I'm utterly exhausted by tragic gay stories where gay people don't get to be happy so this earned Gone Home some huge points for me
I get this and I agree to an extent. I think a tragic/downer ending would have undermined a lot of the game's themes, not to mention the issue you brought up. But I also think teenagers, even in a very happy relationship, probably haven't found their true love. To me that's just like, an implication of heartbreak down the road? Idk maybe I'm just cynical.
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Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else.