Mr Khan said:
Khuutra said: Uh Hrm No I think this probably has more to do with the fact that "Two people traveling together, who are all that either has in the world" is one of the oldest and most powerful storytelling tropes in the world. It's like Cormac McCarthy's The Road, only you're helping to escort a young woman because studios don't think gamers could identify with devoting oneself to one's son. |
I think it would be fair given target demographics. Even if the games are nominally for "adults," they would still be younger adults, more likely to identify with romance than with the parental end of a relationship with a child
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Ellie is definitely more of a daughter figure than a romantic figure.