[SPOILERS] Just beat the game and I'm really disappointed with the end.

[Miyagi]

I played a radiant preacher to the end and got the radiant end, blind (almost) playthrough. I liked the game very much, besides its glaring issues, like enemy placement and its repetitions, (too) easy bosses, convoluted quests (that gets worse by the check point system, which makes backtrack a nightmare). Even with all that, I liked it. I liked the cool aesthetics, the crusade theme, faster paced (a little) gameplay, the umbral puzzles and the great ranged combat, all of this made the game very good to me. But the ending kinda made my excitement to do other stuff like replay to test other classes, ng+, multiplayer, other endings and quests, and all those cool extra things the devs made to incentivize us to keep playing... I don't know, the dumb ending made me want to just drop the game to never again.
First, the Adyr fight, the final big bad boss of the entire story, is really bad. I mean, it's a worse deckons of the deep fight. If the monarch is to be considered part of the last fight, make him to appear after the mob fight. It'd be a better fight overall. The way it's now it's pure disappointment.
Second, the ending has no nuance, it's just some edgy teenage ♥♥♥♥ about how the villain was right and the light god is ackchyually bad and betrays you. I don't think it should be that hard to make a better and more nuanced ending, keeping the theme of the setting and characters. For exemple Orius could nuke the weakend Adyr using us as a vessel and annihilates Adyr and the Dark Crusader as a collateral, making us a Sacrifice (HIS F*CKING CENTRAL THEME) instead of a simple disposable waste, a stain to be cleaned from the world - I mean, we were doing Orius biddings- . Well, if Orius had the power to annihilate us after we subjugated Adyr, they lowkey should have the power to annihilate the weakened Adyr that the LAMP ate (this is... f that sh*t). And it'd be a way more satisfaying ending with nuance.
So yeah, I'm torn. The ending of a story has great relevance to me. It's the conclusion, it makes things whole. But this ending it's not only bad, it's really stupid and it made the whole game feel stupid.

[zmanbuilder]

I got that ending and it made me feel like i picked the wrong side, consumed by the light as a mere pawn, seemed very fitting though.

[Grad]

I agree Adyr was a disappointment, but if you listened to him you probably would agree everything that the followers of the Light were doing was horrific, even from the start of the game. All the death, misery and destruction in the game was in the name of Oreos. It is no surprise that ending would be easiest to get without thinking.

You should consider doing the Umbral or Pyro endings. Maybe try a new build or two as well. Complete some quests you didnt in the first runthrough.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by Grad:

I agree Adyr was a disappointment, but if you listened to him you probably would agree everything that the followers of the Light were doing was horrific, even from the start of the game. All the death, misery and destruction in the game was in the name of Oreos. It is no surprise that ending would be easiest to get without thinking.

You should consider doing the Umbral or Pyro endings. Maybe try a new build or two as well. Complete some quests you didnt in the first runthrough.

Going for the pryo ending as a radiant purifier, it has been rather fun, my head lore is that my character has seen and done enough dirty work to make him disillusioned with the church.

[Miyagi]

Originally posted by zmanbuilder:

I got that ending and it made me feel like i picked the wrong side, consumed by the light as a mere pawn, seemed very fitting though.

If it's right or wrong side, I really don't care. It was bad and puddle's deep.
I checked the other's ending in disappointment, and if you question is about morals, we have three options:
Self sacrifice for the good of all, betrayal to all for selfish gain (or do you think ady will play nice with people? Remember all the ashen corpses in calrath?), and the insanity ending - the lovecraftian ending where everyone is turned to juice in mother's embrace.

[Miyagi]

Originally posted by Grad:

I agree Adyr was a disappointment, but if you listened to him you probably would agree everything that the followers of the Light were doing was horrific, even from the start of the game. All the death, misery and destruction in the game was in the name of Oreos. It is no surprise that ending would be easiest to get without thinking.

You should consider doing the Umbral or Pyro endings. Maybe try a new build or two as well. Complete some quests you didnt in the first runthrough.

Oh yeah, the sentinels got corrupted and completely insane, but obviously with Adyr fingers pulling the strings. The church was completely divided, Orius didn't pull any strings in this case.
As I said, I read the endings. Everything seems bad after the radiant ending.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by Miyagi:

Originally posted by Grad:

I agree Adyr was a disappointment, but if you listened to him you probably would agree everything that the followers of the Light were doing was horrific, even from the start of the game. All the death, misery and destruction in the game was in the name of Oreos. It is no surprise that ending would be easiest to get without thinking.

You should consider doing the Umbral or Pyro endings. Maybe try a new build or two as well. Complete some quests you didnt in the first runthrough.

Oh yeah, the sentinels got corrupted and completely insane, but obviously with Adyr fingers pulling the strings. The church was completely divided, Orius didn't pull any strings in this case.
As I said, I read the endings. Everything seems bad after the radiant ending.

It also proved adyrs point that man cannot rule themselves, as even the most sacred group will fall to corruption, And the sentinels worshiped the judges mostly, and somewhat parted with the church of orius. adyr tells you whom the judges were.

[楊玄。杨玄。LangrisserWWE]

I am too busy running in and out of Umbral to look for cool stuff to kill bosses. I am glad you told me a story I have difficulty paying attention to.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by 楊玄。杨玄。LangrisserWWE:

I am too busy running in and out of Umbral to look for cool stuff to kill bosses. I am glad you told me a story I have difficulty paying attention to.

story is for your second play through, these are things i only thought about after getting my first ending.

[Sin Archbishop of Vainglory]

Originally posted by zmanbuilder:

Originally posted by Grad:

I agree Adyr was a disappointment, but if you listened to him you probably would agree everything that the followers of the Light were doing was horrific, even from the start of the game. All the death, misery and destruction in the game was in the name of Oreos. It is no surprise that ending would be easiest to get without thinking.

You should consider doing the Umbral or Pyro endings. Maybe try a new build or two as well. Complete some quests you didnt in the first runthrough.

Going for the pryo ending as a radiant purifier, it has been rather fun, my head lore is that my character has seen and done enough dirty work to make him disillusioned with the church.

im doing the same as well, since you get that class as an unlock it would be ironic to get the complete opposite ending with that starting class, i even almost killed the lightreaper at the begginning because the starting weapon is stupidly good