Could someone explain the story to me

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I'm extremely confused by this game, I have just 4 more achievements left and I've played through it 3-4 times and I still don't get it. What is it about, dude killed himself right . And someone delivered him the tape before. So... Whats with the tape, does it kill people or mind control? Why are they in a deja vu loop? What was the hallway he was walking down in the video? Did he push the old lady out the window or did she just toss the camera out the window? Whats up with this game is it just suppose to be obtuse? Or is there some kinda actual plot and lore behind it? It was interesting and had good atmosphere and was creepy... But I don't get it. Just confused.

And julianna was hot.

[Deerkan]

You're right. Julianna WAS hot

[Deerkan]

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THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN! I wasted an hour and a half on this game playing through it 3 times and discovered all the secrets and i dont get it either

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I mean it held my attention I just don't understand and there's a secret ending where you see the guy getting the tape delivered by some dude. But what is the significance of that, and who is the dude, whats on the tape, why does it induce suicide? I mean I get the appeal in piecing together the story but what the hell is the story?

I'm just wondering if there's more official sources behind this somewhere that can explain the plot. And to my knowledge there's no way to even watch the tape just stand behind julianna cause I dunno.

[4D]

I think it is intentionally cryptic, open to interpretation.

That being said there is something otherworldly about the tape, and it draws its viewers into some sort of time loop. Why it was delivered to Walter, who knows. Perhaps he killed himself to escape it; perhaps by doing so he became trapped. I'm not sure what the real or even the best ending is, if there even is an ending beyond endlessly repeating the cycle. Puzzling, but intriguing at the same time.

And yes, Julianna was indeed hot.

[Lithurge]

Here's somebody else's theory, with a suitably non-committal response from the dev:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2186570/discussions/0/3944651039519097054/

I'd say it's deliberately obtuse for us, but the devs may have some overall plan if they release enough games that gives more detail. The next one is Drowned Lake set in the forest, which may tie into the boat you find in this game.

https://www.criticalreflex.com/drowned_lake

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Drowned Lake looks awesome, I wonder if that's a reference in anyway to the game drowned god, or maybe a nod. Drowned god is also a weird game with some really creepy history attached to it.

Also thanks for the links, looks interesting.

[Lithurge]

Wow you're going back a long way there, that's a game I missed. You never know it could be a homage to the ideas in that game from the info on the wiki page.

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Originally posted by Lithurge:

Wow you're going back a long way there, that's a game I missed. You never know it could be a homage to the ideas in that game from the info on the wiki page.

There's quite a few of these kinda games I'm interested in, not really a fan of most visual novel/visual puzzle games. But this one was good, its gotta be interesting and hold my attention. Like the steam series disturbed.

Drowned god don't even have a steam or gog version, so I have not played it.

Same with an old psx game called psychic detective where a dude uses psychics to see who murderers are. Its really cheesy but it was a fun visual choice game. Some others that interest me are harvester and I have no mouth but I must scream. Which the last ones actually based on a weird sci fi novel from the 60s or 70s.

Harvester I bought on steam but it started auto skipping cutscenes. I don't know why but I think I'll try the gog version since it goes on sell for a good price.