What really got me was she never explicitly says, "I'm ready to go." Like the other two. She just says she wants to go home, but with her mind being gone, she thinks it's actually home home with her daughter. You just open the map and see the ever door glowing. Meaning it's time. that broke my heart.
The sorrow of death isn't so much the present moment. It's the lost future. The things a person wanted to do, and couldn't. The times you'll never share with them again. There's this fuzzy idea she has of a happy event in a future that's never going to happen. She's never going to see the trees with her husband.
when i realized she was going to the everdoor, i looked up her favorite food. i didn't want her going without having made it for her. then she said she would remember it for the coming days and, well... this game really knows how to hit you.
All of these goodbyes made me so sad and teary but Alice's goodbye literally wrecked me. If you have ever had a relative that has suffered dementia or alzheimers' it felt exactly that. They don't remember you and forget easily. Sometimes they can remember but most of the time they can't process their thoughts correctly.
My granddad had it. I got to see him the night before he passed in December of 2018. For me… the worst fear I had was that he would die, and not remember who I was. I held his hand as I was sitting next to him. I told him who I was, and his hand started to shake. My mom told me that he was trying to squeeze my hand. It was at that moment that I broke… and I’m crying now as I type this. I just felt all my fears wash away… because he knew who I was. The day of his funeral, any family and close friends all wore buffalo plaid shirts, and my granddad wore one in his casket. And just recently I lost my granny. I’m willing to admit I’m a believer, so I know where to find them.
I haven't experienced knowing someone with altzheimers but my partners grandma has it and now after seeing Alice it makes me even more empathetic with my partner of what they're going through 😢
Alice was the one who solidified just how amazing this game was. Before her, I had two others pass through the Everdoor (Gwen and Summer), and, though sad, neither had really struck me in the same way Alice had. I didn't expect a whole lot out of her at first, but as her questline continued, from helping her back to the ship, to her lashing out at me about being "too smothering", and then the beginning signs of her Alzheimer's...When I dressed up as Annie, I thought it was just to get her back to her house. But, then I noticed how the water had turned red again (I had just released Summer, so I was still at the Everdoor), and everyone was moving in to watch and give their farewells like they had Gwen and Summer, and that was when it hit me: It was her time to go. And I wasn't ready for it. For the first time since starting this game, I cried. Walking Alice to the boat, taking her to the Everdoor, watching as she passed through it into the afterlife, hit way too close to home for me, to the point where even _discussing_ her passing with my parents had me sobbing a second time. It takes _a lot_ for a game to make me cry like this, so much so, that I have it as one of my personal hallmarks for what makes a game great. And Spiritfarer is definitely one of the best games I have played, hands down.
This is exactly what happened to me. I didn't realize it was time. I wasn't ready. The others I took time with, cooked their favorite dishes, talked with them a little more. Alice I didn't know what was happening until I saw the others gathering.
Just started playing this game and her farewell actually made me cry. This is the only time in a video game I've cried. I know how annoying it is to see these because I always think "how did you cry from this?" but this one.... it actually hurts. I'm really going to miss her on my ship :(
Reminds me of when my grandma passed. Towards the end of her life, her memory really was in pieces. She couldn't remember who her family was but she always knew she was happy when we visited her. I was a chatterbox back then so I kept her entertained with the same silly stories whenever we spoke. One of her last coherent statements she made to me was that she was so proud of my mother for being a good person with such a loving family. The last day grandma was alive, we were told by a nurse in her care home that she had been happy and excited all day. She had pulled one of the staff aside and filled them in on the big secret. "I'm going home!" She never woke up after she went to bed that night. It's been years since that day and now I miss both my mom and grandma. Cherish your loved ones no matter who they are. Every second is one you'll never get back.
Never in my life has a video game made me weep like this. I can’t be the only one that sees the parallels between Alice, Gwen, Stanley, Giovanni/Astrid, etc and loses of loved ones in real, lived experience. My grandpa suffered from Alzheimers, and in his final days in the hospital, while his mind and body struggled to retain the most basic functions of eating and breathing, he would still muster the strength to recollect that I was his “Johnny Boy” and I will carry that with me for the rest of my life. This one REALLY hit home like a ton of bricks.
this one was the hardest because she is like a grandma but also because she has amnesia, she doesn't know where she is, and you have to convince her that you are her daughter to take her to the everdoor, she doesn't even know shes about to die, just that shes going home with her daughter and wants to see her husband...
grandmother and how this scene was so similar. The confusion, all of it. I remember walking her up the stair in her house. Even after being 106 years old in her last days....this was the one that hit me the hardest in this game. So beautiful and touching.
