oah...
This story is just amazing, I loved it !... That's so sad...
Great, really !
Reviews for "Beyond Darkness"
I like cheesy and mysterious so this hit perfect spot for me. XD
Since you requested it in your comments, a typo I saw, mom makes sandwich scene, delisious = delicious. I saw another but can't remember which scene it was, but the mistake was also that an s should be a c.
Cool story, but am i mad to think that the ending 1 is better than the ending 2 ?
Dark06Star responds:
Mmm not really. It all goes back to the player O:
The game had great plot that really hinted at the truth without giving too much away. The story generally made me feel; Agnes really seemed to be real. The only problem is that everyone came across as general assholes, and if Keichi wanted to create a perfect world then why did Luna have to exist like that. Also, seriously, maybe it's cultural differences but from what I can tell college students are too busy to care about crap like that. And if Luna's such a nice person, how come she is so weak. I really didn't feel any attachment for anyone other than Maya post-Luna, and then when it was revealed that the whole thing was all a coma induced hallucination, I stopped caring about anybody other than Agnes as she lived in the most f***ed up version of society imaginable.
Minor Spoiler warning, you've been warned!
It's an absolutely beautiful game. It's a sad story and it's very well executed. If it were any other way, it would have felt cheap. The swap between Luna and Agnes after Agnes wakes up from her coma is well executed and I found myself shedding just a few tears after the reveal of what Agnes was dealing with. While it doesn't really make sense why Luna told Agnes to ask Riki for answers, I didn't bother me too much. The ending choice had me stumped for a little while. It actually reminded me of the "To be" soliloquy from Hamlet. While suicide seemed to be, paradoxically, the "happiest" ending, I prefer the second ending because it shows a certain strength in Agnes and the uncertainty of her future is fitting. I personally want Agnes to have a happy life, but giving that denouement, that resolution, would have felt... cheap.
It's sad, it's a hard thing to think about, and I loved this graphic novel. I award this short, beautiful and somber story a 4.5 star rating.