History VideoGame / EndRoll

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!''End Roll'' contains examples of:

Also see ''VideoGame/FarethereCity'' and ''Walking on a Star Unknown'', another game published by the same creator.

Also see ''VideoGame/FarethereCity'' and *Walking on a Star Unknown*, another game published by the same creator.

Also see ''VideoGame/FarethereCity'' and *Walking on a Star Unknown, another game published by the same creator.

Also see ''VideoGame/FarethereCity'', another game published by the same creator.

At least, at first.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Indecent One]] seems to be the source of the monsters in Russell’s dream. [[spoiler:She represents Russell’s [[AbusiveParents abusive mother.]]]]
* BigScrewedUpFamily: [[spoiler: Russell's family. His father is an abusive drunk, his mother is either a sex worker or is constantly sleeping with other people - either way, she vastly prefers and prioritizes sex over caring for her son emotionally or financially - and Russell was an unwanted, battered and neglected child, thus he was deprived of the love of a family in his formative years. This is how Russell developed what is very likely antisocial personality disorder, and was never taught how to cope with it and how to care for others, so he went through life, growing more and more callous and violent towards his peers.]]
* BonusBoss: [[spoiler: The Informant.]]

** Played straight by [[GreenEyedMonster The Jealous One]].

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Russell's childhood.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Happens fairly often within the game, but in particular, the implications regarding [[spoiler: Russell's mother]] fall into this category. The most glaring example is the game's final dungeon, which is [[spoiler: the "nest" of the monster representing Russell's dad. The "nest" comes in the form of a woman's naked abdomen with hands gripping it everywhere, and the entrance to the nest is at pelvis level.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Russell in both True Ends, though in the second it was more of a choice to let himself fall into a coma and die in happiness with the rest of the dream, as opposed to going back to the real world and facing reality. The first True End is far more explicit. Kantera and Mireille also count, though their suicides were assisted.]]

* FanDisservice: The BigBad ''would'' be an example of EvilIsSexy were it not for her [[ButterFace disgusting face]], [[ExtremeLibido creepy obsession with sex]], and awful treatment of [[spoiler:''[[AbusiveParents her own son]]'']].
* FantasticCatholicism: Despite all the crosses and talk of the lord, Dogma's church apparently worships a "goddess" [[spoiler: which doubles as a symbol of his and Cody's mother.]] [[WordOfGod According to Segawa, this is because Russell doesn't actually know much about Christianity]], and since the church is a part of his dream, it's a slightly warped version of a real life church. Russell apparently does know about the significance of the sign of the cross, though, since Dogma performs one [[spoiler: in his ending.]]

* FisherKing: Considering the setting is just Russell's dream, it's not surprising. [[spoiler:But as you get more and more regretful, the happy setting grows more and more disturbed.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When you visit Russell's memories of him after his parents, [[spoiler:you can see Yumi's cowboy hat on the ground.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:All of the main bosses, with the exception of [[BigBad The Indecent One]], can be found in the bonus room, hanging around and not harming anyone.]]

* TheLudovicoTechnique: Essentially what the Happy Dream Rehabilitation Program boils down to; the experimenters use a drug on a person who is on death row; the drug creates dreams intended to induce guilt in the dreamer.

* MultipleEndings: 3 endings with 7 variations depending on [[spoiler:who your partner is during day 6.]]
** Normal Ending: [[spoiler:If by Day, your guilt isn't a certain level, the Happy Dream experiment is canceled and you are put in another cell. But it's reported that Russell has auditory hallucinations as a result of the experiment.]]
** True End 2: [[spoiler:After defeating your mother, Russell is given two choices. You can either end the dream world or stay in it. To reach this ending, you decide to stay in the dream world. In the real world, Russell never wakes up again]]

** Aged One is {{Sloth}}, representing [[spoiler:Kantera’s Desire to murder his grand pa just so he won’t have to deal with the burden of taking care of him and seeing him suffer]].
** [[GreenEyedMonster Jealous One]] is {{Envy}}, obviously.
** Toxic One is {{Gluttony}}, a literal big, fat, drunken monster.
** [[spoiler:Indecent One]] is {{Lust}}. A rare example of the BigBad symbolizing lust as opposed to Pride.

* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler:It's implied that Russell's dad was one for Yumi. The monster that represents him is undeniably one for Yumi though.]]

** Witnessing One is wrath, respresenting Russell’s hatred of the “annoying monkeys” [[spoiler:and possibly the beginning of his [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone self-hatred]]]].

** Aged One is Sloth, representing [[spoiler:Kantera’s Desire to murder his grand pa just so he won’t have to deal with the burden of taking care of him and seeing him suffer]].
** [[GreenEyedMonster Jealous One]] is Envy, obviously.
** Toxic One is Gluttony, a literal big, fat, drunken monster.

