Who did you fight? [END GAME SPOILERS]

[Azüre]

I am, of course, referring to at the end. Who was your final team/what-ish did they say to you (Not expecting you to remember verbatim xD). I ask because I find it interesting how much the context of the ending itself changes for you depending on who you had.

Like, I've heard some of your teammates basically go all "I just wanted to ♥♥♥♥ Buddy", which kind of makes Brad going at them seem more logical a choice. In my case, though, I had Nern, Mad Dog and Birdie who basically all were just like "Come on, man, understand she's not yours and let's move on" and Brad responded by killing them which is just... damn.

[Heantrad]

Bo: Your death won't be in bane.
Sonny: Harvey, I know, but we need to do this.
Jack: I was born after The Flash, I never meet a girl, I want to know how she is like.
They don't say exactly that, but it's what I remember.
Actually, after reading them again, all of them want to ♥♥♥♥ Buddy

[cccmar]

Rage (exactly what you're saying - he just wanted to have Buddy all along)
Terry (his speech is absolutely the best and the longest of the bunch, really moving and thought-provoking - basically, he treats Brad as a friend)
Harvey (he wants justice)

[Heantrad]

Originally posted by cccmgr:

Rage (exactly what you're saying - he just wanted to have Buddy all along)
Terry (his speech is absolutely the best and the longest of the bunch, really moving and thought-provoking - basically, he treats Brad as a friend)
Harvey (he wants justice)

Harvey or Sonny?

[cccmar]

Let me quote Harvey (I know that we don't need spoiler tags, but some people may still not want to see the exact quote): It was nice working with you pal, but justice needs to be served. So yeah, that's basically it. Many characters seem to have really good lines, but I haven't seen all of them yet.

[Lucky Kharms]

I had Nern, Ajeet, and Birdie for my first playthrough. They were all pretty nice actually.
Nern: For the first time in my life I'm speechless... Brad my boy... This is history, and it's for the best. The girl is not yours.
Birdie: Aah hell... I guess this is it eh? One last drink for the workin' man.
Ajeet: We have to protect our futures. And after this our children's futures... It should never be about one man. His people come first. This is the lesson you need to be taught.

I always wondered what everybody said, there should be a list of it somewhere. I specifically used different party members at the end for each of my playthroughs to see, but obviously i haven't seen them all. Fardy was a jerk. I felt bad with Terry most, his sprite in that battle was just... traumatizing. hahah

[Commissar Jake]

I battled... EVERYONE. Legit, I actually compiled a list of every single end game charecter line back in December (It's still on the forum, just look up Companion Final Dialog if you want to read them all) but I've got to say the best line really goes to Terry and for good reason, It's just so heartfelt.

[Ajogamer]

First runthrough:
Geese: Fly away, fly away. Fight another day... Fight another day...
Bo : ... Your death won't be for nothing... I'll miss you.
Harvey: It was nice working with you pal. But Justice needs to be served.

Made me sad to fight them since I liked those guys, but Harvey's quote seems pretty nonchalant about it, and Geese's seems more like a warning than anything else. Bo's was the one that hit me a bit more, though knowing some of the other quotes now, I can see it's definitely on the lighter end far as emotional end quotes go.

Second Runthrough:
Terry: "Brad... I've been a loser my whole life. Hanging around you has made me feel strong for once. Like a man... The first day we met was the best day of my life. ... Even before the world changed... Maybe you don't feel the same way... But you're my best friend dude. It's just this... Brad, this is our future your messing with... I'm sorry. We can't let you do this."
Shocklord: "I don't like this... Guys this ain't right. Brad I don't want to hurt you! Stand down! Please..."
Rage: "I've wanted her since the beginning. What did you expect from us Brad?"

