Endgame
Nick witnesses the double murder of a pair of siblings
Taito’s odd floaty projectile-flinging combat game has a bit more plot than the average fighting game of the day, and some neat illustrations to go with it. So let’s follow Regina, whose supports her brother and Neo NOA in their ambition to create a utopian world for the psychics alone. However, to do so she’ll have to fight ANTI-NOA and the megalomaniacal ambitions of Wong’s army. Let’s see how she does… Regina’s brother Carlo perished in a battle with Gudeath, leading to a fight in which both combatants laid their lives on the line. After a tough battle, the younger Belfrond defeated her brother’s killer, achieving the vengeance she sought. Regina can now properly mourn her brother, and exhausted both physically and emotionally, she can only utter his name. Carlo was not only a member of her family, he was a figure of worship – and now he’s gone. But Gudeath isn’t gone. Though defeated and on the verge of death, Wong’s henchman has just enough strength to aim a final blast of energy at his adversary. He won’t survive this encounter, but he won’t be the sole loser. Gudeath taunts Regina one final time, noting the siblings’ shared fate. In seeking to advance the ambitions of the few psychics at the expense of regular humans, both have perished. Of course, in seeking absolute power for his leader, Gudeath has also fallen. Such divisive causes can only bring misery. Ultimately, nobody’s fight mattered at all. None of them have achieved their aims, and all of them have lost their lives in the process. The values they shunned in life have caught up with them in death, as they will all rot together in absolute equality. What a futile waste.