Trace's story was just the Appetizer, he's not the central protag of the franchise that has 7 games worth of plot.

[Keytee Tamira]

I found this article made year and a half ago. I remember reading it back then as well.

https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/tom-happ-has-ideas-for-7-more-games-in-the-axiom-verge-universe/

What's interesting is that Trace... is not a Central character in the franchise. His story was just the best for the introduction to the franchize.
While Axiom Verge 2's plot is much more tied in to the main plot.

...I still prefer Axiom Verge 1 by the way. But i am very happy with all the lore shared within Axiom Verge 2.

[Black Hole]

Then why give multiple endings where he either is alive or dead? What was the point?

I think I'll just pass on this franchise, I was hoping for more of the same but more and better only for it to be completely backwards.

[Keytee Tamira]

Publicado originalmente por Megatron:

Then why give multiple endings where he either is alive or dead? What was the point?

I think I'll just pass on this franchise, I was hoping for more of the same but more and better only for it to be completely backwards.

Because Tom Happ said he wanted new game to be very different from the first one, like in good old NES days with Castlevania 2 or Zelda 2.

[Black Hole]

Well I think a lot of people would have preferred something more resembling the first game just improved.

I could live with the main character from the first dying if they had a good way of making another character a part of the story, thing is they show no other humans than the original or clone of trace, no other characters were part of the world.

[Keytee Tamira]

Publicado originalmente por Megatron:

Well I think a lot of people would have preferred something more resembling the first game just improved.

I could live with the main character from the first dying if they had a good way of making another character a part of the story, thing is they show no other humans than the original or clone of trace, no other characters were part of the world.

*Sigh* Indra was intended to be the protagonist of plot that came to be in Axiom Verge 2 back when Tom Happ just started deleoping first AV1. He has made plots for 7 games overall.

Trace was inteded to be just an "Entrance" character. The story that is the easiest to get into AV.

[zeratulcraft]

When AV2 ended with Indra trying to find a Patternmind I was like "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥", and started thinking that maybe Athetos didn't arrive on Sudra by coincidence. Game three now plz.