It's a lot sadder when you develop a relationship with her throughout the first half of the game, then she suddenly relapses into dementia and realizes it is time to move on. I really recommend you try this game.
This goodbye broke me. Alice got to the point where she was stuck outside my boat because of her memory loss and I knew if I took her to the everdoor I would have to say goodbye. But I just couldn’t keep seeing her standing outside anymore 😭. I never even got to make her favorite dish before saying goodbye. So many regrets!
my grandfather passed away maybe a month ago, from complications due to dementia. After 4 years at college, he forgot who I was entirely. And I couldn’t do anything for him. This was such a painful ending for me. But i’m glad I was at least able to make Alice comfortable as I could.
I had to go with my grandma as she visited a friend she'd known for some 50+ years. She's was weak and suffering from dementia and could barely focus on my grandma let alone remember anything. I couldn't imagine how much it hurts, but I know it's something deep. I hope everything is going well for you.
Just coming here to leave my mark. From what it seems, it looks like I'm on the last quest with Alice before getting her to the Evergate. It's only been about a week, but I grew attached to her. I, don't really feel like I have a family, I don't talk with em' much anymore. But then in came Atul, his funny uncle energy made me laugh and reminded me of an Uncle I haven't seen for years. But Alice, despite not being blood related to Stella, she's the grandmother I always wanted. But then she starts forgetting about Stella (it hit hard, especially since it remindsd me of Adventure Time's Ice King), and needing help to walk, even needing her house to be on the bottom of the floor. It looks like I'm very close to finishing her story, and I'm crying, because I don't want to say bye to this sweet soul. I didn't see the goodbye scene yet. I'll keep you guys updated.
When I played it, I didn't even realize we were walking to the boat. I was at the Everdoor to say goodbye to Summer. I went to walk Alice back to her room, and... we kept walking to the boat. It was so horribly unexpected. Which was fitting, but... oh gosh.
@@jdkloosterman9379 same here I was happy I figured out the hat thing, wanted to help her get some rest at her house... and then I realised she doesn't let me go at her door "...shit shit shit no noo"
For me, part of this scene is that she's thinking of what she'll do next year, about coming here later with her husband, about what her granddaughter is doing. She's still planning her life and thinking about future events and you... you know it'll never happen.
Heart breaking, she got a glimmer of who Stella really was in that scene but like Alzheimer's or Dementia it faded and she became cloudy again. She didn't realise what was happening as she was being rowed to the gate and in the end she was oblivious of her crossing over 😭
My game glitched and crashed right after I sent Alice through the Everdoor- as a result every time I start up the game I get a notification for both the start and finish of the "Taking the lowroad" quest. I like to think of this as her reminding me that even though shes gone shes still watching over me. I haven't had the heart to move her home from the bottom floor of the ship
I lost my grandmother to dementia and Alice reminds me of her so much. Always thinking of her children and grandchildren. This part of the game is incredibly dear to me. Thanks for the capture.
I had to come here to comment because this. WRECKED. me. Especially since I didn't realize it was time! I was at the Everdoor to say goodbye to Summer. I took Summer to the door and had THAT whole emotional rollercoaster, came back to the boat and went to walk Alice back from the prow... and we just kept going past her door. And then we were at the boat and everyone was all gathered and... oh my word. I didn't cry at my grandfather's funeral that hard. I had to stop the game for like five minutes and just sob into a pillow. She didn't even know what was happening. Where she was, who she was with. I thought for sure, once we got to the door, she'd realize what was happening and have a moment of "I'm ready," but... no. She has just a glimmering realization that she's not where she thinks she is. And that's all. Gah. I think I need to go sob into a pillow some more.
This reminded me of my grandmother so so much and i bawled my eyes out, in her final days she had dementia and she forgot alot of things but she would always rememeber me.
