History YMMV / RiseOfTheThirdPower

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The sheer ''stupidity'' of Rowan not telling the party about Sparrow's true identity, which gets the entire Resistance killed, makes it very, very difficult to tolerate him as a character. Not helping matters is that Rowan has a rather [[AngstWhatAngst weak emotional reaction]] to getting his allies killed, in contrast to characters in other media who make similar mistakes. Additionally, the story is rushed towards the end, giving Rowan less time to redeem himself in-universe and out. While the game makes it clear that this will be a stain on his character, it also still seems to expect some degree of forgiveness towards Rowan, as shown by how Rashim partially forgives him towards the end of the game.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The sheer ''stupidity'' of Rowan not telling the party about Sparrow's true identity, which gets the entire Resistance killed, makes it very, very difficult to tolerate him as a character. Not helping matters is that Rowan has a rather [[AngstWhatAngst weak emotional reaction]] to getting his allies killed, in contrast to characters in other media who make similar mistakes. While the game makes it clear that this will be a stain on his character, it also still seems to expect some degree of forgiveness towards Rowan, as shown by how Rashim partially forgives him towards the end of the game.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: A pretty significant problem with the story is that basically everyone in the party is unsympathetic to some degree, and the BitterSweetEnding leans hard on the Bitter and not much on the Sweet. Almost no one gets any real resolution of their main storylines or what they want, and most questions remain unanswered; the main villain doesn't even get killed, instead getting trapped in a brutal, destructive civil war in his homeland. It's hard to say that the party's actions were worth it, or even necessary, given its entirely possible that Gage might have done something like it on his own given his pre-existing doubts about his father.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The sheer ''stupidity'' of Rowan not telling the party about Sparrow's true identity, which gets the entire Resistance killed, makes it very, very difficult to tolerate him as a character. Not helping matters is that Rowan has a rather weak emotional reaction to getting his allies killed, in contrast to characters in other media who make similar mistakes. While the game makes it clear that this will be a stain on his character, it also still seems to expect some degree of forgiveness towards Rowan, as shown by how Rashim partially forgives him towards the end of the game.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The sheer ''stupidity'' of Rowan not telling the party about Sparrow's true identity, which gets the entire Resistance killed, makes it very, very difficult to tolerate him as a character.