weakly attempts to bridge the events of and into the narrative. Rather than be a true push to feature elements of those games’ stories, the character of Glenn Lodbrok is oddly shoehorned in.
This is only partially surprising, as the games have pulled from less popular portions of the, such as . had few references and at least tried to ease in cameo appearances.
Kyrie Canaan and Leslie Kyle felt like they actually belonged within Midgar and had a place in the story. However, has less onboarding or setups, making a character like Glenn feel like an afterthought.
However, this may be what Square Enix wants, as characters have different roles in the multiverse. Given standard production schedules,, and were likely developed around the same time. The creation of Glenn Lodbrok was planned for multiple games and potentially by several teams at Square Enix.
The intention was likely that super fans of would play all three simultaneously. Glenn first appeared inopening movie and mostly served as an in-game NPC.