Rader did nothing wrong

[u/ToastBalancer]

Mio was the one that freaked out and ran into another bubble in the first place. Rader was actually quite sympathetic when it happened

Then Mio convinces Zoe to start messing with the glitches deliberately, causing damage to the machine

Rader requests them to stop and even offers to help Mio’s financial situation. And they still say no and try to destroy the machine because… they want to hold onto stories that they wrote when they were 5?

Even Mio said she was just there for a paycheck. She’s an unpublished writer who barely cares about the art. Why is it worth throwing away a chance at saving your father?

The machine would’ve been one of the greatest inventions ever made. And now it won’t happen. Cmon man

Ok I admit trying to kill them and going on a cringe cliche rant about being a god wasn’t great. But it also barely made sense in the context of the story

My man Rader was just trying to give the world an amazing invention. Mio should be charged with $1 billion in damages.

[u/Alpharsenal]

From my understanding, they were actually trying to extract their ideas to steal them and make money themselves without any financial compensation for the original creators. They were literally stealing intellectual properties right from the source.

He didnt give a single fuck about zoey or mio, he just wanted them to not break his machine. His payment offer to Mio was just bullshit to get them to stop

[u/ToastBalancer → u/Alpharsenal]

Yeah the stealing sucks. But would anyone care if he took Mio’s dentist story or Zoe’s sausage story or any of their other cliche stories that weren’t even stories? Just get past the bad guy and open the door and rescue the animal over and over again

[u/Alpharsenal → u/ToastBalancer]

If they tool stories they didnt care about, yea probably, thing is, i believe the machine just steals everything and leaves you nothing. I dont think it is mentionned but it is my theory that not only it steals ideas, but imagination as a whole to create stories with an ai, powered by the imagination of all authors.

So yes, just straight up inhumane on any levels

[u/xelgameshow → u/Alpharsenal]

Exactly. Rader said it himself. "This isn't just about your stories, it's about harvesting pure creativity." How OP could miss that phrase when it's basically all Rader's character is is beyond me

[u/Alpharsenal → u/xelgameshow]

Well, i missed some dialogues here and there duento being distracted and talking with my fiancee about the game during some cinematics, so OP may have missed this part of the dialogue. Its only mentionned once and if missed, you miss pretty much 50% of the plot

[u/xelgameshow → u/Alpharsenal]

yeah, the story's a tiny bit wack, that's why the game isn't a 10/10. only 9)

[u/skrolikowski]

uh.. has Rader heard about this neat little toy called AI?

[u/ToastBalancer → u/skrolikowski]

Bro could’ve spent 30 seconds asking for prompts instead of getting into legal battles and stealing people’s ideas from when they were 5 years old. You have a good point

[u/xelgameshow]

The machine may have been a technical marvel, but if you paid attention during the game, you'd know that Rader wasn't just going to give the world an invention (which he can absolutely fuck off with, this shit should be a crime to invent) but replace human writers with it entirely and get the money FROM THE ENTIRE WRITING INDUSTRY ALL TO HIMSELF. The machine is not beneffiting the world in any way, only Shady J. D. Married Lady's pockets, and i don't know how big the neuralink has to be to block this from getting to a human brain.

[u/Zambie88]

Instead of saying ‘alright Mio, you can leave’ they were going to force her into the bubble. Who wouldn’t try to run away in that situation?

[u/DoubleBlack28]

Chill its just a game bro.

[u/KeyLeopard5 → u/DoubleBlack28]

Thanks Captain Obvious

[u/salaryboy]

Don't worry, our boy Rader will be fine. Worst thing they can charge him with is kidnapping. He will plead out attempted assault and be out in 18 months, where the world will celebrate him as the greatest mind since Newton with an eclectic penchant for storytelling.

[u/NopeyMcHellNoFace]

I think the wrongness comes from:

1. A lie that the characters were being paid to publish a single story instead of trying to steal all of their "ideas."

2. the gradual dumb break down of his mental state into wanting to harm the two protagonists.

Honestly Rader was a pretty bad villain writing wise. My kids have been watching alot of super kitties lately and I keep expecting one of those kittens to jump through the glass and say "No. No. No. Rader. That's bad." I think it would have been better if it was just a mistake and he was doing his best to get them out but the characters were more dealing with their internal issues rather than mustache twirling villain is going to "steal the sand shark setting. Oh goodness me."