The whole thing is a damn time loop that Alex may or may not be stuck in. But then as Alex starts to monologue about her future life, the glitches start up again and Alex talks about leaving to Edwards Island for the party. Ren and Nona get together, convinced Micheal not to leave in the past so he is alive, he is still together with Clarissa so she doesn't hate Alex, and Jonas is friends with Alex. I got what I thought was the best possible ending. Ana got pulled into the ghosts "time realm" and sadness ensues. You can find letters from her which explains her attempts, with her friend Ana, to communicate and even try to help the ghosts on the island. *For those reading who didn't play, Maggie Adler is the only permanent resident on the island who recently died. Hence me calling it kind of a gimmick in the review, but it led to a fan community asking the question, is leave possible?
It's a twist that I haven't really seen in a game that makes you want to explore all the other details of the game, as well as looking online, which leads to the ARG.
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Plus there are other time loops in the game (something I couldn't mention in the review because the mere existence of the mechanic is a spoiler) that cross over into full blown time travel when Alex goes back to the past. It's vague enough to not give it away but clever enough to make the twist ending not feel completely out of left field. The ghosts give clues about Alex having "tried to do this before" or "this is not the first time". It's pretty excellently foreshadowed too. The whole island trip is a time loop?!?! Whaaaaaaaaa? If you don't want to but still want to know what the hell I was talking about at the end of my review about a gimmick ending, read on. It's only 5 hours long (it took me 7 cause I stopped a lot and wandered around looking for one missing anomaly for over an hour only to find it where I started!). If you want to play the game, go do that, and come back.
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