Christopher’s Reviews > Tinker, Tailor, Giant, Dwarf > Status Update

"What really worried me was that the Serpents knew we had visited the Greyes. I didn’t see how they could possibly know that, unless someone had told them."
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Or... or... hear me out here... or you have a marker on you from that stupid dagger you're carrying around that lets you track them and they watched you visit the Greyes. There's no need for anyone to betray you when you're stupid.

Our MC is brain-dead. I am stunned he can stand upright on his own. He goes to a secret organization for help, shows up uninvited and a hit from death at their secret base, and then shows aggression when they have shown none. How about just opening your mouth and saying 'hello'?

More inconsistencies... do you can't kill a NPC because the guards will swoop in and murderate you... but you can kidnap one and drag them screaming from the city and the guards don't care?

"I thought about it."
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This dude is literally going to die if you don't do some minor 'kill a creature' quest and you 'thought about it'??? This is the 'good' guy. The good guy is having to think about whether some other player's life is worth his time to kill a couple of rats.

Malfoy could take lessons.

Well, there went all respect I had for our MC. He better go full on Jorg now.

These chaos points need to be applied way more liberally. Our MC needs lots and lots of them. He's way more evil than good.

“[The poisoner] was the person with the hood over their face,” I said. “I’m sure of it.”
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That's a leap good enough for a Harry Potter book.

"Yes, [the magic dagger] drained HP from me if I used it, and I obviously didn’t want to have my location revealed to every [member of the insane evil guild that just started a huge war by destroying a NPC town, breaking a decade long treaty] on the map. Surely this was still a good thing to have?"
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We were doing pretty well, too. But our MC reveals himself to be brain-dead. No, stupid, that's a deathwish.

“You’re fuelled by hate, Janus. Hate won’t lead you anywhere but down a dark path.”

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Good, good, good. We're starting out with someone calling him on his nonsense. I approve.

Yes, yes, you've established that Herelius is a sadistic monster who murders kittens and puppies in front of the orphans they belong to. He's evil. We get it. Let's move on.