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Don't get me wrong, I love Takemura as a character--he might be my favorite. I was (and am) working on something about this exact topic when I made the first post so I don't want to get into it here, but...I've got reasons. The only thing wrong with Tak in the game is how few people will ever...

Can't disagree with this more, although I can see where you're coming from. That's what Takemura is, though. He's not your friend, and I honestly think it's to the game's credit that they fairly well trick you into thinking he is. I'm working on something longer about this right now, so I'm...

I don't think you had to choose a relationship with either of them for it to have been meaningful, but I do agree about the others. River definitely needed more time, and Kerry should have at least been brought in earlier. It's probably worth considering, then, that your problem isn't actually...

What do you find objectionable, then? And I don't mean that to sound snarky or condescending, I'm genuinely wondering what about the delivery is such a problem. I think V's death was pretty baked in (how many times do different characters pound into your head that either die a legend or live as...

I wouldn't call them perfect, but they're thematically consistent and pretty heavily foreshadowed. There are a lot of valid complaints but this I just don't get. Like...do you get mad that characters you like die in horror movies? Did read Hamlet in high school and decide the everyone dying in...

I absolutely agree that this is a problem, and it's one that nearly every game like this has to deal with, but we're looking at it from opposite angles. The combat gameplay has us as one thing, and the story another. Short version, V's in-game power is completely absurd. If the game world...

This is pretty much my feeling entirely. I love that we are, essentially, a side character in other peoples' stories, and those stories move on without us. But V_for_Valerie's point is valid, too, although there generally are consequences. One of the big missed opportunities isn't the lack of...

I'm assuming you mean this as a dig but I honestly think it works thematically, and in terms of actions it makes sense for Takemura to kill him. I think it's fairly interesting that if this were a novel or a film no one would get annoyed by this, but because we're V we want to be to ones to...

It might seem strange but I actually really liked that they were separated from the main story, at least in their endings. Judy's I think was expertly handled structurally--the main story introduces you to her, but she branches off on her own. River / Kerry could've used a similar introductory...

A lot of the minor side stories feel weird (I fully agree about Sinnerman and Heroes), but honestly I'm actually completely on board with the way the LI side stories end. Made a video about it, even. Short version, though: The reason we don't have agency is that we don't have agency in this...

Can confirm this definitely happens if Brick is alive and at Totentanz. I guess you could excuse it by saying someone put it up preemptively when he was captured (maybe his one choom who goes cyberpsycho?) but it's probably just an oversight. Happened on two separate playthroughs, for me anyway.

It'd be cool if you could call her and ask her about it during The Hunt if you've already done Pyramid Song, as you should recognize the name of the town when it comes up, but otherwise....as pointed out by Soykaff Harris is likely over a decade older than Judy. She might know the school /...

Definitely wasn't the case for me, but the detection of living / dead when sending texts to Regina is pretty hit or miss. I've had different text messages for them being dead a few times, so it's not always the same, Doesn't appear that affects the final outcome, but there are different text...

Honestly I was fine with it, story-wise, as it's not like Regina was going to cure cyberpsychosis or anything (and especially if it ends up being a teaser for DLC), but it sure would've been nice a get a legendary or something for all that effort (since downing them without killing is definitely...

Judy, and it's not terribly close. Takemura and Kerry after that.

The only, only problem with Kerry is where he is in the game. His story has the lowest stakes for the world at large but his missions aren't even an option until you're at the point in the story where the stakes are the highest. It creates this weird kind of dissonance where you're playing gigs...

I'd invite you to visit certain parts of the developing world this very day (if not for COVID). Maybe I've spent too much time in Southeast Asia, but this seemed 100% believable (except, yeah, the trash in Corpo Plaza.)