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Oh, Alucard von Elru what exactly was the game breaking glitch in the final area? I am just curious as to what caused your game to become broken.[/quote]
SPOILERS, of course!
Basically, you know the last room in the final level where they broadcast the last truths to the people of Hyllis? It’s perfectly possible to go there as soon as you get Pey’j. You can go back to the elevator and go back down to the Beluga, and do the puzzle needed to get to that room, go to the room, and then find that there’s nothing for you to do there yet. At first, I thought nothing of this, since I had gotten there so easily…
What you are supposed to do, of course, is slip through the glass in the room where you get Pey’j, leaving he and HH behind, and then go on ahead and wrap up the report. When I finished that and returned… HH was gone! It’s as if his character data had completely vanished, and no matter what I did, nothing would bring him back. It’s as if he was never in the level with me at all! o.O Obviously, without him it’s impossible to complete the game, and so with no way out of this glitch I simply had to restart.
I suspect most people never experience this because most probably slip through the glass immediately and never find reason to wander back to the Beluga area. And indeed, as you step on the elevator down to the Beluga, Pey’j says something to the affect of “we don’t need to be here right now.” But that’s his only warning. At that point, most would probably figure that the next solution was back in the room where you got him, but for some reason I was extra dense, didn’t spot the glass by the save area, and just went down the elevator, thus breaking my game eventually! XD
Due to the nature of it, it’s not really the game’s fault, it really is MINE, and I don’t hold it against the game. I just thought I’d give you fair warning, just in case.
And as far as the ending goes, I’m still not exactly sure what happened during it! I like to formulate theories in my head, but I’m generally not the type to put them out there for speculation. I do LOVE the ending, though. I am the type of person that loves a good cliffhanger, and BGE’s ending certainly fits the bill. In spite of not wrapping up things, it was exciting and emotional and truly satisfied me. I suppose that’s because I really like that feeling of wondering “what’s next?”
I have a lot of favorite moments, but the chase scenes (particularly the final one) are chief among them. I think my favorite moment in the entire game, though, was when you finally get the Beluga up and running, and can now fly around this gorgeous world that had felt so massive at the start of the game… Everything about flying the Beluga was perfect, and I felt such a rush when I first blasted it out of Hyllis and into space! I also loved the feeling of flying alongside some of the massive airborne creatures that previously proved so difficult to get a shot of!
Did you snap a photo of all of the species in the game, and get all of the Pearls on Hyllis? I highly reccomend doing both. The game has what has become just about my favorite game-world ever, and some of the hunts for creatures and Pearls can take you to places you would otherwise not see.