Now this one hit me much harder. Terry's is no doubt the best quote out of everyone's, and really hit me hard. Made using him that runthrough really feel worth it too. Shocklord's is also a really good one, plus the whole tag-team thing to recruit him made me feel a bit more attached to him than some other party members even before that. Their battle sprites really adds to it too; you can tell they're all torn up inside and feeling conflicted... Rage can go die in a fire though. No remorse in killing that guy. (that said though, I really like how some of the party member end quotes show that some of 'em are total scumbags/and or hate Brad's guts.)

I can't remember my exact party formations on the couple other runs I did, but here are a few of my other favorites:

Carp: "... ..." (Followed by) "Brad..."

Looks simple at first to the point I wrote it off as nothing much when I first read the quote out of game, but when I actually saw it in-game, I realized that it was carp saying "Brad..." (misread it as Brad simply going "..." initially), plus he lets out a small fishman whimper when he says Brad's name, too. It kinda hit me since this is the only word Carp speaks in the entire game (probably helped a bit that I really grew to like him as a party member too). Sometimes less is more, I guess.

Fardy: "You killed my brother... After everything my family has done for you... It's because of me you got this far... And it's because of me you won't get any further. It's time to die Brad."

I found this one kinda interesting since Fardy seemed rather meek and depressed, so I wasn't expecting more powerful words from him. He's really got a lot of reason to hate Brad though, so I can definitely see why. That said though, while I do feel sorry for Fardy, he still seems kinda lame (you're no Inigo Montoya, sorry).

Also, here's that thread Commisar Jake mentioned, in case anyone wants to see all the character quotes and doesn't feel like searching for it:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/335670/discussions/0/626329820776536794/

(Thanks for compiling all those, by the way!)

[Miles Bluefalls]

Fardy's a dimwit. He got saved from being violated over and over, his other brother's fine, and it's the brother who stated outright that he tried to (and wanted to keep pursuing) get a piece of Buddy who got killed.
At that point, the fat loser should know to cut his losses and just start running. Of course, in my games, he's usually the first one used for Russian Roulette fodder, knowing what I know now...

[Kosae]

I had Terry, Buckets, and Tiger Man.
So my ending literally went like:

Terry: *A heartfelt speech about companionship*, followed by:
Tiger Man: ...
Buckets: ...

[Thana🍉]

Originally posted by ༼つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give LIL' HAUNT:

Actually, after reading them again, all of them want to ♥♥♥♥ Buddy

This was my problem with what a lot a lot of people branding Brad as the "villain."

Brad might be overprotective, and he's definitely done many questionable things in the game, but with that in mind, both sides are trying to force Buddy to take their side; Brad wants to protect Buddy, but everyone else in the end has the goal, explicitly or otherwise, to use Buddy to continue the human race.

The problem with this being that Buddy is her own individual. "Humanity" as a species has no right to claim her as her own, which is what it seems the uncles and Rando and the teammates imply. In all honesty, considering Buddy's age Brad has more merit to what he's doing, trying to keep her from outsiders while the uncles want her not as her own person, but for their species as a whole. I've no doubt Rando and the uncles would have respected her wishes when she'd come of age, and with that in mind probably the only reason Buddy was found out at this young age was her own doing, or perhaps Buzzo's (I doubt), as if she had been a young adult or at least a teenager I can see a much more peaceful story unfolding with Brad letting her into the world as long as he believes it's safe (as shown with the mask he created, for example... he is not that unreasonable).


Buddy overall came off as naive and even spoilt, even though I knew she wasn't; all she's looking at is her own point of view of not being able to do as she pleases, but she doesn't even have much of an idea what is in store for her, or even the intentions of some of the people surrounding her are... she's sheltered as ♥♥♥♥, which admittedly is Brad's and the uncles' fault, moreso Brad's admittedly.

Brad's no hero, but he's no villain either, and he's honestly the only one truly looking out for Buddy. The uncles have a fair cause, but in the end summing it up they're trying to burden Buddy with the fate of humanity (which I would argue she doesn't owe a damn to), and at her young age no less.