[ DISCLAIMER! The following rant is just my personal thoughts, opinions, and grievances. I highly recommend you come to your own conclusion about this and donāt take my words as fact or law. I also donāt mean to offend anyone with this, but feel free to debate this with me in the notes I guess. ]
Iām going to be completely honestā¦
I REALLY donāt like Broker.
The Phighting devs are kind of hyping him up to be this āooo mysterious silly lore guy!!! And also heās a bit kooky, and maybe even self aware!!!ā
Like. He feels like a rip-off Jevil and Spamton to me. And even then characters like Jevil and Spamton are only VAGUELY, SLIGHTLY aware that they might be in a game, (Jevil moreso than Spamton but still).
BROKER, on the other hand, outright states he thinks the world and its people are all fake, (cough theyāre in a game cough cough), and feels way too direct in my opinion. Maybe if he just pointed out the strange things about their world in a questioning manner instead of saying something along the lines of āhmm I think our society is a simulationā itād feel a bit more natural, as if he doesnāt fully comprehend yet that their world is a game, and itād feel less to the point, since Broker seems like heās NOT supposed to be a very direct and honest guy.
And honestly, Broker doesnāt stand out much to me. Sure, heās got the whole cult thing going on, and the Broker coins, but besides that, heās just kind ofā¦ there. No obvious goal, drive, or apparent ulterior motives, and his āquirky sillinessā is barely displayed in the actual game, and when it is itās hidden in dialogue thatās no longer accessible due to him moving locations.
The thing that did catch my interest is how violent he supposedly can be, being confirmed to have both intentionally and unintentionally killed other demons. And I think they couldāve gone a very interesting direction with this instead of making him as vague as a soggy cardboard box. Make him a bit violent! Maybe even in a silly way; have him accidentally kill people through means that he didnāt expect would happen! Iām not saying he should be serial killer crazy, (Scythe has that covered already), but I wish theyād give him SOMETHING more than āoh heās silly and sells crypto currency and also heās gone to jailā and vague social media posts.
He does have an okay design, and his weird eye, wrist cuff, and colors do pretty well to portray the vibe of āshady guy in an alley whoās a bit kookyā.
Thus ends my rant about a stupid fictional character. Thank you for listening to my insane rambling, have a nice day.
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