Yeah, like, Aloy's cynicism and lack of respect for the people around her made sense in the first game because she was a deeply isolated young adult, and the start of the game sets her up to have that struggle and then it's just like "being a bitter disrespectful atheist strongmanning everyone into giving her what she wants is good, actually". I don't get how people say that this game has better writing than the first one, it's just... hrrrghngkgjgnj