Nightengale
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Post-haircut Luke is exactly how I imagined a
would treat the fallout of what happened after the mid-game climax.
Throughout the entire second half, he basically
Mid-game climax has a short time-skip of a few months after the defeat of the mid-boss, and it was ingenious is showing that
The adrenaline rush that came from the immediate post-haircut change that allowed him
Very, very few games explore this space, and what more, explore it from the perspective of
Is it perfect? Nah. There are a lot of pacing issues.
But Luke is one of JRPG's best protagonist from start-to-finish. He is the best written character in the entire Tales franchise for me.
7 years old
Paranoia, constant sense of self-doubt, self-loathing, lazy, martyr complex, self-reaffirmation of worst fears.
Throughout the entire second half, he basically
retreats back into a shell of inferiority complex to fool himself into expecting that he'd be thrown away any day and that he's steeling himself to be "fine" with that, even if that is a load of bullshit.
Mid-game climax has a short time-skip of a few months after the defeat of the mid-boss, and it was ingenious is showing that
while the rest of the cast acted like responsible adults with lives outside the adventure, Luke was just NEETing around at home with no purpose and meaning.
The adrenaline rush that came from the immediate post-haircut change that allowed him
to function like a normal person during an adventure completely vanished once the battle was over and he had to start thinking about life outside of the RPG journey.
Very, very few games explore this space, and what more, explore it from the perspective of
a "loser" who even after the grand battle, has no place in society.
Is it perfect? Nah. There are a lot of pacing issues.
But Luke is one of JRPG's best protagonist from start-to-finish. He is the best written character in the entire Tales franchise for me.