this game is so frustrating because it's made by insomniac, the pioneers of the weird and fun gun/platforming genre, but this game has some of the most lazy, cowardly writing you could possibly imagine. any kind of sincerity is traded off for bad 4th wall breaking jokes and trying to act "above it all." it's like the devs are actively challenging you to give a shit, and props to them, they made an utterly unlikable cast of characters, most specifically the main one! this game is the perfect litmus test to see if someone actually thinks gameplay is more important than storytelling and if a game can still be good if it has bad writing, because i can't think of another game that ruins itself more with that.