What happens in the end? Do not read if you haven't played yet.

[Savas YIldırımı]

I really wonder what happened at the end. It didn't make any sense to me. Has she gone crazy or been possessed or gone through some inter dimensional transformation set by her physicist father?

[Hausstaubmilbe]

The best logical explanation is probably that breathing the mold that's taken over large parts of the hotel has made Nicole insane. However, there are a few details that imply that there's more going on here:

First of all, I think it's interesting to note that the behaviour that Nicole displays at the end of the game is very similar to what Irving is like once his mask falls (i.e. the infatuation with the hotel and the suicidal tendencies). It would be strange for brain damage caused by the mold to have such consistent effects on the both of them (and perhaps even Nicole's father).

I wouldn't completely reject the possibility that there's something supernatural going on in the hotel. After all, Nicole witnessed some unnatural events that couldn't have been caused by Irving and the TV reporters seemed genuinely scared of what they saw despite not having breathed the moldy air for an extended period of time.

If there is a supernatural aspect to the game then the hotel probably has a way of keeping people there, perhaps even in death.
If there's nothing supernatural then Nicole has probably just been breathing too much mold, imagined all of the stuff that couldn't have been caused by Irvin and is romanticising the hotel and her dead family out of nostalgia (the manifestation of which might have been shaped by Irving's ramblings and suicide).

Anyway, these are my thoughts. Do you have anything to add or debunk? I didn't really understand some of it myself.

[Savas YIldırımı]

The mold theory is fine. Believe in the mold. The mold will save you. The Mold.

[c_Alien]

I have to admit, I don’t like the mold theory very much. Although it does sound realistic, but maybe a bit too realistic for this game.

It could be something supernatural, but I have a different theory:

Her (attempted) suicide was really just an accident caused by her old and rundown car. It’s exhaust was broken, maybe done by some spirit (Rachels, Leonards or even Irvings) to keep her tied to the hotel, dead or alive.
You have the chance to turn off the engine, which I did. I guess if you don’t, she will die.

Previously she hated the hotel for the events that destroyed her family and, to certain extent, her childhood memories.
But since she went through all the incidents again, she reflected about the past and forgave the hotel and her father.
So she decided to keep and run the hotel, for she found that to be more profitable than just selling it.

[muga]

Originally posted by Savas YIldırımı:

The mold theory is fine. Believe in the mold. The mold will save you. The Mold.

Is the mold the answer?

[Savas YIldırımı]

the mold bears it all.

[JC]

i am going with, when there is two theories, go with the simple one.

She just learned her mother was a killer, she was very upset and not thinking all that clearly, She started the car and forgot to open the door, (because she was upset) and it being a total piece of junk the fumes over whelmed her before she realized it.. (aka, you never turned off the key) Someone not thinking clearly could easily be upset and cry in a car for 20 mins without realizing it.

I personally realized it, AKA she realizes she can't leave with the door frozen shut and even in a large garage with no ventilation it would not be good so she turns off the car and goes back inside and now has to deal with all these revelations.

I didn't get any of that supernatural vibe, or tripping from mold or any of that, but it's interesting how people can read into things. :) That whole ghost thing was a big ol Red Herring. The game was creepy, not supernatural.


To be honest after playing the game and reading all the stuff about it it really makes me wonder what all the fuss is. Hasn't anyone ever watched twin peaks, or the shinning, or any number of movies with twists and dark subjects, "Boxing Helena" anyone? It's certainly a mature game, but heck even the X-files has a show about this exact same subject. A priest abusing young girls, while one of them getting pregnant. (one of the early seasons) This is not the first time this story has been told.


Just a solid game over all if you ask me. Any story that makes you think is a good thing.

[Savas YIldırımı]

I haven't but I will. I don't watch TV or streaming services often. I think that is how the things go. It is new if we don't know anything about it. Furthermore, It is good that different social classes figure out subjects in various ways. I believe, even if we had an idea of the matter in other media, we can still enjoy the same theme in a new way. So your post was enlightening and I will watch these movies which I'd heard a lot about, soon.

[Erika Venova]

If you look to the left while youre in the car you can see that the windows is taped shut and there is a weird pipe opening. So I think it wasnt her forgetting to open the door nor a ghost. I think she chose to commit suicide. Of course you have the option to not flee from the responsibility of knowing the truth and decide to stay in the hotel. I think after knowing the truth she went insane. The guilt she must have felt mabye led her to do either of those action you choose at the end of the game.

[Savas YIldırımı]

She, sort of, gives her life back to her by imitating her.

[Ronroneos]

No tiene porqué haberse vuelto loca. Simplemente el peso es tan grande que decidió suicidarse, no porque hubiera una entidad (que también podría ser), estaba simplemente hablando consigo misma, con su parte algo más racional. Pero la culpabilidad pudo con ella.

Ah, Twin peaks, Shining, etc, sí, sí las he visto así que esta historia no me ha parecido tan como para tirarse de los pelos (como algunos han ido diciendo por ahí)

La teoría de moho también me ha sorprendido, oye, está bien llevado!!

Estoy de acuerdo con algunos comentarios por allá arriba. ^^

[me-ow]

I'm reading through all these comments because I didn't have the chance to see the ending. I had food delivered and it arrived the same time Nicole got in the car and I couldn't pause the game. When I got back the game is done :) :) :) :) :)

[stepe72]

Originally posted by me-ow:

I'm reading through all these comments because I didn't have the chance to see the ending. I had food delivered and it arrived the same time Nicole got in the car and I couldn't pause the game. When I got back the game is done :) :) :) :) :)

That is what i call ♥♥♥♥♥♥ timing

[kangirigungi]

Originally posted by me-ow:

I'm reading through all these comments because I didn't have the chance to see the ending. I had food delivered and it arrived the same time Nicole got in the car and I couldn't pause the game. When I got back the game is done :) :) :) :) :)

That's weird because I had to click to start the engine. Maybe the game ends even if I don't start it?

[SpookySunday]

Just finished the game and yeah - she really lost it in the end. That is some kind of dissocative mental state. My thoughts:

I dislike the mold-theory. It's not THAT much mold (just 1 floor and she stays all night in her room, so she gets enough fresh air to fill her lungs). Also mold spores are dangerous because of aflatoxins which cause liver cancer (over a long period of time), but does it make you mad within 10 days or so? I hardly think so.

What I think: The confrontation with the circumstances about Rachel's death (again) was too much for her mind to handle. She desperately needed Irving in the end. He was her only bond left to sanity. Then he kills himself, leaving her alone. "In the dark". Nicole hears footsteps. "Rachel, is it you?". Then fade to black. We don't know how much time has passed, but since the lawyer calls her, it can't be too long.

She then talks to her mother and father, and even talks about Rachel and Irving how they are still alive. Her voice is different. That is clearly dissociation: She is emotional detached from reality. Her final attempt suicide.

[Savas YIldırımı]

I think this is it.