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I liked the game! The story is interesting and I like the characters! Angel and Lee have such an interesting dynamic how they bring stuff out in each other and Angel kinda pushes Lee to do things he wouldn't usually. The art is beautiful and I could stare at the pixel art for hours. However my main problem comes from one of the endings.


[MAJOR SPOILERS]

Its very clear you intended for there to be a good ending and a bad ending. The "bad ending" having a pretty somber and vague end with no clear implications of what happens to Angel after Lee kills himself.

The "good ending" has more effort put into it, it gives a clear ending to Angel's and Lee's lives together after the events of the game. A fully animated montage that shows them moving in and even replaces the main title background; but honestly? The "good ending" gave me such an ick. Moving in with your stalker who went out of his way to kill someone and involve you in a crime you never asked him to commit.

The game tells us time and time again Angel is weaker than Lee, they're lonely and its revealed no one was looking for Angel when they disappeared. If you accept Lee's feelings it definitely feels like Lee is taking advantage of Angel's lonely and clingy behavior. The "good ending" gives me a bit of an ick. Its mentioned throughout the game how weak Angel is and Lee comes off as an intimidating presence in the end. I genuinely thought Lee was gonna do something drastic to Angel in the end that leaned into his mental illness and Angels rejection would throw them off the pedestal Lee put them on, a pedestal Angel should've never been on to begin with.


Don't get me wrong, I love this game! I love the relationship between Angel and Lee.  These are characters with deep rooted trauma and mental illness who try to navigate through life the best they can and its nice that they found each other and found some comfort with each other but I WISH the game leaned more into the dysfunctional aspect of their relationship in the endings (Lee's obsession and Angel's desperation for intimacy), I wish the game truly said something about these topics but it really doesnt.

Good comment; I largely agree.

autist here, i found myself largely relating to lee, of obsessing over a person and wanting to know everything about them, to be there for them, to know their history n stuff. But if the person tells me to just stop, I stop stalking and obsessing over them, but they occasionally pop into my mind but i'm able to rid of it quickly. I dunno if its the same for everyone but you just kind of respect / like them too much to disregard their opinion and want.

Same, mate, really dislike being "forced" to follow a narrative I personally feel disgusted by.

wow you really put my thoughts into words!!!!! honestly i liked the "bad" ending more because it felt more, hopeful, to me? maybe we're supposed to assume that angel's life only gets worse or goes back to the way it was from there but... i dunno, to me it feels like they're a survivor. they may be described as weak but imo they're pretty strong to be able to step away from a situation like that all by themselves, and to have been supporting themself all this time. im somone who likes to think that life can always get better, no matter how bad it currently is, (that mantra has helped me get through a lot) and i think angel's a strong enough person who would be able to get better. maybe i just projected onto them too much lmao. the "good" ending really did give me the ick tho, and i 100% agree that looking more at their dysfunction instead of just pretending that they're gonna be a totally happy perfect couple now would've made it better. sorry for the long reply, your comment was just the first i saw that really resonated with me lol.