LogFAQs > #940812693

from chrono cross to ground zeroes to this, I hope developers finally get the message that murdering/torturing/putting beloved main characters through hell doesn't automatically make your stories emotionally resonant. in fact, it often has the opposite effect.

authors I think feel the urge to "kill their darlings" but sometimes (read: usually) it's a cheap play to add stakes that the narrative doesn't necessarily deserve.

however, I will say that if a lot of story stuff is being left out of these leaks (i.e. lots and lots of development and some genuinely non miserable moments of pathos) then this might not be too bad. the point is, stories have to earn deaths and based on the outcry it doesn't feel like this game has.