It's an actual story Beginning, middle and end The story of superheroes in this world has an arc, it happened a certain way for specific reasons It's not a world where "anything is possible", in fact in hindsight only one series of events ever could happen and did happen
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And the whole tragedy of it is that there are people who *wanted* it to be a traditional superhero universe - colorful good guys foiling the plans of bad guys, forever, with no one ever permanently winning or changing anything - and they find out that that's fucking stupid
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It's that fundamental difference in what kind of world this is that makes it "gritty and realistic" and a rejection of the fantasy of comic books The superficial shit about sex and violence has very little to do with it, which is why he was pissed that that's what people copied
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Anyway when it comes to games it's the same way Toby Fox talking about how the biggest difference Deltarune has over Undertale is no "branching paths" There's one story, with a beginning, middle and end, and you're just along for the ride
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And, like, that's not really that big a deal even though it sounds like it's a statement about Fate or whatever if you come to it from a game like Undertale "That's the normal way that stories work"
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In TLoU Joel and Ellie are human beings with their own personalities who have already made most of the decisions that define who they are before the story even starts That's normal for how a story works
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In one sense the point of the story is letting us watch the biggest day of their lives, the moment they make the one big choice there's no coming back from But in another sense, that choice was already made long ago, it's just a reflection of their nature That's how this works
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This is kind of what annoys me, because it shouldn't be that big a damn deal It's ancient knowledge Stories are interesting because they look like anything could happen at first and then at the end you look back and go "Yeah that's how it had to be"
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I know nowadays everyone wants to subvert and problematize this shit but I'm sorry, it's true It is 100x easier to write a satisfying ending by having just one ending you knew from the beginning was the only way the story could end and then building the story around it
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It was written around the climactic scene where Edward reveals his identity to Bella, but in the finished story that's obviously not the "ending"
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