That was phenomenal. I felt a sheer whirlwind of emotions. Every time I caught onto something, I was desperately hoping Theodore would see it.
The first ending implemented is so bittersweet. Just playing through left an ache in my heart for everyone. It is definitely a satisfactory ending. Even a tragic and bittersweet ending is still an ending, and I appreciate that.
That all said, NOT THE ENDING I'M PLAYING FOR DAMNIT~! I fully intend to jump on the next available routes. This is not how I'm gonna end the story! I want to see everything played to its most logical conclusion! And hopefully, a happy one.
Kudos to the writers and everyone involved. This is peak storytelling. I say this as an avid collector of stories and teller of them. If a story can catch a person's heart, it's superbly written. It certainly captured mine. Like I said, my heart ached for everyone at the end of this route. Well done, I tip my proverbial hat in the direction of everyone who made this story happen!
I actually never saw the video trailer but in the game even I'm curious about the blacked out character icons. As for compasses I haven't heard anything about that in-game just yet.
Now that you mention compasses though, I've always been curious about the pendant's design in Walter's picture. Reminded me of a compass the first time I looked at it. Don't be sorry about saying too much either. We all enjoy the game and I just learned something interesting. After all, I didn't know about the compasses until now.
In Gil's route Mark gave the pendant to Gil. I think though for the story, the pendant is already in the possession of whoever's route you choose. Kinda like fate binding the owners of the pendants together. It's been alluded to in one of their routes in a flashback that the pendants are tied to a very particular and important story that Walter told Mark which is why Mark got them for himself and Walter before Walter moved away.
