Could someone explain the ending?

[Fiercest Tuna]

It is pretty crap that you choose either of revenge or compassion, same happens. And the bathroom scene. Tom pukes after spooky stuff in the mirror and he becomes the kind of thingy you needed to kill last time? How? And why? And wot happent with the trechcoat guy? (Forgot his name )

[Tatsuya Hiroki]

In my own interpretation, the monster that you see in the mirror basically hinted that the madness isnt over yet, aka referring that there will be a sequel as well as Thomas not being able to vanquish Hate (the demon with the ninja moves and those steel sticks you need to fight with at the end of the game)

Remember that Ethan isnt an average human, hence why he has those visions and pukes so many times, it also has to do with Hate and some kind of sonic transmitting driving everyone nuts in the city.

Leland was basically a muppet under the influence of Hate, killing him or leaving him alive wouldnt have saved the day for anyone when you think about it, especially when Malcolm finally managed to neutralise his nephew

[Fiercest Tuna]

Originally posted by Tatsuya Hiroki (idling atm):

In my own interpretation, the monster that you see in the mirror basically hinted that the madness isnt over yet, aka referring that there will be a sequel as well as Thomas not being able to vanquish Hate (the demon with the ninja moves and those steel sticks you need to fight with at the end of the game)

Remember that Ethan isnt an average human, hence why he has those visions and pukes so many times, it also has to do with Hate and some kind of sonic transmitting driving everyone nuts in the city.

Leland was basically a muppet under the influence of Hate, killing him or leaving him alive wouldnt have saved the day for anyone when you think about it, especially when Malcolm finally managed to neutralise his nephew

I have used the wikia, some Oru Borous thingy that is if I remember right and stuff. It leaves a lot of question and as I saw from some ultra old forums, even Condemned 2 Bloodshot too.

[Cobra Commander]

Thomas has trauma episodes, essentially. To go into more detail...

There is a sonic field emanating from within the city. The game has us suppose that the source is the creature Thomas fights at the end, but then in the ending cutscene, Thomas' psychosis continues as he hallucinates the oral Oro device while in the bathroom. Thomas' psychosis and the psychosis of the troubled citizenry all still emanate from this one source, which remains a mystery for the 2nd game.

Edit: I've watched the ending some more, and I'm ready to suggest that the device on Thomas' face is a vocal amplifier that somehow uses hydraulics or something to alter the vibrations of the air as attuned to the user's vocally selected frequencies. This allows the user to control people through psychosis -- hallucinations and paranoia. The player has essentially appropriated the power which VanHorn sought to control through his manipulation of both Leland and Thomas.

EDIT EDIT: ♥♥♥♥ me sideways its a facehugger

[⎛⎞﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽ ﷽]

That ending was awfull. Didn't explain anything. A cult? Like wth

[TTV ZeyTheDaemon]

They explain in the 2nd game that the reason everyone in the city is going insane is because of the sonic transmitters that have been put there by a cult called the Oro or something like that. Leland was basically obsessed with them, which is further explained in the sequel. Sadly, I doubt it'll be on Steam any time soon, and they also haven't made a 3rd one which is what 2 seemed like it was setting up for.

[GUCCI GYATT]

You need to play the sequel to understand.
There's a Thread in here with detailed instructions on how to get it running on a pc.
It's pretty easy.

Edit:
There you go:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/4720/discussions/0/864949719261360206/?ctp=76

Read pages 76 to 77 and you're good to go. Hope this helps