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The Real HELLCAT has The Stanley Parable

Jan 3, 2014 @ 2:45pm

A hint at an alternate Escape Pod ending?!?!

!!! POTENTIAL SPOILERS !!!
ONLY CONTINUE READING IF YOU HAD THE "ESCAPE POD" ENDING ALREADY OR YOU'RE OK WITH SPOILERS!

I noticed the last sign before you enter the escape pod, this one:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=212061623

having some barely, if at all, readable text on it:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=212061718

I tried to make out as much as I could, edited my screenshot a bit and came up with this:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=212063925

The text reads:
"WARNING: ENTERING THE ESCAPE POD WILL INITIATE A RELAY
THAT ONCE TRIGGERED CAN NOT BE DISABLED OR PAUSED.
BOTH THE NARRATOR AND THE PLAYER MUST BE PRESENT IN ORDER
FOR ESCAPE <some text I really couldn't make out> TO PLAY OUT AS INTENDED.
DO NOT PROCEED. DO NOT PROCEED. DO NOT PROCEED."

IMO this is a hint of an alternate version / variation of the escape pod ending.

Another thing that might point at a "longer" (?) Escape Pod ending is that after entering the pod you get tramsferred into an empty, black room before the loading screen comes up and the game simply restarts.
Why not drop to the loading screen directely?
I think something is supposed to happen there for the "proper escape pod ending", but it seems like you must have the narrator with you - who keeps pretty quite after you ditched out of the boss' office - and since he's not there, the game simply restarts.

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The Real HELLCAT has The Stanley Parable

Jan 4, 2014 @ 9:20am

Any more ideas or thoughts on this one?

PicAxeAndChill has The Stanley Parable

Jan 4, 2014 @ 9:37am

Hey The Real HELLCAT,

This very thing was all the rage when the game first came out. Everybody tried everything: inserting every number into the keypad, finding ways to manipulate the game os the narrator would be with you etc. etc. and unfortunately we never found anything.

The Real HELLCAT has The Stanley Parable

Jan 4, 2014 @ 9:42am

Aw, too bad.
I only have this game for a couple of days now, so missed that fuzz at the beginning.

Thanks for the headsup :-)

SrPilha

Jan 4, 2014 @ 3:34pm

Hang on, did you say you actually entered the Escape Pod, the one that appears in that dark space after all the stairs? Because as far as I remember, just getting close enough to it triggered the "ending" (that looks like the game bugged) before restarting.

OK, I get it. I'll go play it again...

The Real HELLCAT has The Stanley Parable

Jan 4, 2014 @ 3:38pm

Yeah, it's that "getting close enough and restart", not actually stepping in to it.

Looking at it and the many comments from previous discussions about it this ending seems like one huge bugfest, lol.

Maybe that is the actual meaning of the sign.
It's not a hint for an alternate version, it's selfirony at all the bugs in that map/scene.

SrPilha

Jan 4, 2014 @ 3:41pm

The devs actually said there's no bug there, everything is working exactly as intended. So yeah, it's a bugfest but MAN was it a well-planned bugfest. :D

NebbyOtt

Jan 4, 2014 @ 5:23pm

I have used the ent_remove command to remove the door and get the escape pod ending without traping the narrarator aka he was "with me". Same thing happened no diffrence. so unless theres a seprate trigger you have to hit to activate that ending, i don't think theres anything else there

Polyphemus has The Stanley Parable

Jan 4, 2014 @ 5:49pm

But there IS a secret, on the back of the escape pod, that you can only ever see by cheating. So, presumably, the developers -intended- people to cheat.

See here:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=208354330

T: -)

SrPilha

Jan 5, 2014 @ 3:07am

btw, has anyone managed to do anything with that word? Typing it in-game or in the console didn't do anything for me.

Amber7

Jan 5, 2014 @ 5:44am

Bitterman is the (nick-)name of the player character in Quake 2, the opening cutscene of which features an escape pod sequence. This looks like a stealth reference to Q2, nothing more.

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