I feel like living memory would have been a great plot thread to explore in the patches instead of rushing the MSQ through it. It really did feel like they did it just for some cheap emotional moments, and I felt like they were so rushed that they did not land for me at all.

Erenville's mom even says that you don't have to deactivate them right away, but you should because it will take away Sphene's motivation to go after other worlds. BUT THEN SPHENE DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE IT AT ALL. She's already a emotionless robot by then and doesn't even mention that all the endless have been deactivated. You end a whole civilization of a different dimension over the whim of a bunny girl without any moral considerations or discussion at all. They wanted to do everything at once, have their big ending. Y'shtola doesn't even get to be a part of it, because it is decided that 80% of the most experienced veterans of dealing with this kind of thing should be left guarding the gate.

I also see so many people that talk about how the story is about "letting go", but I feel like that was only introduced in the last zone?? The rest of the story was about war and peace and memory?? Erenville gets lied about his mom being dead and then finds it out at the last minute and then gets dragged along the last zone before being told to get over it and have one last good memory before having to fucking turn her off. And everyone is just like yeah okay. Jesus, I feel like Erenville got fucked over so bad. I don't even know how people found this emotional. Having to essentially kill what is left of your mom after she lies to you and you basically don't even have a moment to yourselves to talk about it, and mom just being like "Why can't you be happy for me, I want to die already".

Sorry, this turned into a bit of a rant.