@artisanbreads: The nurse says as much outright. And around the same time, it's repeatedly stated that she is "very experienced" and her previous "successes" are highlighted. It's true that the Doctor begins to question her ethics later, but his breezy, hands off approach to the situation is part of the problem so it barely helps mitigate the problem at all. They're portraying precisely two people who are credentialed mental healthcare experts and both of them are either ethically compromised or flat out incompetent. Meanwhile, the only person shown to explicitly take issue with them is played as a straight up jerk, and his questioning of their methods is one of the reasons he's painted as a bad guy (this despite the fact he's clearly dealing with his own issues, something the game makes only very passing mention of to the point it feels like an afterthought). Maybe they patch up some of these issues in the final third of the story, but it's hardly surprising people would find it questionable based on what's been shown so far.
Man, why can't someone make a new cop game that doesn't have frustrating gameplay issues; unearned, poorly handled to the post of tone deaf political content...or both?
@rothbart: the game repeatedly implies or outright states that mental healthcare is quackery. It adopts numerous positions on the subject that are held by, for example, the Church of Scientology. Its portrayal both of the characters being treated and those treating them is extremely cartoonish and betrays a fundamentally flawed, incomplete and inexpert grasp of issues which are incredibly complex and sensitive. The people who wrote this do not seem like they were even remotely qualified to handle this subject matter.
Boy is this a weird thing. And what's the actual point in the "explore the house" sections? There only seems to be relatively minor flavour text/content available in them. Is it just to maintain the flimsiest, barest pretence that this is a game rather than a choose your own adventure movie (light on the choosing part)?
Gerstmann Approved! Excited to check this one out myself. I can't believe I'm going to have to find time for both this and Breath of the Wild. An embarrassment of riches!
@zaldar: Nah. The gameplay was the draw for me. His story stuff is just...Ugh. The worst. The story in Five is worse than ever, the best thing about it is you can ignore it - because it's complete garbage, so if it was being waved obnoxiously in your face like it was in 4 I would have thrown the disc out the window.
I love me some Metal Gear Solid but that discussion at the front there reminds me, as if I needed it: hoo-boy do I ever hate the shit out of the "story"...
Anyway, glad you guys are doing this because I kinda feel like I need to see this one but I have no desire to play it - much as I like Raiden. I was way more into the concept of Metal Gear Solid: Rising than this...fiasco.
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