I couldnât wait to talk about about the finale, I know I played it like 5 days ago and yet I still canât stop thinking about it
This game had so much personality, thereâs so much funny dialogue and I really like the artstyle and battle backgrounds and the music was a bop, all the wacky segments and all the times society got corrupted kept me interested in the story too
I hope yaâll enjoyed it as much as I did, now that itâs the final week, a final occassion!
Say cheese sandwich!
First and foremost we gotta talk about them having their brains converted into computer programs along with their souls implanted into robotic vessels. I canât tell if this was a symbolic rite of passage like Magicant, or if it was just a random tuesday for this game. I thought it felt kinda spiritual or symbolic the way Andonuts put it, I was like oh damn when he went âYou must shed your soul from the confines of your physical bodyâ
I remember him mentioning the spaceship had healing/saving capabilities, and I thought he was alluding to the èäșș that showed up immediately, I thought I heard the healing sound or something similar when he showed up so I thought he was going to heal us and that was the healing capability lol
I felt bad for Andonuts because he used ăă㊠twice, he was like âAt the very least let me get a good look at your appearancesâ and for both their sakes he said âI at least wish for you to push the button by your own handsâ knowing their souls may not return and among the group was his own son
And when everything was all said and done with, he revealed that he almost went with them, now I want to see that scenario too
I had a good time wandering through spacetime, I was less interested in the enemies and more interested in exploring my surroundings albeit linear. It felt like we were astronauts. And then I couldnât believe how abruptly the game got freaky and said âthis is it, climb up this scary foreboding carnal digestive trackâ. Porky got freaky too, and everything was getting freaky Iâll tell you that much
The shift in music from chiptune to metal was awesome, also Porkyâs theme before the fight made me think there was a crow outside irl.
But now Iâm wonderingâŠ
What the heck is Gig? What do you MEAN he canât think or doesnât understand whatâs happening or all those other things Porky said? And the things he HIMSELF said
I feel like when the machine is off and you see the state heâs in, heâs so incoherent and corrupted that I feel like heâs more of a raw embodiment of negative emotions and torment, and in that sentiment I feel like what Porky said makes sense. But I wonder, is he really just an embodiment of negative emotions? If he canât think then whatâs got him so tormented? The fact that he says ăšăă 㥠and ăăăĄăă and repeatedly calls your name has got me the most curious, are these his thoughts? Your thoughts? Porkyâs thoughts? And what about his influence? Itâs corrupted everyone throughout the globe, and I like to think it corrupted even Ness himself with the boss in Magicant. When fighting him for real he even takes the form of Ness. My guess is that heâs not only a representation of peopleâs fears (which probably would explain how he corrupted so many) but also neglect, hence him saying ăšăă 㥠is like him yearning for friends, and when in Magicant when talking to Ness and Porky, the interpretation I got was that they both felt neglected
If you couldnât tell in the last screenshot I kinda ran outta udons oops. I put up the omega PSI shield in the first phase, big mistake. I thought Gig was saying new things and assumed it was a progress indicator so I didnât realize itâd be unwinnable without Paula. I also like how the long lines of dialogue also double as a climax for the concept of âfinish the turn quick to heal quickâ and the final boss happens to be the most difficult for having the longest turn (now I wonder if it wouldâve been advantageous to set the text speed to fastest)
And then when Paulaâs prayer reached somebody else and I realized what was happening, it blew my mind! It was so much fun pointing at the TV and getting hyped up knowing that I was the one saving the day, yaâll better have done that too! Iâll look dumb if I was the only one reacting like itâs Dora the Explorer. I knew it was going to be for something big when they asked for my name a second time in alphabetical letters and said to do it right because it was going to be important. The way the name gets revealed bit by bit almost made me think theyâd escalate it to the alphabetical form during the fight
Then back to the present, with all the new dialogue, splitting the finale into two weeks was the right call. I wouldâve wanted to go directly to the endgame, but in hindsight, if we did do that I probably wouldâve been out of steam near the end lol. But the ending bummed me out, I wanted to see the Tonzura Brothers! Theyâre the most important characters! Oh well, at least I got to see Venus. I really wanted to see everybodyâs reaction to the the aftermath of the attack on Onett, but nobody mentioned it, either that or I missed someone
Oh right I also had this screenshot, I donât remember if weâve seen them say ă before, but seeing it made something click, I think maybe the swirl on their spaceship is based off their font? (Which Iâve heard is based off Shigesato Itoiâs daughterâs handwriting)
I also messed up the screenshot but back at home, I love when the dog is like âAll the other dogs donât know, but I knowâ thatâs such a funny line lol
And finally, the credits, and seeing what all the cheese sandwiches were for, and what my name was for, complemented by that awesome medley, that and me shouting at the TV, those got to be my favorite parts of this whole finale
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Definitely looking forward to seeing the ending in the next couple days!
Probably nothing though and maybe Iâll give starting something bigger a shot once Iâm cleared.