I thought Munch's moon was very tacked on. The way they revealed it was kind of clever, I guess. But it seemed to me like they had already made the entire game and remembered somewhere near the end of production "Oh shi-- THE MOON!".
I suppose if they had played up that Munch didn't really feel accepted or useful throughout the adventure, and then seeing the moon would invalidate his feelings of inadequacy (both to himself and those who doubted him). The way the two behaved towards each other early on, I felt as if they kind of resented each other, and that Munch may have felt disliked/untrusted by Abe and his brethren.
This seems even more likely when you see how awkward it is for Abe in the good ending to speak kindly to Munch. Munch tells him he's "done good", and it looks like Abe just had no idea how to take praise from him. Dunno. I just got the distinct impression that there was an intent to put some tension between them and we never really saw it.
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