9:03 - The music and the bird rising, god i love it

"When my name was Ori" completely killed me.

Fighting Shriek made me think of her as a big bad boss. Compared to us she was massive, but realizing in the end she was just a child. One who never had the warmth of parents either in the beginning, or the end. It's so sad..

Shriek snuggling into her parents wings to finally die in peace made me break down in tears. She was born without her parents. She tried to fit in with the rest of her kind but got neglected until the darkness consumed her. The only thing she ever wanted was love, but she never got what she wanted until it was too late. Her tale actually breaks my heart

Before starting the game I thought "I'll be satisfied if this one is just half good as the first", but I must say...they did it again. Amazing masterpiece.

I am now depressed by the ending, I wanna accept that Ori is still alive and saved Niwen, but I still miss him being a smol light babby...

What an incredible journey this was. I felt so bad for the Shriek at the end :/

If you look closely at the tree bark at the end as the camera pans up, you can see faces of the other 3 characters hugging the tree (Ori). They are together in the end :)

I love how at 16:47 when it pans up the tree, you can see the faces of Naru, Gumo, and Ku naturally engraved into Ori

Regarding a potential sequel: If you go back and watch the prologue to the first game, you see how Naru finds Ori. Ori was basically a light leaf that got separated from the spirit tree and later became Ori, who Naru found in the forest. Same thing sort of happens here, you can see in the very last scene that a glowing leaf gets blown away from the tree. I do think this is the end of Ori's story (I mean, Naru and Gumo basically die of old age here, and Ku is straight up a Kuro-sized Owl in that shot where she flies by so I don't know if there's anything left to tell), but I imagine the new leaf may become the character of the next installment, if it happens.

Of all the things in this game, Ori letting go of Kuro's feather is what did me in...

The end that brought me to tears in my playthrough... Never have i cried this hard in a game before. I hope they will continue to expand and eventually make more games in this universe they have created~ They made this with their heart. and they certainly made me pour out both my own heart, and my tears.

No game made me cry that much before. so many different emotions in so little time... 10/10

I teared up when I saw Naru lean back and peacefully passed away on Ori's tree. She laid in the exact same position she found her father in when he passed. They were content and that's..... truly beautiful

I’m gonna be completely honest and say that i started bawling the moment shriek noticed her parents. It’s easily the most heart breaking moment of the entire series because she never truly got the love she deserved and that makes me depressed.

I just really wanted Ori to live with his happy family but...I guess this counts

11:06. This scene made me open my mouth in shock

I swear the music and the player simultanously transitioning into her new arena with Ori's theme being blasted is so damn cool.

This game...is beautiful.

The Ending nearly killed my eyes including my tears.

Why both games about Ori are so...sad, it's not bad, but i can't stop crying, these are so perfect stories...

This game is so so underrated. I almost hear nobody talk about it in GOTY lists, when arguably this game is one of the best games made in 2020

Can't wait for a sequel. It would be awesome seeing a giant tree running through the area with its branches behind, Naruto-style.

The moment 15:17 where i noticed the voice talking is Ori... Goosebumps

This ending made me cry harder than anything in my life. No movie, show or game has ever hit me so hard. I wish I could forget these games so I could replay them for the first time again.

Both villains in this franchise might somehow show a strong connection to what we called "Love". Kuro - the mother who went panic after witnessing the death of her own children when she tried to protect her kids. Shriek - a pitiful owl desperately grew in lack of protection, seeking out the warmth of love right when she was born just to be rejected by her own kind, until she finally neglected it. In the final moments, Kuro turned things right to save her last child, while Shriek tried to find her way back to where she was born- in her parent's arm. It might be like two ends of the same road - to protect, and lack of protection. In both endings, I think they perfectly wrap up this connection, and somehow, I just feel sad for the villains. The storyteller, the cutscene- all of these things truly deserve my respect.

The ending of Shirek and the moki father was so sad.

_First, everyone ran from Kuro. _*_Now we hit Shriek in vengeance._* _How angry are we since Blind Forest?_ *_And every time you pause the game, the background moves still. And yet no one captures the nice VFX._*

I want them to make a third game, but if they do it might ruin this ending. I feel like this ending wasn’t just the ending for the this game but was the ending to Ori’s story. So if there is a new installment there would probably would be a different main character.

So, this is basically the Cycle of Light and Dark, but we get friends, and they die near us. Prepare to Cry.

