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* Perhaps what is most horrific is that this is merely the FIRST great war. One can only hope that, at some point, Karl and his family move far away (perhaps America) to some distant place were they just live as ordinary people with no fear of war. That's no guarantee, of course, for the countless lives that have been claimed by both wars, and others before and to come. As the mid-credits scene puts it: war is an inhuman machine with an insatiable appetite.
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* Perhaps what is most horrific is that this is merely the FIRST great war. One can only hope that, at some point, Karl and his family move far away (perhaps America) to some distant place were they just live as ordinary people with no fear of war. That's no guarantee, of course, for the countless lives that have been claimed by both wars, and others before and to come. As the mid-credits scene puts it: war is an inhuman machine with an insatiable appetite.appetite.
* The HappyEndingOverride that Freddie and Anna suffer in ''Coming Home''. Having fallen in love over the course of the war, Freddie brings Anna to America in order to start a new life together far from the battlefield. While they're looking at furniture for their new home, they are assaulted by two racists who end up fatally stabbing Freddie. He bleeds out in the street while Anna desperately tries and fails to resuscitate him. To make it even worse, his younger brother James finds out about this through a letter from Anna that she delivered simultaneously with the last letter that Freddie wrote, telling James about how he had renewed hope for the future.
* The HappyEndingOverride that Freddie and Anna suffer in ''Coming Home''. Having fallen in love over the course of the war, Freddie brings Anna to America in order to start a new life together far from the battlefield. While they're looking at furniture for their new home, they are assaulted by two racists who end up fatally stabbing Freddie. He bleeds out in the street while Anna desperately tries and fails to resuscitate him. To make it even worse, his younger brother James finds out about this through a letter from Anna that she delivered simultaneously with the last letter that Freddie wrote, telling James about how he had renewed hope for the future.
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* When you find out Freddie's backstory, [[spoiler:his wife was killed in a German bombing raid on their wedding day.]]
* While navigating a mine, Emile rescues a trapped German soldier, who returns the favor by distracting his own men to allow Emile to escape. A little while later, [[spoiler:Emile is ordered to help demolish the tunnels, inadvertently killing the same German soldier he had just saved]].
* Emile [[spoiler: believing Karl to be dead, falls into grief and wonders how he should explain this to Marie and Victor.]]
* While navigating a mine, Emile rescues a trapped German soldier, who returns the favor by distracting his own men to allow Emile to escape. A little while later, [[spoiler:Emile is ordered to help demolish the tunnels, inadvertently killing the same German soldier he had just saved]].
* Emile [[spoiler: believing Karl to be dead, falls into grief and wonders how he should explain this to Marie and Victor.]]
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* When you find out Freddie's backstory, [[spoiler:his his wife was killed in a German bombing raid on their wedding day.]]
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* While navigating a mine, Emile rescues a trapped German soldier, who returns the favor by distracting his own men to allow Emile to escape. A little while later,[[spoiler:Emile Emile is ordered to help demolish the tunnels, inadvertently killing the same German soldier he had just saved]].
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* Emile[[spoiler: believing Karl to be dead, falls into grief and wonders how he should explain this to Marie and Victor.]]
* While navigating a mine, Emile rescues a trapped German soldier, who returns the favor by distracting his own men to allow Emile to escape. A little while later,
* Emile
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* Karl's [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice by giving his gas mask to Marie when she's caught in a gas attack. Karl nearly dies, but gets better thanks to timely intervention from Anna.]]
* Karl has been separated from his son [[spoiler: for three years.]]
** Once Emile leaves to go to war, [[spoiler:he never sees his daughter, Marie, and his grandson, Victor, ever again. Emile and Karl last see each other when Emile is a prisoner of war.]]
* In Valiant Hearts: Dogs of War, [[spoiler:Cassie's (Walt's sister's) death, made even worse by the fact that Walt sees it and rushes to her side, only for Cassie to die with Walt standing helplessly beside her.]]
* At the crash of Baron Von Dorf's airship, Anna finds Karl, and Emile and Freddie are on the way. Everything seems to be going somewhat good, [[spoiler:then Anna and Karl are sent to a POW camp, Emile and Freddie to return to the front, and all four never get to be together again.]]
* Everything Emile goes through in his final battle, seeing his buddies die one by one, seeing so many of his countrymen dying pointlessly, seeing the inhuman machine of war crushing the human spirit, [[spoiler:until he finally makes it stop by killing his officer.]]
* And finally, [[spoiler:Emile's execution and his final letter to his daughter.]] Made even worse by two things. First, [[spoiler:you'd expect Emile, or any other character, to die during a battle against the Germans, or caught in the crossfire; instead, Emile is killed by his own countrymen]]. Secondly, during that scene, while more limited, [[ControllableHelplessness you've still got control]]. And they're the final movements the player makes in the game.
