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Like, really. I have so many thoughts I don't even know where to start.

First of all, the very ending where we are forced to... deal with Hugo seems very off, both for Hugo and for Amicia.

Why it feels wrong for Hugo? 

Because for the whole game he says how he wants to be safe, how he wants to be normal, they even have with Amicia this vision of living peacefull life in the house in the mountains, where she ends after all. And they are so close to it! I understand he is just a kid, and kids change their mind every 5 minutes but then... then he suddenly, in very ending where you run as Aimicia around this desert, is suprisingly very mature. He tells her to let go, that it is okay and she is ready to do what is necesarry. For real it sounds nothing like Hugo we met along the way in these 2 games. I KNOW it may not sound him because he is possesed or affected by Macula but then again, why the hell Amicia doesn't think:

- damn, am I high or it doesn't sound as Hugo at all? What if Macula knows there is chance that I stop it and uses Hugo to make me give up? YOU KNOW WHAT, I WILL TRY TO SAVE HIM EVEN HARDER NOW!

Why it feels wrong for Amicia?

Well, there are 2 reasons. 

1. She NEVER gives up no matter what.

2. She would NEVER let Hugo down. 

I do understand it is narrated in the way that is supposed to make us think: this is mercy for him - but it really isn't. She stands in front of him knowing he is alive and that he is still there - he comunicated with her directly like 5 mins ago. And yet she makes this weird decision about ending his life. It doesn't fit her character at all. What real Amicia would do? She would jump over that pit to reach him, then talk to him, then hug him and no matter of the result she would force pull him out of this black **** he was stuck in. 

But no way in the world she would just leave him there without trying.

Even if he wasn't responsive, so what? He was already unresponsive after he seen his mothers death and then some time passes - he is back. Why wouldn't Amicia think:

- you know what, this doeasn't look good, he is in simmilar state he was X time ago. But he got better when we were together so now that I am here, it is possible again. I am going to try.

Some can say: she made that decision because at this point she was tired and lost all remaining hope. BUT NO SHE WASN'T. Minute ago she was sprinting to get there with Lucas through sea of rats hinding behind some remains of walls. What made her to do that if not hope and motivation? Even after all this she had all strenght needed to do so, for Hugo. And when she finally arrives to hers destination, she just gives up. Really? 

I mean you got me, this ending moved me and I will remember it, this post proves it I think, but after one night I can see how lowball writing was served at the very end. I do not know why.

And I will say even more. 

Through games Amicia clearly says many times that it is all about Hugos emotions. When he feels bad = things get worse. When he feels good = everything is ok. So why the hell we have no alternative ending when Hugo survives? There should be 3rd ending where it happens when, for example, you collect all the feathers and flowers for Hugo, these were important for him as they reminded him about how beautifull world is and also allowed him to bond with sister. I would understand this dark ending to happen when all that Hugo experienced were death, suffering, rats and costant sense of danger but not when I did all I could to make him happy and opened about his thoughts and feelings. 

Again, I understand what you did there with ending but I do not like it and it really gives me feeling that it is wasted potential.