whatevermort
Member
There isn't one of these. There needs to be one of these.
I have just finished it. I am actually really freaked out.
Fuck.
I have just finished it. I am actually really freaked out.
Fuck.
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Playdead's INSIDE spoiler thread.
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Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Same. WTF at that ending?
I can't get it out of my brain. Playing through again. Amazing game.
So what's the theory? Some sort of horrific experiment gone wrong?
I can't get it out of my brain. Playing through again. Amazing game.
So what's the theory? Some sort of horrific experiment gone wrong?
DancingNalwood
Member
Literally just finished and came looking for this. What did I just play???
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
If you're talking about the time you spend as the King of Limbs, I think they were trying to lure you back into a trap. If I had to guess.
I was waiting for the real title to come up at the end of the credits.
A boy and his blob.
SmartWaffles
Member
I don't get the ending... like at all.
SmartWaffles
Member
Can anyone with all collectibles confirm if the ending is any different?
Is that its actual name or did you just think it up? Also, if that mermaid kid was trying to help you, how come it kills you earlier?
It's the same. I'm stilling trying to figure out whether or not there is one additional area you can open from earlier in the game once you collect everything.
EteRnal PAL
Member
I have collected all the orbs. Once you unlock all of them, you go to the last big orb and in the background are the lightbulbs signifying each orb. All of the lightbulbs are turned off with the exception of the second lightbulb. So I went back to the second orb (it's in the cornfield) and there's a switch that you can move left, up or right and it makes musical notes. To the right of that is a huge vault door that's shut. I'm assuming we have to play it in the right order to open that vault door. Haven't figured out how to open it yet, not even sure if it's possible to open.
SmartWaffles
Member
It has to be there for some reason!
Yeah, I've been trying to figure that out myself. But when I returned to the big ord the light indicator for the second bulb was deactivated. Haven't been able to find any hints as to the order of the music. And whatever is behind the door doesn't equal an achievement, so....
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Wouldn't you call that a.... Death Stranding?
Ha, yep perfect discription. I kept pushing buttons expect it to get up..but...he just lay there.
chris121580
Member
Man, that was just an incredible experience and at the same time, I have absolutely no idea what I just played but I enjoyed every second of it. I loved how they made regular gravity coincide with water. The whole thing is just crazy and I have no idea what that facility was
Yeah I wondered that, early on I thought maybe the boy was the same pre Limbo..at the end..not so much.
Someone already figured out the vault and uploaded it to youtube. Spoilers, obviously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8jTtvgXbMQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8jTtvgXbMQ
Was expecting something grander than that.
jamesjmorton
Neo Member
If anyone is wondering where the lever sequence comes from-
There is a tape that plays a musical sequence next the collectible found at the start of Chapter 16
x Dredgen Yor x
Member
Anybody else think this game was totally J Horror (Japanese Horror)? At the beginning I got a real E.T / George Orwell vibe, but by the end the game was clearly J Horror inspired from start to finish.
I felt the game invoked mostly THE HOST and GYO if anybody is interested/wants to agree with me, with a little RING/GODZILLA thrown in.
I felt the game invoked mostly THE HOST and GYO if anybody is interested/wants to agree with me, with a little RING/GODZILLA thrown in.
SmartWaffles
Member
Yeah the underwater creature screams RING.
Demon Lizardman
Banned
mcwizardry
Member
The ending was definitely a surprise. Did anyone notice that the limbs of the person/director(?) were moving/crawling away after crushing him? Maybe some a hint at syntetics/androids.
DirtyLarry
Member
Just finished it as well and really just trying to wrap my head around what the overall message of it is.
Think it has something to do with either A) a general Big Brother type vibe B) animal cruelty C) society's obsession with social media D) terminal illness.
I am leaning towards the last one terminal illness. It is just the overall feeling I leave the game with. It was a very weighty, oppressive atmosphere, with basically one situation worse than the last, to finally "escape" and die by the edge of the ocean. I believe each "stage" may be metaphors for what one goes through once they are diagnosed with a terminal disease and also the feelings that come with knowing you are in fact dying.
I mean we all know we are eventually going to die, but if and when you know how and approximately when you are going to die, that is some heavy shit.