** Freddie standing glumly by, in respect for Emile. Other soldiers (who [[spoiler:may be the ones saved from death when Emile killed the officer]]) follow suit by saluting him.
** The salutes just adds a whole new tragic aspect to the situation: ''Nobody'' treats the man with disrespect, at the worst being a solemn stoicism that comes with having to carry out an execution--its as if everyone present ''knows'' this is wrong, and knows they are sending to his death a man who just wanted the absolute ''madness'' of the war to stop, but there is nothing that can be done--the sentence for murder has been decreed, and it must be served.
** The final letter indicates that [[spoiler:the news of Karl's survival never reached him and Emile died believing that he failed Karl.]]
* Karl has been separated from his son [[spoiler: for three years.]]
** Once Emile leaves to go to war, [[spoiler:he never sees his daughter, Marie, and his grandson, Victor, ever again. Emile and Karl last see each other when Emile is a prisoner of war.]]
* In Valiant Hearts: Dogs of War, [[spoiler:Cassie's (Walt's sister's) death, made even worse by the fact that Walt sees it and rushes to her side, only for Cassie to die with Walt standing helplessly beside her.]]
* At the crash of Baron Von Dorf's airship, Anna finds Karl, and Emile and Freddie are on the way. Everything seems to be going somewhat good, [[spoiler:then Anna and Karl are sent to a POW camp, Emile and Freddie to return to the front, and all four never get to be together again.]]
* Everything Emile goes through in his final battle, seeing his buddies die one by one, seeing so many of his countrymen dying pointlessly, seeing the inhuman machine of war crushing the human spirit, [[spoiler:until he finally makes it stop by killing his officer.]]
* And finally, [[spoiler:Emile's execution and his final letter to his daughter.]] Made even worse by two things. First, [[spoiler:you'd expect Emile, or any other character, to die during a battle against the Germans, or caught in the crossfire; instead, Emile is killed by his own countrymen]]. Secondly, during that scene, while more limited, [[ControllableHelplessness you've still got control]]. And they're the final movements the player makes in the game.
** Freddie standing glumly by, in respect for Emile. Other soldiers (who [[spoiler:may be the ones saved from death when Emile killed the officer]]) follow suit by saluting him.
** The salutes just adds a whole new tragic aspect to the situation: ''Nobody'' treats the man with disrespect, at the worst being a solemn stoicism that comes with having to carry out an execution--its as if everyone present ''knows'' this is wrong, and knows they are sending to his death a man who just wanted the absolute ''madness'' of the war to stop, but there is nothing that can be done--the sentence for murder has been decreed, and it must be served.
** The final letter indicates that [[spoiler:the news of Karl's survival never reached him and Emile died believing that he failed Karl.]]
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* Karl's [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice HeroicSacrifice by giving his gas mask to Marie when she's caught in a gas attack. Karl nearly dies, but gets better thanks to timely intervention from Anna.]]
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* Karl has been separated from his son[[spoiler: for three years.]]
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** Once Emile leaves to go to war,[[spoiler:he he never sees his daughter, Marie, and his grandson, Victor, ever again. Emile and Karl last see each other when Emile is a prisoner of war.]]
war.
* In Valiant Hearts: Dogs of War,[[spoiler:Cassie's Cassie's (Walt's sister's) death, made even worse by the fact that Walt sees it and rushes to her side, only for Cassie to die with Walt standing helplessly beside her.]]
her.
* At the crash of Baron Von Dorf's airship, Anna finds Karl, and Emile and Freddie are on the way. Everything seems to be going somewhat good,[[spoiler:then then Anna and Karl are sent to a POW camp, Emile and Freddie to return to the front, and all four never get to be together again.]]
again.
* Everything Emile goes through in his final battle, seeing his buddies die one by one, seeing so many of his countrymen dying pointlessly, seeing the inhuman machine of war crushing the human spirit,[[spoiler:until until he finally makes it stop by killing his officer.]]
officer.
* And finally,[[spoiler:Emile's Emile's execution and his final letter to his daughter.]] daughter. Made even worse by two things. First, [[spoiler:you'd you'd expect Emile, or any other character, to die during a battle against the Germans, or caught in the crossfire; instead, Emile is killed by his own countrymen]].countrymen. Secondly, during that scene, while more limited, [[ControllableHelplessness you've still got control]]. And they're the final movements the player makes in the game.
** Freddie standing glumly by, in respect for Emile. Other soldiers (who[[spoiler:may may be the ones saved from death when Emile killed the officer]]) officer) follow suit by saluting him.
