Dust: An Elysian Tail - A Literary Analysis
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2017
- We take a detailed look at the story of the Xbox Live Arcade classic, Dust: An Elysian Tail, in hopes of understanding its treatment of balance and the human condition.
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as a starship captain once said, "It's entirely possible for you to make no mistakes and still fail."
"So obviously Bopo's father is-" *Sudden cut to sad music playing*
"I've felt him pulling me to take the quick and easy path, to leave the weak to fend for themselves."
Imagine reading this line as someone who has chosen not to complete any of the sidequests, trying to finish the game as fast as possible. There's Cassius's influence. Power, here represented by knowing video games and knowing the sidequests "don't matter"...is evil.
I'm stretching, but there might be something there?
Besides, did anybody actually try that? Even if it is true that ignoring the side quests changes nothing, you have a good point - but are you sure that there is no effect?
I've had this same thought, myself.
Solstice Hannan that actually is something I did not consider. That seems to add real weight to that statement.
I think some of the side quests might actually be necessary.
If I remember correctly, saving Corbin is a side quest that rewards you with a white resonance gem.
You'd need that to open doors.
I could be wrong though, that might've been a main quest.
They could have had Cassius' influence be that Dust starts off as reluctant to do tasks that distract from his main goal, not out of dismissal of "little problems", just a "I don't want to be side-tracked" attitude. But he gets less reluctant with each task he completes, or his attitude changes when he decides to help Mudpot.
I would suggest that Cassius' nature is best reflected by the combo-heavy, destructive gameplay that encourages delighting in juggling and blasting foes. Dust himself remarks on how good it feels to level up, a phenomena literally depicted by the explosive shockwave and lightning each time you cross an experience threshold. You're absolutely right that Cassius is under-represented in the narrative, but the disparity between the way you hack and slash through mooks and bosses and the subsequent moral conversations does reflect the division and struggle between the two. I know I for one was maniacally laughing through my "genocidal" slaughtering of monsters, birds and various 'lesser' antagonists, up until Fuse pointed out that those were his 'children' (or at least direct creation) and that I was no better than him. Now, obviously, it's a video game - the enemies attack you, refuse surrender, you have to fight and kill to just cross screen boundaries. But it does call attention the fact that exerting power, even in defence of the innocent, will harm other violent individuals (who stand little to no chance - neither powerful nor innocent, just followers of the powerful) and bring you into direct conflict with other powerful people.
Great analysis, I've been enjoying your hosting of the Gaming Symposium and subscribed here a while back but this is the first video of yours I've sat and watched in full. Thanks for giving the game a fair shot and overlooking some of its more budget-constrained aspects.
I would also point out that there are two scenes where Cassius shows through pretty handily that weren't mentioned. Namely does Dust react to being condescendingly ''judged'' by someone who clearly knows more than he does yet refuses to tell him anything? Snapping at the sword about the way it's talking to him, and so clearly bringing up what has been eating at him after such a trying moment. Personally, I think he was right to scold the sword. It dropped the emotional ball pretty hard.
Second how does he respond to the laundry jerk upon returning said laundry? More or less: ''don't do it again or I'll stab you to death.'' Again totally justifiable. Just because you'd generally agree it's the right response to that doesn't make it a Jin move.
I got me too concerned about that fuse's children thing, then I reached sorrowing meadow. . . Seriously, those things need to DIE.
You can literally beat the game without ever leveling up, that is part of the point why the game is so "easy" to play, even on the hardest difficulty. But we are conditioned to see things as threats, as objects to act upon for self-gratification, to slaughter for what measly junk they drop we need to make gear that we then are conditioned to hoard, and discard once no longer of use, all to grow more powerful, never once thinking how these things feel we are killing.
The game even wants you to get to a 1000+ hit-combo for an achievement, a challenge you can not normally do in the game without serious planning. But it's easy to do, all you do is go to the graveyard, find the long, flat path, put on a ring meant to make you super weak in damage, and hold a button down, before switching to another one occasionally to keep the combo climbing, effectively tormenting and playing with the undead creatures there, becoming more and more excited a the numbers go up, laughing as the enemies fly all over, not dying just suffering as your plaything.
There is a LOT of that, the Cassius parts are in every way as you say, portrayed in the combat, to slaughter the masses of enemies, for gains in power, to fill whatever your desires are.
