So I just finished 999's "True Ending" and I have a few things to say about it, and I was wondering what you guys thought if you cared to reply. First I gotta say I enjoyed the game, all six times I played through it. Even if the first puzzle got a little repetitive, and it's
a shame you can't skip puzzle's you've done previously because they are mixed in with dialog that changes, it was still fun to see that dialog change when I changed an answer from before. So on to my little rant, I'll just try to make it quick.
1. I didn't understand how Junpei was able to communicate with June from 9 years past to save her from being incinerated. Didn't she just finish explaining how her ability to use the morphogenetic fields was like a river, and could only flow into the future, and not the past? a shame you can't skip puzzle's you've done previously because they are mixed in with dialog that changes, it was still fun to see that dialog change when I changed an answer from before. So on to my little rant, I'll just try to make it quick.
Then how was Junpei able to send the solution of the puzzle to June 9 years ago? I could understand her talking to him, but the other way around? Doesn't make sense to me.
2. Did Junpei and June finally meet up again? This is left unknown, and I feel it was a big let-down because the whole ending basically builds up this hope that these two life-long lovers will meet again and live happily ever after. However, you never find out, because of
what they decided to throw in at the very end which bothered me the most...
3. What the hell were they thinking by throwing in princess Amen-Ra as the last thing you see? This bothered me so much that it lead me to actually make a post about the ending, and I'll even break it down:
a) She was built up as this mysterious "All-ice" character and yet never revealed or discovered by the player, had no real effect on the story other than adding some suspense, and was just thrown in at the end in some sort of horrible plot twist ending.
b) What in the world is she doing at the Arizona complex? I can't figure out who decided it was logical to think that whoever had her body would put it in a replica of a boat which was used for experiments, especially because her body or possible curse was never used!
Yeah I understand that in the desert she could thaw out since her melting point was 96 degrees or whatever, but seriously, that is too much of a stretch for me to think she even belongs there.
c) Who decided to draw the princess with her thumb sticking out? How am I supposed to believe that a princess who was entombed centuries ago would know how to hitch-hike? This was like icing on the cake. "Guys listen! We need to put the princess in the story
somewhere or people might feel like we left her out! I know, we'll put her right at the end of the game, waiting to be picked up! Yeah that sounds great! Draw her sticking her thumb out because someone is bound to drive to this one spot in the desert and find her!"
Well that's all I can think of right now. I enjoyed the ending pretty much all the way up to the point where they try and involve the princess in a really stupid and shallow fashion.
What are your thoughts?
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