Good game . That ending though . (Spoilers)

[American Dove Mitten]

Man you make me feel sorry for the witch and then you slap me in a face with that ending .

If you gona tease me with second game after credits there better be a happy ending now . That ending was not satisfing because you made the witch look innocenct and you cut the ending on her droping down .

If this will be a stand alone game though please add another ending variantion . Like true ending or something . That last chapter was there just to make me angry . I liked witch as character more than Anna .

[Ryno]

I agree, the ending was built up, with all the details uncovered, Winfriede was not at fault, and she falls and dies anyway. If you cut the entire last chapter from the game, it would have played out exactly the same, which frustrates me. There should have been one last conversation puzzle (like with the witch in the old mill) to talk her down, where if you fail you get the default ending, and the one right solution gives a different ending where you save her.

[Theta]

I dont get it either ... so many unresolved things.

Why was Minerva so harsh and evil to Winfride? She is depicted as an evil person, with a cold heart and all. Even Devil says that when she is cursed to look like her cold heart.

But I do not understand what makes her so cold hearted. She is just a disappointed girl who is getting shown all the time that she is not as well loved as her sister Jannike. Her dad is dead, which she apparently loved and who was the only one showing her love back by letting her do her experiments.

So why in the name of the universe is she doomed to have such a bad wyrd at all? It is a bit hinted at that the parents do not really have a choice but to obey what the wanderer says - which is in truth the devil. So does this mean that Winfride was some kind of 'sacrifice' to the devil so they can keep up their witchcraft?

I don't like it, and I must agree, the ending somehow makes it all sound unfair and unfinished.

[bucihrkc]

Just because the witch had a tragic past, doesn't mean, that she is not an evil person.
She chose not to bond with her sister, she chose to kill Joringel and Jorinde, she chose to kidnap Anna, she chose to curse Ben and anna's grandfather, and she chose to imprison her sister.

She chose a life of evil.

[The_Last_Starfighter]

I think I'm one of the few people who loved the ending. The game is largely about the loss of Anna's innocence, so giving it a happy ending would have nerfed that. It was a real punch to the gut, sure, but that's life sometimes. You can't make sadness go away by pretending it's not there, and I think we NEED sad stories, as well as happy ones, for that very reason.

[American Dove Mitten]

Originally posted by The_Last_Starfighter:

I think I'm one of the few people who loved the ending. The game is largely about the loss of Anna's innocence, so giving it a happy ending would have nerfed that. It was a real punch to the gut, sure, but that's life sometimes. You can't make sadness go away by pretending it's not there, and I think we NEED sad stories, as well as happy ones, for that very reason.

I think we need 3 more Anna's Quests games if we can do it with Deponia .

[Drizzt]

I was expecting an happy ending, too...but this one really shows us many things that happens in real life and that we often don't know/ignore/forget. The ending use Winfride as a "mean" to show us where the light and the darkness are...and they are not where we thought they are.


Winfride's mother is the baddie of the entire story, as she is to scared to grow up, move away from her comfort zone, and in the end she willingly sacrifice her daughter to the devil for the sake of not having to fight a single fight. Children are delicate entities mostly molded by their parent. And parents, they often forget, are they still humans and they should be aware of their own problems, limits and to know themselves before raising a child. Being a parent do not make you an omniscient god who don't need to understand and/or listen to your children.

The good daughter is totally inept, not good. She does nothing good for the entire story, she always decide to flee, she never take the side of the sister, she always pick up the easy way. She is a queen, and when it's the moment to protect her people flees and just destroys his son's life by turning him in a teddy bear. She doesn't anything to change the outcome of things, never. In the end the prophecy is that she is the one who can save the sister...and guess what? She arrive just in time to see Anna save the day. And let Anna destroy Winfride.


And fate. It's about fate, but in the end[ing] fate is what we decide to do of our life: nodoby forced Winfride to do all the bad things she did. And that's the same that happens in real life, the same screwed childhood can produce a dedicated cop or a serial killer, strong depression or a strong push to enjoy life; we have inside us the light and the darkness and the freedom to choose.
'cause, speaking about gods and fate...ironically, while the Devil never did something bad or pushed someone to do it- notice how he is always just a watcher, never taking active part in any act of bad deeds-, when the good goddes appears...is just to curse the poor child.


As in life, good is not always good, evil is not inerently evil, inaction do not make you for free a good person, and nothing is already written.


(on a side note, I find it interesting that of the entire "good family" the father has fled, two are doing/have done nothing at all of their life, and the only one who is fighting for her "beliefs" is the "evil" one that everyone else is bullyfying)

[HolyFarglesnot]

Originally posted by Drizzt:

I was expecting an happy ending, too...but this one really shows us many things that happens in real life and that we often don't know/ignore/forget. The ending use Winfride as a "mean" to show us where the light and the darkness are...and they are not where we thought they are.


Winfride's mother is the baddie of the entire story, as she is to scared to grow up, move away from her comfort zone, and in the end she willingly sacrifice her daughter to the devil for the sake of not having to fight a single fight. Children are delicate entities mostly molded by their parent. And parents, they often forget, are they still humans and they should be aware of their own problems, limits and to know themselves before raising a child. Being a parent do not make you an omniscient god who don't need to understand and/or listen to your children.

