[Spoiler] Ending left me stricken

[Reaptor]

The way his conciousness lives on underwater and he didnt carry over, then he screams at Catherine and she bugs out leaving him alone... forever... in that black abyssal hell. I mean... just... damn. I know theres a scene afterwards on the ARK, but hes still down there by himself too, forever and alone. Even if he goes to the surface, theres no one left alive.
Maybe its just because one of my fears is being alone. I dont know, but that sure is a deep, depressing ending. Thought Id just share my thoughts and feelings on it.

[bloodboil]

Yeah, it's a pretty hard-hitting ending. I just felt hollow during the after credit sequence. It definitely changed my previous quiz answers, though; I don't imagine there's a person alive who didn't pick the answer about mourning their previous existence.

And yeah, Catherine's Cortex Chip breaks, either from the stress of powering a giant gun or because of her argument with Simon and all the wear she's been put through. I guess depending on your choices there are a few people/robots left, but their existence is just as hellish as Simon's. We also know that there's no way in hell he can ever leave the Abyss in his condition.

[Chengo]

I think Simon actually knows what's going to happen, it happened before with Simon left in Omicron, and all that conversation with Cath when descending into Abyss...

But in the end, I think he's just too afraid of death and the idea of be alone in this dark twisted world... and then he just fell into denial.

This ending made Cath's colleagues suicides comprehensible, I thought they are all crazy, but in the end I questioned myself that if I'm one of them, will I commit suicide?

That's why I think this ending is ingenius... questions are asked throughout the game, and answers are given throughout the game as well, and when you've been through this entire experience, questions are all asked again... and? What are YOUR answers?

[bloodboil]

Originally posted by Chengo:

I think Simon actually knows what's going to happen, it happened before with Simon left in Omicron, and all that conversation with Cath when descending into Abyss...

But in the end, I think he's just too afraid of death and the idea of be alone in this dark twisted world... and then he just fell into denial.

This ending made Cath's colleagues suicides comprehensible, I thought they are all crazy, but in the end I questioned myself that if I'm one of them, will I commit suicide?

That's why I think this ending is ingenius... questions are asked throughout the game, and answers are given throughout the game as well, and when you've been through this entire experience, questions are all asked again... and? What are YOUR answers?

Someone phrased Simon's reaction pretty well in a previous thread. It's basically a coin toss and there's only ever one winner. The Simon you control won two previous times - back in the doctor's office, and again at Omicron. So it makes his shock and horror at waking up still on Earth comprehensible. He's the losing one this time and the other Simon isn't around to pull his plug this time.

[Kain]

There is no coin toss. WE as the players get to play the 'right' Simon, except the other Simons are as real. There was never a coin toss.

[AmberRaining]

We the players don't act throught the "right" Simon, we control Simon-3. From the begining we played the Simon that transfered into the heavy suit and was stranded in the abyss. A copy is made that lives on, the original can't transfer over.

[that's what she said]

I love it. I'm sick of stories that treat you like a crybaby. Life's a chainsaw. Apocalypse and stuff, and you expected pink ponies? Even paradise in a box isn't that happy ending. After all - it's just a simulation, just a game launched on a computer floating in space. Just like the game you just played. Soma is just a simulation, isn't it? Not much of a difference.
The most depressing part for me was my own choice to kill previous Simon. It was question with no right answer, and ending only made it even more wrong.
Original Simon died from a decease. Nothing is carried over. We just play as different copies, but Simon dies over and over. First ending just shows what it was like if the game didn't switch to next copy like it did two times before.

[Kain]

Originally posted by ryan:

We the players don't act throught the "right" Simon, we control Simon-3. From the begining we played the Simon that transfered into the heavy suit and was stranded in the abyss. A copy is made that lives on, the original can't transfer over.

Well, by right I mean, the one we control, that would make him the 'righ' one in my point of view.

[Evod]

I would have been fine if everything was destroyed at that point. Even the Ark sounds like purgatory to me. I mean if you think about it the Ark World is a world that never would truly change. It would always remain limited and the people there would be immortal but trapped within a virtual cage for thousands of years. I know personally I wouldnt want to live in world like that at least not for thousands of years. I'll take my chances with oblivion.

[Kain]

Agree, if anything as a robot I would take the chance to explore earth, I'm dead anyway what do I have to lose?

[Kalanosh]

@ryan
". From the begining we played the Simon that transfered into the heavy suit and was stranded in the abyss. A copy is made that lives on, the original can't transfer over."

Simon never transfed. Each time was a copy. We play the copy. We play the copy wehn we wake up in the station, then at Omicron the Simon we were playing is left in the chair. We take over the new copy. The new copy gets left stranded in the Abyss.

[erekose_handy]

That's why I'm glad I kept everyone alive that I could. Including WAU

Interface with WAU to gain some control over it, hook up with upstairs Simon, regain contact with Amy, Get supplies to last living Human, use WAU to restore world, see if Simon can fix Cath. There's ♥♥♥♥ to do.

[haloboi]

I always figured he would die out shortly after shooting off the ARK anyways. Being surrounded by the remaining WAU monsters(if any) or taking off his pressure suit should do the trick. Then there is only the one Simon left on the ARK as we all knew would be the outcome.......that ending tho........

[VolOpt]

Wait till the reality of the ARC floating around in space sinks in. With no way to interact with reality and a clock ticking down to the day it fails. Even the Arc is ultimately futile.

Meaning the only thing that might actually eventually save humanity in any functional form is the WAU and only if it ever stops being bad at it.

[Reaptor]

Originally posted by VolOpt:

a clock ticking down to the day it fails

Well, its solar powered, at least Im pretty sure it mentioned it is. Most sattalites are.

[VolOpt]

Solar powered != Infinite power. Everything fails and everything manufactured has a projected operational lifespan. So not only are they guarenteed to eventually breakdown but they most likely have a good idea on when that breakdown is going to start occurring. When it does fail there is no source for new parts and no one who could physically repair it even if they had them. They are quite literally trapped in a box floating in space until the box breaks.

Edit: Which might actually make an intersting point to start their next game on assuming they push a sequel. What would a relatively fixed society looklike in 2-3k years when everyone has literally done everything there is to do in the world. Now add to that your world is suddenly failing and no matter what you do there is no way you can fix it.