Some spoilers ahead for the end of Engage
I actually like the Opening song and cutscene of Engage, it's very Tales series-y. But after now having finished the game, I cannot forgive that moment in it when it shows mom and Alear together and for a brief moment Alear gets red hair and a shit-eating evil grin. It kinda gives the game away on Alear being a Fell dragon but whatever, you get a glimpse of priorly evil Alear and I was actually a little interested in how Mum un-evilled us.
Then you play the game and it explains that Alear was never evil, he was an emotionless but also somehow sad boy abused by a shitty dad.
So why the fuck does past Alear have this nasty ass expression in the opening???
The game has a terrible habit of almost having plot points that could lead to some moral complexity and at every single turn it runs away from them. Alear was a fell dragon but he wasn't evil, we pwomise. Honour the fucking promise of your opening cutscene, game!!!