@@hockeater He is shown a lot, and oftentimes is shown through the player's choices, not forced upon you by the story. His anger, his hate, the player's desire to slaughter things, for fun, for power through leveling up, for the materials dropped to make "better" gear when the game can be beaten without farming materials. We, as the player, are given the choice to cultivate Cassius or Jin, to help others, or be selfish and only help for our own desires, or ignore them completely.
I had hoped he'd have mentioned the itching powder in the guys' laundry if you choose to do that, doing something kind of mean and evil simply to just spite a person. The game literally rewards you for making that choice, regardless of anything, and stokes the flame you choose to feed.
To me, Lucien Dodge(voice of Dust) is still the standout in the voice cast. Especially since he ultimately has to do 3 different voices in the whole game.
He was also the voice of Leon in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia! So baded 😊
The most messed up part of bopo's fathers passing is that after he is buried when you go back into the house there is a key where he died
I think a way to solve the imbalance between the portrayal of Jin and Cassius would be to make their conflict more blatant towards the second half. So we can see how they’ve changed one another for the better and so that the line “I remember everything, and it changes nothing!” Can be a solely Cassius line.
I know you always encourage us to play the games ourselves first, but your analysis has introduced me to more games that I've started playing then anything else. Thank you for highlighting the art in games.
Gaius was right in a way: Cassius was certainly not himself, thanks to Moonblood tinkering.
This comment kinda reminds me of Elysian's Tail analysis by Finding the Plot which was off-color in a way compared to every other one you can find-- But back to the point. Nobody ever notes that what the Moonbloods did was odd, with how they can raise the dead and how they chose to give Dust amnesia so he would "focus on his mission instead of getting distracted". I wonder what the maker of this game would say about it?
I, picked that he was Dust. He felt like his own character.
I adore this game so much. Probably my favourite indie game.
My name is SCOTSMAIAR! and I have several things I'd like to say about this analysis. I'm an artist myself and being a big fan of animation, this game shows gorgeous use of traditional (and some CGI) animation. This video game is actually thematically complex for an indie game and it brings up many interesting topics of the balance between innocence and power, inevitability (through that tragic narrative twist), managing your own identity, the negative impact of various types of power, prejudice and even some great Christianity subtext to inspire hope. Thank you Game Professor for giving me such intriguing insight.
I personally love Fidget’s character, in my opinion, she is the best character
Great analysis as always. A few years ago, I read an interview with the developer (I believe in Gamasutra). Apparently, he had in mind a much longer story in which Gaius was not in fact the ultimate villain and he had more complex motives for his genocidal actions. It's a shame he never got to complete his story as I suspect it would have added even more layers to Dust.
At the least, I feel Gaius's motives come through in the subtext, but it's easy to overlook. The damage a single rogue Moonblood like Fuse could do, the advanced weapons and technology they'd created and hidden away until Gaius discovered it and, of course, RESURRECTING CASSIUS. There's definitely a foundation to why Gaius feared them.
Great analysis Professor! I've been watching your videos for the past few months, and I've been completely enthralled. I never thought I'd be able to find another UA-camr who loves games for their deeper meaning and impact as much as I do.
I loved this game back when it released. I'm glad it's still remembered.
I personally love the artstyle in this game. It reminded me of bastion in its design, especially about balancing innocent and power. I even found the acting in the portions you've mentioned in this analysis really nice actually. The ending is, in my opinion, a bit too the left of the Hero's Journey (kind of like Dark Souls, but with a clearer motivation). All in all, it is quite good.
Kudos for the animations in Dust though. Its gorgeous to look at this game tbh.
I loved this analysis, you pick up some great points! I didn't even think about that, hopefully in the sequel we can see more of those choices having to be made by Dust, if the genius hurrys up and makes it already.
Just played this game again for the first time in years once I learned it's now on the Switch. Thanks for this video btw!
This is one of the few games I've bought right after its release, and I remember the laundry sidequest allows you to make a decision about it, even having two achievements depicting each of them.
Remember, this was only an arcade created by only ONE guy
I should play this game again. I remember having a lot of fun with it.
Excellent analysis, one of my favorites! The themes covered in Dust are among the most important we can address in our lives.
