(The Coma Recut/Cutting Class question) Special key door in North Building????

[StockMonkey]

IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE COMA RECUT, DO NOT CLICK ON THE VIDEO BECAUSE IT HAS SPOILERS!

I did a short stream to show which door i'm talking about, it's EXACTLY at the 12:00 minute mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1LO5Z38CDM

I know technically I should be asking this on the first game's message board but that board is completely inactive and trying to figure out this special key door problem in The Coma Recut is really bothering me.

Anyway, in the first Coma game, and I'm playing the PS4 Recut version of the first game, at the very beginning of the North Building, there's a gated door leading upstairs that's locked with a passcode panel, and a stairwell leading downstairs that you can't go into just yet. When you have to activate a generator to leave the North Building, if you try to open the passcode locked door that would lead upstairs, it says "This lock is different from the others, it needs SOME TYPE OF SPECIAL KEY" with the capitalized words in red font.

I've tried everything and can't figure out if there's an actual key to open this door to a secret area or if the devs were going to do something with this but left it unfinished? Anyone know what's up with this door?

I got all 100% of the notes while finishing with the best/true ending and feel like I've done everything in the game possible. I just need to get two of the bad endings to finish unlocking all pictures in the game's Album

[Zaykel]

The map says the route's been blocked :S
Maybe it can only be unlocked before the collapse.
I dont remember at all, but it kind of intrigues me now xd

[StockMonkey]

The message for the door saying "It needs some type of SPECIAL KEY" in red font only appears after the mannequin event. If you try to open the door any time before that it just says something like "The door is locked" and that's it.

I tried going back after talking to the noteman and even went back through the entire area after talking to the noteman and couldn't find anything, plus i explored every area possible in the main building.

I also examined every pickup in the basement after turning on the generator while the stalker is chasing me (after you turn on the generator 3 new pickups appear in the basement). I had to do it a few times cause i kept dying but those extra pickups that appear after turning on the generator, the only notable thing is a Coin.

Only thing i can think of is either mad dog's key or something about the rooftop. The rooftop is strange because there isn't anything significant to pickup or do at it, other than just seeing the horrific pile. There's a bulletin on the wall right before going into the rooftop door that says "Do NOT enter this door except during an emergency", but after the mannequin event you have no idea of going back to it, so i don't know if i'm reading too much into it or if there's some weird thing you have to do involving it which involves getting the key to the door.

So.... i have no clue. I don't know if it was meant to be unlocked or if the devs ended up just cutting it out of the final version of the game or what.

[StockMonkey]

I'm back at the North Building after starting a new game to get the last two Album unlockables. From what I can tell, if the stairs gate can be unlocked, it would take the player to either the room below the library which leads to a deadend (there's a shadow on the ground that'll try to swipe you, a few useable items to pickup and the stalker will always appear after a few seconds as soon as you enter that room).

Or, it takes you to the end of the elevator hallway, the one that you can drop down into from the media room hallway elevator shaft.

I'm gonna tinker around but i think it's just a script error or was meant to be used as a shortcut but was never finished during development.

One cool thing I did discover is that from getting the best ending (or getting all the notes, i'm assuming it's from getting the best ending though) is that Yaesol has a different costume in-game now. Instead of her school outfit she wears her street clothes as seen at the end of the best ending during the game lol (the short jeans and tye-dye style t-shirt)

[StockMonkey]

After playing through the game several more times, including getting all notes during my best ending playthrough, getting the Platinum, getting all 5 endings and unlocking everything in the Album and trying everything looking everywhere to unlock that door, i've decided it was meant to originally be a shortcut between the 1st floor and 2nd floor, but during development that idea was nixed (probably because it made going back too easy and safe) but the script was left intact for it.

So... that door is locked and that's it, there's nothing that can be done with it. Was worth checking it out just to see if it was some huge hidden secret no one had discovered yet lol, oh well.

[Rayfulrand]

I think you are the only person who actually asked this question:)
Wow. Such dedication is amazing - to find what does this door mean. But be aware, such passion can be dangerous.

P.s: no mean to abuse, I'm truly amazed. And sorry I could not help.

[StockMonkey]

Originally posted by Rayfulrand:

I think you are the only person who actually asked this question:)
Wow. Such dedication is amazing - to find what does this door mean. But be aware, such passion can be dangerous.

P.s: no mean to abuse, I'm truly amazed. And sorry I could not help.

No offense taken. I played the game for the very first time about a month ago, so going through and doing everything including getting the Platinum trophy, all notes and Album unlockables led me to explore every inch of the game that i could which is when i noticed the gated door's text changed suggesting it could be unlocked with a key.

Getting the best ending and finding all the notes was my 2nd playthrough, and i had noticed the door while doing that, so looking everywhere for a way to unlock the door and getting all the notes kind of went hand in hand with one another. Running all over the place and checking everything pretty much made me memorize most everything about the game, plus I got really good at both dodging and tricking the killer into wandering off while holding my breath after she followed me into a staircase or door, so it pretty much helped me to master everything about the game and made wrapping up the rest of the game's Album unlocks super easy.

If anyone's interested in what every Album unlock looks like i demonstrated it at the beginning of this stream, along with Yaesol's alternate outfit. On my channel there's another video showing every note in the game.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahq6i1WY9W8