The ending was a surprise.
Not at all. You can just climb back up to Meriloft.Loving the game, but stuck in Vella's story. I'm in Shellmound and from looking around it seems I need a peach from back in Merriloft? I must have missed it, but could very easily continue the story. Am I screwed?
I saw the ending coming but that didn't really lessen the enjoyment I got from watching it unfold nor my curiosity as to why it was happening at all. I switched back and forth between the two stories throughout the game and together they give you enough clues to piece things together.
The biggest clue for me was noticing that the representations of the survivors on Shay's computer monitor looked much like the maidens. My suspicions were all but confirmed when I noticed that the final "survivor" you snagged in particular - who Shay felt strongly had to be grabbed - even depicted Vella's distinctive headpiece.
I started with Shay and played through his part in a single run, then moving to Vella's story, so I wasn't provided with as many clues about the intertwined nature of the stories. I'm curious about what points in the story you switched over. Most of the reason I didn't change back and forth was because I didn't ever feel like there was a good stopping point in Shay's tale.
Too many questions for me to get on that theory. Why is Shay's world dying out? Can we trust that story at all? DEG mentions the same thing, but he was probably around the same age when he crashed into Shellmound for whatever reason. He may have heard the same story from his own ship's mom computer, so while he has no apparent reason to lie, that doesn't mean he knows the truth about things. What the hell could have happened that even 300 years later Shay is needed to go out and kidnap girls for repopulation when there is at least one ship going out every 13-14 years?I did not see the ending coming. But I felt like i should of.
The arm grabbing "puzzles" were lame. So I am glad that had such a huge story benefit.
I agree with the world repopulation theory. Shay's world is dying out. They need to repopulate, so they pick up women (the best women), and bring them back to the home planet.
I didn't switch that many times, but when I did they were at comfortable spots. I basically switched characters when they got to a new area or a new situation of some sort.
I started with Vella then went over to Shay when she got to Meriloft. Then from Shay I switched back after Marek entered the picture. Then I finished up Meriloft with Vella, went back to Shay till his part ended, then back to Vella again to finish off the game. Shay's part of the story was notably shorter, at least in my experience.
I did not see the ending coming. But I felt like i should of.
The arm grabbing "puzzles" were lame. So I am glad that had such a huge story benefit.
I agree with the world repopulation theory. Shay's world is dying out. They need to repopulate, so they pick up women (the best women), and bring them back to the home planet.
Grabbin' Gary's just trying to enjoy his work.I played straight thru Vella first then all the way thru Shay after. No switching. When I saw the arm game I was like "Holy shit, is this what I think is going to happen?" And it did. Kinda creepy.
What was up with the Eye of Sauron looking thing at the end of Shay's Act 1? Why would Project Dandelion design the ships to look like that? If he was never truly in space, what was the Spaceweaver doing while the ship was supposedly warping around?
Just finished it. Really liekd it but it's bugging the HELL out of me that Vella suddenly knows that the DEGs name is Alex without him ever introducing himself.
The eye thing was epic. Maybe that's what Mom actually looks like.
Shay is a clone methinksI was convinced the dead eye god was Shay.
Shay is a clone methinks
If you complete first the Vella's story... you see Shay exiting the Mog Chatra?
If you complete Vella's story first, it cuts after Mog Chothra crashes and the wave hits her, but before she gets up to see the wreckage.
Now I wonder if Mom actually was a sacrifice girl, or if Mog was a creation of Steel Bunting. I had Marek pegged as "actually a bad guy" from the outset, but now I'm uncertain of which side of the proverbial morality scale he falls on.
Really enjoyed this a lot. Favorite bits were probably the talking spoon's monologue if you don't pick him up, and the talking tree was amusing as well.
I was fairly sure Marek was just a disguised "Mom" trying to fool Shay with some new simulation to give him the thrill of excitement, because the old simulations weren't enough for a teenager anymore, but I admittedly didn't made the mental connection to the maidens kidnapping until I noticed how the last one looked similar to Vella.I had Marek pegged as "actually a bad guy" from the outset, but now I'm uncertain of which side of the proverbial morality scale he falls on. Oh, and is Shellmound Prima Doom because the dead eye god was there?