I honestly think that the end sequence is a pretty great example of Cassius coming out too. "I am justice incarnate." is not only incredibly Badass, but that entire segment exudes the power that Cassius would have likely displayed, in a personality sense. With the idea that the previous Cassius would likely have a much better sense of empathy for the moonbloods after seeing what had happened to them.
Wow! Interesting. This might be your best story analysis I've seen. The conclusion you came to was really interesting too.
man that was a good analysis, keep up the good work :)
So glad I stumbled upon your channel. Love the breakdown of this game and you earned another sub. Keep it up!
this game looks amazing, the graphics are beautiful
Wow. Your analysis is amazing. Definitely going to be coming back for more. Thank you for your work promoting game literacy!
I think making it non-linear could've worked better in it's favor to explore the concept of balance. Don't make it black and white. If they side too often with jin, the game should have an ending where dust is doomed to fail, too weak from innocence to actually win the final fight. If they side too often with casius, it should be an ending where dust wins, but due to his callous nature he harms way too many innocents in the process, and the people, including your friends and companions lash out at him and he finds himself as the enemy of everyone. If you managed to balance the two, you get the true ending, the actual ending you get in the game as it is now.
You should do Ori And The Blind Forest.
Agreed, especially now that the sequel has come out.
Thank you so much for making this video man. I absolutely love this game, and have been telling everyone I know who loves games to play it.
Love the Jazz Jackrabbit vibe of the artwork. Very glad it's the same guy.
As a small side tangent about this game, it's always interesting to come back to the voice cast of this game and see how many VAs we know and love today actually got their start from this little indie title. This game was a pretty big stepping stone for a lot of the people involved!
Also, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust" *_IS_* worded in the Bible by God himself when he confirmed Adam's mortality:
*"(...) for dust you are, and unto dust you shall return."*
That is the inspiration for the quote from the Common Book of Prayer, but as shown in the quote you included it is not directly from it. Which I'm pretty sure I acknowledged in the video.
It's in Genesis 3:19, actually: the Book of Common Prayer extended the phrase to include ashes.
I guess I was considering the extension of half the quote to make it not a direct biblical quote.
I can understand that. I just making it clear that the phrase didn't _originate_ with the Book of Common Prayer. In fact, it's not really an extension, now that I think about it. It's a condensation of the original statement with a superfluous add-on to make the phrase sound more poetic.
tbh I only know that quote thanks to metallica
This games needs a sequel I like how it combines sad abd depressing moments with Comedy and fidget breaking the fourth wall
I can't lie
I grew up quite literally with this game, so it's always been near and dear to me
Can't thank you enough for making this video on the game, and just a closer look into it
Well done on this. I love Dust an Elysian Tail so much. It's one of my favorite games evern, and recently I've become interested in writing fiction myself. You've just earned yourself a new subscriber. Keep up the good work.
Good job as always and waiting for the next one!
I first played it in 2014 and been in love ever since, I still have hope for a sequel :')
My favorite quote is “Justice without mercy, is only revenge.”
How much do I have to support this man to get him to do an analysis of the Mass Effect Trilogy?
I feel like an option to not spend points into those combat abilities should be an option and non-explicitly tie that to access to the side quests so that you have an in-game dichotomy of spend points to gain combat prowess vs save points to unlock side quests/social options. IMO this would be a good way to mechanically mirror Innocence vs Power.
Ideally then the "good ending" should be one where you have balanced the spent vs unspent points.
Great analysis! I never finished this game because the graveyard level was frustrating, but I'm going to go back now. Also excited for the Cave Story video. That was the first game that I saw from a narrative perspective.
Yeah, the Sorrowing Meadow is by far the most obnoxious part of the game.
Great work as usual, Professor. It's nice to know what this game was all about, since I hear of it sometimes but have no intentions to play it myself.
Damn, I really want to watch the entire video, but I do intend buy this game soon (propably when it´s discounted)...
Well, you're in luck cause it's on sale now for 2.99. That said, it's definitely worth the full price.
In regards to the point you were making about Halo Reach and how it approaches constant success yet indirect failure, I actually think what it did works perfectly.
I mean, these guys are the best of the best, and they show it. Everything they're asked to do, they do it, and they do it well. But the planet is STILL being lost to them. To me this made the threat even greater, in that these excellent and flawless soldiers, even when achieving all their short term goals, are not enough to slow down the enemy.
