And can I just say that they did Sena dirty with her Side Story!?
That's a common complaint. Mostly, the concept of the story revolves around Shania and Ghondor being character foils for Sena and Mio, exploring what might have happened to Sena if she didn't have the combat talent and support from her friends that she did have. It's one that you really have to take a step back and think about in the broader scope of the story - particularly considering just how valuable her interactions with the party have been - instead of getting the details directly. Not everyone's a fan of that, which is understandable, given that everyone else's side story revolves around them confronting and overcoming specific traumas that have shaped them, and it just didn't do that for Sena. Granted, Sena didn't really have a specific trauma (aside from Miyabi, but that was Mio's), and her constant battles with her own insecurities have been shown continuously throughout the game in flashbacks and present-day events (perhaps most notably, the kamikaze attack at the end of chapter 5), but there still could have been more done to show her overcoming that in her side story.
A lot of people feel that the final non-DLC hero quest fills the role of Sena's side story better, in that it actually grows her as a character, and I think there's plenty of room to argue that. By your reaction to her side story, I expect you're going to end up in the same camp when you get there.
T0ffee posted...
I will say that I am glad that Nia still kept part of her goofy charm.
I really have to appreciate the dramatic irony in Nia's portrayal this time around. They do such a good job of having her mostly keep up the regal, almost sacred pretense that everyone expects because they've never known another side to their queen, but slipping up just enough to entertain the players who know what she's really like and ever-so-slightly confuse the party (who, of course, thinks they must have misunderstood because she's the queen and obviously she couldn't have done something so goofy). It's really well played to be a wonderful bit of fanservice and extra fun for those that played 2, while still being entertaining for those that haven't.
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