I have played through this update 3 times so far....most of it anyway, 2nd and 3rd times I only went as far back at the 4 word quiz until the end and holy crap, this update is so good. Literal 10/10 stuff. I still really hope more than anything that we can restore Liz and Amber as they were and maybe block off the memories of what Tanos did if we can...similar to how the MC has a ton of childhood memories blocked off we still know nothing about...maybe not the most moral way to deal with the issue but possibly the only way Liz and Amber can be freed from that kind of extreme trauma.
But so many positives to this update. The Cole fight was insanely good...the MC finally gets to vocalize the exact words a large part of the fanbase have been feeling about Cole for a long time. I probably would have preferred he died, I am not sure he deserves to end up as an experiment of Tanos but I also have a hard time feeling any degree of sympathy for him after he tried to kill Liz and Amber at the very end of the fight...even fully knowing what they had been through and what they had survived that jackass wanted to vaporize them. That moment erased any and all sympathy I may have gained from learning his story growing up.
And possibly the biggest star of the update was Deryl, that campfire party in the cave he set up was the best thing...and just seeing Amber snap out of her trauma for just a bit to rail against Deryl having cheated on her and later even smiling towards the end of the party was so good to see. Deryl was happy to see her snap at him too because he understood the good it did her to at least momentarily forget about the horrors she had been through. Not to mention how much Deryl helped during the fight with Cole. All of that is top notch character redemption for a character that started to get on a lot of people's nerves as of late.
A lot of new info about Ella too that at least partially paints her in a new light. I still want a lot more answers before I'm willing to say she isn't just pure evil but I am a lot more willing to hear her out when the time for answers comes.
But I am lot more worried about Michael becoming a problem...this update makes the dude seem like he was always more machine than human even long before he became a superhuman. Him admitting to the MC that he has no idea how to relate or empathize with people, and the whole story about how he lost his virginity as well as the way he answered Amber's question about dealing with memories just made it seem like he had never in his life experienced any genuine human emotions. He did say that he trusts the MC to be his moral compass guide so you know...no pressure. My own MC I played as a cold immoral bastard until the Amber and Liz situation snapped him out of it so my MC being Michael's moral guide feels like the blind leading the fool. I do hope that if he ever becomes an enemy we can redeem him.
And last but not least, Alice relationship is still the best.
But so many positives to this update. The Cole fight was insanely good...the MC finally gets to vocalize the exact words a large part of the fanbase have been feeling about Cole for a long time. I probably would have preferred he died, I am not sure he deserves to end up as an experiment of Tanos but I also have a hard time feeling any degree of sympathy for him after he tried to kill Liz and Amber at the very end of the fight...even fully knowing what they had been through and what they had survived that jackass wanted to vaporize them. That moment erased any and all sympathy I may have gained from learning his story growing up.
And possibly the biggest star of the update was Deryl, that campfire party in the cave he set up was the best thing...and just seeing Amber snap out of her trauma for just a bit to rail against Deryl having cheated on her and later even smiling towards the end of the party was so good to see. Deryl was happy to see her snap at him too because he understood the good it did her to at least momentarily forget about the horrors she had been through. Not to mention how much Deryl helped during the fight with Cole. All of that is top notch character redemption for a character that started to get on a lot of people's nerves as of late.
A lot of new info about Ella too that at least partially paints her in a new light. I still want a lot more answers before I'm willing to say she isn't just pure evil but I am a lot more willing to hear her out when the time for answers comes.
But I am lot more worried about Michael becoming a problem...this update makes the dude seem like he was always more machine than human even long before he became a superhuman. Him admitting to the MC that he has no idea how to relate or empathize with people, and the whole story about how he lost his virginity as well as the way he answered Amber's question about dealing with memories just made it seem like he had never in his life experienced any genuine human emotions. He did say that he trusts the MC to be his moral compass guide so you know...no pressure. My own MC I played as a cold immoral bastard until the Amber and Liz situation snapped him out of it so my MC being Michael's moral guide feels like the blind leading the fool. I do hope that if he ever becomes an enemy we can redeem him.
And last but not least, Alice relationship is still the best.
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