Reach obviously begins with you aware that the planet is doomed, if you're familiar with Halo, so that inevitability makes their momentary celebratory attitudes whenever they succeed at something look so naive.
This video was great, I played Dust a while back and had a pretty good time with the gameplay and story but I don't think I was able to really appreciate the story and themes on a deep level, so seriously dude thanks for the analysis! By the way, I literally just got introduced to your channel and WOW you're severely underrated
Are you ever going to talk about Planescape: Torment? If there is any game that can be analysed like literature it's this one.
Seconded.
And there's a remake just around the corner, so it would be fortuitous timing
Dust is a very important game to me. I played it when it came on the 360 but didn't get far because I was very young and wasn't too great at video games. I recently remembered it and decided to buy it and play it again and.. wow! I'm totally obsessed with everything this story has to offer. This video essay is so perfect and good! Thank you so much for doing this
this is great! you've got my sub! keep up the good work!
Wow. Good work, Mr. Gronseth.
Great video.
Shame you don't put information about that tie in the description.
Shame.
I wish there was more done with the whole duel souls thing with Jin and Cassius. Dust says Jin is hard to ignore when doing the right thing, but he also mentions how Cassius tries to tempt him into leaving people as they are. If this game ever gets a following, I seriously want to see that explored more.
Loved the video, and outright fist-pumped when you announced Alan Wake. Dear god I love that game and can't wait to hear you analyse it. Just the main game, or the post-game DLCs and American Nightmare too?
I picked the perfect time to watch some Games as Lit today, it seems.
"I will prevail for the
Darkness and pain/Light of this reign
I will fight
To control your souls/For their precious souls.
Time after time.
Time will not change
What you used to be/All that I used to be
Your burning hearts in fear/A burning heart for my goddess's tears.
Time after time."
-Gemini: Another Dimension by Trick Or Treat, 2019
Well, Dust isn't really "dead", the ancient grey eyes talked about a storm 《yet to come》with a certain look at the player. Some may say I'm too attached to the character, but it's not only that. Ginger recognises Dust by seeing the dust flowing away with the blade of Ahrah and Fidget follows the trail. Since Ahrah said Fidget was forced to follow the swordbearer, it means the swordbearer, Dust, in that case, still exists. This isn't a mere soul, everything else didn't create a soul when killed, the monsters' whole body burning, and even if a soul there was, they weren't visible to our eye, so why would Dust's own be different. Finally, the ultimate argument, the dev, Dean, said in an interview that there WILL be a sequel, someday, just that it isn't his next game.
Well, that's pretty much all I got, feel free to react to my theories or counter them. I have an open mind.
Great upload
Wow. I love your work! I think that for an indie game, Dust did a good job of providing a decent plot. I would have liked a choice though, even if the game made it black and white. Keep up the amazing work!
Whenever I hear Dust speak I can't help but just imagine Felix from FE3H
As usual, great video. Could you/ have you covered Resi 7 and its puzzles before?
There were originally going to be an explanation for why Gaius hated the Moonbloods outside of simple racism. However, this plot element was taken out because of budget and time constraints.
Quick thought: whatever that reason would have been, if he now hates ALL the moonbloods because of it, that's still racism. Just with a backstory.
Having just finished that game, and just starting this video, I’ll say that there are a lot of great things about the game; the side quests & character interactions, the exploration & new abilities. However, there are a few things off about the script. Another thing I think the game should have let players do is make more decisions in some pivotal moments.
And Fidget is the best.
Shouldn't Dust be half strong and half innocence if both souls were equally in him?
Also if the Waterlady was innocent and strong why wasn't Dust more like her?
Hey you guys ever unlock the secret friend in black moor mountains that looked EXACTLY like him?
Anyone else recalling Nimh and Feivel?
He did say their were Don Bluth Inspirations
Woah. This is amazing. I really wish I could see you do tWEWY to this level or even just discuss some of my thoughts and theories with you.
The World Ends With You is actually on my list of future hopefuls! I love that game to death.
It's my favorite game, the surprise villain at the end is my favorite villain of all time and one of my favorite characters of all time.
(Spoilers if anyone wants to avoid them for World Ends With You)
Thank you for replying! Can I actually ask your opinion on Joshua and what exactly you think his motives for the shootoff?
