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bmpmp3 · 1 year

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so i’ve always been of the opinion that the whole twist ending of Drawn to Life The Next Chapter is wack as HELL but i will say it is a bit of a power move to do an “it was all a dream” ending where the person dreaming isn’t even the perspective character. just some guy

#nowadays i see people praise that ending and im sorry. i think it was really narratively unsatisfying #i thought it was dumb as 10 year old and i think it still kinda dumb nearly 15 years later HKJDSFJRKF #i want to be kind and i dont mean to sound a little elitist but i wonder if people are blinded by a nostalgic thing having a dark twist #and thinking its well written because of that rip. like im sure its fine but i do think it kinda sucks ass LOL #but it is a little funny to have ur game be the dream of some random kid. and like the random kid is just like #a random kid even in his own dream. hello #imagine u played all of mario 2 but instead of it being mario's dream it was like. some 3rd grader named jeff #you dont even play as jeff or anything. he just shows up as like a toad for a little bit #real life is a banger tho #edit: actually the more i think about it. how depressed where these game designers when making both games honestly #like i dont mean this in a ouuuuhhhh its so dark ouuuuuhhhhhhh i mean like #a lot about these games now that i remember as an adult feels oddly like. bitter?#maybe its just the messaging in both games seems to be so at odds with the arts and crafts aspects of the gameplay #what does that video essayist call it. ludonarrative dissonance? yeah #but like where those game writers like. okay? the plotlines feel mildly like the product of some crazy game dev burnout

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