Yeah, I respect this guy's work as the story, characters, and artwork are great, but I play these games as an escape from depressing reality so that kind of thing is not really what I'm looking for. The tragedy in this game was especially jarring because up until then it had a relatively lighthearted tone, albeit with some heavy themes as well, but I figured everything was eventually going to work out for everybody. I played Depraved Awakening recently as well which also featured some tragic stuff, but in that case it fit with the whole noir theme of the game so it didn't bother me. Another factor was that I was less attached to the characters in that game compared to this one, which I guess is a testament to the writing quality here.