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A glimpse into the mind of a 'nice guy', October 17, 2021I know Stephen Bond entirely from his two earlier games: Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
Comments on this reviewPrevious | << 1 >> | Next Andrew Schultz, October 17, 2021 - Reply After seeing all these thoughtful reviews about how Aiden did not become a better person, I'm a bit worried about my own interpretation, that perhaps he did manage to turn his back on "all that." "All that" is pretty ambiguous, I guess. In his case, I'd like to think he saw that all the sniping wasn't real friendship. I do sort of wish The Best Man had let you back up to see how Aiden trying different things at the wedding ceremony might affect the resolution. After all, it takes a while to get there--or even to cheat and read the source code once you're done. (BTW, proofreading note, the spoiler closer tag is missing a greater-than, so the review is temporarily truncated.) Spike, October 20, 2021 - Reply FWIW, I had a similar take as Andrew: (Spoiler - click to show)Aiden eventually came to understand that his treatment by Laura and her crew wasn't real friendship. He was also able to grow and make changes in his life so that the people he cultivated friendships with appreciated him for who he really is. I didn't read anything sinister into his new group of friends. I still had the title "The Best Man" in mind, so I was assuming Aiden became a better person. That's interesting that others had a different interpretation. MathBrush, October 21, 2021 - Reply I made a post on intfiction about this in general to see what other people think! It's fun to have a game like this with multiple interpretations Victor Gijsbers, October 28, 2021 - Reply I guess I'm more in the Andrew/Spike camp, though one could also argue that the game leaves it deliberately ambiguous. |