Bait-and-Switch: Similar to Gone Home.Even in the fantasy, the crowning has a horrifying undercurrent: the "altar" at which King Lewis is crowned resembles a guillotine. In reality, he's being Driven to Suicide and decapitating himself with the fish chopper. Awesome Moment of Crowning: The culmination of Lewis' fantasy quest sees him become supreme king of his world in an epic celebration, kneeling to be crowned by his love interest.It is also incredibly dangerous, and it is astounding that only one Finch fell to their death from its various unguarded ledges. Awesome, but Impractical: The house looks like something Willy Wonka would have built for Tom Sawyer it is loaded with rickety walkways, rope ladders, tree houses and secret passageways.Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Milton may have done this, or he may have just run away from home.There have never been any trains or rail lines on Orcas Island. Walter is struck and killed by a train after emerging from under the house.Law enforcement on Orcas Island is provided by the San Juan County Sheriff's dept, who wear khaki uniforms. Barbara's disappearance is investigated by the non-existent Orcas Island Police Dept, wearing blue uniforms. The game takes place on Orcas Island, part of the San Juans in Washington State.As the story progresses, it gets more and more realistic, switching from a top-down view to isometric, then full 3D by the end, but still keeping its simplified look. Lewis' fantasy world looks like an old-style fantasy video game.His self-portrait in particular resembles a younger version of the King from The Unfinished Swan. As such, it's more cartoony looking compared to the realistic drawings for the rest of the Finches. Edith's portrait for Milton is based on his self-portrait from his flipbook.Justified, as Edith is reading a comic based on her death. Barbara's story is in the style of a cel-shaded comic book.Edie is especially associated with birds, as her bedroom door is painted with birds, and she has multiple bird cages in her room memorializing past pets. Edith's journal also has birds sketched around the family tree. Animal Motifs: With a family name like "Finch", of course, there are knick-knacks and the like with birds on them in and around the house.Each flashback has you play, still from a first-person perspective, a different member of the Finch family at the moment they died. And Now for Someone Completely Different: A large part of the game.Whether Lewis intended to kill himself is also ambiguous, as his declining awareness of reality and trance-like state in the final part of the flashback imply that he wasn't fully aware of what he was doing.Or in the case of Milton, whether or not he's the King from The Unfinished Swan.
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