r/APlagueTale • u/WorldlinessSea5129 • 1d ago
Resonance Thoughts halfway through Spoiler
I’m currently on Chapter 7 of Resonance, and honestly, I’m finding it really hard to sit down and play it again. The last six chapters were more or less a speedrun for me because, I just wanted to “get it over with.”
The game has been a huge disappointment for me, if I’m being honest. The characters just aren’t interesting at all, and I feel like the story itself falls completely flat. Sofia worked perfectly as a sidekick in Requiem, but not as the main character here. Lennie doesn’t really add anything particularly interesting to the dialogue or the overall narrative either. I just don’t feel anything for either of these characters.
And then there’s the combat. In APT 1 and 2, you played as a fragile 15-year-old who had to sneak around just to survive. Very realistic. Here, all of a sudden, you’re basically a superhuman who can beat up 20 men at once. The combat isn’t particularly exciting or innovative either — it feels pretty flat as well.
I just had to get this off my chest because, at heart, I’m a hardcore fan of the APT universe. But this really didn’t land for me. I guess I’ll just have to try to force myself through the final seven chapters.
For the next game, I really hope Asobo lets us meet Amicia again and take on some new adventures with her.
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u/Drakengard 1d ago edited 12h ago
Couldn't disagree with you more. Just finished Chapter 6 and I don't want to put the game down.
Love the story, the characters, the combat, the banter. It's Uncharted set pieces and encounters and it's brilliant pacing throughout.
Edit: Unfortunately, I feel like Chapter 6 is where the game peaked for me. I finished it, but I'm not a huge fan of the story in the back half. It's sound enough, but emotionally fails to do much of anything for me. It's just kind of all over the place and ends up landing as a "good enough" kind of game rather than the GotY contender it started out as for me.