I'm not being cynical, it did move me and I was really into River & Johhny relationship. That's exactly why I hated so much the ending! It's not "shitty bland hipster stuff", it's a game that apart from the annoying humor was doing everything right, but after the stargazing scene, instead of going for the mature & deep ending, it goes fairy tale shit! In a way so frustrating that it ruins the entire game.
I wanted an mature ending, Johhny remembering everything and being able to understand River again. Shit, I would cry if there were a scene of adult River asking what Johnny sees in the paper bunnies, and he replying "the Moon". That's whats this game should be about, not just throwing alway all their hard but beatiful life in favour of LITERALLY going to the Moon. It makes everything seems pointless and that either you have a perfect Disney "dreams come true" life or you will die unhappy...bullshit.
I wasn't playing for the graphics, humor or mini-games, I wanted the story. The story ends so horribly I feel cheated and disapointed, all the build-up is wasted, thus the game ends up being a bad game. I got so pissed I even registered at the games forum and asked the writer about it
here, and I am still bashing his head on the wall trying to figure out why! He says that's because the real River is dead, and the contractual obligation the scientist have is to make Johnny be happy and go to the Moon, but clearly Johnny would be much happier metaphorically "going to the moon" (thus fulfilling the contract) and finally understanding his wife and how much she loved him. That would be a great life lesson, a great and mature game with a deep story. Sadly, it's not.