How many endings are miserable?

[⛧NecromancerBree⛧]

I would like to play the game but I'm getting really tired of sad endings...
How many are miserable?

[RyanForcedMe]

I haven't finished the game yet but the first two games by Deconstructeam ended in sorta bittersweet/melancholic/thought-provoking ways. They seem to go less for the everything is perfect or everything is tragic outlooks. Although those were more cyberpunk in style, this could be a little lighter in theme

[alkalinecube]

I chose to give up Immortality because being Immortal seemed like a miserable ending in and of itself, especially if you have to sacrifice someone you love or an entire community to keep it. A natural death is the best outcome any of us can ever hope for, but I do agree... we got less of a happy ending than Patrice did before we turned her into a witch, it seems. Would be nice to have seen some other people on that beach with us at the end.

[Mr. Noble]

Depends on what is a "good" ending for you, I sacrificed my sister who wanted to die anyway and became an immortal supreme empress. For me that's a good one.

[Karlsburg]

My ending was pretty neutral I suppose.
sacrificed the coven to the fire seal, dahlia won the leadership but the coven dissolved, became an independent witch, Fortuna didn't seem the happiest with Abramar but I personally felt it was neutral considering everything that happened.

[奶小的姑娘]

I've just finished the game. After going through the wiki, apparently you don't actually need to pay the price if you've won the election and chose to become a super witch. It doesn't matter what you choose for the fire seal if you take that route. But I didn't know that so I sacrificed Grethe anyway. I didn't really bother with the other endings because there's no manual save in the game and no skip button for dialogues, it just takes too long to start all over again with all the card creations and campaigning stuff. Would be great if they allowed us to restart specifically in the final chapter instead of the whole game during the final card pull.

[Lemmiwinkz]

I only had good endings so far. Well the price stung a bit, but that's to be expected.
Peace, everyone happy, nobody died, Friendship, Love and Magic!

[Rappeldrache]

I also don't always understand this urge that many game developers and filmmakers seem to have—to often make endings grim and depressing. Something doesn't automatically become more intellectually engaging just because it's bleak and denies the audience a happy ending. As if our world and the lives of some people weren’t already difficult and dark enough. Many come online and just want to experience something beautiful, bright, and wonderful while playing...

In this case, I found it especially "unfortunate", and it's the biggest issue I have with this (otherwise brilliant) game: that it left me feeling down in the end. I really would have liked a fourth (kinder) option for what to sacrifice to the Behemoth—or at the very least, a way to gracefully get out of the contract. ... and to have a Happy End. With butterflies and flying unicorns.

I also don't get why I wasn't allowed to read the cards myself. I could have asked the cards: "How could I (Fortuna) manage it to avoid making the sacrifice while also not harming the Behemoth?" That’s something I could have asked and then drawn the cards for. It seems illogical that she (or I) didn’t do that.

Other than that, an absolutely fantastic game—except for this one issue.

[kaibioinfo]

Originally posted by Karlsburg:

My ending was pretty neutral I suppose.
sacrificed the coven to the fire seal, dahlia won the leadership but the coven dissolved, became an independent witch, Fortuna didn't seem the happiest with Abramar but I personally felt it was neutral considering everything that happened.

Same for me. Actually, I did not really understood why Fortuna was so mad at Abramar. It seems that nothing bad happened in the end...?

I also chose to sacrifize the coven, cause... you know... I already prophesied the end of the coven, so it seemed to be the easiest sacrifize ^^°