Like holy shit they're already starting to ban Marx in Florida and Ukraine is arresting communists. Fuck fuck fuck what do we do fuck.
It doesn't even matter to people that Russia hasn't been communist for 30 years, they're still going to use this as an excuse to come for even the mildest of leftists eventually.
This shit reaks of the rise of Hitler just before WW2. Except this time all of Nato is going full Nazi.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
The rest of Fates is just as poorly written, even if it isn't all as abhorrent. The incest stuff comes close for me.
Conquest really resonated with me. It's a story about a group of psychologically damaged kids all coping in their own way with trying to satisfy their father's increasingly unbearable demands. Plus the levels are way more tightly designed, since the level designers knew you weren't going to be able to level grind past anything.
The other two stories in Fates did absolutely nothing for me.
I like the gameplay. And in theory, when described like this I like the broad strokes of the story. But in practice it's just told so poorly, and parts of it made me like the other routes even less. Although I haven't given the story a chance since it came out, so maybe I'd like it more now.