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They Wasted A Perfectly Good Plot isn't for poor execution or suggesting alternate ways the story could have gone.


* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** Many critics are of the opinion that a narrative-driven game without sound -- built around idea of "communication beyond words" -- is an intriguing, if ambitious concept, but got completely screwballed here due to the clunky, repetitive gameplay, the near-incomprehensible storytelling choices that [[{{Irony}} ironically]] completely fail to communicate the proper narrative, and the incredibly poorly-written narrative itself.
** WebVideo/{{Rerez}} suggests the plot would have made more sense if Lala was made Dane's sister instead of merely an IdenticalStranger to his mother.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** Many critics are
TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: A game with a deaf main character has lots of potential to be interesting, but sadly, it's rarely taken anywhere beyond just hitting "mute" on the cutscenes. For added salt in the wound, most of the opinion that a narrative-driven game without cutscenes ''require'' sound -- built around idea of "communication beyond words" -- is an intriguing, if ambitious concept, but got completely screwballed here due to the clunky, repetitive gameplay, the near-incomprehensible storytelling choices that [[{{Irony}} ironically]] completely fail to communicate the proper narrative, for context, and the incredibly poorly-written narrative itself.
** WebVideo/{{Rerez}} suggests the plot would
in some cases, Dane replies to people he shouldn't have made more sense if Lala was made Dane's sister instead of merely an IdenticalStranger been able to his mother.understand.

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