16:10 I just realized the ending cutscene implies that they all died from old age, Naru is struggling to walk with Gumo, they fade away and we dont't see Ku when the tree is fully grown. EDIT: I don't know why the PC version has Naru laying down on her back when she's on the tree but in this clip (xbox version) she's standing, interesting.

best game ever i seen in my life .. emotion makes the game

Secret Achievement unlocked - 0.10% "Cry Baby"

cry. cry. cry. Why they didn't call their game a Will of the Tears?!

Am I the only person who lost my shit when you find out that voice you heard the whole time was Ori all along?? I was not ready for the beauty of this game. What a masterpiece!! Cant wait for their next project.

Ori will forever live on as one my favorite games ever. A beautiful, storytelling masterpiece.

Never have I ever cried so hard for a video game. Watching Naru died on Ori's lap is so beautiful yet hurts me like nothing else. I want to play the game again for the achievements, but probably won't because I can't take all the FEELS MAN.

Blind Forest credit song : Light of Nibel Will of the Wisps credit song : Light of Niwen ?

This is what Moon studios does. They make you hate the antagonist and then they make you cry because of it. I think this is the perfect ending. Judging by it I think there is still material to continue the story and I hope Moon studios will give us another ori game in the future.

Kuro to Shriek: Who are you? Shriek: I'm you, but stronger.

When I played it, the beginning didn't really feel that powerful compared to the first. But the end... good God it was incredible and bitter-sweet! Poor Shriek... she just needed love from the beginning. It's so sad that she was alone in the end, trying to cling to whatever warmth her parents' bones could offer. And Ori becoming a tree was a nice way to wrap up his story. I wonder what spirit will be venturing forth next should they make more games in this universe. Now I feel like I need to replay Blind Forest after completing this game.

I feel like we at least needed one last reunion between Ori and Ku at the end. I think we, the players, deserved it since Ku was 100% part of the storyline with the first half having us look for her and the second half us trying to heal her as well as everyone else. It seems very unfair and only intensifies the amount of sadness as you realize that the moment where they reunited halfway through the game was the last time they would ever see each other. I know you can’t have everything, especially in this game, but I feel like one last reunion between the two wouldn’t be too much to ask for. It reminds me of the end of Lord of the Rings, but instead of reuniting with Gandalf and the other company, Frodo immediately jumps on the ship and sets off to loo loo land. Like SLOW DOWN Moon Studios!

Did anyone else notice that Ori's walk to Seir is the reverse of the the end of the first scene in the first game?

12:10 through 12:53 would have been 10x sadder if it also included memories from the first game. Regardless, I got hit by a feels train big time.

Shriek deserves a happy ending too. I'm glad Ori restored Niwen but it's also Shriek's home. A child never experiencing love in all her life doesn't deserve such a sad and empty ending. There has to be a sequel and Ori's child needs to fulfill what his/her parent set out to accomplish, trying to give Shriek love.

Shriek made me cry more than Ori, she didn't deserve to die after she was born alone with no one. I got teared when she was yelling while flying made me think that She calling her mother and her father about her Injuries. That should hits everyone more than Ori had.

I just finished the game. This was a beautifully emotional experience. I was using this as a way to help me with all of the sad feelings I’ve been trying to hold back from everything going on in my life right now. I am now a wreck and I can’t stop thinking about it. It was a mistake to think this would help me with my sadness, but I am still glad I got to experience this emotional journey. I hugged my dog after I finished playing. She was laying on my bed watching me play through it. I always felt that Ori kind of looks like my dog so I always felt it was necessary to play this game whenever she was in my room. Overall, I loved this game. I will keep thinking about it for a long time and of course, I will be listening to the beautiful soundtrack a lot as well.

Good lord, I never expected to get emotional over this game. What a great game.

The only sad thing about this ending is shriek. Ori doesn’t die, he just turns into a tree. Still capable of thought and communication, and obviously remembers everything or he wouldn’t be narrating the story to us. It’s a beautiful ending to a beautiful game, I just wish shriek had gotten some closure. Otherwise it’s perfect, Naru and Gumo spend the rest of their time together caring for Ori as he grows into the new spirit tree of Niwen, and we get to see Ku all grown up looking just like her mother.

I wonder if moon studios is done with Ori for now... I don’t see any way to continue this story unless it’s a spinoff. Kinda makes me sad

This game really tears on your heartstrings. I feel so bad for Shriek. First thing I searched after playing through the ending was if there was an alternate ending where Shriek becomes friends with the rest, but I couldn't find anything. Man... why did they have to do this to us? Poor Shriek. I really don't want to accept that she just died alone like that...

