dameromexxx
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What I fear is that he has left a lot of blocks in both games connected to each other, which are supposed to build a broadly understood Oceanverse as a whole. And by making these changes, he will either be forced to change things connecting both games further to the point where they do not make any sense or they are simply not satisfying enough due to too much improvisation to force the blocks to fit together , or he will leave many things unchanged and the upcoming discoveries, which are supposed to be a meticulously discovered part of the planned intrigue at a time when Wiab was supposed to be something completely different, will end up devoid of any impact and emotional charge.Did anyone know before Ch4 that William spoke to Helen while he was in remand? No! Does anyone know what they spoke about? No!
I don't think we know the full story/circumstances of William's departure from Wollust yet. The AVN is peeling back layers and presenting flashbacks that are small parts of a jigsaw puzzle we cannot yet fully understand, so I will reserve judgement for now.
I don't care one way or another about the i-cest, so I'm not gonna spit the dummy and proclaim the sky is falling in. I thought the rework would kill the relationship taboo/jeopardy entirely, so I was mildly surprised that Ocean gave an explanation/scenario that wasn't completely naff. If you don't find the new scenario believable at all, then get out in the world - there are plenty of places were people get murdered for getting in a relationship with someone from the wrong part of town, wrong family, wrong social caste, wrong religion etc.
The games as independent creations can still come out on their own, but I have the impression that Oceanverse will fall to pieces. Let's be honest, to efficiently implement a universe that is to take place on several timelines and in several games, you need a lot of pre-production, cold planning and tedious methodological implementation over many years. Meanwhile, for some time now, Ocean has been giving the impression of a person whose entire work is the child of one big chaos