(Spoilers) Alea Iacta Est

[Fenix]

Ok the third playthru of the game, felt off to me.
I didn't really like the flow of the story beats on this go around.
I really think if you tweaked the Liberator ending and made the third ending a continuation of that story, it would of made more sense.
Like after stopping the Xylem from hitting the plant, Allmind would then and only then considering you a possible ally, for coral release, otherwise it would be trying to take you out.
I don't know, just a though that popped into my head.

[Norm Macdonald's Ghost]

Originally posted by Fenix:

...I really think if you tweaked the Liberator ending and made the third ending a continuation of that story, it would of made more sense...

Nah.

[Pendy]

The story has never been Fromsoft's strongsuit. For what it is, it does offer enough to be intriguing, but yeah the endings really could've been fleshed out. It feels like they end one mission too early. Like I would've loved to see a continuation of each ending, where they throw one final mission at you.

[This PC]

Hmm I don't necessarily feel like all three playthroughs are separate, allmind specifically seems to be aware of you through your runs, bit like sans is in undertale. It's less obvious, dialog changes at the beginning when you start subsequent NG's for example.

Beyond that, I think you're looking too deep into it, story was excellent compared to what I was expecting from a game I was playing to step over beta robots for dopamine hits.

[Fenix]

Originally posted by This PC:

I think you're looking too deep into it…

I blame Vaati and MatPat for that….

[(Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr]

Originally posted by Mecha Pengine:

The story has never been Fromsoft's strongsuit. For what it is, it does offer enough to be intriguing, but yeah the endings really could've been fleshed out. It feels like they end one mission too early. Like I would've loved to see a continuation of each ending, where they throw one final mission at you.

The story is actually pretty good, it’s just not easy to piece it all together with how it’s presented.

Each ending has pros and cons.

One ending has you genocide an entire planet in order to preserve humanity.

One ending has you help the local inhabitants of a world destroy the corporate forces invading their planet, but leaves the future unknown.

And one has you evolve humans into living machines, which while destroys our current perception of humanity is believed to lead to a better outcome.

None of them are strictly good or evil, it all depends on perspective and what you believe is the right choice.