/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4205720
> but Marathon was by far one of my favorites for single-player.
I've been thinking about the story of Marathon a lot recently, and I've come to the conclusion Spoilers ahead obviously: The entirety of Infinity, or at least the ending, is not real. No, I'm not referencing the dream levels. I know they're dreams. I'm talking about the last chapter of the game, those levels are supposed to be real, but they're definitely dream levels too. There's a few obvious clues about this
1. The W'rkncacnter can be heard wailing on the level Naw Man He's Close when he's supposed to be imprisoned
2. Tycho refers to himself on Bagged Again as "doubt". Thoth later also refers to the W'rkncacnter as "doubt" on the final level. These levels are near side by side, with Bagged Again being a strictly narrative based level, this was VERY MUCH intentional
3. Greyscale Pfhor appear on YTYBT?YGDBT, which are only seen in dream levels. After this, we go to the final level. This is supposed to be a *real* level, but that's impossible
4. On the final level, the S'pth'Kr tell you that they contained the nova, but there's no sight of the W'rkncacnter. That's because this isn't real life, it's just a dream world.
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