Ok. Got to finally play the new patched Ch3. First thought, I like that now getting a character's backstory requires an active effort on the MC's part. This small change makes a major difference, as now it feels less like everyone's forcing their past on you all of a sudden...and more like now they are offering...and you're choosing to accept out of a desire to learn more about them. It makes it feel far less forced and
more...mutual. Thank you.
Also, I like that I can attempt to give Damon the cold shoulder in his dialogue. But after replaying without skipping, I find he's still contradicting himself a little if you've been romancing him.
Mind you, its just a small nitpicky thing. I felt that the small changes in choice and dialogue with this patch did make everything story and character wise flow a bit more smoothly. But there are two parts of Damon's dialogue that felt a little at odds, stemming from two different chapters (2 & 3), though the rest is much better! And again, it could be simply that Damon really just is that contradicting and self-sabotaging...
--------continue reading for Damon introspective and dialogue conflict/misunderstanding/reading to much into things on my part xD????
Ok so, in ch2, if romancing, he says after saving you from sleazy bar guy..."But for what it's worth, if I didn't let Cal kick you off the ship, why would I let anything happen to you now?"
Then in Ch3, he says "Having you around's been...fun and all, but at the end of the day we are the ones with a big ass bounty on our heads, and I don't like having to work even harder to make sure these idiots stay alive. Or you for that matter."
The intentions behind both these statements feel contradictory. By not letting Cal kick you off the ship, Damon claims he's accepted the responsibility and has your back. He's clearly trying to win some points in goodwill with you in the bar.
Then in Ch3, he's suddenly saying that the bounty on A6 and the added responsibility of you are suddenly an issue, though he and the game claims nothing
with him has really changed since your true identity is revealed?
So wait...do you care about an extra person to protect or not, Damon? If you really mean or believe in your ch3 logic...then why DID you bother with convincing Cal in Ch1 to keep MC on the ship? You had even less interaction and bonding with MC at that time then you do now in Ch3? They were even more of a stranger.
It would make more sense if Damon was with Cal from the start about tossing MC out, rather then against it so early on but now suddenly claiming it is an issue. And again, that's why it makes sense from a non-romance perspective where the talk at the bar never happens. But if you are romancing Damon, this becomes a situation of Damon shooting himself in the foot. Its, again, two steps forward and then a giant leap back character wise.
Now if it was because of the fact that you are, in fact, the last true legit heir and thus Zovak will be even more obsessed with A6 should your existance on the ship be discovered...that would make sense. But Damon implies that your past as a prince hasn't changed any of his feelings about the situation.
Also, he claims he isn't going to apologize for selling you out........but then he seems rather determined not to let you walk away from him without getting his say on the matter. So no, still demanding an eventual apology here, Damon.
*sigh* What in the world are you thinking, Damon? *grabs his head and shakes it violently* Let me in that darn skull of yours!
(Sorry. He's just my fave character, so I really end up going to deep into trying to understand how his brain works. xD)
Also, Devs, please don't take anything I say as mean or intentionally negative. I know very well how hard it is to write characters that feel real, specially complicated ones like Damon. And unlike you guys, I don't have his full character sheet or understanding of the character Damon is meant to be. xD
I'm just left with each small bits of scrap I get every new episode to try and get the clear picture. =P
I actually love how you'd written all the characters. They have so much depth and that's what makes it so fun and frustrating trying to figure them out.