LogFAQs > #896600860

The ending is really good, because it actually judges you for your choice. Both choices are valid, but one is obviously evil and selfish.

That's really cool, because the whole contradiction of the game and the time reversing and choice-based games like this in general is that you can get everything you want and make everyone happy. Basically, if there's a choice you like and a choice you don't, then it's not actually a choice. You need to be angry and disappointed with your choice for it to actually have any weight.

This concept is expressed a lot throughout the game (allowing Kate to die is the strongest example, but only if it happens) but the final choice makes it super explicit that that is the core message of the game. It sounds kinda cheating to say that you are not supposed to like the ending, but I think this game does more than enough effort to make the message meaningful and deserved.

That being said, the Save Arcadia Bay ending is the "good" one and like all the choices in the game, you need to see it to get a complete understanding of the game.
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