>>723842987
>Railroading the player into a specific ending and then going HAHA BUT THIS IS NOT THE REAL ENDING, PLAY AGAIN!!!!111 isn't going to fly.
A Literal Who I watched said the same thing.
The majority of people'll be soured or """filtered""", for anyone who wants to defend their gay ego by that first ending and will likely just drop the game right there regardless of the context of the other endings provide to the overall plot. At that point if anyone wants to argue that it's for "true" SH fans than be my guest because idk who'd be patient enough to appreciate going through the headache of the combat again just for a couple of altered cutscenes. I was patient enough to get all of SH4's ending in 1 week, but even just for fun I wouldn't want to do another playthrough and wouldn't blame anyone who can't stomach that game's repetition.
Also I have a theory they intentionally designed SHf the way they did partly so people feel they got their $70 shekels worth, since the game's on rails (unlike SH2R which was comically bloated) and relatively short if you play on Story mode and ignore most enemies.