[quote=@Shorticus]
No, they don't need to be, but what the HELL is that thing I just linked? And why have I talked to people that tried to convince me it was somehow deep?!
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To be fair, Jonathan Blow is known for his previous game (Braid) having a pretentious "artsy" secret ending. What's interesting is we're starting to have known creators of work in videogames now, so you kind of know what you're getting into with some of these guys. Kojima always has some tits or crazy plot devices and a movie like plot, Jonathan Blow loves his pretentious endings and his game art is incredibly good, and Toby Fox is known for putting a lot of really quality music made by himself into his games.

Maybe it will become like movies where the developers will be more important than the company's releasing their work.