Extra Punctuation: Overlord 2
The other mistake being made here, and it’s a fairly common one made by games, is that you can’t just tell us that we care about something. Unlike Fable, Overlord 2 doesn’t even give you the luxury of choosing your mistress - the game pretty much just says “Here’s this chick. You love her now.” I’m reminded of the DRAMATIC PLOT TWIST in Dead Space that’s presented as a big personal tragedy, but your character to this point has been a personality-less hulk behind a faceless helmet, and his farcically grief-stricken body language was about as emotive as just flashing up a subtitle saying “YOU ARE VERY SAD NOW.”
