>"Three hundred years ago, I had a ship and a crew. We wrought such beautiful horrors. Merchant ships, naval vessels, and others. We did not discriminate. We would board, stain the white sails red. Turn entrails to rigging. How free we were, then."Why did they have to make Bloodlines 2 so grimdark and edgy? Why couldn't it be a quirky chungus game like the original?
Deep Silver wouldn't let Saints Row 2022 have human shields because that was "too dark" and now the pendulum has swung the opposite way.
>>719521201>grimdark and edgythat's what the devs probably thought the first one was, and I'm convinced they tried to do that in BL1 but the jank and source engine made it quirky
>>719522113wokeness is disappearing, this game is the living proof
Another factor is that in the original game you played a fledgling and thus the game was very tonally connected to humanity. You could never muse out loud about all the endearingly awful things you'd done because you hadn't done any.
>>719521201millennials take themselves too seriously
>>719521201I will pirate this game and decide if it's worth the money after. I hate that im forced to play a charcter named phyre, that is shit is gay as fuckbut ill still try it, fuck no im notgiving htem my money unless its worth.
>>719523156To even pirate this game is a hard choice. It has every red flag.
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>>719523612no one cares
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>>719523713I bet you're mom loves you
>>719523686XO TRUE XISTER KSKSKSKS
>>719521201I'm more pissed that the protag is going to have an established name and presence in the world instead of being a fun blankslate character we get to make up.Besides, the first game had a demonic snuff porno ring, there was plenty of shit edgier than that dialogue.
>>719523894>Besides, the first game had a demonic snuff porno ring, there was plenty of shit edgier than that dialogue.That was all externalized. Other being doing bad things isn't grimdark. If they'd let you shoot demon pornos that would be totally different.
>>719523612why did every dev team in the 2000s have exactly one asian guy of ambiguous procedence?
>>719521201what's that from?>>719523894>the first game had a demonic snuff porno ringhonestly it never really hit that it was meant to be porno, the Tzimisce abominations are really held back by the graphical limitations.
>>719523985>Other being doing bad things isn't grimdarkAre you dumb?
>>719523686t.
>>719521201Oh wow, it’s completely mogged by Andrei fucking 20 years ago.
>>719524161>what's that from?Bloodlines 2. It's one of the answers you can give. Fabien asks, "While we're talking about killing time, what ways did you like to time kill?" And you can reply...>>719524323>>719524556Having other characters talk about or do terrible things is not the same thing as the protagonist, the player character, doing or something these things.
>>719524653>Having other characters talk about or do terrible things is not the same thing as the protagonist, the player character, doing or something these thingsWhat kind of harebrained faggot are you that you would bring this up completely out of nowhere and with no baring on what I just said or even what you said?
>>719523985>Other being doing bad things isn't grimdark>>719524653>Having other characters talk about or do terrible things is not the same thing as the protagonist, the player character, doing or something these thingsgood evening saar how was your torpor dear??
>>719522720>be creeping around a hidden snuff film studio>blood everywhere>spooky ambience>SUDDEN LOUD NOISE THAT'S CLEARLY A REAL STOCK ANIMAL SOUND THAT'S TWICE AS LOUD AS IT SHOULD BE!>a fucking Geodude attacks you>this happens again, and again, and againI think you might be right, anon.
>>719523686speak for yourself faggot
>>719524775The example you used was of another character doing evil stuff. Having the player character do evil stuff is something a lot of companies balk at.
>>719526464also they show you the same "scary video" twice and it's even less scary the second time.
