It cannot be stated enough how utterly exhausting this character is, doing the exact same style of joke, the exact same style of dialogue and even the exact same punchlines over and over again. For four hours straight. This character is intended to be the reason our characters are pushing forward and yet there’s absolutely zero semblance of any stakes. The number of times they re-use the low quality explosion gag is nine times throughout the chapter by my count, which should illustrate this...
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It cannot be stated enough how utterly exhausting this character is, doing the exact same style of joke, the exact same style of dialogue and even the exact same punchlines over and over again. For four hours straight. This character is intended to be the reason our characters are pushing forward and yet there’s absolutely zero semblance of any stakes. The number of times they re-use the low quality explosion gag is nine times throughout the chapter by my count, which should illustrate this problem the most clearly. They use it nine times in this four hour chapter. The writing on the whole sees a considerable step down in terms of quality in Chapter 2, and leans toward very contemporary and bleeding with unearned levity. The nerd character, Berdly, brings up things like "wavedashing" as “cheating,” for example. Not only is this immediately striking as completely out of place, significantly too-online and not very funny - CinemaSins ding - why would the nerd character view wavedashing as cheating? Wouldn't the nerd character utilize wavedashing? Wavedashing is not exactly a technique that the average player understands or even knows of. The exact type of person that would use a wavedash is Berdly. Jokes like this are fairly common in Chapter 2: poorly thought out references to vague online internet culture or gaming culture in general, seemingly just for the sake of making them.
It cannot be stated enough how utterly exhausting this character is, doing the exact same style of joke, the exact same style of dialogue and even the exact same punchlines over and over again. For four hours straight. This character is intended to be the reason our characters are pushing forward and yet there’s absolutely zero semblance of any stakes. The number of times they re-use the low quality explosion gag is nine times throughout the chapter by my count, which should illustrate this...