VH Wiki stuff + Some more thoughts about Valiant Hearts
I spent a lot of time today doing Valiant Hearts stuff. Continuing my replay of the game, and also editing the wiki a bit. I kind of lost track of time... oops.
Going to have to put some time into it this weekend, on the computer rather than itouch. I still haven't 100%ed it, and I want to do that. Also, taking notes that way is less of a hassle because it's easier to jump between levels in the PC version (due to some fiddly stuff about how the menus work) and the screencaps of course look much nicer. And I need to take caps of a lot of the historical items - the wiki is missing images of most of them.
Still need to revise the character profiles for Emile and Karl. Anna, Freddie, and Walt are mostly done. I actually wasn't planning to work on that for a while, but then some overly-enthusiastic user began translating everything into Polish and I... uh. Decided to just write up everything properly rather than reverting the pages, since they were pretty bare to begin with. But anyway.
Recently (like, today) I saw someone suggest a sequel. This isn't the first time I've seen talk about a sequel, but that was a while back. Anyway, my reaction today was the same as it was before: No. No no no no oh hell no, I certainly do not want that. Leaving aside the fact that VH is wonderful as it is and it doesn't need a second game, what would the sequel even be? The discussion I saw from a while ago suggested a WWII sequel - because Karl and Marie's son would be prime age to get caught up in that by the time it rolls around - and there is not enough D: in the world to describe my feelings for that idea. Do not want, do not pass go, do not collect $20. That is to say -- Ubisoft pulled off this game and it was amazing, and I'm sure they could pull off one with that setting, and without doubt I would play it if they did, but the thought just makes me feel so awful, I don't even want to entertain the idea of it.
But I do like Dogs of War, so more supplemental comics like that one might be nice. There are some gaps in the game where another story could easily be fit in. Like, they could do more stuff with Karl and Anna, or Freddie and Emile while they were traveling together earlyish in the game, or maybe something with Marie during the time that Saint Mihiel was occupied, or they could do something with George the pilot since it seems like he had a backstory all set - he was supposed to be in the game but he was cut from it, after all. But another game? No way. Non. Do not want.
I also remember in that discussion that I saw, someone noted that the game ends in 1917. Which means that technically at the end of the game, there's plenty of time left during the First World War for all of our beloved characters to die horribly. Though I do think the ending images suggest that at the very least, Karl and his family survive until the end of it and can live happily... But I don't remember if there was any hint about what post-war life is like for Freddie and Anna, or if they even live through it at all. I'll have to pay closer attention to the ending cutscenes once I get through it the second time. The first time around, I was kind of, um, crying.
Anyway. Yes... Some of those things have been on my mind for a few days now. I'm still not sure I've articulated everything that I've been thinking about them, but I guess that doesn't matter.
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Going to have to put some time into it this weekend, on the computer rather than itouch. I still haven't 100%ed it, and I want to do that. Also, taking notes that way is less of a hassle because it's easier to jump between levels in the PC version (due to some fiddly stuff about how the menus work) and the screencaps of course look much nicer. And I need to take caps of a lot of the historical items - the wiki is missing images of most of them.
Still need to revise the character profiles for Emile and Karl. Anna, Freddie, and Walt are mostly done. I actually wasn't planning to work on that for a while, but then some overly-enthusiastic user began translating everything into Polish and I... uh. Decided to just write up everything properly rather than reverting the pages, since they were pretty bare to begin with. But anyway.
Recently (like, today) I saw someone suggest a sequel. This isn't the first time I've seen talk about a sequel, but that was a while back. Anyway, my reaction today was the same as it was before: No. No no no no oh hell no, I certainly do not want that. Leaving aside the fact that VH is wonderful as it is and it doesn't need a second game, what would the sequel even be? The discussion I saw from a while ago suggested a WWII sequel - because Karl and Marie's son would be prime age to get caught up in that by the time it rolls around - and there is not enough D: in the world to describe my feelings for that idea. Do not want, do not pass go, do not collect $20. That is to say -- Ubisoft pulled off this game and it was amazing, and I'm sure they could pull off one with that setting, and without doubt I would play it if they did, but the thought just makes me feel so awful, I don't even want to entertain the idea of it.
But I do like Dogs of War, so more supplemental comics like that one might be nice. There are some gaps in the game where another story could easily be fit in. Like, they could do more stuff with Karl and Anna, or Freddie and Emile while they were traveling together earlyish in the game, or maybe something with Marie during the time that Saint Mihiel was occupied, or they could do something with George the pilot since it seems like he had a backstory all set - he was supposed to be in the game but he was cut from it, after all. But another game? No way. Non. Do not want.
I also remember in that discussion that I saw, someone noted that the game ends in 1917. Which means that technically at the end of the game, there's plenty of time left during the First World War for all of our beloved characters to die horribly. Though I do think the ending images suggest that at the very least, Karl and his family survive until the end of it and can live happily... But I don't remember if there was any hint about what post-war life is like for Freddie and Anna, or if they even live through it at all. I'll have to pay closer attention to the ending cutscenes once I get through it the second time. The first time around, I was kind of, um, crying.
Anyway. Yes... Some of those things have been on my mind for a few days now. I'm still not sure I've articulated everything that I've been thinking about them, but I guess that doesn't matter.
This entry was originally posted at http://yuuago.dreamwidth.org/3351332.html. You can comment here or at the original entry.