[Spoiler?]How exactly do I unlock the alternate ending?

[Baron Young]

Where everyone doesn't fking die? I lost count on which playthrough I am on currently (definitely not first though)

[Shin Dan]

actually, the 2nd playthrough is a requirement, the game is only half finished during playthrough one, as it presents the actual threat right at the end and gives you a bad resolution.

the REAL ending I believe requires you to take the alternate path via the crimson codex missions, don't skip sorties, do every main mission and when it offers a crimson codex option, take that.
what it will do is unlock an alternate version of the same scenario where new information is then brought to light. things play out differently during crimson codex sidequests and can radically shape the way the game goes.

[Baron Young]

i don't get it. i'm like in my 7th playthrough now lol but i somehow don't see any major difference in the ending. sure there is a little extra here and there, but Class Zero bites the dust anyway

[Shin Dan]

Originally posted by Baron Young:

i don't get it. i'm like in my 7th playthrough now lol but i somehow don't see any major difference in the ending. sure there is a little extra here and there, but Class Zero bites the dust anyway

did you do the crimson codexes and all the sidequests?

including the 8 armed gilgamesh boss fights?

[Baron Young]

ok i may have missed that, i'll try and see how it goes

[Shin Dan]

Originally posted by Baron Young:

i don't get it. i'm like in my 7th playthrough now lol but i somehow don't see any major difference in the ending. sure there is a little extra here and there, but Class Zero bites the dust anyway

looked it up, basically it's the "what if" ending, a "what if" scenario unlocked by beating the game a 2nd time.
do that and you can view it from the "History of annali vermigli" the cutscene shows a possible/probable future.

in essence, it's not really canon to anything, it's just a possibility i guess.

[Baron Young]

oh lol alright thanks