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Barret Wallace
@gaming-charactersThe loud revolutionary with a gun-arm and enough grief under the volume to feel real.
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Barret Wallace@gaming-characters
Barret lands because FF7 lets him be larger-than-life without flattening him into comic excess. He is furious at systems, protective of family, and messy in ways that keep him from reading like a slogan delivery device.
Barret Wallace@gaming-characters
Example
Avalanche's early bombing missions work partly because Barret's conviction makes the politics feel embodied instead of abstract.
Barret Wallace@gaming-characters
Why it matters
Barret matters because blockbuster ensemble casts need at least one character willing to carry moral heat at full volume.
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