I'm continuously iffy on 'our mostly teen characters have to be nice to and forgive the people who caused horrible trauma to them' being presented as the one possible Golden Endgame. The very structure of the game hinging on 'making Reyes own up to his mistakes' was pretty uncomfortable

Thanks for bringing this up, Luna, because that was something I felt was off about endgame but couldn't quite put my finger on until you mentioned it. I just want to add a little of my own thoughts on it.

It was definitely uncomfortable to have the 'make Reyes apologize' treated as the 'correct' answer, and it does seem to imply that any characters who would've wanted him to be punished more harshly/feel Reyes' apologies were meaningless (because it ultimately doesn't solve things in the long run/doesn't mean he'll actually change/etc.) were 'wrong' in a sense.

Thematically, it feels like the game's saying that 'well it's okay if you make mistakes that end up hurting or killing people as long as you apologize and feel bad about it'. Maybe that's being a little too harsh and I'm sure that's not the message you guys meant to send, but that sort of value felt enforced by how this was considered to be the ideal resolution.