Man, this wrecked me. I had a feeling I needed to send her off soon when she started showing signs of Dementia, but I wasn't expecting it'd be THAT soon. I wanted to make her her favorite meal for the first and last time, but I didn't get to do that anymore-I couldn't take seeing her just standing by the prow all night. I knew it was time for her to go. Never cried this much over a game. This reminded me so much of my grandmother, who also suffered from Dementia. She forgot everything but me. All the caretakers, everyone, she called them by my name. She died Oct last year, and I miss her so much.
Came here to say that I lost my grandfather this year and it was the hardest to say good bye. He went out similarly to Alice: fine one day, senile the next, and gone on the third. This goodbye was the hardest for me, but the most powerful as well, it was like saying goodbye all over again. Amazing job, Spiritfarer, and thank you.
Alice and Gwen have left me and it's so hard With Alice though, it hurt more to watch her sit on the prow, staring over the ship knowing it was time to let go but trying to hold onto her until I got her house fully upgraded...
This one hit hard, like really hard. Something about knowing she was forgetting me just made me so sad, but then I was so happy when she left for the ever door 🥺 lowkey one of the best games of the year.
The only thing I know of to have made the great Yahtzee waver. And for good reason, I haven't even seen anything of this game and this makes me depressed.
I sent Alice off sort of on accident; I got the hat quest when I was already at the Everdoor after dropping off Summer, and I went thru the request without looking at the list/description. So when she said she wanted to go home I took her to her house.... but she didn’t go in. And I thought “oh, her memory is so far gone she can’t remember her own home; maybe I’ll take her to my cabin for now?” But then I saw the other spirits lining up next to the rowboat, and I realized “....oh.....” And man I already teared up a bit when I sent off Summer, so having to bring Alice right after broke me. I actually cried. Alice and Summer were two of my favorite characters and it was so hard saying goodbye to them both back to back
I had a grandmother who spent her last days with dementia. When I played this part... it absolutely wrecked me. It felt like I went back to those last weeks I spent by her side. I don't think I ever sobbed this hard at a videogame.
i shouldn't have gone too fast with her story, when she didn't knew who Stella was and instead was waiting for her daughter who lost her hat and stayed on the deck over night, i just burst in tears... i knew i had to take her to the everdoor asap.. i remember her playing music with Atul and Gustav while Summer where playing music for the plants, it was so nice..
Played this game last year and this questline ruined me. Now as my grandmother is currently being moved from her home to a care facility because of the severity of her dementia, I came back to see it again. No words.
Alice is also a character in a movie about a woman who loves Communication and Speech, and slowly loses her memories. The movie is titled "Still Alice", I believe that's where she got the inspiration from.
Alice is directly inspired by the grandmother of one of the game's artists, who passed away in the early stages of its creation. She is one of the characters that is actually based on a true story.
Im stuck on the quest with Alice, says 'Walk Alice back to her house in the evening' no options are showing up at any time, I put her house on the ground level aswel. *Edit: I believe the quest messes up if when walking Alice to the prow of the ship, you accidentally go up a ladder and/or let go of her. I did that and it completely messed up her questline
I don't know exactly how far you are with Alice Quest but try to change Stella's clothes as described in the previous comment and if that doesn't help then it could be that you got a bug. This has already been reported on steam: steamcommunity.com/app/972660/discussions/0/2799504352982555465/
Alice death was the most heartbreaking, to have her not recognize you is such a painful feeling. I'm glad that I finished the game, served every spirit until the end, to have an ending with real closure. Alice was one of my most favorite characters, But I'm glad she wasnt scared, she was instead recalling her memories of her loved one and that at the very least warmed my heart for the bitter sweet ending.
this one broke me. i started crying as soon as she went through the door. i just sat in her house for a good 10 minutes and put on the periwinkle outfit before just shutting off the game completely.
I really wanted to punch a wall really hard 1000x until I break my arm and bleed so bad when I watched this scene. Sorry if the imagery is so gory but that's how painful this scene is to me when I watched it. I only shed a tear but the feeling is so heavy.
My grandmother has been officially diagnosed with Alzheimers. I'm not surprised, we suspected that she had dementia when I played through Spiritfarer. It's going to be so hard to say goodbye to her, but I'll be there for her. Her middle name is Alice.
the third time I have seen a grandma die without me being able to say goodbye.... Yep... this hurts.... ow....just ouch.... now in both games and reality, I no longer have anymore Grandmas.... Nope, these tears are just from the angels cutting onions along with my heart....
