Are the summaries at the end before it goes into the details about each country supposed to be quite so negative? I had previously gotten something about how bad it was, despite there being an amazing outcome for all countries, "new era, etc etc" for all except revaire, and this time, when I did get revaire to have a PEACEFUL transfer of power on top of everything else, and got the achievement for all 7 nations reaching peace, I got "all it did was delay the inevitable," then proceeded to get an awesome summary of how great everything went in every country and multiple new golden ages :,) I also got "since the peace Katyia fought so hard for failed" on the same save where I had just gotten the achievement for every country receiving peace :/
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the comments there go all legendary > all good >all peace > some bad > all bad
Delay the inevitable I think happens with the all peace or better- implying that the renewed peace wasn’t strong enough to prevent the summit/treaties from breaking over the next generations (not immediately bad things, just not long term fixed) and you will get it if you didn’t a good/legendary outcome even once (it only takes one future conflict to break the agreement with the isle)
That being said I’m definitely open to adding some more variations if the current partial success ones feel too punishing <3
Ahh, I definitely see what you're talking about, however, just imo, others might feel differently, the current wording does feel very harsh, as even the peaceful endings are hard to get, and when I saw "it only delayed the inevitable," I thought that was almost a fail state lol, and then the actual outcomes were all so positive and happy, even if not perfect it felt like such a tone shift. Such a tone shift that I literally thought it was a bug :P Maybe something a bit more like "a tenuous peace was formed, though whether it lasted would be up to future generations." and not have the kinda sad music playing lol
Part of the reason I feel that way, I think, is because yes generations later something bad might happen, but that doesn't negate the good that was done NOW, by our MC's generation, who forged something very difficult. After all, Katyia's legacy doesn't last perfectly forever if we fail, but that doesn't mean it wasn't impactful and important and saved millions of lives. ofc, securing peace for everyone isn't permanent, the world is ALWAYS going to keep changing, laws of entropy and all that, but especially with so many countries performing cultural exchanges and learning and growing, it seemed harsh to just say what the ending did, and again, it was such a stark contrast to how the scenes themselves afterwards panned out. The island itself disappearing was also disappointing when you manage an all-peace ending, but that might just be my personal taste. Though why wasn't revaire's bloody revolution installing the current regime enough to make the island disappear in the first place? that seems more serious than just the potential for some war in the future that the MC's generation has no control over, but also going by that, it wouldn't be breaking the code if revaire had another revolution, right? so maybe all peace except revaire?
I do think I had better endings for the other countries when I didn't spend time creating a peaceful revoluton in reviaire, but the tonal shift for that ending was also a bit jarring, "history remembered your summit as bad," and then it was just revaire's revolution (which is hard to find, discover, and stop) seems harsh as well, when every other nation came out with unprecedented peace and cultural exchanges, etc etc etc.
I think keeping the criteria for the ending state itself rather strict is fine, I just think the wording of it made it seem like imperfect peace is worth almost nothing, when the info that followed it was all bright and happy, you know?