** The salutes just adds a whole new tragic aspect to the situation: ''Nobody'' treats the man with disrespect, at the worst being a solemn stoicism that comes with having to carry out an execution--its as if everyone present ''knows'' this is wrong, and knows they are sending to his death a man who just wanted the absolute ''madness'' of the war to stop, but there is nothing that can be done--the sentence for murder has been decreed, and it must beserved.
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** The final letter indicates that[[spoiler:the the news of Karl's survival never reached him and Emile died believing that he failed Karl.]]
* Karl has been separated from his son
** Once Emile leaves to go to war,
* In Valiant Hearts: Dogs of War,
* At the crash of Baron Von Dorf's airship, Anna finds Karl, and Emile and Freddie are on the way. Everything seems to be going somewhat good,
* Everything Emile goes through in his final battle, seeing his buddies die one by one, seeing so many of his countrymen dying pointlessly, seeing the inhuman machine of war crushing the human spirit,
* And finally,
** Freddie standing glumly by, in respect for Emile. Other soldiers (who
** The salutes just adds a whole new tragic aspect to the situation: ''Nobody'' treats the man with disrespect, at the worst being a solemn stoicism that comes with having to carry out an execution--its as if everyone present ''knows'' this is wrong, and knows they are sending to his death a man who just wanted the absolute ''madness'' of the war to stop, but there is nothing that can be done--the sentence for murder has been decreed, and it must be
** The final letter indicates that
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---->[[spoiler: Dearest Marie, as the war ends for me, I have no regrets, I've seen too much horror. I hope fate has been more merciful to you. Our time on Earth is brief, and mine has been filled with so much joy, that I can only be thankful for how much I've been blessed. Most specially for the wonder you brought into my life. This letter is my last. I've been found guilty by a military court for the death of an officer. It was not my intention to kill him. War makes men mad. Though I failed Karl, I know my sacrifice has not been in vain. I fought for my country and my liberty, my honor is assured. Since it is the will of God to separate us on Earth, I hope we'll meet again in heaven. Keep me in your prayers. Your loving Papa, always.]]
** Arguably another sadness factor is that you never actually ''see'' [[spoiler:Emile die. You just hear the crack of the rifles, then the thump of his body hitting the ground.]]
** Audio director Yoan Fanise created a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeHFwBFi0Z8 clip]] of various Website/YouTube Let's Players' reactions leading up to [[spoiler: Emile's execution]]. Even for those without a face cam, [[LetsPlay/ChaoticMonki Cryaotic]]'s [[https://youtu.be/KEU4Op2Z0v8?t=29m3s vocal reaction]] sums it up as well.
** Arguably another sadness factor is that you never actually ''see'' [[spoiler:Emile die. You just hear the crack of the rifles, then the thump of his body hitting the ground.]]
** Audio director Yoan Fanise created a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeHFwBFi0Z8 clip]] of various Website/YouTube Let's Players' reactions leading up to [[spoiler: Emile's execution]]. Even for those without a face cam, [[LetsPlay/ChaoticMonki Cryaotic]]'s [[https://youtu.be/KEU4Op2Z0v8?t=29m3s vocal reaction]] sums it up as well.
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** Arguably another sadness factor is that you never actually ''see''
** Audio director Yoan Fanise created a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeHFwBFi0Z8 clip]] of various Website/YouTube Let's Players' reactions leading up to
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** [[LetsPlay/JackSepticEye Jack]]'s [[https://youtu.be/iU10cgzfJHY?t=23m32s reaction]] is also pretty apt, and more or less vocalises what many of the players were thinking:
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** [[LetsPlay/JackSepticEye [[WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}} Jack]]'s [[https://youtu.be/iU10cgzfJHY?t=23m32s reaction]] is also pretty apt, and more or less vocalises what many of the players were thinking:
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** The salutes just adds a whole new tragic aspect to the situation: ''Nobody'' treats the man with disrespect, at the worst being a solemn stoicism that comes with having to carry out an execution--its as if everyone present ''knows'' this is wrong, and knows they are sending to his death a man who just wanted the absolute ''madness'' of the war to stop, but there is nothing that can be done--the sentence for murder has been decreed, and it must be served.
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---> '''Cry''': ''That's not fair! That's not '''fucking''' fair! Fuck!.....'''Fuck!'''''
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---> '''Cry''': ''That's not fair! That's not '''fucking''' fair! Fuck!.....fair!'' That's bullshit! ''Fuck!.....'''Fuck!'''''
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** Listen to Emile's voice around the point he says "war makes men mad." Apparently even his voice actor was not immune to breaking up a little.
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** Listen to Emile's voice around the point when he says "war makes men mad." mad" and "I hope we'll meet again in heaven". Apparently even his voice actor was not immune to breaking up a little.
