(14) The Path: Epilogue Part 1

[Karkenou]

rip headphone users

[xemerzis]

The girl in white is the real wolf. The path is life, and we try to have a "straight and narrow" path, it never quite ends up that way. We stray from it, adventure into sex, drugs, we lose sight of our goals, and we become better people for it. The girl in white tries to warn you about the "wolves" and she brings you back to the path. Effectively, she is keeping the girls from growing up, which while it may spare them pain, it is the true failure in life.

[leontas2007]

I don't know.. There are many theories. One theory is that the real grandchild was the girl in white. And the 7 sisters was 7 diffrend cases from the life of the grandmother or That the 7 sisters was the same person and show to us what have she learned to the age of 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19. Becauses in this ages we learn the basic things about life

[InnocentGuillotine]

(Note that this is coming from the perspective that the "wolves" are old-school fae) I think that the girl in white is like the wolves in that she isn't exactly human; however, unlike the (other?) "wolves", she's much more benign. She's probably a guardian of sorts for the girls, which is why she reacts so poorly to their disappearance. ...Now that I think about it, the grandmother might not be entirely human either, hence the physics/logic-defying house.

[sailordarkmoon999]

My thoery on the girl in white...

The Girl in White is the wolves who teach the sisters about growing up.

The order that the girls come in, in the stages of growing up.

Ginger (girls getting period)

Ruby (Going to High School (the last School before College is what i mean)Carmen (Flirting and getting married)

Scarlet (Getting an adult job and completing life time goals)

Robin (Dying at the end of your life)

Rose (Going to heaven after death)

so yeah... :3

[MiddleEasternBorder]

So if the 6 girls were actually grandma at her young age, it means that her life is fucked up by a wolf every two years

[gloompelt]

@MiddleEasternBorder pretty much :P

[melmint]

it might be that the white girl is the real red riding hood and she went to visit her grandma who told her about her various events in her life she had and how a part of her died as she grows up, with everyone of the 6 girl a differet part in her life, if u realise all the girls are different ages, they might represent granma when she was that age

[Presidentjh]

Girl: Grandmother, what a disturbing psychotic interior decorator you have!

Grandmother/Wolf: All the better to make you crap yourself, my dear!

[Suprasylph]

Awesome job with posting these videos, I love them, but the next time you do, can you double-check your sound levels? The sound in all of the videos you've posted pertaining to The Path is very overmodulated and destracts from the quality of both the game and the videos you've made.

[toonkid91]

If you dont encounter the wolf the whole game you get a happy ending i think

[cracadarta]

No, you can't finish the game, actually. You need to encounter the wolf to get Mission Accomplished. :)

[Aantarktica]

I mean, the girl can symbolized the remorse of simply life. The white-dress girl shows objects (try run on the same direction with her), maybe grandma wants for her granddauthers much interested life.

[Aantarktica]

I think the girl with white dress is a conscience. Anyway, white colour means innocence. If version about young gradma is correct, i think her wolf is a ignorance and... boring life. Maybe when grandma was dying, she realized her "sin" and that why the young girl was here.

[cracadarta]

The second thing is that the white lady is the little girls' mother. And she goes to her mother instead of her daughters. That's why the old lady has the photo of her. Because it's her child. And that's why she keeps getting the girls back on the path. Because she wants them safe. :) PM me, tell me what you think... I kinda like this game. Works good when you're stoned. :) Keeps you thinking all the time, trust me.

[FluffyPonBomb]

@cracadarta That was a nice comment until the stoned part. Please post those things somewhere else.

[cracadarta]

I have two things in mind. Firstly, the white lady I think is "younger grandmother" and her nephew's lives are flashing before her eyes and she dies as she (younger version) gets back to the body. Look at her eyes as the cutscene ends. They appear to close or move or something. But the strongest argument that the grandmother might be the young lady is the photo at the end of the cutscene. Looks just like the white crazy jumping around lady, does it? :)

[artem2922]

The white dressed girl is younger grandma, She tries to show the mistakes she made when she was young to her grandchildren, and asks them to stay on the path (not make any mistakes and live a safe life) but they all leave the path and meet their wolf (greatest fear death)

[bardero23]

the answer is drugs...... a lot of them

[foreverlastingfull]

is it me or does the music while she is in the house kind of sound like take my breath away

[Jhzx136]

thought about that too...

[dahalochick]

Maybe, and this is a new theory for me, the girl in white is the younger version of the grandmother who strayed from the path in her life, her ghost haunts the area, she knows the wolf is around, and she's trying to protect her grandchildren from it by keeping them on the path. If you fail she wakes up when each girl visits her so....OR MAYBE THE GRANDMOTHER IS THE WOLF. Who knows?

[shaneanus]

mannnn id hate to be on acid right now........ IM FREAKN OUT!!

[wizardbaker]

If you play the demo, which takes place before the full game, you play as the white dress girl and each main spot is sending out a dark smoke. Any explinations?

[Lera123456]

I think that she is the grandma woolf

[kalliopekrash]

The music when she gets into Grandma's house is incredibly creepy.

[TRsnumber1fan]

wow grandmas house is messed up

[BloodlustAugust]

Okay, I have one question that can be inferred from a statement: The girl in white is covered in blood.

[Mordain607]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the girl in while is grandma's "wolf". And she kills grandma.

[KudaKitsuneNasaku]

I've not played the game but I've seen all the endings thanks to Joudas x3 But I have a feeling that the girl in white is actually an angel come to take the Gran away.