I cried so hard at the mere struggling Ori had getting to Seir, it was literally the beginning of the first one ;-;

the whole ending cutscene is just very emotional omgg and also did the end [ the leaf scene ] show us how the first game started because that was very amazing wow

I was expecting an ending like this to happen at the end of a trilogy, kind of makes me sad that this is where Ori's tale ends. Feels too soon. If they do make a third installment I have no idea how they'd do it, or even how they would top this. My guess is if they want to keep the trend of Ori and the __, he will be reincarnated (maybe even as our own custom Ori). If not that then maybe a prequel, and last possibility (which is highly unlikely) is an alternate timeline like if Ori failed to be able to embrace the light or Ku just did not fly to Niwen. Great game regardless. Edit: I just had an idea for a potential sequel. One of the themes that people have pointed out is the cycle. A new spirit is born, becomes strong, and then absorbs the light from the tree to become a new spirit tree, repeat. Well, what if one of those spirits was not pure of heart and instead of using the light to become a spirit tree they keep it for themselves, threatening the cycle and becoming a dark, greedy, power hungry spirit. This is where Ori reincarnates themselves, weakened, finding remnants of his old life, explore familiar places twisted and decayed by greed and darkness, and struggles to become strong enough again to challenge this greedy spirit to restore the cycle and ensure the continuation of life. We could possibly even get assistance from other spirits (because at the end of Blind Forest there were more spirits being born) which could give the option of Co-op play. Ori and the Children of Light, maybe? This is if they intend to continue the Ori and the __ series, which I hope they do. This series is too good to be left to rot. edit 2: another option is a dlc granting an alternate ending.

The soundtrack of this game is an absolut masterpiece..

Is it just me or is the end credits different on the steam version. I have a black screen instead of the sunset, the music is different and the little murals are also different.

Never has a game hit me this hard. This was such an amazing game with many emotions. The adventure I shared with this little creature named Ori is one I will never forget. Strong freakin' work on this game, devs.

What a fucking thrill of a fight, the buildup to shrieks fight, the beautiful visuals, the god tier music. This is one of the only games that has made me cry just from sheer spectacle but the music and heart wrenching story didn’t make it any easier. Such a good fucking game

Is this how my childchood end? Isnt it? From Born of Ori to when he become tree.

I love that the main melody from the blind forest is included in the will of the wisps but in a different version.

I'm crying, this game is awesome !

I really hope that the leaf that broke off the tree gives birth to new spirits.. I want a 3rd game so bad - ori could narrate it as well. Somehow I didn't cry in the ending but still. amazing, amazing game. Masterpiece.

A rare gem in my games collection, this game is a masterpiece!

It seems that the spirit tree of Nibel serve to control and regulate the elements of nature, kind of like an administrator. And the administrator create copies (spirit guardians) to protect the domain (Nibel). The spirit willow of Niwen, on the other hand, mainly oversees the cycle of life and death with its light while seemingly not producing as many spirit guardians as Spirit Tree of Nibel. Both spirit trees have very similar power but they protect the land with different methods. Is it possible for there be a Mother Spirit Tree, Yggdrasil, that produced various spirit trees to oversee the lands? We need a prequel to explain the origin of all spirit trees. Maybe the death of mother spirit tree created the Ori universe.

God of war 2018 cant even dream with that epic last fight. On that game you dont even hear the music during bosses. Here is a super important part of the game and it makes it much more epic

This game is...not just Art. It is, i think, the best game. By the game i mean First one and Sequel. It's one story. And why it's the best? It tells you basic things about the Life. It makes you happy, makes you kindlier. It makes you cry. This game is must have for childrens. We are all starting to forget about friendship, love, sacrifice, light and dark, caring of nature. I don't know, but this game somehow strongly resembles to me The Land Before Time cartoon for some reason. It was about dinosaurs journey to better place. Have great music and amazing painting of backgrounds too. And themes of life, death, friendship are was there too. Thanks you developers. Feels bad for them a bit, because there is still no patch for game, and audio buzz bug is still here and it breaks mood and flow of the game for sure. And I understand what they just can't finish patch fast because of virus pandemic right now.

My dad purposefully bought an Ori plushie for me the day after I finished the game because he saw me crying because at the time I didn't think Ori was coming back and to this day I still have him and in perfectly condition

I play many games but this ooh boy and then that ending, i can say that i'm a emotional WRECK. My eyes really hurt from crying. GAMES LIKE THIS ARE PURE ART

Ori is the first game that made me accualy cry, there were some games but they could make me at most sad but never cry. one is sure before i play the next one i need to watch a shit ton of happy things to not cry the moral of this is Monsters are made not born

2:42 Is my favourite part because it reminds me once upon a time before March last year, my height was complete, but after that my heart was crushed, just like the orb of light, and now there’s only darkness the blackest of darkness inside of me August, however, was when I finally snapped.

