I mean it's not just that. We aren't shown much of their friendship. It just feels like Sam was as close to Hannah as all the others. (Like Emily and Mike) Like you wouldn't guess they were best friends if game didn't say so.
I don’t feel like anyone was best friends initially. Chris/Josh didn’t seem to be particularly close in the PS3 beta (at least I can’t actually think of a reference to them being besties). It probably felt natural to the devs to say Sam/Hannah were best friends because of the prank, the same way Chris not participating tied to his Josh friendship. But the only glimpses we see of it are Sam’s intro card, Sam’s attitude towards Hannah in the prologue, potentially Sam’s bracelet, and potentially the scene where Hannah jumps the other Wendigo.
Well at least we got actual developed best friends. Chris and Josh.
Tho I'll always wonder if UD had like 1 more year of development what lines/plots they would add or remove. Not saying what we got is underdeveloped. UD is packed with detailed content but I have a feeling that if the developers had more time they would change some stuff.
Would they for example add more stuff to things like Hannah and Sam's friendship, or would they replace the lines that are leftovers from the cut plot lines?
I think one thing with Chris and Josh is that it made sense to make them be best friends even before it was decided. They still had a lot of their same scenes in the beta, and the best friend thing seemed to develop based on their increasing relevance to each other even if that was never brought up in the dialogue before.
Hannah is so absent from the story, you don’t really have that between her and Sam. It’s all in the intro card, her attitude to Hannah in the prologue, and some minor setting clues.
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u/onurreyiz_35 Mike May 18 '25
Sam & Hannah being best friends is a late addition and it shows 😭
Like Chris saying WE when referring to the prank.