**SPOILER** Thoughts about Sam's Story endings

[Mirage]

I have finished Sam's Story DLC a few minutes ago, and when I finally reached the decision part, I felt like I'm really torn between two choices: either blow up the sub to possibly protect the world from another nuclear war but sacrificing your ticket to go home or don't blow up the sub and have a way to go home, but the captain dies.

I can't say for sure which is the good or bad one... or maybe there's no good or bad ending either, which is the way I see it.

For one, I consider the "good" ending is where Sam sides with the Captain, where he thinks that Tom will be using the sub's nuclear weapons for war, but Tom said that he'll only use it to scare people in order for them to join him or for them to not mess with him.
But, I feel like it's not totally the good ending because Sam did everything he can just to go back to the US, and he'll waste his opportunity because of some possibility that there will be a "second nuclear war". Still, I prefer the ending where Sam went back to the US with Tom because I wanna see Sam achieve his lifelong dream


So, what are your thoughts about it? I wanna know which ending you prefer. Have a good day!

[Yung Ducky]

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I agree a bit. It was a little weird as 1 nuke can't possibly do that much damage to a nuclear wasteland.

However, you can also look at it this way: Blowing up the submarine ensures a lot of 'free' people won't be forced into Tom's reign. With a nuclear submarine, he would basically be able to make everyone he met bow down to him.

In this type of world having such amount of power would definitely make you a power freak.

Maybe thats not such a bad thing considering the type of lucrative character Tom is. Just saying, most of the characters you encounter are self-centered bandit types, it'd probably be for the better that they either be eradicated or absorbed into a unity under Tom.

[Shinamu Ϯ Rí na ifreann]

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Escrito originalmente por NOISEMAKER:

Funny enough if you look into the game files, blowing up the sub is the "bad" outro.

I feel conflicted with both outcomes, and the achievements are odd, too. One is gaining Ed's trust before the ending? Why? In any case, the Metro series has never been about clean optimal outcomes, unfortunately. I don't like betraying the captain and supporting another warlord, and I feel like you could find something else to get you back home.

On that note, why try to find a sea-faring ship when you could go north and cross the Bering Strait? That would most certainly be easier than trying to find something that would survive a trip across the Pacific.

On another note; Sam is a Spartan, whose beliefs revolve around helping those in need, no selfish desires. Would Miller approve of Sam's actions?

That's interesting. At first, I always thought that the "bad" ending is the option to betray the captain.

Look like I'm not the only one who's conflicted between the endings hahaha. It's one of the best aspects of the game, where the choices also make you reflect on the "what ifs" if you were in the same position as Artyom or in this case, Sam.

I'm guessing the ships are kinda hard to find, as you can see in the DLC, the ships are totally wrecked after the war. But I can see your point.

It's true that Sam is a Spartan, regardless of his nationality. Miller did try to convince Sam that he doesn't need to go back to the US because the Aurora is his new home, but Sam is very desperate enough to go to his original home just to see if his father is still alive or not. The way I see it, he also needs closure so that once he knew what happened, his mind will be at ease regardless of the outcome.


Thanks for the comment!

Well to be honest, Sam was also a Spartan for 20 years. He also was very close to Melnik / Miller, his bodyguard, and one of his trusted soldier. Going down from such a rightful character made of principle, to someone like Tom and becoming almost his henchmen must be psychologically kinda hard. To me, during those 20 years, Sam also learned a lot about friendship and he also incorporated the principles and the values of the Spartans : as Melnik says to Artyom in the Good ending of Metro Exodus "I created the Order to save everyone".

I think Sam wouldn't forget all of that just because Tom is giving him a hand, and is giving him a ticket home. In the allegedly "Good Ending", Sam says that he couldn't return home at any cost, but he is still very determined to go back there. I believe it fits more his morals and ethics. I also believe that Sam would have thought while letting the Captain probably die, and getting into Tom's crew (and also helping him to assert his possible supremacy over any colonies) : what would have Miller done, and what would have he thought of me ?

Thus to me the "Good Ending", and probably the one that fits more who is Sam, would be the "Blow-up of the sub", he wouldn't let such a threat rambling around the world and despite being driven by a need to go home, he is not self-absorbed.