Originally Posted by 123xzcs
Originally Posted by Cynical Liberal
... It doesn't feel good leaving an undead cat, which has been standing watch over it's owner for god knows how long ... Is this just negligence or is one of your writers some kind of deviant personality? .. I definitely don't want stuff like this in DOS 3.


"Doesn't feel good" is exactly the point of a tragic story. It's supposed to make you feel sad. I don't think every storyline should have many outcomes because that takes away from the tragic nature of it. Too much choice can water down the story. I agree that there are situations where obvious dialog choices are missing. The writers should try to get to the desired outcome without omitting certain obvious things, but by other plot tools.

There is cruelty against all species in this game, not just animals btw.


Another "not just" argument? I'm well aware and never eluded otherwise. The issue is the missing story elements, bugs, and serial lack of favorable outcomes for animals. As you said "obvious dialog choices are missing" and it gets annoying being confronted by it every hour or two down the narrative. Are you justifying the lack of dialogue progression with the undead cat guardian after saving the girl? Are you justifying the KOS for the stray cat first thing in the game? Does that make sense to you? How about that necromancer dog (that wants to take over the world?) that you have to kill. Is all this necessary for a tragic story line? Hint: It's not. I can honestly say this is the first time in a game I had to slay an evil wizard dog, I thought it was silly and just part of a larger trend. Like I said earlier, that part with Hannag where you can sacrifice all the animals in the forest made sense, I wouldn't go down that route but I don't have an issue with it. That part of the plot didn't feel half baked, didn't feel like it had missing dialogue choices or other plot device options. The bear cub on the other hand, I can tell that was part of a larger quest they just decided to keep in there; just a real buzz kill.

Last edited by Cynical Liberal; 29/12/17 08:10 PM.