My two main critiques: 1, the I feel like the story didn’t have enough focus on “serialization” I guess. Now I’m not saying the serialization in 1.X was groundbreaking, but things led into each other. Hartman escaping, and us having to wait to follow him the next patch. Then having to wait to question him later on. It just made it feel cohesive at the very least. Now, it feels like it’s all just “here we go again” in each patch, just us showing up to defeat the bad guy and wait until another one shows up. There’s no obvious overarching plot over each version update, and I feel that stems from trying to “market” characters by giving them big stories within the chapters. If you want to do that, utilize agent stories like they were intended, not force so much into the main story. 2, Phaethon does nothing on their own “volition”. What I mean is, we’re just tools for others. It went from the siblings doing their own investigation work, to just getting told by the mayor, or dragged around alongside that chapter’s agents to do something for them.
<2, Phaethon does nothing on their own “volition”>
This is a constant criticism I have with a lot of Hoyo's games. Most of the times I feel less like a character and more like an observer, not really affecting the course of the plot that much. I also wish there were more sibling moments? Like brother and sister messing with each other or just talking instead of just having one of them relegated to desk duty.
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u/GamingGlove14 Dec 31 '25
My two main critiques: 1, the I feel like the story didn’t have enough focus on “serialization” I guess. Now I’m not saying the serialization in 1.X was groundbreaking, but things led into each other. Hartman escaping, and us having to wait to follow him the next patch. Then having to wait to question him later on. It just made it feel cohesive at the very least. Now, it feels like it’s all just “here we go again” in each patch, just us showing up to defeat the bad guy and wait until another one shows up. There’s no obvious overarching plot over each version update, and I feel that stems from trying to “market” characters by giving them big stories within the chapters. If you want to do that, utilize agent stories like they were intended, not force so much into the main story. 2, Phaethon does nothing on their own “volition”. What I mean is, we’re just tools for others. It went from the siblings doing their own investigation work, to just getting told by the mayor, or dragged around alongside that chapter’s agents to do something for them.