Spoilers!! about ending

[Arthurization]

so, true demon is somewhat existed in 1970s with little kid? I know andrew and crews are imaginations but one demon is truly existed in 1970??

[Spathiwa]

Mental illness can run in families.

[Spathiwa]

Or, if you prefer, children can find harmful methods of coping with a hostile environment.

[Azukaos]

I bet there is more to it than just "mental ilness" but nobody knows what exactly what megan was seeing, there was something who pushed her to act badly and that wasn't only by starting fire and locking doors, she was a drop out from school and had some issue with the current priest of the church.

There is a drawing you can find in the ruined house who show a kid (probably megan) and a dark huge manly figure who seems to force himself on her maybe by using her to get revenge on the reincarned souls of the peoples he had put to trial in the past, like a curse who can't be broken unless someone do the light on his dark secret.

[Grimm]

their was a book in the burned house a bout how to raise your kids. and the little kid was being abused by its own family. like the way the father speaks ...etc. but..... their was a freaking demon behind her when the house got burnt. so ..... idk interesting game after all.

[D Kruger]

The priest raped the girl.

[Gorgoneus]

Another dissapointing game, here and now we get Scooby Doo ending with "no real ghosts" - another hallucination trips ike in previous game, but now character doing it without chems. What do we have in the next game? Another arthouse story about hallutinating character with pseudo philosofistic style?

[Gorgoneus]

Oh right - next game will be i ndesert, so desert mirages of ocurse.

[Green_Brownies]

Gorgoneus I feel somewhat the same about the story. I was expecting to be dealing with the monsters all the way through to the end. I really "hope" that we have an actually monster in the next story and it not be a hallucination, mirage, or a figment of our imagination.

[Morten]

I doubt there were any demons at all.

Megan, the little girl, was abused by her family, felt that no one loved her or cared about her. Her mind created an imaginary "friend" who convinced her that her family was up to no good, and got her to burn the house down. It was her demon. In the metaphorical sense.

The rest of the game is about Anthony, the sole survivor of the accident, trying to come to terms with what had happened, years later.

It's his mind's way of giving him a chance to change the past, get Megan (in his fantasy world known as Mary) to understand that she is loved, and to get the rest of his family to change to avoid what got them killed; their behavior.

Those who fail to change by the end, succumb to their original fate.

[Celine Dijon]

Originally posted by Gorgoneus:

Another dissapointing game, here and now we get Scooby Doo ending with "no real ghosts" - another hallucination trips ike in previous game, but now character doing it without chems. What do we have in the next game? Another arthouse story about hallutinating character with pseudo philosofistic style?

Yeah, I was a bit frustrated overall as well. The same plot twist of *gasp* there were actually no ghosts/demons all along and your character is just mentally unfit in the moment! Except this one took it a step further and made all of my decisions that saved the characters lives feel utterly pointless BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL FIGMENTS OF HIS MIND. JESUS CHRIST THE IRRITATION. It was still an amazing game, and of course I'll be getting the next one, but I REALLY hope they take it down a different path because these "plot twists" just aren't it.

Little Hope essentially boiled down to proving a little girl's innocence hundreds of years ago, while it literally does not matter if your characters live or die.

[Morten]

Originally posted by Blank:

Originally posted by Gorgoneus:

Another dissapointing game, here and now we get Scooby Doo ending with "no real ghosts" - another hallucination trips ike in previous game, but now character doing it without chems. What do we have in the next game? Another arthouse story about hallutinating character with pseudo philosofistic style?

Yeah, I was a bit frustrated overall as well. The same plot twist of *gasp* there were actually no ghosts/demons all along and your character is just mentally unfit in the moment! Except this one took it a step further and made all of my decisions that saved the characters lives feel utterly pointless BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL FIGMENTS OF HIS MIND. JESUS CHRIST THE IRRITATION. It was still an amazing game, and of course I'll be getting the next one, but I REALLY hope they take it down a different path because these "plot twists" just aren't it.

Little Hope essentially boiled down to proving a little girl's innocence hundreds of years ago, while it literally does not matter if your characters live or die.

If that's what you think, you didn't understand Little Hope at all...

