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Rock Beyond Time
4 years ago

Who is the main character? Myles or Susan?


Yes.

...all right, I'll elaborate.

When I came up with this game's story, the main character, for the most part, was Myles Taylor. I designed him first. However, as the story and gameplay decisions developed, Susan Abernathy was going to be Player 2. She becomes playable first, because I don't want players to latch on to just the one character, and it made more sense narratively.

They are co-protagonists. Both of them are important to the story.

If I show too much favoritism one way or another, I'm afraid other players will play favorites, too, but I guess that's inevitable no matter what I do. The point is, neither one is the "lesser" character unless you decide it.

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