Wednesday 7 November, 2018

Ok I beat Four Last things and I wrote out a WHOLE GIANT GAMELOG ABOUT IT, but I guess it took too long and it refreshed the page when I hit submit so here it goes again, but probably a little less detailed.

I completed the last sin of lust, which was funny ,but a little more difficult to figure out, I feel like. I'm not sure why, but I thought I had already tried all the options where I had to solve it. Regardless, after that you return to the church for redemption. When you go in and speak to peter he asks your sins and then says that your faith must be tested. It is tested b having you jump to your death, after which you wake up in purgatory (I think). Its actually the painting "Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things" This is of course no accident, but I dont really think it holds much sway in the meaning of the story, though I will be sure to look into that for the OPA.

Interestingly in my first play through I got the only alternate ending where before you leap to your death, a side character makes a condemning nihilistic speak about the futility of redemption by god and the church in general, I also want to include this in the OPA examination later.

There are some good pieces of analysis here for sure as well as some funny gameplay descriptions which paint the scenes of the game well. In the first game log you have an interesting statement at the end: “If redemption trumps any and all sin as stated, then seeking redemption through sin must be morally/ethically good, despite the sins themselves being ethically bad.” There are a lot of ethical implications with the logic here, especially in sins being ethical if for a noble purpose. You could potentially analyze this perspective at face value or even go into how this game’s satirical outlook here is making a point about the ethics of sinning and how its defined, and ultimately, judged. I also look forward to seeing what potential ethical analysis could come from the side character’s nihilistic speech on redemption from god and the church.