Wow... I just read all of this is one night, and I was incredibly impressed. Made me really want to play the game, and am really glad I got it. I really wish he could come back and finish this, because it became a really... odd story towards the end. Heck, I just registered here for the sole purpose of putting this comment here. I kinda miss it towards the beginning and middle when it was mainly story for gameplay, but this is still amazing too.
That did not exactly a coherent thought make, but I was just rambling... Too shocked by the last eight or so posts to really think straight.