[Spoilers] Technically speaking you could skip the final boss-

[Chronobyte]

Incoming spoilers for true ending of the game.
This is your last warning.

Even before you go to fight Eigong all signs point of you dying in process:

The conversation with shuanshuan, evacuation of all apemen, final message from Heng.
At this point Yi is very much aware that he isn't surviving and by going to meet his former master he accepts that fate.

The thing is he literally enters the arena with basically a nuke in his pocket.
So if he knows he most likely isn't going to make it out alive why not just enter the core room and shoot the rhyzomatic bomb straight into it, completely ignoring Eigong and getting same result?

Okay, the biggest argument you may say is that Yi still believes there's hope for solarians to survive before Eigong merges with the core.

Nope.
There isn't.
It was stated in game that even solarians in stasis can get infected, and those who won't will most likely [self-destruct] themselves on awakening as deen in Lady Divine backstory.

Okay but let's say that Yi believes there will be at least one single female survivor, so even if He and everyone else dies Kufau can come back, clap some cheeks and become Adam of Solarians.
I remind you there's still a crap ton of mutants, guards and other nasty stuff ready to kill everything that moves, so the hypothetical survivor of awakening would most likely get cut down before even realizing what's happening.

Okay I know that I am basically ringing entire premise of the true ending.
But the thought of Yi coming into the core room, completely ignoring Eigong before proceeding to say "yolo" and destroying New Kunlun without hesitation was funny to me.

[awanderingswordsman]

I also thought it was pretty dumb he didn't just nuke it from orbit. Kind of wish we'd have an actual happy ending with a 4th eigong phase. Something like if you teach shuanshuan enough he actually figures out a cure, eigong doesn't want it cause it'll stop the mutants, you beat her, then inject the cure into the core and save both solarians and apemen.

[Skater901]

I'm guessing the reason he doesn't just walk in and nuke is because Eigong would be able to stop it. It's only when she's merging with the core that she's distracted and vulnerable enough for him to get off the nuke.

As for nuking from outside the station... yeah, idk? I guess maybe Yi genuinely believes he can stop her and save New Kunlun, and it's only after she starts to merge with the core that he realises nuking it from orbit is the only option.

[Chronobyte]

Origineel geplaatst door Skater901:

I'm guessing the reason he doesn't just walk in and nuke is because Eigong would be able to stop it. It's only when she's merging with the core that she's distracted and vulnerable enough for him to get off the nuke.

As for nuking from outside the station... yeah, idk? I guess maybe Yi genuinely believes he can stop her and save New Kunlun, and it's only after she starts to merge with the core that he realises nuking it from orbit is the only option.

The thing is Yi didn't had to had the heartfelt scene with Heng in his mind, he could just load up arrow and insta-shoot the core.

Only idea I got for him didn't doing it was MAYBE the spaceship with apemen on board wasn't far enough, but that doesn't seem to be the case since as seen in cutscene the explosion wasn't all destroying orb of death, so they were safe pretty much as soon as they left.

[Gat]

The consistent ending would be to have Yi quitting the station with the apemen, and nuking the station from orbit.

Except the game's whole message is all about going to direct confrontation and doing very hard fights, never give up, and never care about what other wants. If Yi was able to embark with the apemen, you would avoid a confrontation and Yi would actually listen to Shuanshuan's opinion. That would undermined the whole message.

[Skater901]

Origineel geplaatst door famine:

The thing is Yi didn't had to had the heartfelt scene with Heng in his mind, he could just load up arrow and insta-shoot the core.

Recalling memories isn't a conscious thing you do. If his actions or something he saw reminded him of that memory with Heng, then that's just what happened.

[Chronobyte]

Origineel geplaatst door Skater901:

Origineel geplaatst door famine:

The thing is Yi didn't had to had the heartfelt scene with Heng in his mind, he could just load up arrow and insta-shoot the core.

Recalling memories isn't a conscious thing you do. If his actions or something he saw reminded him of that memory with Heng, then that's just what happened.

Nah, m pretty sure it wasn't a memory, it was Heng's soul using the power of roots that revived Yi to show him that she forgave him for never coming back for her, even if Yi couldn't forgive himself

[Skater901]

Origineel geplaatst door famine:

Origineel geplaatst door Skater901:

Recalling memories isn't a conscious thing you do. If his actions or something he saw reminded him of that memory with Heng, then that's just what happened.

Nah, m pretty sure it wasn't a memory, it was Heng's soul using the power of roots that revived Yi to show him that she forgave him for never coming back for her, even if Yi couldn't forgive himself

Well then your point makes even less sense. :P You said "Yi didn't had to had the heartfelt scene with Heng in his mind, he could just load up arrow and insta-shoot the core.", but if Heng is the one reaching out to Yi and making him experience that, then he literally doesn't get a choice in the matter.