The conflict in a story is the one thing that keeps all of the other plot elements like the characters, obstacles, and plot twists in check.
If all of your characters have to deal with the same problem, then it’s hard to see how the conflict could possibly get any more interesting than the ones we already have.
Of course, when a story is going for realism, you have to include a lot of conflict to make it worth watching. But because it is so common, there are a lot of plot elements in most stories that are only there to keep the plot alive. Characters need to keep trying to solve the problem, and everyone has to pay their dues to get their part of the puzzle.
It’s not just plot elements, but also conflict. Some conflicts are easy to see and can be dealt with in a few scenes. Others are hard to see and require a lot of investment by characters to solve. And we’re not the only ones with these problems either. Most of us have to deal with the same conflict (and conflict in stories) at one time or another.
Conflict is the glue that keeps the plot moving. So if a conflict is hard to see, what are you supposed to do? I don’t know, but it feels like the developers want us to feel bad about it. There are several plot element in the Deathloop storyline that seem designed to add to the tension of the game.
One of these is the story’s conflict between the two heroes of the game. In the game, Colt is a man who wants to live his life free of the pressure of the Visionaries and go to work in a fancy new tech company he’s working in. Colt’s brother-in-law, who is also a Visionary, seems to be pushing Colt to do different things without the pressure of having to live up to his family’s expectations.
The other conflict is between the two heroes. In the game, Colt is the more pragmatic, more rational, and more practical of the two. His brother-in-law, however, is shown to be more emotionally involved with the story (and probably involved in the process of the game’s events too). The two of them are also shown to have different perspectives on the story and the choices they’re asked to make in it.
So in a way, the conflict is between the characters and the decisions they have to make in the story. The story is also a reflection of the characters and the conflict.
In a way, the story is also a reflection of the characters and the choices they make, although most of the story is told through the eyes of the main character, Colt Vahn.
While the narrative itself is a reflection of the characters, the characters themselves are the main characters. It is revealed that the characters in the narrative are two separate people, who don’t know themselves and each other. The game shows the conflict between the main character and the other character as well, Colt Vahn.
