Chapter 7 made me do three things, all three of which are spoilers.
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The first was gain a greater appriciation for Snow's character, the way he cracked under Hopes Scrutiny in an instant. His little monologue was extremely well done there.

It also made me appreciate the designers effort into Hopes personality even more, the same segment and all. Hell, he was about to kill Snow had it not been for the enemy bombing.

Then it managed to make me head desk, hard. When you see Hopes dad.

It's not that his dad is a bad character, but seriously? WTF? This is the guy Hope showed so much hatred towards? He doesn't have an ounce of hateableness to him. Having the dad immediately appear as this kind hearted man seriously undermines all of Hopes development as a character. He seemed as if he had no one to turn to after his mom died, because he hated his father so much.

I know there was probably a side to the guy we never see, but seriously, he comes across as a damned saint. smurf.

And the random fights in Chapter 8 were difficult compared to the rest of the game.

Had no Problem whooping up on the boss here though.