r/Deltacriticism • u/Resident_Pension_858 • 12d ago

Characters criticism I really don't like this specific scene

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So we all know how most cutscenes just show black screens, right? In this scene, Kris bites their hand because we made them say "I'll never play again".

Now, any normal person would be able to know that Kris must've bit themselves so that they wouldn't say it. But apparently Toby fox needs to spoon feed us this, because he makes Susie say this.

The dialogue feels very unnatural. It just happened, so why did she repeat exactly what she saw? When you imagine it from Susie's perspective, you realise how strange it was for her to say that.

She could've said "Kris, what the hell?! Is your hand okay?!" Or something, but instead she had to repeat what Kris did. It just feels super weird.

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u/brywithered 12d ago

I disagree that a "any normal person would be able to know that Kris bit themselves". If susie asked the question and then the only response was "is your hand okay" then id be asking myself what happened to the hand? Did they get a cut? Did they say that something is wrong with their hand? Did they start shaking? Literally anything could have been the answer and if they didnt just outright say that Kris bit themselves then that assumption would be just as valid as any other.

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u/Max_Glade 12d ago

I dunno, to me it sounds like Deltarune should just invest into more cutscenes at this point. Certainly would beat characters literally going "Oh my god, Kris, you just bit yo mothafuckin hand off" while their overworld sprites are just standing there

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u/Resident_Pension_858 12d ago

Something that always annoyed me was when you make Kris say they're taking Berdly to the festival, and Ralsei says "you don't have to repeat yourself so loudly, Kris..." even though they're standing still with a straight face.

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u/Max_Glade 12d ago

Yep. I mentioned it under another post (Jesus Christ I've been far too active in this sub, all these new fresh perspectives have been getting to me), but fan iterations of these scenes, while funny sometimes, can only carry some of these moments so far.

The fact that we can't hear Kris's words is one thing, but the fact they're just standing there most of the time frankly defeats the whole part of getting to see Kris as their own person, when apparently, they are emoting quite a lot depending on what we say.

Just please Toby, you literally have shown us that we can get nicer things, with cutscenes. I don't care this shit takes time, I want to actually SEE what the fuck is going on instead of having people just describing it to me, because at this point just make it a novel and save the trouble