Daniel vs Mandus

[Damascus Rose]

I guess I could sympathize more with daniel, but I liked both characters. Daniel's story seemed to be told better (not sure how at the moment) but I felt more connection to Daniel. I guess having notes that talk directly about his story were more easy to follow than mandus notes. Daniel's reaction to his situation seemed realistic because what he did seemed reasonable for the situation he was in, it made a lot of sense why he tortured people (they're bad people says alexander and he needed to save himself) and then it made sense why he had a breakdown after realizing how far he'd gone. And how is he a coward, exactly? What he did seemed like something anyone would do in his situation.

For Mandus, it just doesn't make that much sense. Why did he go to Mexico, why did the egg split his soul? And wtf happened that made him realize what he'd done and give him amnesia? I'd have to find a plot description to know all of this stuff. All of this that I've listed so far wasn't even clear to me until I saw someone's quick description of the story. Needless to say I was pretty confused throughout the game. Also I don't have children, so the whole thing with the children didn't really make a lot of sense to me. Maybe if I was 40 I'd understand better.

I do really like the idea of the amfp story though and the whole aesthetic. Perhaps if it was all a bit more clear to me I would pick mandus over daniel.