#oh your nonverbal brother got separated from everyone in a fucking plane crash? no need to worry a friend saw him get snagged on some trees

[badolmen]

I wish we got more moments of the Walkers being Family like. The opening of “Brave New World” where Hesh says he let Logan sleep a bit longer because he figured he could use the rest set the bar too high for the rest of the campaign. You don’t really get anything like that line again - there’s the “Sin City” and “The Ghost Killer” cutscenes as well but those are both high tension, ‘holy shit don’t hurt my brother/I am dying son but I’m proud of you’ lines. And honestly Hesh’s “All or Nothing” Rorke File where he talks about his misplaced guilt after losing Elias…it’s almost a bit weird that he doesn’t reference how Logan is handling it at all (especially considering he was the one manhandled into shooting their father).

I guess the first unlockable Rorke File where Elias talks about taking the boys to the beach counts, and Hesh’s “Logan’s got my back, and I got his. He’s my brother.” but it just feels a bit stilted compared to the natural tenderness of the “Brave New World” opening.

#ra speaks #personal #cod ghosts #call of duty ghosts #david hesh walker #logan walker #elias walker #beans are you seriously complaining about a decade old game’s character writing? #yes. yes I am. #there’s way more to complain about to the whole. everything that is the ghosts worldbuilding. #but as someone with lil bros they really dropped the ball on drawing the connection between hesh and logan #hesh should have been panicking on comms more in the hunted that’s all I’m saying #or at least give me a post mission ‘jesus fuck thank good you’re alright we really need to get you an aac device bro’ moment #oh your nonverbal brother got separated from everyone in a fucking plane crash? no need to worry a friend saw him get snagged on some trees #(which he could very much have been dead for as you do see other soldiers corpses caught up in the trees) #also the Angst™ of Elias’ death being so focused on Hesh like…bro you didn’t pull the trigger. #speaking of like. did hesh even tell the other ghosts. elias is just listed as KIA in the file. #hmmmm #<- has spent all day achievement hunting and replaying levels multiple times