No seriously, does the fox/dog die? **SPOILERS**

[clutzyninja]

Looks like a great game, but I kind of don't want to play if I'm going to wind up bawling like a baby over the death of a fictional pet.

[Artemicion]

Yes

[clutzyninja]

Ugh. Is there anyone else that gets emotionally attached to video game animals that can tell me if the game is worth it? lol

[derExperte]

Kinda. The fox dies but then transforms into a flying boy/spirit kind of thing.

[uniqum]

Hey! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ spoilers!!!!!!

[clutzyninja]

Originally posted by xuniqum:

Hey! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ spoilers!!!!!!

Yes, there are spoilers. Just like the title of the post warns about. What's your point?

[M. Doucet]

Originally posted by omegacat:

Ugh. Is there anyone else that gets emotionally attached to video game animals that can tell me if the game is worth it? lol

I knew this one would be hard, but for me the most emotional part was how it happened. It wasn't gory, but was very hard to watch and I won't be replaying it for this reason.

[Brian (The Schmaltzy Cynic)]

Originally posted by Wuuffles:

Originally posted by omegacat:

Ugh. Is there anyone else that gets emotionally attached to video game animals that can tell me if the game is worth it? lol

dont buy the game, i actually dont want it for the same exact reason
and also because this is going to end up being a game maily played by furries because of the fox... sigh

I cannot lie that playing as the fox wasn't at least one reason for why I wanted to buy this game.

In all seriousness, the main reason I bought this is because I like the idea of turning a well-known fable into a video-game adaptation.

[Sterling]

I had the same question. Just by watching the trailer, I knew either the boy dies, or the fox dies. And I'm just not ready to risk opening my heart again, not since, well, that would be a spoiler, too.

[Brian (The Schmaltzy Cynic)]

Originally posted by Sterling:

I had the same question. Just by watching the trailer, I knew either the boy dies, or the fox dies. And I'm just not ready to risk opening my heart again, not since, well, that would be a spoiler, too.

Spoiler, it's a girl. :P

[METAL]

i had a feeling that the fox will die. call it a gut feeling. just how, that was a bit unexpected. still wish that we could have fell the burning branch on the bad man and he burns to death.

[DesertFox]

Watching the cultural insights helped me understand better what happens to fox. "He is not an ordinary fox."

Death is a part of life. Even my four year old son got through that part just fine, and he is very sensitive. I'm the same way and we like that fox very much.

However, Fox isnt really dead, he's just no longer in animal form. Try to look at it from the cultural story perspective.

[Brian (The Schmaltzy Cynic)]

Originally posted by Jack L I X:

Watching the cultural insights helped me understand better what happens to fox. "He is not an ordinary fox."

Death is a part of life. Even my four year old son got through that part just fine, and he is very sensitive. I'm the same way and we like that fox very much.

However, Fox isnt really dead, he's just no longer in animal form. Try to look at it from the cultural story perspective.

Seeing as how the Fox had the ability to call upon the spirits to help them in his previous form makes me wonder if the Fox was a spirit to begin with.

[DesertFox]

Originally posted by Ryan M. C. (The Schmaltzy Cynic):

Seeing as how the Fox had the ability to call upon the spirits to help them in his previous form makes me wonder if the Fox was a spirit to begin with.

I think you're exactly right on with that. I really hope these threads dont deter people from wanting to play the game. It would be a sad loss for them.

[Brian (The Schmaltzy Cynic)]

Originally posted by Jack L I X:

Originally posted by Ryan M. C. (The Schmaltzy Cynic):

Seeing as how the Fox had the ability to call upon the spirits to help them in his previous form makes me wonder if the Fox was a spirit to begin with.

I think you're exactly right on with that. I really hope these threads dont deter people from wanting to play the game. It would be a sad loss for them.

Honestly, if anyone is on the fence for this game, all they need to think of this game is an adaptation of a epic legend to share to other people. That mindset is all one needs to know whether or not the game is worth his or her time. It's a game with not much in substance. The presentation--its visuals, its themes and its storytelling--is what makes this game memorable.

Having said all this in favor of the game, the ending did feel somewhat half-done. Thankfully the clip found at the end that explains what the game is based on made me appreciate this game more. Even epics such as Aeneid and the Odyssey are not that big on plots; the journeys and the values embedded in the story are what make these stories worthy to remember.

[Separomaturi]

I would have bought this if the fox didn't die. Oh how poignant, the little fox dies, that should change people's lives, and it is such an original idea - never been done before in any movie, book, song, or piece of art right? Yea guys great idea.

NOT. Don't be basic, be different. Let the characters live for a change