Kinda Disappointed in the Ending. [Spoilers for the Ending]

[Lucky]

I have to admit, while I absolutely loved the game the ending left me...dissatisfied. I'm not so much of a gaming whiz, so it took some effort to beat the whole game, and with all the drama they put into not following Ava's path, I was hoping for more of a pay-off than a fade to black.

Overall Great Game, but the ending was meh imo.

[ComatosePhoenix]

Yeah, it was a bit disappointing. I'll have to play a little bit more, I still have camp dialogue left that I haven't fully exhausted, maybe there is an alternate ending somewhere.

[Genny War]

The story overall definitely feels like it has suffered from a severe case of "excuse plot" that is the story is just decoration around the gameplay, as a way to deliver things like upgrades and items. It's weak overall, but I while I could have appreciated a more robust story, I think it's fine for what it is. It would have been nice to see a glimpse of what lay beyond the end, in just a brief perhaps still mysterious cutscene of some scenery of a new universe forming or the characters maybe? reuniting, to pay off the idea that Zoe made the right choice in pressing on.

I like the characters, though. They're fun.

[Grizmo]

Story is super lame. It's a nihilist storyline with nonsense theology. But i'm not here for the story, just the game play.

[Julton]

Originally posted by Genny War:

The story overall definitely feels like it has suffered from a severe case of "excuse plot" that is the story is just decoration around the gameplay, as a way to deliver things like upgrades and items. It's weak overall, but I while I could have appreciated a more robust story, I think it's fine for what it is.

My thoughts as well. Imo the sort of ending it went for felt kind of unearned, and depending on how quickly you beat the shards that gets exacerbated further. But the gameplay is definitely more of the focus here so it does its job.

[ramie-cat]

It might be kind of the point too? the end is always uncertain, we can't know what's beyond it or in the future. You can only tun towards it, doing your best, hoping things work out.
It's what we do irl too.

[Tachrayonic]

Did anyone else find the end of game -> fade to black -> credits a bit jarring, due to the choice of credits music not really matching the tone of the story?
I'm also a little disappointed that the first time I failed the final level due to time out, that the characters failed to acknowledge it in the slightest. (I did exit the game at that point, perhaps that broke the game so they didn't say what they should have?)

[BonfiresAndBlackberries]

Originally posted by Genny War:

The story overall definitely feels like it has suffered from a severe case of "excuse plot" that is the story is just decoration around the gameplay, as a way to deliver things like upgrades and items. It's weak overall, but I while I could have appreciated a more robust story, I think it's fine for what it is. It would have been nice to see a glimpse of what lay beyond the end, in just a brief perhaps still mysterious cutscene of some scenery of a new universe forming or the characters maybe? reuniting, to pay off the idea that Zoe made the right choice in pressing on.

I like the characters, though. They're fun.

Absolutely. There was something there and they were trying to explore it but gameplay story dissonance was huge and a little glimpse of after the end would have been huge