Anyone else think the game was a little... Short?

[DaMegaTaco]

I dunno if it's just me or whatever, but the game just felt really short. I remember the original feeling much longer and being more intricate as it jumped between the characters telling each of their stories until they met their demise. This one felt like it just rushed through everything where I didn't even really understand how each chapter led to one another really... When the spirit was finally released and it led to the final fight, which was super easy, I felt like a bunch of stuff was just left out and the story jumped over a bunch of stuff to get to the end. Like what happened to Doc and Sue? Did They just disappear? How come the Huang just showed up all of a sudden? Why did he seem to have some connection with A-Hai where they were both aware of the curse of the building and how to fight it? Did they have history together or something? I just felt like there was so much left unexplained and the story was just rushed in general, which left me super disappointed on top of the fact that the game seemed super easy and short. I mean I still enjoyed the game for what it was, but I was just disappointed overall and literally was left questioning "Was that really it" when the credits started rolling... Both times.

So did anyone else feel this way at the end of the game or was it just me?

[Aesmatv]

well the lore explains everything.

Ahai from what i understood was a reincarnation of Huan Ting Ting - which is why they mentioned how much she looked just like her, etc.

also there's a bonus scene which explains about doc- sue-A-hai etc after the original credits. if u got the extrication ending

and if u got the abyss ending , there's another scene that shows some other stuff.

[DaMegaTaco]

Originally posted by Aesmatv:

well the lore explains everything.

Ahai from what i understood was a reincarnation of Huan Ting Ting - which is why they mentioned how much she looked just like her, etc.

also there's a bonus scene which explains about doc- sue-A-hai etc after the original credits. if u got the extrication ending

and if u got the abyss ending , there's another scene that shows some other stuff.

I mean I get she was supposed to be a reincarnation of Huan of one of the people who died (could've sworn it was the headmaster or architects daughter or whatever, which I'm not sure if that was Huan or someone else), but that really doesn't explain her connection with the security guard.

I basically got the ending where Huang took the lantern and went into the gateway and then after the first credits A Hai was leaving a letter in the security office then they went upstairs for a screening of the movie or whatever, which I'm guessing meant that the game itself was supposed to be the movie experienced as a game or whatever. That being said it still just really didn't explain why A-hai was able to figure out her connection so quickly when she seemed to go into the situation completely ignorant of her connection to it as well as there wasn't any real hint that A-hai and Huang knew each other as I said. It just seemed like they just jumped from what happened to Richie to the final battle, which left out a lot of stuff in between those parts.

Again it just seemed like there really wasn't as much effort put into creating more intricate stories between the different characters like the first one where it seemed more so that each character had their one or two challenges and maybe one or two puzzles on top of that. Plus most of the encounters were really easy and could be done on the first try except maybe one or two like the ballerina show. Like it literally took me less than a few hours to beat the whole game when the original took me at least 2x-3x spread over a good few days. I wasn't even trying to run through it either as I try to look for as many collectibles and interactive stuff as possible. Again maybe it's just me, but I just felt a bit disappointing in how it seemed that once the climax finally started building it almost immediately jumped to the end before it could have any sore of impact.

Edit: Looked up the Abyss ending on youtube as I'm not really trying to bother figuring out how to initiate it myself... Honestly I don't think it really cleared anything up further or really added to it. It just made things more confusing and unexplained.

[Aesmatv]

well the security guard failed to protect Ting Ting ( which is A-hais reincarnation so somehow they feel connected that way) especially since the security guards wife died trying to protect her as well.

as for the abyss ending it sorta teases to A-hai coming back- like she didn't sacrifice herself when she went through the gate. she found a way to return ( only we don't see that unless its teasing the bridge 3 sorta thing)