This was so refreshing and enjoyable to play, every single time I would find myself waiting for the hero to enter through the door (a feeling I imagine, the queen shared). Its such a rewarding narrative to play through, the music and animations only add to its overwhelming beauty, the storytelling and symbolism in the animations and dialogue is absolutely phenomenal, the setting is breathtaking. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH F OR MAKING THIS MASTERPIECE <333
SPOILERS IF YOU HAVENT PLAYED YET ( DO SO IMMEDIATELY)
I wish we could see the dark queen get to resurrect somehow, to be able to change in the manner she is told of by the hero, to possess the capacity for change that the hero employs throughout the story. Regardless, its a thoroughly rewarding thing to see the story unfold as it does with the queen dying near someone who she considered a worthy opponent, someone who changed her perspective in some way.
It's an unconventional relationship, but so endearing. To watch as the one you have come to know moves onto where you cannot follow.
There's such an interesting dynamic to behold with a static game boss doomed to repeat the same moves and see as their opponent (who's become their only company, a presence they now somewhat cherish) who is destined to get better to progress, something which the boss is fundamentally incapable of doing, the manner in which the queen's physicality changes in regard to the hero is s perfectly indicative of this, how the hero changes from just a simple challenger whom she snaps out of existence to someone who she cradles upon death waiting for their return.
There's really nothing more to say other than to laud this game (anti-game) for being both subversive and conventional, for making me remember all the times I would learn every single move of a boss just to fail again and again (the feeling of catharsis when I'd finally beat it ), thank you for making it. The only thing to dislike is that I couldn't play more, stay with these beautiful characters for longer, but as it goes that all good things must come to an end.
I'm looking forward to whatever you'll choose to create next, looking at this, I'm sure it'll be something just as perfect.