So anyone else disappointed by that ending?

[butteredbandits]

I was getting really into the game, learning the history of the world and I got really invested in figuring out what was going on and stopping the void. So when I finally got to the end cutscene and was left hanging it felt so abrupt. I felt like there was no closure. You don't even know if Auk survives, or if the world gets put back together. It just felt like a huge cop-out.

[Comric]

Yes and no, sure the ending is shocking but there can be.
It is still too early to draw conclusions but you understand that it is a big cliffhanger, maybe the Forgotten Key Devs have something in mind.

[Mandrake42]

This wasn't a cliffhanger, there just wasnt really an eding. At this stage all we can presume is that she and the void are destroyed and that possibly the land is saved? (Even though there were only 3 other people left). You shouldn't need a sequel to give you the ending the previous game. I don't mind a teaser for a sequel in an ending (Batman Arkham Asylum comes to mind). Im not a fan of a game having no ending at all like this one did.

[Comric]

I remain of the idea that is an open end, you'd think so too if you think well to all the lore read around islands, since you can't see anything after that precise point of the final. (I write so because I don't want to spoil).
Anyway Forgotten Key Devs said they are working on a new project of which don't yet want to say anything but they haven't even ruled out the hypothesis of a sequel.
...and sincerely if you allow, I prefer to wait and see, since the ambiance-lore of the game created is fantastic and has one of the best animal flight systems that you can find on the square. I would be much more than happy if a sequel came out.

[butteredbandits]

I agree that the game has one of the best, if not the best animal flight systems ever and I would adore a sequel. It was an absoloute joy to play, to explore, and I loved how the lore was presented.

I spent a lot of time examining the lore and the story, I did a second playthrough in fact just to make sure I'd found everything.

I like open-endings to games but this one left me feeling abandoned rather than with a feeling of wonder and curiosity. For example Journey was a game with an open ending that left me feeling fufilled.

I agree with Mandrake42 above that a game shouldn't need a sequel to tell you the ending of the previous game.

[Comric]

True but it is also true that its one of the 3 techniques usually used by the developers in general and well preferred by Indi Devs because it fits well for 3 reasons to the nature of their product and business.

[Nova]

Yah that ending brought this game out of my fav's. I was inlove with this game untill the ending just... stoped. it didnt end it just stoped. I dont usualy care for open endings but i dont hate them either. This didnt feel like an open ending it felt like im msiing the rest of the game. Im left with more questions than before the ending and not even a hint of an answer i could come up with myself because i didnt even have enough information to ask what i should about the charater.

[Moonlightfox]

When she said "with what you really are" I assumed there was going to be some kind of flying skill gauntlet in bird form or something. But there was nothing, you just auto-win in a cutscene. That really took the wind out of my sails.

[/dev/NULL>skydart]

I really would have loved to see a glimpse of what happend "outside" after the final...

[Raynefalle]

I agree. I loved playing the game, but the ending felt like they forgot to include a scene. With everything you learn towards the end like everything Karah's light tells you while in the shrine about making it all whole you'd expect more. I was left disappointed.

[Name Lips]

I get the feeling that the creator's shrine was supposed to be another level with puzzles to solve, but for some reason was cut short, and all we got was a cut scene.

The game is effecively over once you finish the third shrine. The whole journey back, activating the lighthouse, going to the creators shrine, all are just an extended cutscene with no more real gameplay. No more puzzles to solve, no more places to explore.

[Radon]

Well, that ending is really disappointing. The game didn't even ruin or confirm some of my theories! And it didn't even tell anything about these black rocks that ruin stuff and kill animals. Why do they ruin stuff? And why some of these start glowing after being "lit" by Karah's lantern?
And the "ghosts". What are they? The imprints of some strong feelings? And where did ALL PEOPLE go? There were a plenty in The Land of Gods... Before...
I have a theory that The Creator = The Void-thing. Because of ruined "wings" (a fallen angel reference!) and, most importantly, a large hole in place of the heart. See? The Creator tried to rip his heart because of Void corruption, but he was late, I assume...

[DrAcid]

Super disappointed by the ending. SO MUCH build-up, so much anticipation, in the end - complete anti-climax. Seems like someone super rushed the game. Out of time, or out of money..? .just curious.

[Fellow Traveler]

I don't think the ending was bad at all. Does every ending need to hold your hand and gently explain every last bit of the narrative? I don't think so. Unanswered questions are what fuel players to keep thinking about the game after the fact.

I agree it could have had some puzzles or what not.

Also it seems pretty clear that they were both obliterated and the world begins to heal. The achievement is, after all, called "equilibrium".

[Nova]

theres a diffrence between leaving questions and just leaving a bad taste in the mouth.

[DrAcid]

Originally posted by Taralanth:

theres a diffrence between leaving questions and just leaving a bad taste in the mouth.

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