My personal theory is that he changed his mind in the second week and started pushing the 'can't afford to lose' thing on Neku then. I love him but I think he's a stubborn little ***** and upon realizing he was wrong he was to stubborn to live with his failure and pushed Neku to kill him and thus become the new composer. I think he started that game expecting to lose, thinking he made himself irredeemable.
Man, I haven't played the game in years and don't have good enough memory of the ending sequence to answer that question. >.<
I might analyze it as my third JRPG analysis after... the one I am currently working on. No spoilers. :P
Final Fantasy VII, Persona 4, and Lost Odyssey are also in the running for that though. We'll see, but I definitely plan to analyze it at some point. It deserves it.
No worries I most likely don't know most of your material XD My gaming is mostly Legend of Spyro, Pokemon, Kingdom Hearts, Dust and Kid Icarus. And of course WEWY XD. I'm not actually to into gaming in and of itself, I got into as a media and books fan. I pretty much only care about the story. Which is why I loved this video so much XD
Yeah, good video game stories are why this channel exists. ^_^ Glad you liked this video! Consider any other literary analysis videos on here a recommendation for their respective games.
Except Metroid: Other M. Ugh.
The best teacher I've ever had
Not even gonna talk about how dust flies away as a dust cloud with the sword
I did. At the end of the summary. At 17:36.
New subscriber here, been watching a fair bit of your videos and, gotta say, I'm quite the fan. Great research and presentation, and the points you bring up are very well thought-out. I can see how much work you put into your content, and I hope more people find this channel in the future. One thing, though, that I would recommend (if this isn't already on your to-do list) is to get a nice microphone and up the audio quality to a bit more of a professional level. Your videos' content is almost entirely conveyed through your voice, and, currently, the audio quality is (imo) barely acceptable. To me, it's tinny, flat, and, dare I say, verging on webcam-tier. It certainly does the job, but I think it's currently your weakest element. If you got a hold of, say, a Shure SM7B and did some light audio processing (EQ, compression), that would bring the overall quality of the analyses up significantly. Regardless, keep up the great videos, cause I'm loving them!
Glad you're enjoying the show!
Been trying to work with the audio for a little while, but unfortunately much of the problem is actually the acoustics in the room, and the equipment to fix that is incredibly costly. But I do agree the audio quality could use work, and I'd love to get it more up to snuff.
Ah, yeah, that's a bit of an investment. For the voice over stuff at least, you could try recording in a closet full of clothes. Yields surprisingly good results from what I hear.
Can I ask what you thought of Reed's quest? It's weird and Reed's dialogue is a favorite of myself and of of my friends. Do you think it links into the message of duality?
Goldengriffin Ness goodbye, Reed.
Life Before Death
Strength Before Weakness
Journey Before Destination
Dust would have made a great Knight Radiant
Just a request but would you consider analysing a visual novel called fault milestone?
I'd consider doing any games! Though I haven't heard of Fault Milestone, so I'll have to look that up.
Will you be doing Xenosaga and Xenogears? I feel those series of games would be interesting series for you to look at.
I like the hot Fuzz reference
Please do Valkyria Chronicles 1. That game will be a gild mine for you. I guarantee.
fun fact: you actually inspired me to go to grad school and get my masters and hopefully my ph.d in music
That's great to hear! Always happy to inspire people to do cool things! ^_^
Nice to see that this game got another fan. I think it's underappreciated, and gets way too little attention nowadays. Especially by bigots who can't get past the furry aspect of the game.
furry?
@@caz8135 The fact that they're all animal people. Because yes, there's people who hate that, when it's not Disney or Warner Bros.
@@SchazmenRassir i don't even know the term furry
Why would that be a problem
@@caz8135 Eh, it's because of things associated with it online. Furries, as far as people go, are basically people who appreciate and enjoy things with animal people. Not anime catgirls or things like that, but more like Disney's Robin Hood or Zootopia. Animals with human characteristics. Troubles start when people dress up as them (others wonder why they would do that) and then there's a more... adult-oriented side to it, too. And that weirds a lot of people out, so they latch on to it and hate everyone because of it.
I played this game when it first came out as a child and man I love it even more now as an adult. Story wise for the most part, gameplay however really gets repetitive near the end of the first 3rd of the game unfortunately with not much variety in combat and enemy design thereafter. :(
I agree with most of the criticisms of the story but if I were to give a little pushback I would say that while yes the topic of racism and prejudice could've been better handled with more nuance and detail I would like to remind everyone that the game is rated E10+. Maybe I'm being too linent because of the age rating but I think remembering the intended audience is important for games with stories like this. I agree that the game's story could've handled it better but I if more detail was put into that aspect specifcally above the "It's bad don't do it", it probably would've gone over most children's heads.
