EA Hooper did a fine job at completing the trilogy and not leaving any significant open issues. However, the final plot had a “going through the motions” feel to it which, even more than expected in a final book in a trilogy. The first encounter between Vincent and his avatar Monica was done well but was too long. This was made even more so since there was never really a connection established between him and her and made Vincent come off as an overly deceitful character. The rest of the story involved getting the various key players together and spending an inordinate amount of time grinding, dying, arguing, grinding, dying, arguing and so had a “filler” quality to it. The final bosses fights were epic but there was little about them to keep ones interest in them past a few iterations.
Lastly, the real life Old Man Vincent was written like a 70 year old fuddy-duddy. The time-frame of this story is sometime in the near future so his personality was somewhat anachronistic even in today environment. I’m 72 and a child of the 60s and most people my age don’t act like that and the ones that might would never be into gaming.