*SPOILER* ending songs

[atalante]

I personally take no position as to which ending is cannon, through I find ending A better made.

However, while listening to the song of ending A "spanish sahara", it came to my mind that this song could be interpreted as the "bad ending" song (i however guess the devs haven't thought of it this way). Not that I care much of it, but i was just thinking that the pricefield team would love to have another anti ending A argument .

The song is about the struggle to deal with grief (or should i say the failed attempt to deal with grief), the spanish sahara is some kind of emotional hell from which the subject of the song tries to escape ("leave the horror here, forget the horror here")

But the song concludes with the inability to let go ("i am the fury in your head, i am the fury in your bed, i am the ghost in the back of your head")

The author of the song said that the fury was an allusion to the mythological furies from ancient greece. Those were infernal deities of vengeance, who would hunt the oath breakers.
Metaphorically, they are some kind of self curse one create when making an oath, basically the guilt of breaking your word.

So, we have seen Max repeatedly saying and promising to Chloe that she would never abandon nor leave her, and choosing ending A would mean that Max has broken her promise and is conscious at some point that she is guilty about what she has done.
The song of ending B on the other end is obstacles, sad too, a coming to age story, but much more positive in its outcome.

[Friendly Fire]

I also believe I read somewhere that the song playing during the other end also played at the conclusion of Episode 1, thus coming full circle. (don't quote me on this, I myself haven't noticed so I'm not sure)
(also as you DIDN'T change time in that ending, it stands to reason you don't get a summary of everything you changed, as the GAME is what you changed)

Though, I chose to save Chloe, I don't feel either end is canon, I never do with choice based games. There are no right or wrong descisions, only desciosions.

[atalante]

Mikimi - You are right on this, I forgot to point this but yes, the ending of ep 1, with the tornado vision and final scene with Max explaining all to Chloe are played with this song, and yes, this conclude well the story
And I agree with your last comment, I just made the post because I though that some pro ending B guys would like the idea

[Lehkeri]

Originally posted by Mikimi:

I also believe I read somewhere that the song playing during the other end also played at the conclusion of Episode 1, thus coming full circle. (don't quote me on this, I myself haven't noticed so I'm not sure)
(also as you DIDN'T change time in that ending, it stands to reason you don't get a summary of everything you changed, as the GAME is what you changed)

Though, I chose to save Chloe, I don't feel either end is canon, I never do with choice based games. There are no right or wrong descisions, only desciosions.

The song which plays during the Sacrifice Arcadia Bay -ending, Obstacles, has some nice lyrics. And yes, it's the same song that plays at the end of EP1.

Let's say sunshine for everyone
But as far as I can remember
We've been migratory animals
Living under changing weather

Someday we will foresee obstacles
Through the blizzard, through the blizzard
Today we will sell our uniform
Live together, live together.

We played hide and seek in waterfalls
We were younger, we were younger. (3)
We played hide&seek in waterfalls
We were younger, we were younger.

Someday we will foresee obstacles
Through the blizzard, through the blizzard.

[Friendly Fire]

Originally posted by Lehkeri:

The song which plays during the Sacrifice Arcadia Bay -ending, Obstacles, has some nice lyrics. And yes, it's the same song that plays at the end of EP1.

Let's say sunshine for everyone
But as far as I can remember
We've been migratory animals
Living under changing weather

Someday we will foresee obstacles
Through the blizzard, through the blizzard
Today we will sell our uniform
Live together, live together.

We played hide and seek in waterfalls
We were younger, we were younger. (3)
We played hide&seek in waterfalls
We were younger, we were younger.

Someday we will foresee obstacles
Through the blizzard, through the blizzard.

Thanks for the confirmation. I suppose one could see this as "Max and Chloe's theme".
Or perhaps "their song"? ;)

[Palatine Katinka]

It's a beautiful song and I think it fits the moment very well.
I'm not sure how one plays hide & seek in a waterfall though...

[atalante]

On "obstacles", as I am not a native English speaker, I misunderstood plenty of phrases, I thought they "force the obstacles", and about the watefall, I thought it was about this thing you do when you are a kid, after rain, there are small amount of water here and there, and you jump in it...
I should definitly search for lyrics online in the future :)