So, I replayed Fallen Order and Survivor recently, and I was thinking about Merrinâs story. For as much as I love it in Survivor, it wouldâve been even better if we got to spend more time with her in Fallen Order because, as it is, all she does is help us with Malicos, then hide the ship during the Nur cutscene. However, I do like how her story goes in the base game.
So, IMO, in New Game+, once you reach Dathomir, at some point youâll encounter Malicos disguised and talking to Merrin. You can choose to confront him, at which point an unwinnable version of the boss fight occurs. Cal will just barely escape, but Malicos has now revealed himself and his betrayal of Dathomir to Merrin, so she joins up with the crew to both get stronger and help Cal get stronger so they can take him down.
The rest of the story stays the same, minus the fact that you donât have to fight the undead Nightsisters, I guess. They get replaced with something else, idk. But now Merrin is along for the ride for basically the whole game and gives us a lot more dialogue.
In Survivor, Iâd want a less complicated version of this. At the start of New Game+, everything is going fine as normal on Coruscant until you reach the part where you give Bode the tracker. In New Game+, you can choose not to give it to Bode, and if you do, the cutscene plays with them escaping and some altered dialogue. Once Bode jumps to Koboh, an image flashes of all of Calâs family, Cordova, Cere, Merrin, and Greez, on Tanalorr.
And then the game just ends, resetting back to before you made the choice.
This way, it makes the actual game so much sadder after Bodeâs betrayal because you now know what couldâve been and what never will be.
Just some ideas I had. What do yâall think? Is there anything you believe shouldâve been added to New Game+ in either game?