Alright, everyone is talking about it as "emotionally hard" but for me it was a moral dilemma. She didn't want to get on our ship in the first place p, she thought she could live fine on that island with sheep ,we did convinced her to get on ship but at the end we FORCED her to leave without even her knowing. She didn't want to die ,she was looking at that place thinking how great would it be to come back there again, but she will never be able to do it. Is thing we doing even a good thing? Those ghosts all have their personalities an lives in this after death world. Why do we make them die?
All the spirits you take have some sort of lingering something that makes it so they find it hard to pass on. But passing on is the natural order of things. They're all dead, their lives have come and gone. Staying in the space in between only wears them down over time as they feel the effects of their old lives and the pull of the afterlife. Maybe Alice was truly happy on that island. Thing is, how long would that have lasted? As the dementia set in would she still be able to take care of herself? One day she was going to wake up, not remember where she is and not recognize anything around her. The amount of panic and fear that would've set in as she dealt with it alone would've been a tragedy. But in her last moments with you, you made sure she was safe, fed and comfortable. You took care of her at her most vulnerable. You make sure that she passes on with as much grace and dignity that you can.
We didn’t force her to leave. My mother who’s a hospice nurse explains it like this.When people are dying it’s funny because they don’t say “I’m gonna die in three days” they tend to start saying “my (late)mother is going to pick me up soon” or “it’s time for me go get on that train” “I’m going to go home soon” they somehow know it’s time to go. All were doing is making them comfortable and happy as we guide them to their end. It’s not forced they are already at life’s end. We’re just there to help. In the “real” world she’s comatose in her death bed filled with tubes. Why would you let her stay there? she still would have gone but sometimes extending care for a loved on actually hurts and prolongs their suffering. Sometimes it’s best to let people go on their own, in their own way.
@@WildHeart378 from what it looks like in the game they only "die" when they enter the gate, until then they're just vibing on some random islands. And some ghosts on those islands live a pretty good life and not planning to leave.
@@makar_on But here's the thing, we KNOW they are just dying. Them being on those islands, that's their spirit. I noticed how the last words Stanley said were "I feel strange. I feel cold. I hope it's like falling asleep." That is when his body in our world is starting to shut down and he knows he's leaving. In the end, Stella is actually sending Alice home. Home to a place where she doesn't have to suffer dementia and forget who she is and everything. In the real world, she's laying there, her body shutting down and she is about to make it to the next world. Stella couldn't stop that if she tried. Sooner or later, Alice would have shown up at the ever door.
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What really got me was she never explicitly says, "I'm ready to go." Like the other two. She just says she wants to go home, but with her mind being gone, she thinks it's actually home home with her daughter. You just open the map and see the ever door glowing. Meaning it's time. that broke my heart.
"i'm sure he'll be excited to come with us next year."
that line always gets me, man
The sorrow of death isn't so much the present moment. It's the lost future. The things a person wanted to do, and couldn't. The times you'll never share with them again. There's this fuzzy idea she has of a happy event in a future that's never going to happen. She's never going to see the trees with her husband.
when i realized she was going to the everdoor, i looked up her favorite food. i didn't want her going without having made it for her. then she said she would remember it for the coming days and, well... this game really knows how to hit you.
literally me 5 minutes ago
I did the same thing.
I did it for all my passengers, that and a goodbye hug 🤗😢
Holy shit I just did the exact same thing, this has gotta be a universal experience
Same
All of these goodbyes made me so sad and teary but Alice's goodbye literally wrecked me. If you have ever had a relative that has suffered dementia or alzheimers' it felt exactly that. They don't remember you and forget easily. Sometimes they can remember but most of the time they can't process their thoughts correctly.
Dude! Me too I just finished her story and I cried thinking about my mother! Only part that made me sad
I just watched this today for only the 2nd time after playing it. As a child of Alzheimer's it's so accurate and so devasting.
My granddad had it. I got to see him the night before he passed in December of 2018. For me… the worst fear I had was that he would die, and not remember who I was. I held his hand as I was sitting next to him. I told him who I was, and his hand started to shake. My mom told me that he was trying to squeeze my hand. It was at that moment that I broke… and I’m crying now as I type this. I just felt all my fears wash away… because he knew who I was. The day of his funeral, any family and close friends all wore buffalo plaid shirts, and my granddad wore one in his casket. And just recently I lost my granny. I’m willing to admit I’m a believer, so I know where to find them.
