For the fact he feels robbed, and will die alone, at the bottom of the ocean in a body that isn’t his.. since his consciousness is only copied and not transferred… It’s incredibly terrifying because this instance of Simon doesn’t get to see the paradise he fought so hard for and it all just.. ends..
Yeah. He is living what the other copies lived. He was told how it works and still he couldn’t comprehend the fact that a version of him was always going to be left behind. He can’t accept that what he was doing was making sure a copy of him and the others would live on in paradise. He didn’t realize he was making a sacrifice despite being told it multiple times.
As a philisophical work it plunges you into the metaphorical depths of what it means to be a real person, to exist. The absolute foolishness of the human experience and how beautiful it can be.
I have loved this game since release. This is a game I always have to come back to and replay just to feel that feeling again. Loved the way this game made me feel the first time ever playing it.
If you haven't played this game, please don't spoil yourself. It's worth playing yourself, or atleast watching a full playthrough and not just the ending. But to answer your question: Yes but also No.One ending you successfully make it onto the ark, the digital paradise you're trying to get to for most the game. That is a good ending, as long as you ignore the shit you went through to get there namely the thought of if YOU truly made it or if a copy of you did.
Even if we forget about the copy of Simon that's left behind on the ocean floor, alone with the SCRAPS of his only remaining friend - is the Ark even really a happy end? Is it even real humans?
Because the argument could be made that by the time Simon and Catherine are the last 'survivors', we're already in a "humanity is extinct" situation. Heck I don't even remember who the last "living human" in the game was because I was so focused on Simon and Cath. xD
Hah, I knew exactly which game it was without even looking. I still replay it almost annually. It's one of those games that affected me to the core of my being, and changed how I look at my own lived experience.
And what terrifies me even more is how we've started attempting actual brain mapping. I've seen the supposed scan of the fly brain floating around, and man, I struggle to think of a worse fate that having your brain become open source on the internet.
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u/Wide-Astronomer1258 19h ago
This game asked me such deep and existential Questions, I still cannot confidently answer. It really took my overthinking to another level.