• teawrecks@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    my ex partner really liked this game. we broke up before we finished it. can someone fill me in?

    • Stamets@lemmy.worldOP
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      12 hours ago

      Sure. Very very spoiler heavy below.

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      For a refresher, the core concept of the game is that a husband and wife are divorcing for a variety of reasons. Their daughter finds out and cries over a book asking her parents to get back together. The self help relationship book then comes to life, turns the parents into dolls, and guides them on a quest to be better for each other so they don’t split up. The parents aren’t happy with this and just look for ways to get back into their normal bodies. When they realize that their kid cried over the book, the dad assumes that tears are the answer based off of the books he reads with said kid. So they go into the kids bedroom, find the kids favorite stuffed animal (an elephant) and proceed to literally tear it apart while it begs for its life. Like screams and pleads for the parents to not tear it apart. I cannot emphasize enough that the toy came to life and started begging to not be killed but they do it anyway. You as the two players RIP IT APART. You tear off a leg and an ear (I believe) in the process. The kid finds the toy and is mortified and proceeds to start crying. It obviously doesn’t work. Parents feel bad but frankly not remotely bad enough.

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      15 hours ago

      Well… To put it lightly and relatively spoiler free: They made their daughter cry doing something quite awful.