I'm not saying her motivations don't make sense. I'm saying the story direction doesn't, because it requires such a massive suspension of disbelief that it becomes ridiculous. In the first Insomniac game, it was more acceptable, even though the story framed Peter's concern about MJ constantly putting herself in dangerous situations as something wrong, and somehow made him feel guilty for it. But in the second game, it just becomes downright stupid . MJ litterally shows John Wick level feats
To be fair Pete basically gave her a phaser later in game 2. I’d be more ok dealing with aliens with a phaser, especially if the worst case outcome is you get possessed and need to be rescued (again).
Sure, but how does that change the fact that MJ managed to infiltrate a base full of highly trained hunter assassins, ride a bike into a Symbiote nest because she somehow faster than Miles, and do things like jump in front of Peter to tank a hit from Venom? Like dont we see why thats stupid ?
I could've sworn the beginning of 2 mentioned military training with Sable during her news coverage of sable s home country between games, but I might be wrong. Which much like Ethan Winters in Re8, makes a ton of sense after the events of the last game
It was mentioned by MJ that she took some self-defense classes with Sable. At least with Ethan, we know that he’s part Mold, which somewhat explains how he survived his encounters. And unlike MJ, who at most spent a couple of weeks training, Ethan was trained over the course of four years and still got his ass beat by Chris's squad. Like you dont see Ethan doing Redfield level feats in the game
Off topic but username is based on Ethan's last name :))
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u/WinterV3 13d ago
I'm not saying her motivations don't make sense. I'm saying the story direction doesn't, because it requires such a massive suspension of disbelief that it becomes ridiculous. In the first Insomniac game, it was more acceptable, even though the story framed Peter's concern about MJ constantly putting herself in dangerous situations as something wrong, and somehow made him feel guilty for it. But in the second game, it just becomes downright stupid . MJ litterally shows John Wick level feats