stuff because it honestly outweighs the few instances of shoddy writing:
- Ghost's schizophrenia scene (induced by whatever his name is) was genuinely well written and difficult to tell if it was actually fake or real. Ghost's character development throughout the whole ordeal also followed pretty closely to how someone would genuinely respond to living in such a lucid dream, especially with how real it was made to feel. Seriously well done with this whole scene.
- The other characters also got some feel good moments too in their dreams, and it felt quite a bit like closure to their pasts. What this has done is rather nicely close out the first act where the primary hurdle was building team trust, and sets up the next act in expanding upon the main goal.
The negatives:
- Sigrid's dialogue suffers from either a lack of planning for her in the script, or just general disinterest in her by the dev. Her second attack on Lisa felt so awkward, as did her "redemption" scene with her after realizing she made the same mistake twice. I get that there was some intention of setting up her initial personality in a more concrete fashion, but this shouldn't be rushed like it was.
- Faith/Reaper also suffered a bit with her dialogue and character in general. I cannot reasonably believe that she would open the teleporter - in secret - to bring back Sigrid without even giving Claire an update. Additionally, this somewhat makes the whole quirk of teleporting - the fact that you can't really teleport to the same location twice - moot since Faith just ups and does it without any issues whatsoever. This whole scene was contrived to the max.
