(Spoilers) Judy’s Quest and how it made me feel.

Spoilers ahead so just be warned:

I’ve just finished Judy’s quest line and wow. I’ve never actually connected much with characters in games and movies, but she really resonated with me. Playing as V I got the feeling that I wasn’t the protagonist in the story. I was the sidekick and basically an NPC in Judy’s life. Basically I was the player companion.

When it came to diving with her I felt so sorry for how she had been treated and what happened during her childhood how she never fit in. Her decisions and how she acted all made sense.

It hits especially hard when she’s sitting on the edge of the bath and you’re all primed to romance her and she hits you with how she’s been holding it all in. How her mission to help the dolls and everything she worked for all has gone to hell, how she wanted to escape it all for a moment and just enjoy being with you and not worrying about anything.

She seemed so happy and confident and it was all a facade and the only thing that can help is you being there for her. Whether you romance her or not is besides the point, but it felt great to just be there for her. I know she’s not real and it shouldn’t affect me this way but damn, it did.

When you first meet her she is confident and gives off the feeling of not caring about anything or anyone in particular except Evelyn, but you find out it’s not true. Well done CDPR, it really made me give pause and think. I literally went after the quest finished and hugged my fiancé. I have no idea why it affected me, but damn.

Call me what you want but I have never felt like this in a game before.