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...traumatized to the point of uselessness for most of the second half.
Garnet going mute is one of the more memorable things about IX. I have mixed feeling about it too. From a story perspective I loved that. It makes sense. From a gameplay mechanic, I hated it.
That's my general consensus as well, great story telling application, but man it just made using her a chore from a practical standpoint. It doesn't help I have other misgivings to her gameplay design as well.

I think Barret works better here because IX tries too hard to make you care about Garnet whereas Barret is a pretty compelling hero who just happens to always be overlooked by the rest of the cast. IX wants you to know Garnet is important cause her story is a large part of the plot whereas Barret gets swept under the rug that is Cloud's story.