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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** Many fans were disappointed by Nick’s minimal role in the story. He serves as a LoveInterest to Abigail, and a way to cause some drama with Jacob and Emma, but he takes a major backseat after [[spoiler:his transformation into a werewolf in Chapter 6. He only appears in a few scenes afterwards, has only one death that occurs with no fanfare or emphasis, and only appears in the end credits afterwards with no resolution to his subplot with Abigail.]]
** Likewise, Jacob mostly exists to trigger the events of the game by [[spoiler: sabotaging the car, and he spends the rest of the game being chased, beaten, and captured by the Hacketts and werewolves, with one potential death per scene if the player fails specific [=QTEs=] or puzzles.]] Needless to say, some players were disappointed that there was no chance to [[spoiler:play him as TheAtoner who tries to redeem his mistake by attempting to cure any of his potentially infected friends, which would've factored well in the final mission to kill Silas.]]



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** Many fans were disappointed by Nick’s minimal role in the story. He serves as a LoveInterest to Abigail, and a way to cause some drama with Jacob and Emma, but he takes a major backseat after [[spoiler:his transformation into a werewolf in Chapter 6. He only appears in a few scenes afterwards, has only one death that occurs with no fanfare or emphasis, and only appears in the end credits afterwards with no resolution to his subplot with Abigail.]]
** Likewise, Jacob mostly exists to trigger the events of the game by [[spoiler: sabotaging the car, and he spends the rest of the game being chased, beaten, and captured by the Hacketts and werewolves, with one potential death per scene if the player fails specific [=QTEs=] or puzzles.]] Needless to say, some players were disappointed that there was no chance to [[spoiler:play him as TheAtoner who tries to redeem his mistake by attempting to cure any of his potentially infected friends, which would've factored well in the final mission to kill Silas.]]
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** Likewise, Laura gets some flack upon [[spoiler: returning as a main character in Chapter 7]]. Some either enjoy seeing her transform from a seemingly proactive young woman [[spoiler:gets held captive alongside her boyfriend]] from the Prologue, into a highly-capable [[spoiler:werewolf slayer]] with a more deserving FinalGirl status than Kaitlyn. Others find her [[SpotlightStealingSquad overstaying her welcome]], causing more problems than solving them, and being way too trigger-happy in [[spoiler:her efforts to save her boyfriend when hunting down werewolf Chris, as she always executes Kaylee thinking she was werewolf Chris, and can determinately execute werewolf Nick while he's trapped inside an electrified cage and was no threat to anyone at the time]].
** Also Bobby, the Hackett family's DumbMuscle. He's either the source of the game's [[Funny/TheQuarry funniest moments]], such as the [[MemeticMutation "you stabbed me"]] quote, or the culprit of the game's [[Narm/TheQuarry narmiest]] moments, mostly owing to [[spoiler:[[PoorCommunicationKills his incompetence]] when handling the counsellors' situation which would've solved a lot of the game's drama.]] His role in [[spoiler:Chapter 9 has the player base especially divided, as he may be RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap for some when he saved his family by fighting off his werewolf brother (if Ryan didn't stab him earlier), while others can't forgive him for killing/trying to kill Ryan, and being too simple-minded to realize what he's done.]]

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** Likewise, Laura gets some flack upon [[spoiler: returning as a main character in Chapter 7]]. Some either enjoy seeing her transform from a seemingly proactive young woman [[spoiler:gets [[spoiler:who gets held captive alongside her boyfriend]] from the Prologue, into a highly-capable [[spoiler:werewolf slayer]] with a more deserving FinalGirl status than Kaitlyn. Others find her [[SpotlightStealingSquad overstaying her welcome]], causing more problems than solving them, and being way too trigger-happy in [[spoiler:her efforts to save her boyfriend when hunting down werewolf Chris, as she always executes Kaylee thinking she was werewolf Chris, and can determinately execute werewolf Nick while he's trapped inside an electrified cage and was no threat to anyone at the time]].
** Also Bobby, the Hackett family's DumbMuscle. He's either the source of the game's [[Funny/TheQuarry funniest moments]], such as the [[MemeticMutation "you stabbed me"]] quote, or the culprit of the game's [[Narm/TheQuarry narmiest]] moments, mostly owing to [[spoiler:[[PoorCommunicationKills his incompetence]] when handling the counsellors' situation which would've solved a lot of the game's drama.]] His role in [[spoiler:Chapter 9 has the player base especially divided, as he may be RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap for some when he saved saves his family by fighting off his werewolf brother (if Ryan didn't stab him earlier), while others can't forgive him for killing/trying to kill Ryan, and being too simple-minded to realize what he's done.]]
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** Jacob is this in spades. One side of the fandom sees him as annoying and obnoxious, due to his frat boy personality and JerkJock tendencies, with shades of an ItsAllAboutMe attitude, such as him sabotaging the van and [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom trapping the counselors at camp]]. Another side sees him as a lovable, sensitive guy who has a feelings toyed with by Emma and feels remorse for his misdeeds, as well as being punished for them throughout the game.

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** Jacob is this in spades. One side of the fandom sees him as annoying and obnoxious, due to his frat boy personality and JerkJock tendencies, with shades of an ItsAllAboutMe attitude, such as him sabotaging the van and [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom trapping the counselors at camp]]. Another side sees him as a lovable, sensitive guy who has a feelings had hisfeelings toyed with by Emma and feels remorse for his misdeeds, as well as being of which he is punished for them throughout the game.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: While the cast is mostly made up of [[BaseBreakingCharacter Base Breaking Characters]] (see above), you'll find few players who don't count Dylan as a favourite by the end of the game. Despite his pranks in the first chapter coming across as perhaps a bit more mean-spirited than was intended, people are usually won over either by the fact that he's easily the funniest character (including some hilarious improvised dialogue by Miles Robbins); is Supermassive's first overtly queer character; is the [=POV=] character during the badass SignatureScene in the junkyard towards the end; or indeed a combination of all three.

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: While the cast is mostly made up of [[BaseBreakingCharacter Base Breaking Characters]] (see above), you'll find few players who don't count Dylan as a favourite by the end of the game. Despite his pranks in the first chapter coming across as perhaps a bit more mean-spirited than was intended, people are usually won over either by the fact that he's easily the funniest character (including some hilarious improvised dialogue by Miles Robbins); is Supermassive's first overtly queer character; is the [=POV=] character during the badass SignatureScene in the junkyard towards the end; junkyard; or indeed a combination of all three.
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** NiceGirl Abi tends to get a lot of love, too, for being easily the most genuinely sweet character in the entire game.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: While the cast is mostly made up of [[BaseBreakingCharacter Base Breaking Characters]] (see above), you'll find few players who don't count Dylan as a favourite by the end of the game. Despite his pranks in the first chapter coming across as perhaps a bit more mean-spirited than was intended, people are usually won over either by the fact that he's easily the funniest character (including some hilarious improvised dialogue by Miles Robbins); is Supermassive's first overtly queer character; is the [=POV=] character during the badass SignatureScene in the junkyard towards the end; or indeed a combination of all three.

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