Remained true all the way to the end.
There were a lot of ways this game could have converted itself from “better than Asscreed” to “legitimately interesting” and it studiously avoided each and every one. It got less and less charming as it went on, especially when the main questline decided to start crushing you with TEXT so that you GOT IT. Hey player did you GET IT? But then, the very last image was a nice little catharsis and brightened my mood a bit.