Let me set the stage for you -- it's Thanksgiving weekend. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are sat all around the table -- good food, good times, and good cheer. Of course, you as a a then 16 year old are not participating in any of this because you are under the impression that you are too cool for family gatherings. Instead, you hear that the sequel to a game you played 5 years ago has finally released. Without a second thought, you spend your hard earned money on it. "Thirty dollars?" It's a bit more expensive than you'd usually pay for a game but you figure that there's enough content to keep you busy for that price. You play through the entire game. You beat it! And it's awesome. You think it's so awesome that you play it a second time, and then a third. You beat it on every mode! You know this game like the back of your hand. You then hear that a sequel to THIS game is currently in the works. And you're ecstatic. You play the previous game all over again (as is tradition). And something feels a bit off now... the controls don't feel right, the story isn't all too interesting, characters feel a bit flat, the abilities and combat are frustrating and at times, broken, and was the game always this buggy? You come to the startling realization that these problems and more always existed. You've been blinded by nostalgia and only now have the goggles came off. The game that you loved and played endlessly was actually a great big mess this whole time. Your favorite game actually... sucks? Yes. Yes it does. A lot. Anyone who has played this game through to its entirety (about 33.6% of you from the achievements last I checked... on easy mode) should not be surprised in the slightest at the permanent price cut given to this game. It truly shocks me how much more hate franchises like Hello Neighbor and Poppy Playtime are given in the mascot horror space compared to Bendy considering that it is just as sloppy, just as predictable, just as greedy, just as lazy, and just as laden with controversy as its contemporaries.
