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[panzer dragoon saga spoilers] OK I just learned how this game ends and it is SUPREMELY my shit
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so
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in PDS, you play as Edge, a protagonist vengeance man
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at the start of the game, he has a near death encounter
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but is revived by a mysterious white light, and then united with a dragon
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and the game starts
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you join a resistance organization that's seeking a prophesized entity called the Divine Visitor in order to save the world
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An RPG ensues
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gradually, implications form that your dragon is the Divine Visitor
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a mysterious presence in the world that will guide the hero towards victory and bring about a new age of humanity
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at the end you have a big metaphysical battle with the manifestation of a system controlling the world that's trying to purge humanity like a disease
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and you save the day, and then your dragon transforms into its final true form, an abstract energy being like a god
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the dragon tells you that the Divine Visitor's work is done, and now the dragon is going to sacrifice itself to ensure an era where the world's stewardship falls into humanity's hands
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Edge: Aren't you the Divine Visitor?
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Dragon: No
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Dragon: The Divine Visitor has been here since the beginning
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Dragon: An invisible force, guiding us towards the end of our journey
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and Edge stops, and turns
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directly towards the camera
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Edge: ...I see
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and Edge parts ways with the dragon, and with the player
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and the world of panzer dragoon continues on, now beyond your influence
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Edge died at the start of the game. The white light was him being possessed by the Divine Visitor
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immediately after which, you gain control of him
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I love fourth wall breaks in video games but ESPECIALLY non-comedic ones
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oh that OWNS i've always wanted to do something like this
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
THIS WHIPS ASS
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bonus:
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the mystery white light effect doesn't just happen once
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it also happens if you die and choose retry
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so the reason Edge was able to survive to the end of the game is, literally, your influence giving him the power to retry again and again
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as the Divine Visitor
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(granted Saga is apparently extremely easy which makes that detail hit a bit less)