SPOILERS: Did Isaac know this time around?

[SoldierGuy]

What I mean is did he know Nicole was actually dead unlike the og, cause how kendra talks to Isaac makes it seem like he did know.

[Senki]

Originally posted by spicy dickens cider:

I never really gave this much thought but it does seem odd that Kendra has the 'complete' video and Isaac has a shortened, edited (maybe?) version of the same video omitting her death?

He has watched her video over and over again, that is stated at the onset of the game, but it's never really touched on at what point does his video end, or how it ends for that matter because it clearly doesn't show her death.

Unless I am missing something.

Might also be that his video does show her death but he is coping so hard that he refuses to believe that reality and we see it from his POV

[SadPlatty©]

Originally posted by Senki:

Might also be that his video does show her death but he is coping so hard that he refuses to believe that reality and we see it from his POV

Considering even after the reveal, she still shows up - I think it does start with coping and then is what becomes the legitimate madness later on.

He said something he didn't mean, and pissed her off right before she left for the journey - and he clearly had immediate regret that festered a bit. We don't know how long passed between then and the one Isaac is watching at the start (which I would imagine was the actual next time he saw her/heard from her in any meaningful way) - and so he probably sat down like "Thank god - she sent me something", then gets to that part and just snapped.

Sorta like when you watch a video now and are like "Is that AI?" Then once you start questioning your own sanity, you're prime real-estate for Unitologists and the hivemind.

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

Isaac did know in the original. He went crazy and was in denial.

[Mitz]

I think it's pretty clear that he didn't know beforehand. Even during the reveal, Daniels says 'Watch it to the end this time'. Kendra purposely manipulated Isaac to make him believe she was still alive until he was no longer useful to her.

[NativeOne]

Originally posted by Mitz:

I think it's pretty clear that he didn't know beforehand. Even during the reveal, Daniels says 'Watch it to the end this time'. Kendra purposely manipulated Isaac to make him believe she was still alive until he was no longer useful to her.

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good catch ..

i didn't think of that i just thought he didn't view it all ..

This explains why ?

[SoldierGuy]

Originally posted by Mitz:

I think it's pretty clear that he didn't know beforehand. Even during the reveal, Daniels says 'Watch it to the end this time'. Kendra purposely manipulated Isaac to make him believe she was still alive until he was no longer useful to her.

That... kind of contradicts what you said a lil when you focus on the fact she says "Watch to the end *this time*" like he hasn't been watching to the end on purpose