Alternate (non) Ending?

[Jodian]

So I just completed the Alternate "Ending" of The Forest and I noticed that nothing has really changed. I'm still on the island and aside from having a couple more things to craft (no spoilers) there really doesn't seem to be any ending. Villagers still raid at night, I still repair during the day, and life seems to just go on. The big SOS doesn't seem to have any point to it, I've had it up for days and nothing. Firing up flares at the one plane to fly by (alternate ending) also does nothing. There seems to be only one ending to the game. This alternate "ending" seems to just be a, "I want to finish the story but continue playing" option. It's not an actual ending... Or is it?

[El Centinela]

I just finish the game for the first time with the "alternate" ending...no achievement, no creative mode....I think the two endings should be endings, i didn't know one of them was the "true" ending...

[eclipse]

Originally posted by Andi:

I still hope there're plans for another ending using the SOS thingy. Like if the player decides, ok i'm done here, it's time to go home, you can place that thing and get rescued maybe a few days later followed by a cutscene and a proper ending like credits and get your achievement for surviving the forest.
Maybe it's just not implemented yet. Anyway, vr release in a few days. I think they're focusing on that right now.

Yea i agree and ive got a feeling this will happen in time. Rather stupid on their part not to have this finished on release lol.

We are still Very much in EA despite them claiming "full release".

[Jodian]

Originally posted by eclipse:

We are still Very much in EA despite them claiming "full release".

Yea, you got that right.

[Wariat117]

Originally posted by El Centinela:

I think the two endings should be endings, i didn't know one of them was the "true" ending...

that's one of the reasons why community is bad

- people ask for ending where they can continue game
- people complain that this ending was released

[eclipse]

Originally posted by Wariat117:

Originally posted by El Centinela:

I think the two endings should be endings, i didn't know one of them was the "true" ending...

that's one of the reasons why community is bad

- people ask for ending where they can continue game
- people complain that this ending was released

Yelp you nailed it

[Andi]

Originally posted by Wariat117:

Originally posted by El Centinela:

I think the two endings should be endings, i didn't know one of them was the "true" ending...

that's one of the reasons why community is bad

- people ask for ending where they can continue game
- people complain that this ending was released

Lol! Yea true somehow. 😂 But i think actually, all devs need to do is give people the credits and their achievement when they choose to do the new ending. Think that would make (almost) everyone happy. I personally don't care too much for the achievement stuff. Actually, i don't have single game with all of them unlocked lol. But a thing I've learned is that there's a lot of players who want to have 100%

[eclipse]

Originally posted by Andi:

Originally posted by Wariat117:

that's one of the reasons why community is bad

- people ask for ending where they can continue game
- people complain that this ending was released

Lol! Yea true somehow. 😂 But i think actually, all devs need to do is give people the credits and their achievement when they choose to do the new ending. Think that would make (almost) everyone happy. I personally don't care too much for the achievement stuff. Actually, i don't have single game with all of them unlocked lol. But a thing I've learned is that there's a lot of players who want to have 100%

The only problem with this is that they need to implement an auto save after the cave exit cutscene that cannot be skipped. Once you save then they can roll the credits or a rescue scene > credits if they like.

[donnie]

Originally posted by eclipse:

You chose to forget outside life and rescue in order to live out the rest of your life on the peninsula.

Symbolized in the alternate cutscene.
(my opinion at least)

yep , you chose to not crashing the air plane and not saving timmy( to not repeat over and over what happenning in the first place with the doctor and his daughter) and living the rest of your life on this island, maybe more content added later .. i hope, like we get the E.T artifact (red/blue)

[AimsKey]

Originally posted by Wariat117:

- people ask for ending where they can continue game
- people complain that this ending was released

I was one of those that asked to get back to the mainland, because many others had wanted it. It didnt need a new ending, just the cutscene and credits.

Now, would you like to...

• Continue building and surviving?
  
• Exit to menu?

No story needed, no objective needed, just build and survive with all the hard work you put into your builds.

[Andi]

Originally posted by eclipse:

Originally posted by Andi:

Lol! Yea true somehow. 😂 But i think actually, all devs need to do is give people the credits and their achievement when they choose to do the new ending. Think that would make (almost) everyone happy. I personally don't care too much for the achievement stuff. Actually, i don't have single game with all of them unlocked lol. But a thing I've learned is that there's a lot of players who want to have 100%

The only problem with this is that they need to implement an auto save after the cave exit cutscene that cannot be skipped. Once you save then they can roll the credits or a rescue scene > credits if they like.

Hmm. Is there an autosave when you do the old ending? Afaik you can just load your last save point and continue on as if you never saved timmy? Can be wrong tho.

[donnie]

Originally posted by Andi:

Originally posted by eclipse:

The only problem with this is that they need to implement an auto save after the cave exit cutscene that cannot be skipped. Once you save then they can roll the credits or a rescue scene > credits if they like.

Hmm. Is there an autosave when you do the old ending? Afaik you can just load your last save point and continue on as if you never saved timmy? Can be wrong tho.

if you doing the normal ending " saving timmy " you lose all the stuff you had and your base but you unlock the admin mode ect.. if you doing the alternate ending , you continu the game with your stuff your base ect.. and you can go see what discover into the boat and into the cave for E.T thing

[Andi]

Originally posted by donnie donnie:

Originally posted by Andi:

Hmm. Is there an autosave when you do the old ending? Afaik you can just load your last save point and continue on as if you never saved timmy? Can be wrong tho.

if you doing the normal ending " saving timmy " you lose all the stuff you had and your base but you unlock the admin mode ect.. if you doing the alternate ending , you continu the game with your stuff your base ect.. and you can go see what discover into the boat and into the cave for E.T thing

Oh ok. That's new to me then. I've done the old ending several times, since they changed it quite a bit over time, better sounds, understandable dialogues, timmy opens eyes ect. and always reloaded my old save afterwards. I thought it was still like this.

[Wariat117]

Originally posted by Jamesfle:

Originally posted by Wariat117:

- people ask for ending where they can continue game
- people complain that this ending was released

I was one of those that asked to get back to the mainland, because many others had wanted it. It didnt need a new ending, just the cutscene and credits.

Now, would you like to...

• Continue building and surviving?
  
• Exit to menu?

you are in the city, stopped your son from mutation, game asks

• Continue building and surviving?
  
• Exit to menu?

mindblown :D
even more people would complain that you can return to the forest when you are rescued already

Originally posted by donnie donnie:

but you unlock the admin mode ect..

admin mode (cheats) are avaible since you bought the game.
the only thing you can unlock is creative mode (only small part of cheats)

And anyway you don't lose base :P
You only lose those lore items you found in endgame (info about megan, 1 cassette and megan's paintings)

Originally posted by Andi:

I thought it was still like this.

it is still like this ^

The only difference is the fact that timmy gets fancy scar and we will see timmy's future
he is older and still struggle with mutation and looks for the island

[Andi]

it is still like this ^

I thought so. Haven't played any ending recently, just saw it on YT. Not very interested in doin it, since i 've got my creative mode and the new artifact is nice to have but meh... Maybe i just spawn it in. Lol

[Jodian]

Originally posted by Wariat117:

Originally posted by El Centinela:

I think the two endings should be endings, i didn't know one of them was the "true" ending...

that's one of the reasons why community is bad

- people ask for ending where they can continue game
- people complain that this ending was released

Actually you're wrong since I never asked for an alternate ending, or even an ending where I could continue. In fact I made no complaints about the existing ending before the update. Nice try bending things to your opinion though. You'd make a great politician.