I haven't experienced knowing someone with altzheimers but my partners grandma has it and now after seeing Alice it makes me even more empathetic with my partner of what they're going through 😢
@@harpersheartworld4216 it’s a terrible disease. I’m sorry for your partner
Alice was the one who solidified just how amazing this game was.
Before her, I had two others pass through the Everdoor (Gwen and Summer), and, though sad, neither had really struck me in the same way Alice had. I didn't expect a whole lot out of her at first, but as her questline continued, from helping her back to the ship, to her lashing out at me about being "too smothering", and then the beginning signs of her Alzheimer's...When I dressed up as Annie, I thought it was just to get her back to her house. But, then I noticed how the water had turned red again (I had just released Summer, so I was still at the Everdoor), and everyone was moving in to watch and give their farewells like they had Gwen and Summer, and that was when it hit me:
It was her time to go.
And I wasn't ready for it.
For the first time since starting this game, I cried. Walking Alice to the boat, taking her to the Everdoor, watching as she passed through it into the afterlife, hit way too close to home for me, to the point where even _discussing_ her passing with my parents had me sobbing a second time. It takes _a lot_ for a game to make me cry like this, so much so, that I have it as one of my personal hallmarks for what makes a game great.
And Spiritfarer is definitely one of the best games I have played, hands down.
This is exactly what happened to me. I didn't realize it was time. I wasn't ready. The others I took time with, cooked their favorite dishes, talked with them a little more. Alice I didn't know what was happening until I saw the others gathering.
Definitely the hardest goodbye..
Stanley got me more
For me Atul broke me... but I sobbed with all of them
Just started playing this game and her farewell actually made me cry. This is the only time in a video game I've cried. I know how annoying it is to see these because I always think "how did you cry from this?" but this one.... it actually hurts. I'm really going to miss her on my ship :(
Hey, Yahtzee Croshaw, professional cynic, satirist, and all around ass hole admitted to crying over this scene. You're good.
@@faffywhosmilesatdeath5953 glad to know i'm not alone on this! haha
Me too :( remind me of my mother
Reminds me of when my grandma passed. Towards the end of her life, her memory really was in pieces. She couldn't remember who her family was but she always knew she was happy when we visited her. I was a chatterbox back then so I kept her entertained with the same silly stories whenever we spoke. One of her last coherent statements she made to me was that she was so proud of my mother for being a good person with such a loving family. The last day grandma was alive, we were told by a nurse in her care home that she had been happy and excited all day. She had pulled one of the staff aside and filled them in on the big secret.
"I'm going home!"
She never woke up after she went to bed that night.
It's been years since that day and now I miss both my mom and grandma. Cherish your loved ones no matter who they are. Every second is one you'll never get back.
Never in my life has a video game made me weep like this. I can’t be the only one that sees the parallels between Alice, Gwen, Stanley, Giovanni/Astrid, etc and loses of loved ones in real, lived experience. My grandpa suffered from Alzheimers, and in his final days in the hospital, while his mind and body struggled to retain the most basic functions of eating and breathing, he would still muster the strength to recollect that I was his “Johnny Boy” and I will carry that with me for the rest of my life. This one REALLY hit home like a ton of bricks.
this one was the hardest because she is like a grandma but also because she has amnesia, she doesn't know where she is, and you have to convince her that you are her daughter to take her to the everdoor, she doesn't even know shes about to die, just that shes going home with her daughter and wants to see her husband...
Not amnesia. Either dementia or worse Alzheimer’s disease...
Dementia sadly :(
grandmother and how this scene was so similar. The confusion, all of it. I remember walking her up the stair in her house. Even after being 106 years old in her last days....this was the one that hit me the hardest in this game. So beautiful and touching.
I'm sorry for your loss, but i'm glad the game was able to connect to you in this way
I had to see what made Yatzhee cry. I get it.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who got curious because of that.
It's a lot sadder when you develop a relationship with her throughout the first half of the game, then she suddenly relapses into dementia and realizes it is time to move on. I really recommend you try this game.
