I'm okay with the lack of a true ending largely because they're N_Taii's biggest failure as a writer. In both of his previous games they were complete ass pulls that simply did not work. In HC1 the ending was pure deus ex machina and N_Taii based the endings on lore he had not established in the events of the game. It was a bog standard self sacrifice ending that felt out of place. In HC2 the true ending simply felt undeserved for Noah. It let Aywin off the hook completely and it relied on characters defying a full game of characterization to work. I would rather N_Taii do a proper job with a more simple selection of endings than try to force them into a single acceptable path to justify a true ending, especially given how heinous Rose has become.
Something I worked on as this is my favorite game, hope it's okay to share here as there's no fan art thread. Just a small recreation of my favorite scene in the game (and a couple extras). It's AI, sorry if that bothers anyone
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I imagine you spent a lot of time training LoRa so that it could have the artistic style of HC3. That's something to be admired. I don't know much about AI, but from what I've read, it takes a lot of time to train LoRa.
P.D: You could easily start a fan art thread about HC3 if you have a good number of generated images haha, even if it's not that complicated to share the LoRa model so others can generate their own images.
That's quite impressive how close they look to the original, really. Kudos to you. Lily is a bit too tall and Rose's breasts a bit too huge, but those are minor detail all things considered. Don't hesitate to post more if you wish to.
Also, I'm glad to hear you liked the game enough to want to create artworks of it, AI or not ; )
Definitely agree that in HC1, Gamadayn could have used more screentime than just at the very end of the game. Sprinkling in more about him throughout would have better set up the true ending. But I love HC1's true ending for how poetic it is. The themes of protecting (being a "Valkyrie") and remaining by each other's side for Eleanora and Casio come full circle as it's Casio who chooses to leave to erase the manor's suffering despite being taunted the whole game that everyone will leave him.
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Honestly, I have to disagree — I really didn’t like the true ending of HC1 at all. In that aspect, the true ending of HC2 was way better. I mean, what’s the point of building an entire story with such a rich background and well-developed characters, if in the end it all comes down to some random rewind pulled out of nowhere? And on top of that, they basically erase from existence the very person who had been used as an emotional cushion. It’s like the whole journey didn’t matter at all.
I mean, it’s the same as going through the entire story just to be told at the end that everything was just a damn dream!!!… (or nightmare). For me, that completely strips away the weight and emotion of everything we went through. Anyway, I think you get my point. XD
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By the way, does the High Human Kingdom on the continent have a specific name? Because I imagine it’s not the only human kingdom on the continent—it would be way too generic to just call it “High Kingdom.” And what would be the family surname of that kingdom’s royalty? We know Rose’s is Almistra, but we should remember that King Flavian was the brother of the former queen of the High Kingdom when the civil war between the two of them broke out. So, do Rose and the High Kingdom’s royal family share the same surname, or is it a different family name?
It's actually "High Kingdom". Rather than being generic, I wanted it to convey confidence, borderline arrogance. Their kingdom is the only one worthy of consideration, so much so that it's literally been given the name "kingdom" as if it was the only one on the continent and it solely applied to their land, and then the adjective "high" to underline its noble superiority.
Besides, there aren't a whole lot of other kingdoms we know of to be honest. The high elves have a queen, the tribe elves have... well, tribes, and we're don't know about the other races yet.
As for King Flavian, he used to be the actual king of High Kingdom, but his half-sister drove him out to the sea. The half-sister founded her own dynasty with her own name to entrench her own power. So no, they do not share the same name, although we do not know the name of the dynasty on the continent.
If I understand correctly, although the three games are set in the same world, none of them are connected to each other, nor do they contain references to events that occurred in the other games. Only in HC3 will we see a cameo appearance by two characters from the previous games, but again, that doesn't mean that the three games are connected.
Well, it's been a while since I played HC1, so I don't remember it very well, but I'll put the summary as a spoiler in case anyone is playing or wants to play HC1.
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It gets an update every second release, so it'll be updated sometime around the release of the patreon release of the next update, which is to say the one coming after the public release of the most recent update some time next week.