ENDING SPOILER.

[Yorshka]

I'm confused about ending.So this bird attack ori and rescue the tree or something.After cut scene is ori dead or not.I didnt unterstand there.Is he dead at ending ?

[Wig Bang]

Originally posted by YellowAfterlife:

Originally posted by RB:

I mean, Kuro is noteably abscent during the ending scenes. And showing the egg in Naru's den suggests that Naru, Gumo, and Ori took it there to be safe. The painting of Kuro on the rock could be interpreted to be a show of respect for her change of heart and sacrifice.

A show of respect is possible too.

Thinking of it, the story also leaves some questions as to how powerful the tree's light is -- the tree can bring being's of Ori's kind [I'm not sure if the proper name is ever mentioned] back to life, and in quantities (as seen on the ending sequence). But Gumo also uses the "light vessel" to bring Naru back. Would that suggest that the tree's light can actually restore everything lost, given the time?

Dude come on please. I'm seriously needing an answer now it's starting to really aggravate me

[YellowDemonHurlr]

Another bit of evidence: The music track that plays during that segment is named "Sacrifice."

And, to cite TVTropes again: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedemptionEqualsDeath

Granted, that doesn't prove anything, but in a simple story like Ori, writers tend to rely heavily on tropes, because it allows them to communicate more using less narrative.

[YellowAfterlife]

Originally posted by YellowDemonHurlr:

Another bit of evidence: The music track that plays during that segment is named "Sacrifice."

And, to cite TVTropes again: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedemptionEqualsDeath

Granted, that doesn't prove anything, but in a simple story like Ori, writers tend to rely heavily on tropes, because it allows them to communicate more using less narrative.

The trope has variants (as linked on the page), but the track title sounds pretty suggestive. The term is often used metraphorically (as in, covering actions not resulting in death of the performer), of course, but with the rest of tracks being named in obvious ways (at least spoiler-free though), that probably weights towards that.

[Wig Bang]

Originally posted by YellowAfterlife:

Originally posted by YellowDemonHurlr:

Another bit of evidence: The music track that plays during that segment is named "Sacrifice."

And, to cite TVTropes again: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedemptionEqualsDeath

Granted, that doesn't prove anything, but in a simple story like Ori, writers tend to rely heavily on tropes, because it allows them to communicate more using less narrative.

The trope has variants (as linked on the page), but the track title sounds pretty suggestive. The term is often used metraphorically (as in, covering actions not resulting in death of the performer), of course, but with the rest of tracks being named in obvious ways (at least spoiler-free though), that probably weights towards that.

Wow you're actually kind of a passive aggressive jerk!

[MakoSipper]

For me, Ori is alive and rejoined his tree friends. Kuro died saving everyone, mainly her child, who was adopted by Naru (since she got separated from Ori again), who's now friends with Gumo.

[Aemony]

Originally posted by YellowDemonHurlr:

Another bit of evidence: The music track that plays during that segment is named "Sacrifice."

I haven't followed the discussion, but evidence for what, exactly?

The Sacrifice track is only played once in the whole game, and that is when Kuro sacrifices herself to bring Sein back to the Spirit Tree at the end, resurrecting the tree and killing herself. The name of the track refers to her sacrifice, and not Ori's.

If Ori "died" at the end then she died because Kuro killed her, not because she >sacrificed< herself. There was nothing sacrificial in Ori's death in the game (if she actually died, so to speak).

[YellowDemonHurlr]

Originally posted by Aemony:

Originally posted by YellowDemonHurlr:

Another bit of evidence: The music track that plays during that segment is named "Sacrifice."

I haven't followed the discussion, but evidence for what, exactly?

The Sacrifice track is only played once in the whole game, and that is when Kuro sacrifices herself to bring Sein back to the Spirit Tree at the end, resurrecting the tree and killing herself. The name of the track refers to her sacrifice, and not Ori's.

Yeah, we've kind of moved on. We're currently discussing whether Kuro was actually killed by the light at the end. I cite the name of the track as evidence that Kuro did, indeed, die.

[YellowAfterlife]

Originally posted by Aemony:

Originally posted by YellowDemonHurlr:

Another bit of evidence: The music track that plays during that segment is named "Sacrifice."

I haven't followed the discussion, but evidence for what, exactly?

That was a discussion on Kuro. I think discussion on Ori was largely cleaned up within the first page of this topic (and a few other topics).

[YellowDemonHurlr]

Clearly we two exist in a state of yellow synchronicity. :P

[bdcprof1]

Bonne année.

[bdcprof1]

[Aemony]

Originally posted by YellowDemonHurlr:

Originally posted by Aemony:

I haven't followed the discussion, but evidence for what, exactly?

The Sacrifice track is only played once in the whole game, and that is when Kuro sacrifices herself to bring Sein back to the Spirit Tree at the end, resurrecting the tree and killing herself. The name of the track refers to her sacrifice, and not Ori's.

Yeah, we've kind of moved on. We're currently discussing whether Kuro was actually killed by the light at the end. I cite the name of the track as evidence that Kuro did, indeed, die.

Well in that case: "KURO DED!" as they say online. The scene were we saw her disintegrate, the title of the track, the lack of seeing her post-ending, the fact that light was damaging to her kind. She truly underwent a true redemption, sacrificing herself in the end after having caused that much damage.

[Wig Bang]

Originally posted by YellowAfterlife:

Originally posted by Aemony:

I haven't followed the discussion, but evidence for what, exactly?

That was a discussion on Kuro. I think discussion on Ori was largely cleaned up within the first page of this topic (and a few other topics).

But what do you think of the fact that I have the game but don't own it on Steam? That's the main thing we're discussing here.

[bdcprof1]

qui est français

[Tilen]

Originally posted by Nyu:

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/427069887421231746/31F0B881C9A40091AD0BBC83768E6786D596EAA0/

Guess who?

If you look closely at the cutscene you will see more than one "Ori" on the screen. I believe these are not the playable Ori but they are the same creatures, as they seem to fall from The Tree like Ori did.

So I think both Ori and Kuro passed away.

Edit: actually the narrator says things like "Ori's kindness would once again save my child", so there's more to the whole story than it seems.