The Game That Broke Me - A SOMA Video Essay

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• BI

  @bijdikh8516 · 5 years ago

  SOMA is just one of those games you buy because it's on sale, and then you finish it ending up with an existential crisis.

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• CO

  @colindragan9352 · 5 years ago

  It's really weird how the ending is simultaneously happy and sad. Really makes you realize how strange the "same person in two places" thing is

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• HS

  @hshawnynvr970 · 5 years ago

  SOMA kinda gives the quote “there are fates worse then death” more realistic depending on how you look at it

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• XM

  @XMrChicagoX · 4 years ago

  For a second I was like “why didn’t Katherine finish the upload before the ark launched to make sure that they made it to the ark before they launched?” But then it came to me, the Simon that was left behind would probably keep canceling the launch because it knew it was going to be left behind. Perpetually leaving the ark stranded under the water for eternity. Katherine needed to make the upload finish at the last second to prevent it from being cancelled by the Simon that was left behind.

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• KE

  @kentorinji8505 · 5 years ago

  I couldn't ever imagine the guilt I'd feel knowing a replica of myself is in darkness, scared and alone while I'm in a paradise of theoretical ever lasting happiness.

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• DA

  @DanMcLeodNeptuneUK · 5 years ago (edited)

  The way Catherine deflects Simon's questions and changes the subject when he talks about being a robot suggests that at some point, after a while the realisation causes insanity when they realise what they are and start thinking about it. Every single robot you meet is insane, Simon is 'fresh' so to speak. Catherine wants to make the most of the time they have to launch the ark.

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• FU

  @fuyutupx1437 · 5 years ago

  The saddest part is that Simon didn't have to be alone in the end. Catherine's cortex chip overloaded at the Omega Space Gun due to digital stress because of the fight with Simon.

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• JU

  @just0Kelvin · 4 years ago

  The creepiest part was when Simon heard the other Simon in the room behind him.

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• DU

  @dumpydumpy7514 · 5 years ago

  The “last human on earth” scene is likely one of the most underrated pieces of video game storytelling.

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• FU

  @FumblsTheSniper · 5 years ago

  Them: “Video games aren’t art.”<br><br>Soma: “Hold my robo-tentacle.”

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• SP

  @SpookyEggs · 5 years ago

  Basically, soma is the cautionary tale about copy pasting files instead of just moving them.

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• J1

  @j154326 · 4 years ago

  The part of this game that broke me, was when Sarah said, &quot;At least I won&apos;t have to turn 30.&quot; She was in her 20&apos;s, she died so young, in so much pain.

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