This goodbye broke me. Alice got to the point where she was stuck outside my boat because of her memory loss and I knew if I took her to the everdoor I would have to say goodbye. But I just couldn’t keep seeing her standing outside anymore 😭. I never even got to make her favorite dish before saying goodbye. So many regrets!
my grandfather passed away maybe a month ago, from complications due to dementia. After 4 years at college, he forgot who I was entirely. And I couldn’t do anything for him.
This was such a painful ending for me. But i’m glad I was at least able to make Alice comfortable as I could.
I had to go with my grandma as she visited a friend she'd known for some 50+ years. She's was weak and suffering from dementia and could barely focus on my grandma let alone remember anything.
I couldn't imagine how much it hurts, but I know it's something deep. I hope everything is going well for you.
Never played the game, never even heard of the game, watched Yatzhee’s video on it and now I’m here crying.
Play it omg
Seriously, go play the game- even if youve never played a management game before, it will make you cry
Management game cause you gotta manage these emotions 😎✌ (jumps out the nearby window)
Just coming here to leave my mark. From what it seems, it looks like I'm on the last quest with Alice before getting her to the Evergate. It's only been about a week, but I grew attached to her. I, don't really feel like I have a family, I don't talk with em' much anymore. But then in came Atul, his funny uncle energy made me laugh and reminded me of an Uncle I haven't seen for years. But Alice, despite not being blood related to Stella, she's the grandmother I always wanted. But then she starts forgetting about Stella (it hit hard, especially since it remindsd me of Adventure Time's Ice King), and needing help to walk, even needing her house to be on the bottom of the floor. It looks like I'm very close to finishing her story, and I'm crying, because I don't want to say bye to this sweet soul.
I didn't see the goodbye scene yet. I'll keep you guys updated.
So? How was it?
@@faffywhosmilesatdeath5953 Emotionally draining
@@vicmothgod I'm sorry to hear that. It's definitely a rough moment for most everyone. Hope you had a good takeaway from it all
The walk to the boat was the hardest part of the game, the feels was too much
When I played it, I didn't even realize we were walking to the boat. I was at the Everdoor to say goodbye to Summer. I went to walk Alice back to her room, and... we kept walking to the boat. It was so horribly unexpected. Which was fitting, but... oh gosh.
@@jdkloosterman9379 same here
I was happy I figured out the hat thing, wanted to help her get some rest at her house... and then I realised she doesn't let me go at her door
"...shit shit shit no noo"
Not going to lie, I had to bite the inside of my mouth HARD just to keep it together watching this.
I lost my shit for 15 minutes before I could even finish the cutscene. You showed more reservation than I could.
There's no shame in letting that ache tear its way out of you, hun.
For me, part of this scene is that she's thinking of what she'll do next year, about coming here later with her husband, about what her granddaughter is doing. She's still planning her life and thinking about future events and you... you know it'll never happen.
Heart breaking, she got a glimmer of who Stella really was in that scene but like Alzheimer's or Dementia it faded and she became cloudy again. She didn't realise what was happening as she was being rowed to the gate and in the end she was oblivious of her crossing over 😭
My game glitched and crashed right after I sent Alice through the Everdoor- as a result every time I start up the game I get a notification for both the start and finish of the "Taking the lowroad" quest. I like to think of this as her reminding me that even though shes gone shes still watching over me. I haven't had the heart to move her home from the bottom floor of the ship
The first time a game actually broke me. I was legit crying when this happened.
saying goodbye to Alice made me have to put down the game for a few days to emotionally recover
I lost my grandmother to dementia and Alice reminds me of her so much. Always thinking of her children and grandchildren. This part of the game is incredibly dear to me. Thanks for the capture.
Her lil hat in the constellation 😭💔
I had to come here to comment because this. WRECKED. me. Especially since I didn't realize it was time! I was at the Everdoor to say goodbye to Summer. I took Summer to the door and had THAT whole emotional rollercoaster, came back to the boat and went to walk Alice back from the prow... and we just kept going past her door. And then we were at the boat and everyone was all gathered and... oh my word. I didn't cry at my grandfather's funeral that hard. I had to stop the game for like five minutes and just sob into a pillow.
She didn't even know what was happening. Where she was, who she was with. I thought for sure, once we got to the door, she'd realize what was happening and have a moment of "I'm ready," but... no. She has just a glimmering realization that she's not where she thinks she is. And that's all.
Gah. I think I need to go sob into a pillow some more.
