BassForever
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Marek is either the true bad guy, or the only real good guy. I flip flop on how I feel about his character
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.
In retrospective I realized I should have.
I still have no idea of the details about Marek's intentions, by the way.
I loved Act 1, so many awesome characters, F'ther laying golden eggs
My interpretation of Marek was that he was as fake as the rest of the ship. Just the next step in Shay's development. Like the teenage mode that kicks in at a certain point, allowing Shay access to more adult "missions".
He may well be human under that costume, but I think he's still part of the program.
Now i'm just wondering why it was always too dangerous to stay for all the maidens, and why he always had to pull out before the last ones.
Did Marek know about Vella then?
Yet Alex states that he crash-landed on this planet and calls his vessel a spaceship iirc, and his mention of Project Dandelion clearly makes a connexion between his ship and Shay's Mog Chothra.You're forgetting that they're not actually from space, though. At the end the stars fall off the inside of Mog, and he comes from underwater each time. Granted, he could still be repopulating a country or something, just not a planet.
Yet Alex states that he crash-landed on this planet and calls his vessel a spaceship iirc, and his mention of Project Dandelion clearly makes a connexion between his ship and Shay's Mog Chothra.
That said, maybe he was just deceived and didn't know about his vessels true appearance, just like Shay was.
Well, if we can assume that the tip of the pyramid is part of the vessel, it doesn't *look* much like Mog Chothra. Why are they so wildly different?
I think Vellas grandmother is an important person in all this. Wasnt it she who started the maiden ceromony thing?
I was constantly assuming that there was no actual danger and Marek being in hurry was all part of the act to make Shay feel more excited about this stuff.Now i'm just wondering why it was always too dangerous to stay for all the maidens, and why he always had to pull out before the last ones.
Did Marek know about Vella then?
Once the mog thrashes you can see that the ship lies inside of it and the outer layer that is 'painted" like space is the mog.
Oh, I didn't imagine it structured like that, I thought the Mog was the ship, not the Mog being the ship within the facade.
I guess that means the knife's still in there somewhere. And, for that matter, not as free as it thought, so I guess the droids don't know the facade's a facade either?
I think Vellas grandmother is an important person in all this. Wasnt it she who started the maiden ceromony thing?
The knife being Broken Age's Murray would be a fantastic turn of events.It will be a missed opportunity if that knife didn't end up stuck in the tree.
I wonder what the deal with Alex is. If he did the same thing Shae is doing before crashing, where are his maidens? Did he maybe populate that planet?
And what "surprise" is Mom preparing for Shay in the locked room?
I wonder what the deal with Alex is. If he did the same thing Shae is doing before crashing, where are his maidens? Did he maybe populate that planet?
And just in general how much of Shae's adventure was intentional. The space suit stuff for example seems a little crazy to have been planed ahead, but I would take it.
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.
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. Oh, and is Shellmound Prima Doom because the dead eye god was there?
I just wish there was more! I really wanted to keep playing. Only took me 4 hours to finish :'(
Does it allow you to complete Vella 100% before Shay? I really think a new player should get to the Shay ending before Vellas.
Does it allow you to complete Vella 100% before Shay? I really think a new player should get to the Shay ending before Vellas.
8 hours for an adventure game is pretty good. The real tragedy is the splitting into two parts.
Actually that's probably too strong a word, but definitely an unfortunate financial necessity.
I think, even if the Vella story switches before the reveal, playing Vella then Shay would be much easier to see the twist. Just my opinion. I played Shay's full, then Vella's. Loved the ending.
I think, even if the Vella story switches before the reveal, playing Vella then Shay would be much easier to see the twist. Just my opinion. I played Shay's full, then Vella's. Loved the ending.
As it happens, I played it Vella-then-Shay, and I thought the twist would be easier to see if you played Shay's first!
It might simply be that it works pretty well both ways.
As it happens, I played it Vella-then-Shay, and I thought the twist would be easier to see if you played Shay's first!
It might simply be that it works pretty well both ways.
Edit: On which note, was it said why Alex went into cryogenic suspension? I forget.
So here's something I've been wondering.
On the ship, there's quite a few remaining mysteries and interesting objects that that may well be resolved/used in part 2 - the captured maidens in the hold, the mystery door the computer won't let you go past, Marek's identity, re-entering the train simulation, the little 'ejecting trash into space' receptacle. Vella's ongoing discovery is clear.
On the earthly side of the story, though, I'm not sure what interesting hooks remain. The snake, perhaps. I think there's perhaps a bit more to deal with with Harm'ny Lightbeard. But beyond that... most things seem to have been adequately resolved and explained. I'm curious what direction Shay's story will go in. Maybe he'll be investigating the history of the Maiden's Feast? Certainly, talking to Alex should be interesting.
Edit: On which note, was it said why Alex went into cryogenic suspension? I forget.
What's the deal with the snake? I must have spent about 30 mins screwing around with that thing in total.
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