Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past Trailer

[NeoCracker]

Idk. It didn't really feel depressing to me at all and some of the stuff was downright dumb. (SPOILER)I'm also pretty sure the robot just kept doing what it was programmed to do, as a robot would do. Did not get the impression it had a soul or emotions of its own whatsoever. Which makes the reaction of the people around all the more baffling. I mean, of course it would keep doing that thing over all these centuries - it's a machine and that;s literally the only thing it was programmed to do at that point. Sure, it's sad the guy died alone, but other than that the plot in the present was pretty meh. But that's just me

(SPOILER)Go back and talk to Ellie afterwords the story is finished, and there is an additional bit of dialogue that wasn't their the first time

(SPOILER)I know. It doesn't convince me.

(SPOILER)SO you are saying you believe that the robot was programed to thank you for returning it to it's master? That is.... a very, very bizarre thing to program

(SPOILER)Even before that ELLIE's been shown to clearly react to what other people are doing, like when she follows the soldier because they have fresh soup, facilitating her tasks. It really doesn't seem unlikely that Autonymus would program her with basic social utterances to facilitate communication. So it really make sense that she'd say thank you after you help her resume her programmed task.

(SPOILER)You mean like that time she totally thanked the people who were leading her to soup?

She reacts, yes, but there are two isntances in which she is helped. The first one she thinks the soldiers are leading her to fresh soup, but she doesn't thank them.

The second is when you return her to continue watching over the dead guy, in which case she does thank you. If she is programmed to thank people who help her, it seems odd that it didn't happen in the first case.

Also, why would Autonymos, who clearly hates people, program Ellie to thank other people? He wanted nothing to do with people.

(SPOILER)So she would thank him?

This must be amusing to people avoiding spoilers, btw

(SPOILER)So why didn't she thank the soldiers who were bringing her to soup?

If it was programmed, there would have to be some oddly specific flags to trigger a thanks.

Offering to help with a task doesn't trigger a thanks, as the guards weren't thanked.

Helping her complete a task doesn't trigger a thanks, as you aren't thanked upon returning Ellie.

Returning her to her duty after she is prevented from preforming her task because the guards lied about soup and fixing her up, and then returning at a later time to speak to her triggers a thanks.

This is some strange programming at work here.

That or she has developed a sense of consciousness, and considering this is a world in which multiple NPC's have already stated they believe it to be possible? Seems the more likely option.


And who knows, maybe the Idea of dying alone with nothing but electronics to keep you company is just something that seems perfectly normal to you, hence the lack of feels.