DETHMETAL'S PROFILE

In regard to your other comments, I pretty much agree with you overall.

Arawn not having dialogue was, as you mentioned, to make him seem ominous and scary and to imply that he feels so far above your party that he doesn't even feel that it's worth speaking. In addition, there's also the fact that he's not supposed to actually be an important character in the story. He's essenntially just a plot device. Perhaps that was a mistake on my part, but I didn't want him to take away from the themes of purpose and drive.

I did intend for Kniryk's character arc to conclude in the ending. I acknowledge that I didn't portray it well. The idea is that, by disobeying the king's orders and killing Zibinx, Kniryk is finally "free" in that he no longer strictly conforms to the law and is now willing to make his own decisions and act according to what he believes is just. As a Knight of Landoria, he did exactly as he was told, but now he is willing to make his own decisions. At this point, his development is supposed to be Lost Kniryk -> DGAF Kniryk. And perhaps he will develop further in later games...

I also wanted to subvert the trope of "main character marries love interest he met on the quest and they live happily ever after". I always thought that these kind of relationships would probably end badly since the characters never got to know each other in a domestic setting. As Leyna realizes that she may not like this guy as much within the confines of day-to-day life, seeds of doubt are planted in her mind. I pretty much left it hanging here. This choice, on my part, was probably a bad one in terms of satisfying my audience, because it seems that most people did not like this at all. However, I never wanted to make it seem like they hate each other, only that they may have problems in the future that they need to overcome.

It's funny - I originally planned for the ending to be even more brief. The original idea for the end of the game was for it to end abruptly after Kniryk kills Zibinx. However, this wasn't as cool as it seemed in my head, and I realized I needed to add more. I definitely agree that I didn't add enough, but I honestly found writing an ending to be extremely difficult. Plus, I wanted to leave things somewhat vague so that I have things to expand upon in the sequels, and leave the player wanting more, I suppose. Hopefully, I do a better job at writing an ending for my next games!

The scene with Morgana is there to set-up future sequels. It wasn't there in the beta, and a few testers noted that it felt strange not to have her in the ending at all.