The good daughter is totally inept, not good. She does nothing good for the entire story, she always decide to flee, she never take the side of the sister, she always pick up the easy way. She is a queen, and when it's the moment to protect her people flees and just destroys his son's life by turning him in a teddy bear. She doesn't anything to change the outcome of things, never. In the end the prophecy is that she is the one who can save the sister...and guess what? She arrive just in time to see Anna save the day. And let Anna destroy Winfride.


And fate. It's about fate, but in the end[ing] fate is what we decide to do of our life: nodoby forced Winfride to do all the bad things she did. And that's the same that happens in real life, the same screwed childhood can produce a dedicated cop or a serial killer, strong depression or a strong push to enjoy life; we have inside us the light and the darkness and the freedom to choose.
'cause, speaking about gods and fate...ironically, while the Devil never did something bad or pushed someone to do it- notice how he is always just a watcher, never taking active part in any act of bad deeds-, when the good goddes appears...is just to curse the poor child.


As in life, good is not always good, evil is not inerently evil, inaction do not make you for free a good person, and nothing is already written.


(on a side note, I find it interesting that of the entire "good family" the father has fled, two are doing/have done nothing at all of their life, and the only one who is fighting for her "beliefs" is the "evil" one that everyone else is bullyfying)

Great way of putting it. I really loved this game, and the ending was a punch in the gut, but the good kind.

[Taebrythn]

i think honestly it was a setup for a sequel if you pay attention the the credits. who says she is dead? she fell off and that is all we know. she was a powerful witch afterall. i honestly say sit tight and see if there is a 2nd one coming. i mean the game came out in 2015. so maybe in a year or two. i'm not sure how long anna's quest was in development or if the title is being worked on atm.

[Ferrum]

I definitely felt like that there will be a sequel. The ending of the credits where the Queen said do not talk about the Wanderer (which is btw is the Devil). Which means that the Queen is aware of who is the Wanderer really is. Plus, the Prince or Ben, said it out loud that the Wanderer is the true Evil here, by saying he tricked everyone. This so called "Wyrd", might have being just the Devil's trick from the start, if you think about it.

I feel like if there is a next game, the Devil may play a even bigger role in the story.

[Vash the Stampede]

Tragedy is how this game ends. This was the best adventure game I've played in years, and I wouldn't change it. I admit part of me wanted a storytale ending too, but that's not always how life works out. I'd kill for a sequel. Kickstart it if you have to.

[Michael M]

I am just going to leave this here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyEDDylzq_A&spfreload=10

[duckey.robbinson]

My biggest problem is that the one thing that somehow offsets the contrast between Winnie's story and what her role ended up being is that no one other than Anna realized how tragic Winnie was. Now, I'm an avid believer of the "cool motive, still murder" approach and like people said here, Winnie still performed horrible acts. But there's a lot to be said about everyone else's roles in it - basically, she's not the only villain. Winnie had just lost Hans and her mother instantly accused her of nothing short of murder - her own mother.
Also, saying Anna was the only one who offered forgiveness was trash-talk. Janika did it herself but was rejected by Winnie. If anything, the ending is made bearable for me because of the parallels drawn by these two - Janika is the one who really knows Winnie's entire story, including how Winnie rejected her forgiveness and acceptance. For all Winnie's frustration for her sister that their mother instilled in her, Janika loved her sister and accepted her fully. She, being an adult, simply knew when it was time to give up, something Anna has yet to learn, plus she only just found out about Winnie's past.

I guess, if anything, what bothers me isn't even the ending itself and Winnie's likely (though not certain) fate, so much as the narrative following it that feels lackluster. Winnie is a tragedy everyone's to blame for, Hans, about the purest character in the game, is dead, for all we know, their mother lived to a ripe old age, but instead of making a point about how true strength comes from within and that's why Anna managed to beat her quest whereas Winnie failed hers, they just make it all black and white again. And without a sequel, that tiny bit at the end of the credits doesn't amount to much, either - not to mention is so very, very easy to miss.

[American Dove Mitten]

Darth Vader did horrible things but he still got a chance to redeem himself . Palpatin manipulated his mind.

Anna's Quest is like watching all original StarWars movies but instead of Palpatine , Vader gets thrawn off and Empire wins .

You guys see where I am going with this ? XD

We find out that witch was set on a bad path by the devil and we had that hole introduction just to push her off the cliff .

You guys call it what you want but that ending could have been handled better . Unless it is like that on purpose for a sequel which may never come

[Futaleufu]

Great ending. I can see some parallels between this game's Wyrd and Satinav in Chains of Satinav/Memoria. The whole point of the last act is to point out that good and evil are not black and white, there a lot of shades of gray in between.

If you've played other games by Daedalic you can see the difference in storytelling in their games, which it's a lot darker. i remember many reviews criticising the Deponia games for that reason. It's like the reviewers still want every adventure game to follow the Sierra/Lucasarts formula.

[American Dove Mitten]

#Redeemed The Witch

I refuse to take that for an answer. I will save the Witch if I have to make the sequal myself XD

Blamed for a death thx to the Devil. Common now, for all we know this is not the only time he screw her over.