[Celine Dijon]

Originally posted by Morten:

Originally posted by Blank:

Yeah, I was a bit frustrated overall as well. The same plot twist of *gasp* there were actually no ghosts/demons all along and your character is just mentally unfit in the moment! Except this one took it a step further and made all of my decisions that saved the characters lives feel utterly pointless BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL FIGMENTS OF HIS MIND. JESUS CHRIST THE IRRITATION. It was still an amazing game, and of course I'll be getting the next one, but I REALLY hope they take it down a different path because these "plot twists" just aren't it.

Little Hope essentially boiled down to proving a little girl's innocence hundreds of years ago, while it literally does not matter if your characters live or die.

If that's what you think, you didn't understand Little Hope at all...

Nah I got the message, I just don't think that's why any of us play these type of games. Not to speak for everyone, but a large part of the joy comes from keeping your characters alive, and that feels utterly useless here when they're not even real. They did the same exact plot twist as the first one except instead of an outside source (the chemical) it was inside (his mental state from losing his family.)

[Solidus's Revenge]

Originally posted by Blank:

Originally posted by Morten:

If that's what you think, you didn't understand Little Hope at all...

Nah I got the message, I just don't think that's why any of us play these type of games. Not to speak for everyone, but a large part of the joy comes from keeping your characters alive, and that feels utterly useless here when they're not even real. They did the same exact plot twist as the first one except instead of an outside source (the chemical) it was inside (his mental state from losing his family.)

No offense, but either way the characters are not real. It's a video game. It's always up to you to decide how seriously you want to take the concept or story. And keeping the characters alive is still relevant to the story, even if they are part of Anthony's mind.

[Celine Dijon]

Originally posted by Solidus's Revenge:

Originally posted by Blank:

Nah I got the message, I just don't think that's why any of us play these type of games. Not to speak for everyone, but a large part of the joy comes from keeping your characters alive, and that feels utterly useless here when they're not even real. They did the same exact plot twist as the first one except instead of an outside source (the chemical) it was inside (his mental state from losing his family.)

No offense, but either way the characters are not real. It's a video game. It's always up to you to decide how seriously you want to take the concept or story. And keeping the characters alive is still relevant to the story, even if they are part of Anthony's mind.

Obviously they're not real, Captain Obvious. But they're not even real in the universe of the game. It makes them feel entirely useless. Like I said all they did was recycle the story from the first one with some alterations.

Lazy plots twists are just lame. But you can think what you want, that's fine.

EDIT: Overall it was still a good story, the plot twist just felt cheap, and I saw it coming just as I did the last one so at the very least I wasn't that disappointed when the "big reveal" happened. I literally cannot get over how much it cheapened the overall experience when it was the big meme twist of "they were in his head all along." I thought we had left that trend in the last decade.

[Solidus's Revenge]

Originally posted by Blank:

Originally posted by Solidus's Revenge:

No offense, but either way the characters are not real. It's a video game. It's always up to you to decide how seriously you want to take the concept or story. And keeping the characters alive is still relevant to the story, even if they are part of Anthony's mind.

Obviously they're not real, Captain Obvious. But they're not even real in the universe of the game. It makes them feel entirely useless. Like I said all they did was recycle the story from the first one with some alterations.

Lazy plots twists are just lame. But you can think what you want, that's fine.

EDIT: Overall it was still a good story, the plot twist just felt cheap, and I saw it coming just as I did the last one so at the very least I wasn't that disappointed when the "big reveal" happened. I literally cannot get over how much it cheapened the overall experience when it was the big meme twist of "they were in his head all along." I thought we had left that trend in the last decade.

I would hope it's obvious that they're not real. But I think you missed my point. The characters still play a part in the story, and are real to Anthony (or at least a part of Anthony, who is "real" in the story). It's really no different from any other story or game, as many times characters, even if "real" in the universe, are symbolic or represent some other idea or concept of the author/writer.

You are the one that decides whether or not you are invested in the characters/plot. If you don't like it, that's fine. I'm not saying you should. I just disagreed with your conclusion that since they are not "real" people, they don't matter or are "useless".