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Pirateking2000

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Chaos?

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MariaTaylor posted...
FakeAccount3000 posted...
Yeah Im not even sure what a good end looks like tbh


catastrophy15 posted...
This is a Lovecraftian style game it always ends in either defeat or a bitter tasting victory


I would say the three types of endings to expect from a lovecraftian story are (from good to bad)

1. the character(s) are awakened to unnerving new forms of knowledge relating to things beyond human comprehension. their momentary triumph is undercut by the fact that they must return to a 'normal' life while this knowledge remains burning in the back of their mind and they can never do anything about it, but dreading the implications and what those might entail for the future of the human world. (yes this is the best. coincidentally it's also the most common.)

2. the characters are sacrificed in some way to forces beyond their own comprehension. probably the least common type of ending that I can think of, but it does happen from time to time. I wouldn't consider this one to be the worst just because the death of one mortal character is really a drop in the pond on the cosmic scale. (if you consider different characters in this story can have different endings, maria and cata would fall here)

3. the characters are corrupted knowingly or unknowingly, or perhaps have been corrupted all along, and later act in service to the unknowable forces of the unseen universe. hard to list examples since obviously naming them would spoil the ending of any story I name, but I think this is probably the second most common. this is similar to ending 1 but I consider it to be by far the worst, because it shows an active frame of corruption where humans (usually capable 'main character' type humans) are now acting in service of those dark forces, rather than just 'they exist somewhere out there and there's nothing we can do about it.' has worse long term implications for the health and safety of the human world.

coincidentally, the three endings of bloodborne also reflect all of these ending types! it's one of the ways in which you can really identify the lovecraftian influence of that game.


(Not having Childhood's Beginning as best ending type).

Its like you DON'T want to become an eldritch god kid that is also a squid with a waifu doll caretaker or something.

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