A Plague Tale: Requiem has one of the most depressing endings I've ever seen in a video game.

[RiseAgain]

Poor Hugo

[jd7]

It's a tough one for sure. Personally I loved the game, definitely GOTY for me, but would have preferred a more uplifting ending. In the end I suppose it's just personal preference.

[RiseAgain]

Originally posted by jd7:

It's a tough one for sure. Personally I loved the game, definitely GOTY for me, but would have preferred a more uplifting ending. In the end I suppose it's just personal preference.

I agree.

[FruitLoops 43]

yeah it was rough

[Kaifin]

ye, I really didn't like the ending, not because it was just depressing, but because I felt cheated, it was the same feeling as the last of us 2, the game preaches you and gives you the feeling that it will happen, and that it is the right, and in the end, it frustrates us, because the characters are going to be the exact opposite of what they did the whole game.

[RiseAgain]

I think that ending would have been better if Amicia had died instead of Hugo. Having her sacrifice herself to save her brother would have been a plausible ending for her character arc throughout the games.

I think the devs decided to kill Hugo purely for shock value.

[Marsson]

Originally posted by RiseAgain:

I think that ending would have been better if Amicia had died instead of Hugo. Having her sacrifice herself to save her brother would have been a plausible ending for her character arc throughout the games.

I think the devs decided to kill Hugo purely for shock value.

Either that, or they didn't know how to proceed with his character. Either way, it worked as a depressing and emotional ending, but I would've preferred if they didn't kill him off after just two games.

[Salt_Extractor]

Originally posted by RiseAgain:

I think that ending would have been better if Amicia had died instead of Hugo. Having her sacrifice herself to save her brother would have been a plausible ending for her character arc throughout the games.

I think the devs decided to kill Hugo purely for shock value.

I'm not sure how that could play out.
From previus scenes it's obvius hugo gets worse when bad things happen to his friends, specially when they die...
The whole ending sequance is prompted by hugo thinking Amicia is dead. So he in character wouldn't stop just because she dies... or ... idk, it's weird either way



Either way only thing I'm sad about is that we won't see more games with the old cast. Because when I think back to it, the new cast tends to ruin the whole thing for me (like assissins creed after Ezio or Life is Strange as examples). And let's be honest this game is far longer and better built then what you expect from an obscure title like this.

[Mannekino]

Originally posted by Kaifin:

ye, I really didn't like the ending, not because it was just depressing, but because I felt cheated, it was the same feeling as the last of us 2, the game preaches you and gives you the feeling that it will happen, and that it is the right, and in the end, it frustrates us, because the characters are going to be the exact opposite of what they did the whole game.

I agree the ending was incredibly emotional, but through both Innocence and Requiem it's pretty clear that Hugo most likely will die (in some form or another). And in Requiem they state it outright on the boat ride to La Cuna with Hugo talking about it himself.

Doesn't make it any easier. I get teary eyes from just hearing the sound track. Particularly the song "Brother".

[Stone]

It was a ending that made you feel stuff, so it was a good one. The futility of spending so much time trying to save Hugo paid off. Also the scare at the end is just well timed. Did Amicia manage to prepare the world?

[Salt_Extractor]

Originally posted by Stone:

It was a ending that made you feel stuff, so it was a good one. The futility of spending so much time trying to save Hugo paid off. Also the scare at the end is just well timed. Did Amicia manage to prepare the world?

Very true.
And just because the ending was sad doesn't mean it wasn't worth reaching it.
Life always ends in death, doesn't mean it's not worth living.

[kangirigungi]

An twist is good if it surprises you but looking back you realize that it's been inevitable. The ending of this game fits this. It worked well for me.

Originally posted by Salt_Extractor:

Either way only thing I'm sad about is that we won't see more games with the old cast. Because when I think back to it, the new cast tends to ruin the whole thing for me (like assissins creed after Ezio or Life is Strange as examples). And let's be honest this game is far longer and better built then what you expect from an obscure title like this.

I agree, partially. Continuing with the old characters whose story is already finished can be really bad, but forcing new characters into a franchise where the main charm was the original cast won't help either. There are stories that isn't meant to have sequels.

[MAS]

Well i feel, Amicia failed Hugo anyway, even after all those struggle. all struggle got wasted, seem like they first created a loving character then just kill him because of they ran out of story, whole game was to save Hugo or find cure and end up killing him. would have been better with happy ending. e.g. if they figured out how to cure or control it, then they journey to other world to help other.
Personally i would not play this sequel if known, it has such depressing ending.

[4mysou1just1]

I did not play the 1st. Didn't know it existed.
I enjoyed this game...
It's mindset seams to be European, suffer all your life, into the next.
If I remember the story line.
The first plague was in 5-6 century?
So my problem is that's 700 years between plagues??
But the end showed another child born with Macaula.
No year when child's born, only the idea it might be in Amicia's time???
Doesn't make since with history of events?¿?
I don't know...

[kangirigungi]

The scene at the end with the child looks like it's happening in modern times. Around 700 years after the events of the game.

[Angrypillow]

I'm tired of the trend where we can't get a meaningful ending to a game that doesn't feel like pure nihilism.