I get it: realistic dialogue is unrealistic. The way people really talk is usually pretty boring. People fall back on common sayings, erode vocabulary with profanity, spew trite cliches, etc.
But that doesn't mean it's BETTER to make your fictional characters do it.
This is like....screenwriting 101 here. There's a way to make a fictional person seem realistic, which is often different from what real people WANT to watch/read.
It really is screenwriting 101. New writers have been reaching this "aha" moment since before movies existed.
For example, the game firmly establishes that Freya's life is shit: she's on the verge of going to jail, loses all her money and her apartment, has no friends or family, etc. Needs a new start in life.
That doesn't sound like her life is shit; that sounds like she, herself, is shit, and everything else is a direct consequence of her being a shit human being.
It really is screenwriting 101. New writers have been reaching this "aha" moment since before movies existed.
That doesn't sound like her life is shit; that sounds like she, herself, is shit, and everything else is a direct consequence of her being a shit human being.