The Arcadion storyline was incredibly disappointing to me. It did in fact feel like a complete step down in writing compared to previous raids, especially something like Pandemonium. I will preface this by saying I am very much aware that they were ultimately trying to exemplify professional wrestling, kayfabe and all, but the ending, and much of the writing, felt incredibly hand-wavy. I also genuinely feel like Eutrope's character, and many of the women, were treated with a severe lack of care. This will obviously have spoilers so be sure to take care reading this if you don't want to be spoiled
I will state the good first:
- The boss design was really cool! I really enjoyed seeing all the different styles for the wrestlers, and the music especially gave them a lot of character, and they all felt very memorable.
- The kayfabe and showmanship was really cool! The moment where Tyrant shows up and stomps on the previous three fighters of the heavyweight tier because they were attempting to fight outside the ring was very fun. Also his car was so silly.
- The boss mechanics were all extremely fun, and I think were a huge step up in terms of design and replayability.
Now the bad.
1 - Eutrope's Character
How Eutrope was handled was severely, and incredibly disappointing. The potential this character had to become a heel for our character that reappears in the cruiserweight or heavyweight tier was there! She had the motivation, the rage!!! She was dying, and believed that taking our soul was necessary for her own survival. After being beat for the first time her desperation increases, and she engages in more and more deplorable actions in order to achieve her goals.
Instead, she was doing it all for her loser coward of a boyfriend Retsarra. Retsarra, a deplorable and cowardly man who is well aware that he is dying but does nothing about it because he simply wishes to continue fighting. Don't get me wrong, I don't think this isn't believable. I totally understand why he acted the way he did, including him withholding information from his best friend. But in the end he only gets a dressing down from Yaana and all is forgiven? If Eutrope had any internality, she would of broken up with him! Like what an actual coward he was!
Instead, the reappearing heel was actually Brute Bomber, which moves us on to the next problem:
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I will state the good first:
- The boss design was really cool! I really enjoyed seeing all the different styles for the wrestlers, and the music especially gave them a lot of character, and they all felt very memorable.
- The kayfabe and showmanship was really cool! The moment where Tyrant shows up and stomps on the previous three fighters of the heavyweight tier because they were attempting to fight outside the ring was very fun. Also his car was so silly.
- The boss mechanics were all extremely fun, and I think were a huge step up in terms of design and replayability.
Now the bad.
1 - Eutrope's Character
How Eutrope was handled was severely, and incredibly disappointing. The potential this character had to become a heel for our character that reappears in the cruiserweight or heavyweight tier was there! She had the motivation, the rage!!! She was dying, and believed that taking our soul was necessary for her own survival. After being beat for the first time her desperation increases, and she engages in more and more deplorable actions in order to achieve her goals.
Instead, she was doing it all for her loser coward of a boyfriend Retsarra. Retsarra, a deplorable and cowardly man who is well aware that he is dying but does nothing about it because he simply wishes to continue fighting. Don't get me wrong, I don't think this isn't believable. I totally understand why he acted the way he did, including him withholding information from his best friend. But in the end he only gets a dressing down from Yaana and all is forgiven? If Eutrope had any internality, she would of broken up with him! Like what an actual coward he was!
Instead, the reappearing heel was actually Brute Bomber, which moves us on to the next problem:
Continue reading...