this is one of the more subtle problems with the game tbh
Judy actually does something similar, their characters are partially designed to be romance options for the other gendered V but they come off as super weird if you not going for and that
and especially when they don't want you
its okay to not like characters and have that part of the experience imo
i think its dope that ev can appear to be one thing then end up being something entirely different. river going from being a hardened detective to a fukkin simp that needs to reevaluate his career path. judy goes from porno editor to a low key pioneer in BD growth - while realizing she ain't built for the goon life the same time you as the main character does.
shyt - if we're being honest, panam is trifling as fukk
i'm cool with characters showing so much range and i think that its one of the best things about this game. i hope its in others. characters aren't just something to fukk on. they grow, do shyt you don't like, hell - with river you're basically just trying to manipulate him once all the heavy shyt is wrapped up. case solved, but nothing really in it for you. so you come through that awkward as cookout (hella awkward if you're playing as female V
) and that dude is just being pathetic all around while the rest of the family hopes you pull him out of the disgusting pit of self-emasculation he falls into. got the loot and dipped the fukk out. ain't answered that weirdo's texts since
and i think its great that you pretty much get walked through all the steps of a once promising-now shytty character arc. its not appreciated enough. even silverhand - that dude is SUPPOSED to be a jackass. and its hilarious because they keep track of all the times you agree with him and like a true douchebag he spins those moments on you every chance he gets afterwards.
hating characters for good reasons is something to be valued
I ignored cool/cold blood but that's because with a good sniper rifle and the stealth quickhack tree you almost will never have encounters where you're fighting multiple guys at ones. Dudes are dead before they know youre there.
When i do a melee build i plan to jump into cold blood
I think stealth or cold blood has some weird shyt like a flat +15% damage to all headshots. Its pretty early on and fukking ridiculous. Also, when leveling Cold Blood - you actually gotta take that first perk that states Cold Blood will stack to actually level that perk tree. Otherwise it'll never go anywhere
shyt like that should be explained waaaaaay better. Its too hard to search around and see what perks are active and what they do exactly.