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Better Served Silent End the poor bird's suffering.

How to Get the Achievement[]

  1. Put the record on the gramophone in the living room and leave the room.
  2. Come back to the living room.
  3. Dying crow
    Check the backyard and pick up the dying crow.
  4. Finish it
    Find the hammer in Anthony's office/workshop.
  5. Now use the hammer on the crow to end its suffering to unlock the achievement.

Behind the Scene[]

The significance of the crows and what reference they make are explained in this development blog from The Game Kitchen. For a Chinese translation of this blog entry, check this page: 趣味真相和参考(先行章).

So, what’s up with the crows? Why are they eating one of their own? What’s the reference here? Well, during the game we find a note in which Anthony tells us how he was feeling the contemptuous and censorious gaze of his relatives, from their pictures. Finally, we learn he couldn’t handle it anymore and he decided to remove and store them in one of the rooms. The crow scene somehow represents Anthony’s feeling of guilt towards his family. Originally, the crow in the backyard was meant to be just a dead crow, but in one of our team meetings an interesting idea came up – using a dying crow creates a feeling of uneasiness and discomfort in the player but it also works on a symbolic level. Like the dying animal, Anthony is the key to many secrets and we must hurry up before it’s too late.

When the crows get inside the gramophone room, you may remember the curtains being drawn and the (not so) subtle aesthetic change of the room. This is a clear reference to movie director David Lynch, a master of creating disturbing atmospheres through colour and light. In The Last Door, the curtains give the room that ominous look – red curtains are an iconic staple in some of Lynch’s movies like “Mulholland Drive” or the TV show “Twin Peaks”.

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