Ori isn't gone. He's just not here right now. Until the new leaf falls and settles on the grass.

I just finished the game. 30 hours of gameplay and now I can't stop crying... my first game in a long time and it broke my heart. I cried at the beginning, but I haven't thought a moment that the ending will broke me in pieces. Excellent game and story.

I spoiled myself. AMAZING!!

I really hope this isn’t the end of Ori and that a third game comes in the future.

Oh my GOD. I feel soo bad for Shriek. That moment when he crawls back to the corpse of his parents. It fucking broke me

Omg I need to meet every single dev from this game, people behind the art, soundtrack and story. I wanna hug one by one and tell them whay they created is art! Thank you for this thrilling and touching journey. Playing all the way from Brazil

Wow you must have head ups in every upcoming console game

I am watching this atleast twice a week.... this game is such a masterpiece in any aspect.

I love that I didn’t see the ending twist coming right until just before it happened and it made me teary eyed

I finished the game like 10 minutes and I’m not afraid to say I bawled my eyes out at this ending.

Max's wife JaeJae is going to be pissed at the ending, and I am not going to spoil it.

It's bittersweet but Ori definitely lives despite being merged with the light. Hence how he's the narrator. And I like to look at that feather as Ori being reborn as another vessel of light once again to continue the cycle(potentially in a sequel)? Like reincarnation but he's self aware. We can only hope. It's a rather optimistic, happy ending for everyone and these characters at least deserved that. Shriek was the most heartbreaking part for me. I don't think she died but instead just tried to find some comfort in her dead parents from her defeat. Still very sad to me though. Perhaps because she reminds me of myself in some ways. Angry and afraid of change, very spiteful, etc. Her outcome really hurt to watch and it would have been great to see her finally embrace light and love but her arc suits the story. As is with life, some things are just too damaged to embrace any form of change and remain who and what they are. Living with that kind of pain and anger for so long, even if you dont want to anymore, can have you get lost in it and it truly becomes a part of who you are and you'll avoid changing it until the day you die, where maybe THEN you might show just a moment of weakness and regret for not doing so. Just like I think Shriek did. Sorry for rambling lol but this story really hits me. It's so well done.

One year since I played this game and I still cry.

Poor Shriek, she deserved to know joy and love, she didn't deserve to die alone, please Moon Studio leave her alive.

the moment that hit me the most, the fact that in the first game now you know that was ori narrating his life up until him fusing with seir. So everytime you hear the narrator in the first game(and this one), its not some random voice, it was ori telling you his tale. im not gonna cry.....

Wow just imagine this game was a book or a movie...

When he said My name is Ori. I think hes still alive, how could he tell the story if hes dead? He could be the new leaf that came off the tree. You can look in the credits scene for clues. The clues in the credits scene is different. Look at images

"Ori: Life Begins Anew" Would be a pretty standard title for part 3 if they choose to. it keeps both the previous games story, and also allows for a continuation to be made through his children. this is again with the "if" because they also said in this game that some can be saved, while others choose to remain in darkness. So they could simply leave it at Shriek is past saving since she still chose Darkness. Either way i am SO satisfied by this series. So well done.

What an amazing work of art this game is. Just so beautiful and moving.

This was an incredible fight. One of my favorite

Man the Shriek Story and the final of this game makes me cry :(

So beautiful

13:39 those small particles that appeared were either Oris physical form breaking down or the seed for the spirit tree burrowing.

Geez... I cried with this! What a wonderful game!

Anyone else noticed the twig falling out of Tokk's beak at 13:44? There he is, our loveable grumpy pessimist, realizing that miracles do happen.

I thought Ku's coma/death broke my heart beyond repair. Then I thought Kwolok's death after succumbing to the decay broke my heart even further. But after seeing Shriek die under the fossilized wings of her dead parents, Ori giving up their form to become the next guardian of Niwen, and the rest of the original main characters growing up and passing away from old age under Ori's tree..... F*cking hell dude. These two games were absolute masterpieces. While it may hurt to think this story has come to an end, it was an adventure the whole way through.

When Shriek returned to her parents, I shed a thousand tears.

Circle of Life.

It's the greater lesson of what cycle life and karma are in games. Incredibly beautiful, thank you so much :")

Even though it’s been well over a year since I played this, I can still vividly remember watching the ending. Despite the fact that I don’t usually react much at all while playing games, especially alone, my jaw outright dropped at the “When my name was Ori.” This was a freaking masterpiece dude.