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*** More FridgeHorror: The intruders are aware of the Signer's existence, and thereby of the "tree" of existence. That means they either found the Signs with their space-traveling technology, or their race's philosophers or scientists successfully created universes "below their feet" filled with intelligent life. You, by the end of the game, seem to have eradicated their entire species. ''What do you think happens to a universe when the one who created it in their mind dies?''
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*** More FridgeHorror: The intruders are aware of the Signer's existence, and thereby of the "tree" of existence. That means they either found the Signs with their space-traveling technology, which is unlikely considering the planets housing the Signs are all untouched, or their race's philosophers or scientists successfully created universes "below their feet" filled with intelligent life. You, by the end of the game, seem to have eradicated their entire species. ''What do you think happens to a universe when the one who created it in their mind dies?''
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*** Another case of FridgeHorror: The Signs imply that the Signer needs humanity to act as a sort of a computer to find the Signs in his universe. Which means he might be '''wrong''' and he in fact created an entire universe to try and find something which doesn't exist.
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** In the ending, after you successfully genocide the intruders, the Signer decides that humans will likely never be able to fill the universe due to the sheer distance of other stars from theirs. The only way, he decides, that they will be able to fulfill their purpose, is if he erases the entire universe and fills it with infinite clones of Earth. Now all of the human race's progress is rendered pointless in an instant. There will be nothing new in the universe to find, no alien species to meet, no ''meaning'' to be discovered. Only an endless amount of themselves. Just imagine the existential depression that would eventually befall most or all humans alive. This may be one of the ''worst'' fates the human race has ever been dealt in fiction.
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** In the ending, after you successfully genocide the intruders, the Signer decides that humans will likely never be able to fill the universe due to the sheer distance of other stars from theirs. The only way, he decides, that they will be able to fulfill their purpose, is if he erases the entire universe and fills it with infinite clones of Earth. Now all of the human race's progress is rendered pointless in an instant. There will be nothing new in the universe to find, no alien species to meet, no ''meaning'' to be discovered. Only an endless amount of themselves. Just imagine the existential depression that would eventually befall most or all humans alive. This may be one of the ''worst'' fates the human race has ever been dealt in fiction.fiction, nevermind that all other intelligent life in the universe had to die for this to happen.
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*** More FridgeHorror: The intruders are aware of the Signer's existence, and thereby of the "tree" of existence. That means they either found the Signs with their space-traveling technology, or their race's philosophers or scientists successfully created universes "below their feet" filled with intelligent life. You, by the end of the game, seem to have eradicated their entire species. ''What do you think happens to a universe when the one who created it in their mind dies?''
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** In the ending, after you successfully genocide the intruders, the Signer decides that humans will likely never be able to fill the universe due to the sheer distance of other stars from theirs. The only way, he decides, that they will be able to fulfill their purpose, is if he erases the entire universe and fills it with infinite clones of Earth. Now all of the human race's progress is rendered pointless in an instant. There will be nothing new in the universe to find, no alien species to meet, no ''meaning'' to be discovered. Only an endless amount of themselves. Just imagine the existential depression that would befall most or all humans alive. This may be one of the ''worst'' fates the human race has ever been dealt in fiction.
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** In the ending, after you successfully genocide the intruders, the Signer decides that humans will likely never be able to fill the universe due to the sheer distance of other stars from theirs. The only way, he decides, that they will be able to fulfill their purpose, is if he erases the entire universe and fills it with infinite clones of Earth. Now all of the human race's progress is rendered pointless in an instant. There will be nothing new in the universe to find, no alien species to meet, no ''meaning'' to be discovered. Only an endless amount of themselves. Just imagine the existential depression that would eventually befall most or all humans alive. This may be one of the ''worst'' fates the human race has ever been dealt in fiction.
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** The Signs scattered throughout the universe reveal the truth about existence as a whole. In as concise an explanation as possible, existence is an endless tree of intelligent beings creating universes in their minds full of intelligent beings that create universes in their minds. This pattern spawns from a test developed to find out if a creator, a God, exists: create a universe "below your feet", let it evolve, and see if conscious beings are born in that universe with intelligence equaling or surpassing your own. When they succeed, they will know for certain there is someone above them, even though they can't see them. Depending on your perspective, this revelation can be absolutely nauseating, some sort of relief, or both.
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** The Signs scattered throughout the universe reveal the truth about existence as a whole. In as concise an explanation as possible, existence is an endless tree of intelligent beings creating universes in their minds full of intelligent beings that create universes in their minds. This pattern spawns from a test developed to find out if a creator, a God, exists: create a universe "below your feet", let it evolve, and see if conscious beings are born in that universe with intelligence equaling or surpassing your own. When they you succeed, they you will know for certain there is someone above them, you as well, even though they you can't see them. Depending on your perspective, this revelation can be absolutely nauseating, some sort of relief, or both.
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* The plot of the game can be described as a CosmicHorrorStory in which the human race plays ''the most'' important role in the universe, without their knowledge. The Signer, for reasons unknowable, has declared humans to be the only intelligent life in the universe worthy of existence and plans to erase the rest. However, [[GodsHandsAreTied since he can't make meticulous changes to the universe]], he uses [[PlayerCharacter you]] as a HumanWeapon to [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide exterminate the unworthy lifeforms]], the [[AlienInvasion intruders]] fighting for their right to exist in competition with humanity.