** Aged One is Sloth, representing [[spoiler:Kantera’s Desire to murder his grandpa just so he won’t have to deal with the burden of taking care of him and seeing him suffer]].

''End Roll'' is a [[FreewareGames freeware]] [[VideoGame/RPGMaker RPGMaker 2000]] game published in the summer of 2016 by a developer named Segawa. Described as a "regretful adventure RPG", it follows a fourteen-year-old murderer named Russell on his journey of depressing self-discovery in the world of his dreams with the help of an experimental drug called Happy Dream. Normally, Russell would have been given the death penalty for his crimes, but, in order to perfect their drug-which has never successfully worked before-and to try to reform Russell, the creators of Happy Dream managed to get him into their program. Now, he must inject himself with Happy Dream every morning to see if he, a boy described as emotionless, is capable of figuring out what guilt and remorse are and whether he can feel guilty about the horrible crimes he's committed by interacting with the ghosts of his past in his dreams.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Every main boss is some variation of NamesToRunAwayFrom/TheAdjectiveOne. In order: Witnessing, Lamenting, Buried, Jealous, Toxic, and [[spoiler:[[BigBad Indecent]]]].

* DiscOneFinalBoss: The Jealous One is fought as the last boss of you have less than 20 Guilt by then. [[spoiler:Story-wise, The Toxic One seems to be the main threat to Nameless Town, and is brought up repeatedly, but is just TheDragon.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The cast, clockwise from the top: [[AloofDarkHairedGirl Cody Toscarina]], [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Mayor Saxon]], [[{{Meido}} Mireille Nif]], [[AnIcePerson Kantera]], [[PlayerCharacter Russell Seager]], [[CoolBigBro Tabasa McNeil]], [[CowboyCop Yumi Bombers]], [[GoodShepard Dogma Toscarina]], and [[GenkiGirl Gardenia Reitman]].]]

* NonIndicativeName: ''Gardenia'' is a chef. Might also be the case for ''Dogma'', whose [[GoodShepard attitude]] doesn't really live up to his name's [[KnightTemplar occasional negative connotation.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The cast, clockwise from the top: Cody, Mayor Saxon, Mireille, Kantera, Russell, Tabasa, Yumi, Dogma and Gardenia.]]

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: If you manage to beat [[spoiler:the informant]] and access the bonus room where you can talk to every character and BE any main recruitable character, the informant will be very worried about you going into the bath next door (where [[spoiler:the monster representing Russell's father]] resides) if you talk to him as Yumi and will advise you to be careful. As a character who has been a Jerkass/Jerkass Woobie through the entire game, it's really nice to see he genuinely cares about some denizens in the dream world.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Indecent One]] seems to be the source of the monsters in Russel’s dream. [[spoiler:She represents Russel’s abusive mother.]]

* NonIndicativeName: ''Gardenia'' is a chef. Might also be the case for ''Dogma'', whose attitude doesn't really live up to his name's occasional negative connotation.

''End Roll'' is a [[FreewareGames freeware]] [[RPGMaker RPGMaker 2000]] game published in the summer of 2016 by a developer named Segawa. Described as a "regretful adventure RPG", it follows a fourteen-year-old murderer named Russell on his journey of depressing self-discovery in the world of his dreams with the help of an experimental drug called Happy Dream. Normally, Russell would have been given the death penalty for his crimes, but, in order to perfect their drug-which has never successfully worked before-and to try to reform Russell, the creators of Happy Dream managed to get him into their program. Now, he must inject himself with Happy Dream every morning to see if he, a boy described as emotionless, is capable of figuring out what guilt and remorse are and whether he can feel guilty about the horrible crimes he's committed by interacting with the ghosts of his past in his dreams.

''End Roll'' is a [[FreewareGames freeware]] [[RPGMaker RPGMaker 2000]] game published in the summer of 2016 by a developer named Segawa. Described as a "regretful adventure RPG", it follows a fourteen-year-old murderer named Russell on his journey of depressing self-discovery in the world of his dreams with the help of an experimental drug called Happy Dream. Normally, Russell would have been given the death penalty for his crimes, but, in order to perfect their drug-which has never successfully worked before-and to try and reform Russell, the creators of Happy Dream managed to get him into their program. Now, he must inject himself with Happy Dream every morning to see if he, a boy described as emotionless, is capable of figuring out what guilt and remorse are and whether he can feel guilty about the horrible crimes he's committed by interacting with the ghosts of his past in his dreams.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: If you manage to beat [[spoiler:the informant]] and access the bonus room where you can talk to every character and BE any main recruitable character, the informant will be very worried about you going into the bath next door (where [[spoiler:the monster representing Russell's father]] resides) if you talk to him as Yumi and advise you to be careful. As a character who has been a Jerkass/Jerkass Woobie through the entire game, it's really nice to see he genuinely cares about some denizens in the dream world.