Sad or happy ending? *spoilers*

ANTIDEAD · 07-22-2012, 10:23 AM

So the player climbs up the tower and jumps, apparently becoming a bird and flying off the island. Do you think this is meant to be a sad or happy ending?

I take it as a happy ending, that whoever we're controlling is now free of the island.

Saijin_Naib · 07-22-2012, 12:38 PM

Depends how you feel about death.

The narrator talks about how he has become the island, and the various places represent different parts of his body and life.

I take it as him freeing himself of the island is his death, and his path to being reunited with Esther Donnely and Paul Jackobson.

necro21267 · 07-22-2012, 02:46 PM

If you read my thread, you'll see my feelings on the whole game. I believe the ending leaves big...no, huge, no, GAPING plotholes that need to be sorted out.

I feel like it's just sloppy writing. Sure, it's easy to have the character jump off the beacon and then you see a bird, but it doesn't really explain anything. It just leaves more questions than it answers.

For me, a game should tell the vast majority of its storyline in the game. I feel like Dear Esther would be a 10x better experience if the story was better written and told to the player in it's entirety.

I feel like the story is a jigsaw puzzle. We've been given bits of it, but we don't know what we're building, so we're left with lots of useless pieces of information and we're missing the big picture.

BigPD7 · 07-22-2012, 05:39 PM

For one instance, like Saijin said, it's the narrator liberating himself from his island, which was far, far away from everyone, as the narrator sees himself fall off sanity just like the former resident, Jakobson.
On the other hand, it can be taken as sad, as you see a man lost in his loneliness and losing himself to free from the island the hard way. I believe it's a matter of the player's interpretation, which is what made me like this storyline this much.

Irongiant666 · 07-23-2012, 01:18 AM

I've always thought of it as a happy ending.

07-22-2012, 10:23 AM	#1
ANTIDEAD Join Date: Nov 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 10	Sad or happy ending? spoilers So the player climbs up the tower and jumps, apparently becoming a bird and flying off the island. Do you think this is meant to be a sad or happy ending? I take it as a happy ending, that whoever we're controlling is now free of the island.

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07-22-2012, 12:38 PM	#2
Saijin_Naib Foreign Legion: BoB forum Volunteer Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Reputation: 663 Posts: 3,433	Depends how you feel about death. The narrator talks about how he has become the island, and the various places represent different parts of his body and life. I take it as him freeing himself of the island is his death, and his path to being reunited with Esther Donnely and Paul Jackobson.

07-22-2012, 02:46 PM	#3
necro21267 Banned Join Date: Jul 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 29	If you read my thread, you'll see my feelings on the whole game. I believe the ending leaves big...no, huge, no, GAPING plotholes that need to be sorted out. I feel like it's just sloppy writing. Sure, it's easy to have the character jump off the beacon and then you see a bird, but it doesn't really explain anything. It just leaves more questions than it answers. For me, a game should tell the vast majority of its storyline in the game. I feel like Dear Esther would be a 10x better experience if the story was better written and told to the player in it's entirety. I feel like the story is a jigsaw puzzle. We've been given bits of it, but we don't know what we're building, so we're left with lots of useless pieces of information and we're missing the big picture.

07-22-2012, 05:39 PM	#4
BigPD7 Join Date: Dec 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 34	For one instance, like Saijin said, it's the narrator liberating himself from his island, which was far, far away from everyone, as the narrator sees himself fall off sanity just like the former resident, Jakobson. On the other hand, it can be taken as sad, as you see a man lost in his loneliness and losing himself to free from the island the hard way. I believe it's a matter of the player's interpretation, which is what made me like this storyline this much.

07-23-2012, 01:18 AM	#5
Irongiant666 Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 40 Posts: 403	I've always thought of it as a happy ending.