This reminded me of my grandmother so so much and i bawled my eyes out, in her final days she had dementia and she forgot alot of things but she would always rememeber me.
Man, this wrecked me. I had a feeling I needed to send her off soon when she started showing signs of Dementia, but I wasn't expecting it'd be THAT soon. I wanted to make her her favorite meal for the first and last time, but I didn't get to do that anymore-I couldn't take seeing her just standing by the prow all night. I knew it was time for her to go.
Never cried this much over a game. This reminded me so much of my grandmother, who also suffered from Dementia. She forgot everything but me. All the caretakers, everyone, she called them by my name. She died Oct last year, and I miss her so much.
Came here to say that I lost my grandfather this year and it was the hardest to say good bye. He went out similarly to Alice: fine one day, senile the next, and gone on the third. This goodbye was the hardest for me, but the most powerful as well, it was like saying goodbye all over again. Amazing job, Spiritfarer, and thank you.
Alice and Gwen have left me and it's so hard
With Alice though, it hurt more to watch her sit on the prow, staring over the ship knowing it was time to let go but trying to hold onto her until I got her house fully upgraded...
This one hit hard, like really hard. Something about knowing she was forgetting me just made me so sad, but then I was so happy when she left for the ever door 🥺 lowkey one of the best games of the year.
The only thing I know of to have made the great Yahtzee waver. And for good reason, I haven't even seen anything of this game and this makes me depressed.
This hurts so much. My grandma is also getting old and always needs walking assistance. This broke me.
This, this is one of the few moments in gaming that made me actually cry
Just got done completing this masterpiece. Didn’t expect to cry as much as I did.
It's the taking her arm and helping her to the boat. 😢
Damn. Even just hearing her music has me choking up still. ❤
I sent Alice off sort of on accident; I got the hat quest when I was already at the Everdoor after dropping off Summer, and I went thru the request without looking at the list/description. So when she said she wanted to go home I took her to her house.... but she didn’t go in. And I thought “oh, her memory is so far gone she can’t remember her own home; maybe I’ll take her to my cabin for now?” But then I saw the other spirits lining up next to the rowboat, and I realized “....oh.....”
And man I already teared up a bit when I sent off Summer, so having to bring Alice right after broke me. I actually cried. Alice and Summer were two of my favorite characters and it was so hard saying goodbye to them both back to back
I had a grandmother who spent her last days with dementia. When I played this part... it absolutely wrecked me. It felt like I went back to those last weeks I spent by her side. I don't think I ever sobbed this hard at a videogame.
I had so many tears streaming down my face while playing this part. My husband sat down for this scene and he started sobbing too 😭
So... this is the scene that made Yahtzee Croshaw from Zero Punctuation cry, huh? Can't say I blame him, got tears in my eyes too.
I know the game would be sad and that i sure will cry. but Alice, that hit me realy hard.
This game really knows how to make you mourn. There's nothing like walking someone to their death.
i shouldn't have gone too fast with her story, when she didn't knew who Stella was and instead was waiting for her daughter who lost her hat and stayed on the deck over night, i just burst in tears... i knew i had to take her to the everdoor asap.. i remember her playing music with Atul and Gustav while Summer where playing music for the plants, it was so nice..
Played this game last year and this questline ruined me. Now as my grandmother is currently being moved from her home to a care facility because of the severity of her dementia, I came back to see it again. No words.
Alice is also a character in a movie about a woman who loves Communication and Speech, and slowly loses her memories. The movie is titled "Still Alice", I believe that's where she got the inspiration from.
Alice is directly inspired by the grandmother of one of the game's artists, who passed away in the early stages of its creation. She is one of the characters that is actually based on a true story.
1:23 i was trying so hard to help her walk without crying as her theme plays....
Im stuck on the quest with Alice, says 'Walk Alice back to her house in the evening' no options are showing up at any time, I put her house on the ground level aswel. *Edit: I believe the quest messes up if when walking Alice to the prow of the ship, you accidentally go up a ladder and/or let go of her. I did that and it completely messed up her questline
Put on beach outfit with a red hat and try talking to her.
