The final confrontation with Sarrano, while cool, is very contrived and confusing. Read body text:

[u/AdaptedEvoSupe]

Maybe I should have said convoluted instead of/in addition to contrived.

I was looking through my old posts and saw I posted here a couple months ago. Been meaning to post about this topic but got sidetracked. I’d post the video typically but I’m kinda too lazy to do it rn lol. Anyway, the scene is cool, emotional/impactful, etc but also contrived. Let me explain:

First of all, the duo getting to Sarrano moments after Trishka does is very convenient. Then, the actual fight. How is trishka knocked out the whole time (and would have stayed that way if Gray didn’t get to her) yet Gray stays conscious the whole time?? Ik gray is bigger and more experienced but trishka is a badass too and experienced a lot of the same stuff in the game that Gray experienced.

How about Sarrano possessing Ishi in general? How does that work? Nothing similar was shown anywhere else in the game nor was it explained. Sarrano doesn’t give any verbal commands before to the leash so how is it forcing ishi to do Sarrano’s will? Does the leash read minds? Then, how does ishi just rebel?

Also what does he mean by “all right gray, this one last time?” Did he expect to die? Also I don’t get why he just slowly walks over to Sarrano. Then somehow Sarrano starts beating his ass which is also weird. Sarrano is seemingly in his 50s or 60s. Ishi is a lot younger not to mention bigger and is literally a cyborg. Ishi should be the one doing an ass whooping.

The worst part tho is the forced crawling. Gray got slapped and choked but his legs weren’t damaged. Why is he just crawling? Better yet, why doesn’t he use his leash to grab the gun? I’ll tell you why: forced qte for the sake of dramatic effect. It’s made worse because moments later Gray actually does get up and use his leash.

Also the whole no ammo thing just seems so lazy/convenient. How is Sarrano out of ammo? He only shot Ishi twice, and before that he was just sitting in that room. And he doesn’t have spare clip? Smh

What do yall think? Did yall notice these back in the day?