Don't know about the first part but I do agree with the letters content being the cliffhanger for this upcoming episode seeing the episode will cover MC's birthday.The revelation of who his Mom was and what Neil actually knew but didn't tell him. But that won't happen until ep 7 because you just know that the MC opening the letter is going to be a cliffhanger ending.
Definitely possible but wouldn't you be at least a little disappointed if DPC's writing became that predictable? I'm still hoping he'll outsmart all of us and makes everyone go "Of course! How did I not see this coming?" by the end of it, even if it's somewhat unlikely.If he reads it, we won't see it. It'll probably just be a series "...", followed by a shocked expression on his face as he says, "What the fuck!", and then the episode ends.
Ep 7 then opens with a flashback of his Mom and Neil back when they got together to essentially explain the contents of the letter, or at least the shock reveal part of it. *cough* Burgmeister *cough*
Nah, predictability can be fun. That moment when something happens that you saw coming and you go, "Hah! I knew it!", can be quite enjoyable.
Seems like LisaRepacks is gone, and they did the Android port that was used on this site.
I get that, and it's not like I don't enjoy and take pride in predicting something in the story before it actually happens. It's just that when I look back on all the games/movies/etc I've enjoyed, the ones that stick out as the best experiences aren't examples of me grinning ear to ear because I anticipated a turn of events I wasn't supposed to, but those rare moments when the credits start rolling and I still haven't been able to collect my jaw from the floor because of something that came completely out of left field.Nah, predictability can be fun. That moment when something happens that you saw coming and you go, "Hah! I knew it!", can be quite enjoyable.
If he does something different and it works, that'll be fine too and I could see a few ways where the episode could end even before he goes home and gets the letter, but ending on that note just seems right because it's a tried and true way to tease your audience in the most agonising and effective way, especially when we know how many months it will be before we find out the contents of the letter.
Hmm, Yeah I do believe you have a little bit of unrealistic expectation, and not because this a visual novel, its not really different than a book, and books can be surprising to, but because it is not a good comperation
. the point is it is not the writing fault.. and you I don't expect to be surprised, so it will be a nice surprise if I'm surprised. 
Maybe 99%...
I feel that trying to make everything a shocking twist winds up undercutting the impact twists should have. But the letter has been specifically singled out as an upcoming plot point, and the fact there are missing details in the story of the MC's mother has been foreshadowed from Day 1. So it does seem like a proper candidate for a big, dramatic reveal.Nah, predictability can be fun. That moment when something happens that you saw coming and you go, "Hah! I knew it!", can be quite enjoyable.
If he does something different and it works, that'll be fine too and I could see a few ways where the episode could end even before he goes home and gets the letter, but ending on that note just seems right because it's a tried and true way to tease your audience in the most agonising and effective way, especially when we know how many months it will be before we find out the contents of the letter.
I agree almost everything except the last part.
. I don't think the flashback spoiled the outcome of hell week. We all knew they would be accepted, not being accepted would not make any sense. The flashback meaning was more than that. it is more in line with the end of the episode. or at least that how I see it.
I certainly agree about not making everything a shock twist and it's why I think some things could be a bit more predictable than others, like how ep 6 might end. It might seem like a "cheap tease", but it's effective, and I personally don't mind when this sort of thing happens even if I do groan about it when it does. You want to keep your audience, fans, players, etc, salivating for more and making them stew over something huge that ends the episode and leaves them in suspense does just that.
Sixth Sense was easy. I had that figured out halfway through the movie, and I watched it when the "twist ending" was a well-known thing even though I didn't know it when I saw it the first time.as for the "ending of The Sixth Sense" meh, you look back, and you are like, yeah it's so obvious
The ending of Inception, now that is an ending.
as for the "ending of The Sixth Sense" meh, you look back, and you are like, yeah it's so obvious
The ending of Inception, now that is an ending.
The ending twist of The Sixth Sense (or any movie that has one for that matter) would be rather weak if you looked back at the rest of the story and couldn't find clues that hinted at it, that's kind of the point. Otherwise it's just something the writer pulled out of their ass last minute because they couldn't come up with a fitting closure. But Inception's ending is superb too, no arguments there.Hmm, Yeah I do believe you have a little bit of unrealistic expectation, and not because this a visual novel, its not really different than a book, and books can be surprising to, but because it is not a good comperation
think of it as like a tv show, and when people watching these shows, they make so many prediction , that eventually some of them are gonna be real. this does not take away anything from the story, they are just smart enough to understand the plot and figuring out the possible outcomes, or they are just lucky with some of their crazy theories
and in Badik, we do make theories, so many that i feel like if some of them won'T be real, peoples may find that to be upsetting for them. I' mean, if Chad's secret, is something else than him being gay , some people might be even upset, or goes as far, saying, that would been better, instead of what we get.
and this would not be DPC fault.
the same can be said about the letter thing.
I'm at the point where very few thing can surprise me,
I hate that that's everyone's gold standard for twist ending and it's far from the best. The gold standard should be either the usual suspects or fight club.as for the "ending of The Sixth Sense" meh, you look back, and you are like, yeah it's so obvious
The ending of Inception, now that is an ending.
Having the audience know more than the characters isn't necessarily a problem, especially if you use it to build suspense. Alfred Hitchcock practically built his career out of making the audience beg for a character to notice something.I agree almost everything except the last part.
"waiting for characters to catch up with the audience. " this part is true however, also, this can be said about any other thing, because we the audience have knowledge about stuff that the characters do not have. so they will always have to keep up, how they will react is where the flexibility and surprise can happen. I think
Or - alternatively - we could also not argue over something so clearly subjective and let others enjoy different things. Just throwing it out there, take it or leave it.
So far, I would say that there hasn't been too much regarding the narrative and story that's been a "shock reveal" because we're still waiting on a lot of it to be revealed. The only big thing at the moment has been the M&J reveal, and I had that figured out by the start of ep 3.The ending twist of The Sixth Sense (or any movie that has one for that matter) would be rather weak if you looked back at the rest of the story and couldn't find clues that hinted at it, that's kind of the point. Otherwise it's just something the writer pulled out of their ass last minute because they couldn't come up with a fitting closure. But Inception's ending is superb too, no arguments there.
As for the original topic, the reason I have faith in DPC coming up with something other than what we think we've figured out is because he has snuck in a few good ones already. Assuming he's out of creative and unexpected ideas would be an insult on my part. Like I said, I won't be upset if that whole "letter from mom" plot line ends up exactly as Bacchus predicted it, but I also won't stop hoping for something fresh until it actually happens.
Usual Suspects, yes, that's a great twist ending.
I would also add Primal Fear to that as well.
episode 3 ending is incorrect, the actual ending, is who you stay with
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