Bearing in mind that in this scenario the relationship they're building is EXTREMELY fucked up, like they want the player to feel like they're the expert explaining things calmly to their clueless girlfriend who is just tickled pink whenever you turn on a fucking light switch. But.
This is 100% why I'm not buying Elliot, but the researcher/designer in me really wonders if this is supposed to be an affective payoff and not a procedural one? That this is less about providing A Useful Guide and more about providing Your Sweet In-Game Girlfriend?
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Can someone please tell me what these incessant pop-ups and voice lines do for anybody? Do they think I’m such a fucking idiot that I can’t move one single statue onto a glowing switch? This is insane and it makes me want to just turn off the game