I don't know exactly how far you are with Alice Quest but try to change Stella's clothes as described in the previous comment and if that doesn't help then it could be that you got a bug. This has already been reported on steam: steamcommunity.com/app/972660/discussions/0/2799504352982555465/
I restarted my game, speedrunning back to where I was. If it does the same thing with Alice I'll try the beach outfit with red hat 🙂 thanks guys
Alice death was the most heartbreaking, to have her not recognize you is such a painful feeling. I'm glad that I finished the game, served every spirit until the end, to have an ending with real closure. Alice was one of my most favorite characters, But I'm glad she wasnt scared, she was instead recalling her memories of her loved one and that at the very least warmed my heart for the bitter sweet ending.
This one was the hardest. She somehow reminds me of my own mother...
this one broke me. i started crying as soon as she went through the door. i just sat in her house for a good 10 minutes and put on the periwinkle outfit before just shutting off the game completely.
I really wanted to punch a wall really hard 1000x until I break my arm and bleed so bad when I watched this scene. Sorry if the imagery is so gory but that's how painful this scene is to me when I watched it. I only shed a tear but the feeling is so heavy.
I won’t lie, this one hurt, this one was the moment I fell in love with this game😢😢
This made me cry so much...
This was the one that really got me
My grandmother has been officially diagnosed with Alzheimers. I'm not surprised, we suspected that she had dementia when I played through Spiritfarer. It's going to be so hard to say goodbye to her, but I'll be there for her.
Her middle name is Alice.
I can just remember my grandma and start thinking about my mother
Walking her around the boat and seeing her getting weaker really got me...
my grandmother's name was Alice, this part of the game was really hard
the third time I have seen a grandma die without me being able to say goodbye.... Yep... this hurts.... ow....just ouch.... now in both games and reality, I no longer have anymore Grandmas.... Nope, these tears are just from the angels cutting onions along with my heart....
Alright, everyone is talking about it as "emotionally hard" but for me it was a moral dilemma. She didn't want to get on our ship in the first place p, she thought she could live fine on that island with sheep ,we did convinced her to get on ship but at the end we FORCED her to leave without even her knowing. She didn't want to die ,she was looking at that place thinking how great would it be to come back there again, but she will never be able to do it. Is thing we doing even a good thing? Those ghosts all have their personalities an lives in this after death world. Why do we make them die?
All the spirits you take have some sort of lingering something that makes it so they find it hard to pass on.
But passing on is the natural order of things. They're all dead, their lives have come and gone. Staying in the space in between only wears them down over time as they feel the effects of their old lives and the pull of the afterlife.
Maybe Alice was truly happy on that island. Thing is, how long would that have lasted? As the dementia set in would she still be able to take care of herself?
One day she was going to wake up, not remember where she is and not recognize anything around her. The amount of panic and fear that would've set in as she dealt with it alone would've been a tragedy.
But in her last moments with you, you made sure she was safe, fed and comfortable. You took care of her at her most vulnerable. You make sure that she passes on with as much grace and dignity that you can.
We didn’t force her to leave. My mother who’s a hospice nurse explains it like this.When people are dying it’s funny because they don’t say “I’m gonna die in three days” they tend to start saying “my (late)mother is going to pick me up soon” or “it’s time for me go get on that train” “I’m going to go home soon” they somehow know it’s time to go.
All were doing is making them comfortable and happy as we guide them to their end. It’s not forced they are already at life’s end. We’re just there to help.
In the “real” world she’s comatose in her death bed filled with tubes. Why would you let her stay there? she still would have gone but sometimes extending care for a loved on actually hurts and prolongs their suffering. Sometimes it’s best to let people go on their own, in their own way.
@@WildHeart378 from what it looks like in the game they only "die" when they enter the gate, until then they're just vibing on some random islands. And some ghosts on those islands live a pretty good life and not planning to leave.
@@makar_on But here's the thing, we KNOW they are just dying. Them being on those islands, that's their spirit. I noticed how the last words Stanley said were "I feel strange. I feel cold. I hope it's like falling asleep." That is when his body in our world is starting to shut down and he knows he's leaving. In the end, Stella is actually sending Alice home. Home to a place where she doesn't have to suffer dementia and forget who she is and everything. In the real world, she's laying there, her body shutting down and she is about to make it to the next world. Stella couldn't stop that if she tried. Sooner or later, Alice would have shown up at the ever door.
I didn’t even cry I just felt dead but I’m crying now a bit so I guess that’s a good thing?
She doesn’t wanna come with me. I’m dressed as Amy and I can’t even talk to her. What is happening?
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