Helios’s stuffed toy also appears in the ship wreckage if you visit it. The time on the clock in the car is 8:36, which is displayed on another clock in the House sequence in the game. ![]() There’s a lot of evidence to support this theory since we see many references to the ending sequence scene throughout the game. It is widely believed that the game’s plot was merely a way for Selene to deal with her trauma and guilt, making up a story for her life where she reaches acceptance. Many argue that it ties up too nicely, considering all the mysteries the players deal with and completely ignores the astronaut’s identity and the significance of all the clues Selene discovers on her journey.Ī popular theory is that none of this – Atropos, the enemies, and all of Selene’s journey – is not real and is simply inside her head. While covering many of the basics, this explanation ignores the hints dropped throughout the game and doesn’t fit the tone the game has set in its plot. This indicates that the red-eyed monster in the depths brought Selene to Atropos and has now dragged her there to relive what happened during the game. The most basic interpretation of this ending is that this was another instance of Selene being pulled into the time loop. The last thing we see here is someone seemingly swimming away from the car, but the identity of whoever it is is a mystery as the scene is shown in first-person. Before the mother can get to her son, she appears to be dragged away from him – by the monster or something else, if left unclear. Beside the car, we see the same monster Selene encountered before the sequence in the water. She wakes up inside the water, struggles out of the seatbelt, and reaches for her son. To avoid hitting the astronaut, the mother swerves the car, driving it off the bridge and crashing into the water. The mother gets distracted adjusting the radio and, when she looks up, finds someone in an astronaut suit in the middle of the road. The radio plays “ Don’t Fear the Reaper ” in the background, a song that has played significance in the game. Helios asks his mother if she “sees the White Shadow ”. The mother appears to be Selene, and the child in the backseat is her son – Helios. The game now shows a sequence of a mother and son driving in a car on a dark road. She asks if it was “the one who brought her here”, and the scene cuts off. Moving further along, she encounters a giant monster. Selene discovers that she is not the first space explorer to land on Atropos and that many others have been trapped in the same time loop, including her own past selves.Īs Selene progresses through the game, she learns more about Atropos and its history, eventually confronting the source of the time loop: a conscious entity known as Ophion – the game’s final boss.Īfter defeating Ophion in Act 2 of the game, Selena travels through the depths and discovers an abandoned car that she cannot open. The time loop that Selene is trapped in is the doing of Atropos itself, which can manipulate time to protect itself from threats. Selene discovers that the planet she is stranded on is not just any alien planet but, in fact, a living organism known as Atropos. As she progresses through the game, Selene discovers the truth about the Atropos and the cause of her time loop leading up to the game’s ending. The game follows the story of Selene, a space explorer who crash lands on a hostile alien planet and is stuck in a time loop, constantly reliving the same events repeatedly. Both endings leave much to the player’s interpretation. ![]() Moreover, it seems to show that it was all in Selene’s head but also appears to confirm other popular theories.Secret ending shows that the astronaut was Selene herself.The Returnal secret ending is unlocked after collecting all the Sunface Fragments and getting the car keys.The ending seems to show the existence of a time loop and that Selene was pulled into it by a sea monster after she could not save her son.It shows a mother and son in a car crash after narrowly avoiding an astronaut in the middle of the road.The ending takes place after defeating Ophion in Act 2 of the game.
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