Just finished the game, wanted to gush a bit (spoilers!)

[SnowHusky]

First off, GAAAAH! What a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ story!

Loved the game from beginning to end! The whole thing was great; the music, the gameplay, the upgrades, all of it!

(end game spoilers below)
I can't believe the game ends with you blowing up the bird's bomb! Like, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. I'm glad that Puppy lives in the end though, that was nice to see she survived, even if she now has the curse. A little bittersweet.

I do wish the last part of the game was longer! It felt like some parts were too quick or abrupt; like at the part where you're falling from the sky shooting the bomb and when you finally do destroy it the cutscene plays and the credits roll immediately If the end played out something similar to Jacob's death in the beginning of the game when you're riding back home talking to his spirit with his corpse in the back of the bike, that would've been awesome!

But I don't wanna complain, the game was absolutely fantastic and the animated cutscenes were definitely a highlight for sure!

In no particular order, the deaths of: Beicoli: damn what a brutal way to go Laika just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shot her liver no remorse and then ended her when she WAS BEGGING NOT TO DIE! So dark man.
Poochie & Jacob: Poochie's death was so morbid dude, being hung by your intestines THAT WAS ORDERED BY A KID SOLDIER?! At least the kid realized how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up that was and felt bad and tried to do the right thing with Poochie's body. Still a majorly ♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing though.
THAT PIECE OF ♥♥♥♥ PUG ALWAYS EATING AT THE DINER: DESERVED DESERVED DESERVED! OH MY GOD ♥♥♥♥ THAT GUY! I was still surprised when Laika actually killed him though, thought she would spare him or something. ...deserved!
Laika's previous daughter: Bro that was so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sad.... AND YOU PLAY AS HER RUNNING CALLING FOR HER MOM TO HELP LIKE DUDE I'M GONNA ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BAWL MY EYES OUT!!! That was probably one of the most sad parts of the game for me.

Side note: I can't say that I've ever seen a game use, what I can only assume is, surviving your first period as a way to be immortal but hey I'm not gonna judge.

Overall, what a great game! Even if the story was really dark, there were many themes that you can pick apart and delve into. My only gripe is that the game isn't longer haha!

[kia256]

I kinda wonder what would happen if the person with the curse dies from old age without leaving any daughters.
Either Maya or Laika say that curse will die with them, but I'm not so sure.
It's after all a curse so powerful that it can effortlessly reconstitute a person from complete destruction.

[SnowHusky]

Originally posted by kia256:

I kinda wonder what would happen if the person with the curse dies from old age without leaving any daughters.
Either Maya or Laika say that curse will die with them, but I'm not so sure.
It's after all a curse so powerful that it can effortlessly reconstitute a person from complete destruction.

Yeah I wonder if the curse would even let someone die of old age

[kia256]

Originally posted by SnowHusky:

Originally posted by kia256:

I kinda wonder what would happen if the person with the curse dies from old age without leaving any daughters.
Either Maya or Laika say that curse will die with them, but I'm not so sure.
It's after all a curse so powerful that it can effortlessly reconstitute a person from complete destruction.

Yeah I wonder if the curse would even let someone die of old age

An immortal wolf's head ghost rider would look absolutely badass...

[Delete]

Ending was emotional, but sosoo unsatisfying.
I don't like when game just ends without some proper epilogue.

[SnowHusky]

Originally posted by Delete:

Ending was emotional, but sosoo unsatisfying.
I don't like when game just ends without some proper epilogue.

Totally agree! I so wish the game was longer! Though the animated cutscene with puppy crouching at laika's grave at the end of the game was nice; very pretty visually.

[Spud Crowley]

i finished this game yesterday and have spent all day today looking for something to play and i just can't get into anything. i just keep thinking about the feeling laika gave me.

[SnowHusky]

Originally posted by Spud Crowley:

i finished this game yesterday and have spent all day today looking for something to play and i just can't get into anything. i just keep thinking about the feeling laika gave me.

+1 knew full well I was gonna get them post-game blues once I finished the story.... Totally worth it lol

[A_Furry]

theres actually one side quest where you have to find someones daughter, and when you do she was already shot dead but you find a diary from this person and it turns out she ran away due to being r****d by her own father. and yes, you can kill him so cool.

[jdmenendez22]

First the RWBY maidens, then Turning Red, then Ruby Gillman, and now Laika is making me want periods now

[AuhnRa]

The ending left me miserable and I actually shed a few tears.

Last game that went above and beyond my expectations was Hollow Knight

I truly hope we have a DLC or a sequel for this game

An alternate ending, please my heart can't take bittersweet endings ;_;

[jdmenendez22]

Originally posted by AuhnRa:

The ending left me miserable and I actually shed a few tears.

Last game that went above and beyond my expectations was Hollow Knight

I truly hope we have a DLC or a sequel for this game

An alternate ending, please my heart can't take bittersweet endings ;_;

Alternate ending where Laika stops the nuke on time and gets her rocking chair. Or a flash forward to Laika's ghost in that same chair next to Adult Puppy. Kind of like that scene with Mae's grandpa in NITW

[AuhnRa]

I just want to see Laika giving a hug to Puppy IN that rocking chair.

You could argue that it lessens the value of the overall story, but damn I really wish things turned out a tiny bit differentely for her, she deserved SOME kind of peace.


And by somekind of peace I don't mean being blown to smithereens

[jdmenendez22]

Originally posted by AuhnRa:

I just want to see Laika giving a hug to Puppy IN that rocking chair.

You could argue that it lessens the value of the overall story, but damn I really wish things turned out a tiny bit differentely for her, she deserved SOME kind of peace.


And by somekind of peace I don't mean being blown to smithereens

Same here bud, that woman lost 8 kids and she never saw any of them grow up. Laika must've won the genetic anti-lottery if she had daughters consistently but no sons. Maybe it's part of the curse or she had more pregnancies that she was forced to terminate when the fetus turned out to be a boy

[Draennon]

I'd like to chime in here.

It took me about a week to mostly process this game emotionally and I am still thinking about it.

And while I agree, that there would be a couple endings that would make the ending feel "nicer" like Laika managing to do it in time and get back or I was even thinking about a shot of her watching over Puppy as spirit (we've seen those being a thing), I think it fits the game quite well to end how it does. Sometimes it's fine for a story to end bittersweet and not in rainbow land.

Hell, I even had to cry when I even summarized the story to a friend.

The boatsman got to me too. That final conversation when Laika told him about the whales she's seeing while he is likely already dead at that point and she's talking to his spirit...

To me the game is definitely one of the most impactful ones I have played.

[AuhnRa]

Originally posted by Draennon:

I'd like to chime in here.

It took me about a week to mostly process this game emotionally and I am still thinking about it.

And while I agree, that there would be a couple endings that would make the ending feel "nicer" like Laika managing to do it in time and get back or I was even thinking about a shot of her watching over Puppy as spirit (we've seen those being a thing), I think it fits the game quite well to end how it does. Sometimes it's fine for a story to end bittersweet and not in rainbow land.

Hell, I even had to cry when I even summarized the story to a friend.

The boatsman got to me too. That final conversation when Laika told him about the whales she's seeing while he is likely already dead at that point and she's talking to his spirit...

To me the game is definitely one of the most impactful ones I have played.

Don't get me wrong, the ending is spectacular, and I did say another ending would lessen the "value" of the overall story.

But damnit, I'm a grown ass man and everytime I think about this game my heart aches for these characters to be a bit less miserable