They are trying I don ' t see many other games trying to do what people want . It was a great game imo <| sep |> I have a conspiracy theory . I think EA makes 3 rd party retailers keep the games at the base price so that more sales happen through Origin , and then whomever ' s idea Origin was can say hey , look , people are using it more than retailers ! it must be working <| sep |> They talk in the light novel about how the shape of the barrier can make it more effective against the antimagician bullets . I ' m pretty sure they were being deflected in the underground passage fight too . ' course if you ' re Tatsuya you can just catch them . There ' s a couple continuity problems in the LN too . Kokonoe comments about their aunt well before the big reveal for instance .