Maybe there's an example of another game that does this exact same thing with it's story for the same audience but better that I just don't know about. Maybe I'm also biased because I never experienced a story like this as a child and I think it deserves more credit for respecting the intended audience's intelligence intentionally or otherwise. Idk those are just my thoughts.
I agree with everything else though. Great analysis overall.
Question? How much does it normally cost a patreon donor to request an analysis to be made?
50USD every month for a year
So why did general gaius attack the moonbloods?
as ginger said: "they are just exist"
Every game needs a Fidget mod
Please consider doing the Metal Gear Solid games. Those games have some pretty deep philosophy.
Please do figment
Chrono Trigger!!
silent hill 2 pls, great channel!
Loved the game, loved the analysis.
the only thing i did not like in the plot is that figet seems kind of meh at the end.... first she sais to the moonblood elder "he is dust, that all that matters" but in the end before the battle with gaius she is like "you are jin now!" wich is controversy and really tipped me off... and i actually didnt like that the choice of who u feel to be like makes no impact at all in the dialog with the moonblood elder...
So... Dust turns into Batman :D
Yeah, I got until the little cat-bug thing talked before I had to step out.
Are you doing a Nostalgia Critic impersonation on purpose? You sound remarkably similar in narration style, inflection, tone, and content structure.
NTSTS0 Not trying to do an impersonation, per se, but he was certainly a major influence when I started this show. Though I try to be a lot less comedy-focused and much more analysis-focused.
Hey you actually replied to my comment, mad props. I just thought it was an uncanny similarity, so much so that I admit I spent at least ten minutes trying to find out if you were actually the same person. Thanks for making this video, it got a subscription from me. :)
please do an analysis of nier automata
Nice analysis professor. I'll agree that the subject of balance is pretty interesting as a story subject matter, however, while that whole opinion of a straightforward story is better than the player deciding story, i would like to think that there would be a middle ground story that would be more fitting. For example, Dust could ally with Gaius for a brief moment but ultimately could have a point where he'd have to make a choice of killing Fidget, and while the player would have that choice of doing so or not, it would inevitably lead to Dust rejecting the execution which would fall into a complex situation of balance. It seems pretty interesting to theorize, but regardless you did an excellent summary. Can't wait for Alan Wake!
Bioschok Infinite Analysis :D
No.
Bioshock 1 and maybe 2 as well.
Infinite is a completely different game from BioShock.
man part 8 of jojo is really getting weird
Okay great analysis but I am pretty sure you have a different haircut between your wide shots and close ups and it is really distracting tbh
You keep saying "innocence" when you should be saying _goodwill._
As I said in the video, "innocence" is perhaps not the most accurate term but it is the language the game uses, so I'm working off its premise and using its terminology when examining its message.
This game seems alright and all but geeze the art style just makes it look so much like a furry fan fiction. Like these character designs are straight out of deviant art MS Paint.
I get you don't like Trump or some of his appointments to certain positions, but using the term "Genocidal Ideologies" Is really pushing it, seriously.
Trump wasn't actually the direct subject of any of those examples. The specific images there were of articles normalizing Richard Spencer (a literal Nazi) and an article in which Sean Spicer defended the appointment of Steve Bannon (a particularly prominent white nationalist and anti-semite who's largely responsible for bringing those views back into mainstream conservationism through Breitbart). So no, in the instances I included there, it's not really pushing it.
I wouldn't call spencer a nazi sure he says some terrible things and is not the best person to be around but he has never actually caused any physical harm he is just a person with a bad world view not a nazi
I hate anthromorphic animals, there's a something about it that I find unsettling. Like this fantasy is bad for my brain or something, it's difficult to explain and the actual story content seems a sound premise that I would normally enjoy.. Video was good though seeing as now I don't really have to play the game for the story.
I reckon game would be much better with a binary choice system. But only one guy and he was an animator not a programmer. Plus it would require making probably twice as many cutscene's for him, as I doubt he would've set them up in a modular fashion that would make that process simply to impliment.