But the beginning when you are just trying to "escape," that is when you first find out the news and want to avoid/forget it at all costs. You come across being able to control other people pretty shortly after, and I believe that is a metaphor for losing control yourself and your fate is basically in the hands of other people (doctors, etc.). Then there are the water scenes, and drowning is usually a metaphor of feeling as if you have no control. Plus there is that evil mermaid you have to avoid, which is death itself. Also observation and being observed is a big theme throughout, and again, that can be doctors, operations, etc.
The only thing is though, I am not sure how the blob at the end plays into it. Perhaps it is all of the other people going through the same experience to become one solid entity. All of whom just are looking for a peace?
Or it is about something completely different and I am totally off. That is a lot more likely I imagine.
That is why this is a brilliant game though make no mistake about it. It is open to interpretation, and different people will come away with different takes on what it all means. I am sure we will find out eventually what it all means, or maybe not. I almost hope we do not.
Brilliant game though. No doubt.
Think it has something to do with either A) a general Big Brother type vibe B) animal cruelty C) society's obsession with social media D) terminal illness.
I am leaning towards the last one terminal illness. It is just the overall feeling I leave the game with. It was a very weighty, oppressive atmosphere, with basically one situation worse than the last, to finally "escape" and die by the edge of the ocean. I believe each "stage" may be metaphors for what one goes through once they are diagnosed with a terminal disease and also the feelings that come with knowing you are in fact dying.
I mean we all know we are eventually going to die, but if and when you know how and approximately when you are going to die, that is some heavy shit.
But the beginning when you are just trying to "escape," that is when you first find out the news and want to avoid/forget it at all costs. You come across being able to control other people pretty shortly after, and I believe that is a metaphor for losing control yourself and your fate is basically in the hands of other people (doctors, etc.). Then there are the water scenes, and drowning is usually a metaphor of feeling as if you have no control. Plus there is that evil mermaid you have to avoid, which is death itself. Also observation and being observed is a big theme throughout, and again, that can be doctors, operations, etc.
The only thing is though, I am not sure how the blob at the end plays into it. Perhaps it is all of the other people going through the same experience to become one solid entity. All of whom just are looking for a peace?
Or it is about something completely different and I am totally off. That is a lot more likely I imagine.
That is why this is a brilliant game though make no mistake about it. It is open to interpretation, and different people will come away with different takes on what it all means. I am sure we will find out eventually what it all means, or maybe not. I almost hope we do not.
Brilliant game though. No doubt.
serenewarfare
Banned
That secret ending and the things it implies are crazy.
What is the implication? Did he stop the blob experiment before anything could happen? Disconnect whatever was controlling everyone's minds? Was he under control the whole time?
Holy shit, I need to play it again. That was one of the best games I've ever played, and I don't say that shit easily.
Absolutely amazing game, loved every second.
The puzzling, atmosphere, sound, tonne, animation all great. And that ending!! Wow it's gona take some digesting.
With a few puzzles where the boy controlled a thing controlling another things took a hint that maybe someone is controlling the boy, I though the end would be you freeing that person.
Very grim, instralised tonne, growing bionic robot/slaves? Experiments leading to the monster you become at the end?
It's defo a thinker, can't give this game enough praise, loved every second.
Wow! Well done Playdead, I'll always remember this.
The puzzling, atmosphere, sound, tonne, animation all great. And that ending!! Wow it's gona take some digesting.
With a few puzzles where the boy controlled a thing controlling another things took a hint that maybe someone is controlling the boy, I though the end would be you freeing that person.
Very grim, instralised tonne, growing bionic robot/slaves? Experiments leading to the monster you become at the end?
It's defo a thinker, can't give this game enough praise, loved every second.
Wow! Well done Playdead, I'll always remember this.
More_Badass
Member
Holy crap yes. I'm thinking that the boy was some kind of escaped test subject, who perhaps was been trained and honed Shutter Island-style to be the "brain" of the organism
But that seems too simple though
chris121580
Member
I'd like someone to explain the one hit explosions that were occurring outside. That part really didn't make any sense to me in the full scale of everything else. It's also why I think there is a deeper meaning behind the game
More_Badass
Member
Maybe they were trying to create a genetically-modified organism that could survive those shockwaves. It looked they were trying to test the force of the shockwaves due to the room with the test dummies
Also notice that the boy evolved from needing to use the helmet to control the people and then could do it without the helmet. Seemed like they were trying to create some kind of hivemind