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This is a quintessential Hugo thing. Currently reading Notre Dame and he does this all the time. Almost every time a character shows up during a chapter with a different POV. I kind of hate it and kind of love it at the same time.
Come to think of it, Dumas pulls the same trick a lot in Count of Monte Cristo but is a lot less giddy to make the reveal. He is happy to let the scene play out without the dramatic flourish of directly telling you who everyone is. (HINT: It's usually the guy with a billion dollars who likes to play dress-up.)
that’s why I was thinking it could be a wider trend, though the two were buddies I think so it may have been specific to that particular environment
Hmm…I got a few of these. I played IQ on PS1 when I was a teen and thought something was interesting about it but I chose to play Street Fighter Alpha instead. Now, I recognize it to be one of the best puzzle games I’ve ever played. The ominous void in the background, the classical music, the vaguely mathematical gameplay and the voice yelling “perfect” just blend to create an enthralling experience.
Another one was Vandal Hearts - I used to look at that game every time I was in a game store. The cover art looked so cool but the screenshots on the back made it look like a blurry mess. I kept picking it up though…until I finally bought it 2020 and loved it. I probably wouldn’t have liked it as much if I played it when I was younger but it hit perfectly for me during COVID. The opening music told me I was getting into something special. The story is thoughtful and the fountain of blood is a nice firecracker reward for engineering a kill.
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