Sanctum 2 Story, Please Explain As You Understand It

[comp9]

Can someone please give me a detailed rundown on how you understand the Sanctum 1 & 2 story? For example I understand the cores trigger the enemies but what is the society using the cores for?

I've completed the game and found the different areas but I'm still unsure about a lot of things such as why there is a huge creature at the end of the game and who he is being attacked by.

I'd like a full summary from those of you who are good at reading between the lines and spend a lot of time understanding the story fully.

[comp9]

What is your understanding of the story?

[Catbert7]

Wish I could help you but I'm totally lost as well :D Seemed to me like S1 they just threw out some little hints here and there but mostly left it up to the imagination. S2 they've added a painfully cheezy series of cutscenes that seem to give you a much more linear storyline without actually saying anything interesting. Maybe that's just me though : / I'm sure there's a website with the full breakdown though.

[comp9]

I would have to agree. I think there is a story there I just don't quite get it. I've looked around for the official and other wiki's and I've searched for a website explanation with no luck. The developers haven't commented on it much here or on their own forums either.

I have a few friends that catch onto the storylines really well, none of them have played Santum 2 yet though, so I'm hoping there may be another person out there like them.

[Ryko Nailo]

It's... tricky. I couldn't even tell you it other then bits and pieces. Honestly I'd just say go look up the Sanctum 1 game / dlc and watch the trailers / read the info. It's probably the best you'll get for some extra fluff. Sanctum 1 was a bit more.... mysterious with its lore. It tended to be hidden in easter eggs and left as big 'hmm what was that about' like large crystals and other artifacts hidden in secret labs, emplyers telling you to get back to work and stop snooping around, etc.

The best I could sum it up as is "You are hired to protect a new colony from wierd aliens attacking our powersource because they are evil, while in truth it's because your bosses are doing something terrible to the aliens and their prized possessions and thus angering them into attacking".

And from Sanctum 2 it seems like the cores themselves tend to also do something terrible or may in fact be the source of their anger, thus the big walker going to end this once and for all possibly.


Least thats what I've gathered though I'm no lore buff, just a guy who stumbled upon most easter eggs and read what I can.

[Migz - DH]

Not "powersource". Oxygen source. That's what the Cores do... produce oxygen.

[comp9]

Ah, very good thank you both the story is making more sense now.

[アンジェル]

Official forums - a good source for more lore insight.

http://forum.coffeestainstudios.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2844

http://forum.coffeestainstudios.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2579

[The Quenchiest]

Also, if you scavenge across the fourms, you will find codes for www.elyssianarchives.com (I hope I spelled that right, if not, correct me) and it will give you more lore. Hope I helped!

[Gongfuren]

Originally posted by StormCyberGalaxy:

Also, if you scavenge across the fourms, you will find codes for www.elyssianarchives.com (I hope I spelled that right, if not, correct me) and it will give you more lore. Hope I helped! :sfhappy:

The codes are all collected here: http://sanctum.gamepedia.com/Elysian_Archives

[comp9]

Those are great links, I've been reading through them and the story is making a lot more sense now.