** In the ending, after you successfully genocide the intruders, the Signer decides that humans will likely never be able to fill the universe due to the sheer distance of other stars from theirs. The only way, he decides, that they will be able to fulfill their purpose, is if he erases the entire universe and fills it with infinite clones of Earth. Now all of the human race's progress is rendered pointless in an instant. There will be nothing new in the universe to find, no alien species to meet, no ''meaning'' to be discovered. Only an endless amount of themselves. Just imagine the existential depression that would befall most or all humans alive. This may be one of the ''worst'' fates the human race has ever been dealt in fiction.
** The Signs scattered throughout the universe reveal the truth about existence as a whole. In as concise an explanation as possible, existence is an endless tree of intelligent beings creating universes in their minds full of intelligent beings that create universes in their minds. This pattern spawns from a test developed to find out if a creator, a God, exists: create a universe "below your feet", let it evolve, and see if conscious beings are born in that universe with intelligence equaling or surpassing your own. When they succeed, they will know for certain there is someone above them, even though they can't see them. Depending on your perspective, this revelation can be absolutely nauseating, some sort of relief, or both.
*** FridgeHorror: The "easy way" to find out if a creator exists is if the higher being who made your universe decides to sign it, as this universe's higher being has; then you just have to find the signs. "Because what god would be so cruel as to create conscious beings and then let them live and die without telling them why they exist?" '''The Signer himself would.''' The Signs in this universe are scattered across planets far, ''far'' away from Earth where the Signer ''knows'' that humanity would never be able to reach them. As the cherry on top, after you find each Sign, you're forced to ''destroy it''. The truth that the human race has been searching for since its upbringing was there all along, just out of reach for them, and taken away by the only one who ''can'' reach it '''''at the behest of the one who placed it.'''''
* [[DestructiveSavior You]] are an immensely powerful FlyingBrick with below-ideal control over your power and are ''FAR'' more of a danger to the human populace than the intruders could ever hope to be. Miss one little shot? BUILDING GONE, ''DOZENS OF PEOPLE'' '''''DEAD'''''. God forbid, miss a Gigaton Blast while aiming downward? Kiss that city goodbye. The civilians' cries of terror ''will'' haunt you for your entire playthrough.
* Exploring space evokes a unique, haunting feeling of loneliness. Every planet you find is no more than a barren wasteland or a gas giant, and the only breaks in monotony are the Signs and a black hole. The fact that such an incomprehensibly large space with so much in it is still so empty, cold and barren is mystifying.
* The protagonist themselves isn't dealt a good lot at all. The Signer's dialogue to them in the prologue implies that they were formerly a human, and were dragged away from their former livelihood into a CosmicHorrorStory where they're cast as a HumanWeapon and forced to discover the secrets of the universe that they may well be better off not discovering. Sure, you have some fancy superpowers, but so what if your existence is nothing but murdering aliens, accidentally killing your once-fellow humans and drifting through the universe all alone?
** In the ending, after you successfully genocide the intruders, the Signer decides that humans will likely never be able to fill the universe due to the sheer distance of other stars from theirs. The only way, he decides, that they will be able to fulfill their purpose, is if he erases the entire universe and fills it with infinite clones of Earth. Now all of the human race's progress is rendered pointless in an instant. There will be nothing new in the universe to find, no alien species to meet, no ''meaning'' to be discovered. Only an endless amount of themselves. Just imagine the existential depression that would befall most or all humans alive. This may be one of the ''worst'' fates the human race has ever been dealt in fiction.
** The Signs scattered throughout the universe reveal the truth about existence as a whole. In as concise an explanation as possible, existence is an endless tree of intelligent beings creating universes in their minds full of intelligent beings that create universes in their minds. This pattern spawns from a test developed to find out if a creator, a God, exists: create a universe "below your feet", let it evolve, and see if conscious beings are born in that universe with intelligence equaling or surpassing your own. When they succeed, they will know for certain there is someone above them, even though they can't see them. Depending on your perspective, this revelation can be absolutely nauseating, some sort of relief, or both.
*** FridgeHorror: The "easy way" to find out if a creator exists is if the higher being who made your universe decides to sign it, as this universe's higher being has; then you just have to find the signs. "Because what god would be so cruel as to create conscious beings and then let them live and die without telling them why they exist?" '''The Signer himself would.''' The Signs in this universe are scattered across planets far, ''far'' away from Earth where the Signer ''knows'' that humanity would never be able to reach them. As the cherry on top, after you find each Sign, you're forced to ''destroy it''. The truth that the human race has been searching for since its upbringing was there all along, just out of reach for them, and taken away by the only one who ''can'' reach it '''''at the behest of the one who placed it.'''''
* [[DestructiveSavior You]] are an immensely powerful FlyingBrick with below-ideal control over your power and are ''FAR'' more of a danger to the human populace than the intruders could ever hope to be. Miss one little shot? BUILDING GONE, ''DOZENS OF PEOPLE'' '''''DEAD'''''. God forbid, miss a Gigaton Blast while aiming downward? Kiss that city goodbye. The civilians' cries of terror ''will'' haunt you for your entire playthrough.
* Exploring space evokes a unique, haunting feeling of loneliness. Every planet you find is no more than a barren wasteland or a gas giant, and the only breaks in monotony are the Signs and a black hole. The fact that such an incomprehensibly large space with so much in it is still so empty, cold and barren is mystifying.
* The protagonist themselves isn't dealt a good lot at all. The Signer's dialogue to them in the prologue implies that they were formerly a human, and were dragged away from their former livelihood into a CosmicHorrorStory where they're cast as a HumanWeapon and forced to discover the secrets of the universe that they may well be better off not discovering. Sure, you have some fancy superpowers, but so what if your existence is nothing but murdering aliens, accidentally killing your once-fellow humans and drifting through the universe all alone?
