HEY WTF HOYO???? why is the new skin exclusive to the gun range????!?
Surely we unlock it for overworld play in the near future? Right??? Surely we get it AND that we get it soon and don’t have to wait until the end of Snez to get to use it?
There’s literally a scene where we’re using it in the overworld, why THE FUCK can’t we have it now.
7.0 AQ quest was amazing. Snezhnaya cast is very fun so far! Every character has such great synergy (and ship potential 😈) with the rest I love them.
And even though the first act was focused on setting the scene/world building. I actually found it just as engaging as the second act. I love government/political/societal world building.
(More thoughts on narrative world building + act 2 spoilers below the break)
Also the Tartaglia/Sandrone/Pantalone dynamic was very interesting.
Even though Sumeru is still my fav nation/set of AQs, that was one thing I felt was sorely missing. The political/structural world building of the nation wasn’t in-depth or well-done imo. The other nations had a little more nation-structure to the point of immersion in the world, but I wish Sumeru had more details about the post-Nahida freedom restructuring of the nation. (Honestly I do wish all the nations had such in-depth political intrigue lore-building as Snezhnaya has so far. I love Mondstadt so much, 2nd fav nation. But the paralogism court trial was a fucking joke.)
And then act 2 was just so fun! I did think the whole “re-explaining the events we just did by making the player read through the photo for the 4th time” was annoying….until the Ronova reveal (not to be too cocky but I did clock that Alyosha was acting sus before the grim reaper reveal) which was such a perfect and chilling reveal, so my previous grievance is forgiven.
Odette/Signora dynamic was juicy, deep, dramatic, and lovely. I do like Odette as a character but I do think her fatui & celebrity dancer staus was a bit confusing. Does all of Snez know she’s fatui? Or just other fatui members? Is it an open secret? Or a true secret identity.
Also I wish she had like, a cloak or something. Some other skin, even if it wasn’t playable, bc going on fauti missions in the same ballet dress you perform in is crazy.
The end cutscene of Arlecchino and her at Signora’s grave was beautiful (visually and narratively)
I also love the dynamic of Paimon and Pierro, and Paimon + Traveler. And even Tartaglia and Paimon. She may be an annoying yap mechanic that repeats the plot but she’s OUR annoying lil yapper.
ALSO!!! Mitya, Alyosha, and Vodynitsa stole the show (and my heart), but especially Mitya. I love him but I’m also looking at him with SO much suspicion. Alchemist/astrologer shaped scientist in a nation where it’s banned and heresy…suspicious. His fight scene had me doing the “when-you-just-can’t-prove-it” gif.
Haven’t done any world quests yet but please GOD let the major ones be voiced PLEASE.
"character doing a c+ job of breaking the cycle of abuse" is such a crunchy dynamic forever. what if i'm giving my all to give you a better life than i had and i'm succeeding but "better" just isn't quite enough. what if my blind spots and deeply ingrained trauma and inexperience mean that you will be indelibly scarred by me despite my best efforts. what if my abuser's influence still bleeds through at times because i know nothing else. what if i go so far in the opposite direction to avoid it that i hurt you in ways i couldn't have anticipated. what if my undeniable love and unforgivable shortcomings came part and parcel with each other. what if your love and gratitude and resentment and pain came part and parcel too. what if we both knew you deserved better but i was all you had. what if we had to move forward and reckon with that. what then
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