[LaraCroftsFan]

What happens when you collect all objects? Anyone know, we've been trying to find out what happens

[Joudas]

Nothing. The ending gets slightly longer when you collect 3 specific ones for each girl. These videos were shot with all items collected (despite it showing '0/3' at the end - I believe this is a bug caused by saving and switching girls before triggering the ending after collecting the objects - I did it this way in order to record the videos all at once). The trip through the house is slightly shorter if you don't collect them all but it otherwise has no impact.

[RunyaEithelNar]

Girl in white was only girl, who didn't lie or sit on bed. And on some videos place where wolf is changed...Why? Interesting game...

[magpiefabric]

Maybe the white dress girl could represent their mother? I haven't properly played the game (tried at a friends house) so I wouldn't entirely know but a poential interpritation?

[BurningSunBloodyMoon]

Well, the girl in white's picture is above Grandma's bed (you can clearly see it at around 1:49 in this video), so that would make sense. The fact that the girl in white visits each of the 6 girl's ending rooms when going through the house would suggest that she's had these experiences before, and wants to protect the girls from their consequences, hence why she tells them all not to leave the path.

[DarkestHeart266]

i think you could be right about that but i don't think it's their mum, maybe she a ghost that's seen this all happen before, maybe she helped out the grandma and that's why there's a photo :]

come to think of it that granny must have a lot of trouble finding her stuff, with all those rooms appearing and disappearing :P

[Frankenchokie]

I like that interpretation - it makes sense to me!

Either that or she's the grandmother herself (since Grandma is asleep in bed, the little girl could represent her youthful spirit or somesuch)

[runefan213]

i forgot to explain about the wolf.

The wolf is an TEMPTATION for each girls.

like i said. Robin thought Wolfs are creatures to play with.

Scarlet. She dreamt of art and was crushed by the black figure.

This game is yet the far most intriguing game for me

even if i havent play it. yet

[runefan213]

Okay commenting on the videos of the same video maker.

I am seriously going crazy researching all the plausible ending of each girls..

it has to my self that the game is about.

life and death. (or growing up )

as for one girl strays the path she will meet the wolf

as wolf is an image for One of each girl as like

uh..Robin? where she though wolf are creature to play with?

and death is like flowers. she was almost killed by the wolf and thus having a post-traumatic event or Grandma house.

[magpiefabric]

Acctually from all these videos it seems a likely interpritation is that the uncomfortable experiences the player may have during the grandmas house sections for each of the girls is an embodyment of a traumatic experience. This could be in any shape or form, eg: rose-her first period, ruby-getting raped, scarlet-a piano recitle (I think), and so on. The whole uneasyness is likely there to make you relate to the character and how scared/traumatic they may feel.

[Madhijz]

I don't know what she is.

do you know Joudas?

[Joudas]

No idea honestly. I guess I just don't 'get' this game. :P It's kind of like a surrealist painting... the artist had something in mind, half the people who look at it see something which may or may not be anything remotely like what the artist intended, the other half see a bunch of paint smears. In this case, I see paint smears.

[lmetalman21]

Don't feel bad...I don't get it either. Is it a good game ?

[Dalantia]

It seems to be one of those things where it expects you to interpret it on your own and come up with a plausible explanation.

[s0niKu]

It depends on what you're interested in. If you want a game with zombies or warfare or such then it's clearly not what you're looking for but if you're the sort of person who can read between the lines and see the hidden meaning in art or music then you'll probably find it interesting. I personally enjoyed the stories and finding the symbolism but I can tell that a lot of gamers are just going to either wonder what was going on or take it at face value as a game about girls getting killed.

[Joudas]

Don't get me wrong here, I don't mind an artistic game. I thoroughly enjoyed Braid, for example. Well worth $15.00. However, if you're going to make an art project using interactive computer software as a medium, market it as a game, advertise it as a game, you probably ought to include more actual gameplay. This could have been a slightly interactive movie / animation (think the Grandma's house sequences) for the entirety, and it would not have lost anything. It would have gained, IMO.

[Joudas]

I should also say that I'm not one of those folks who're sore because it wasn't what I was expecting when I bought it. I'd read a lot about it and knew exactly what I was getting into, I don't regret buying it. I just feel it was poorly marketed, very buggy, and that the people who're defending it are doing so because they don't consider it to be a game and so consider it to be immune to most of the criticism it's getting, saying the people who don't like it just don't get it.

[lmetalman21]

Im a fan of the obscure. For example Sanitarium is one of my favorite games but this looks like a little much for me

[usanto]

I think I get who she is. She is the only girl who is obedient and not as naughty as the other girls who walk into the woods and fall into their dooms. Look at the cloth she is wearing: it's white while the other girls wear black which means that she is the only girl which is innocent and not as rebellious as the other girls.

[SlasherCheetah]

That could be true seeing as she walks past all the other death scenes and avoids them. And she also puts the girls back on the path too.

[HinaChild]

the way i figured it after beating the game, is that the girl in white is the actual little girl, while all the others that you played were the grandma at different stages of her life and some of the tragedies that had befallen her

[Madhijz]

that must be one unlucky grandmother.

But it fits quite well because she gave the advice

and as this girl you don't have to stray from the path

[FastFlyerJr]

Makes perfect sense to me... except... what will that have to do if you "lose"?

[SeungMina56]

That one makes a lot of sense. I like it... except though some of the girls 'death' scenes actually make it look like they died, like the one who broke her neck for example.

[RawrzDinosawrz]

@Madhijz Some people think she's the grandmothers actual only granddaughter, they think the girls in this game are actually parts of the grandmothers life.