Firewatch Guide - Alternate Ending

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IGN shows you an alternate ending to Firewatch, which occurs if Henry waits too long to board the rescue chopper.
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[@willtindall1743]

I think we all wish that we met Delilah at the end

[@retro_44]

+Will Tindall Atleast a photo of her.. like in her tower, or in the credits

[@vladimirvojtaml]

That would actually require multiple endings! Are you out of you mind? Just enjoy the rails with semi interesting dialogue but great atmosphere...

[@charlieshaw1995]

No, we must find her.. We need a DLC

[@infamouslyred5708]

yea duhh

[@Hereticzaat]

I think it's best if they don't make dlc or maybe... Leave it how it is... Let it sink in... I wouldn't mind like a spin off like another game maybe with same character(s) that do more with human interactions in stressful situations

[@barabulyko]

There should be just one more scene at this ending. Him sitting in chair on tower drinking booze and watching the fire.

[@afronutz]

Barabulyko or him burning to death

[@watermeloncoughdrops3408]

@@afronutz or both

[@alexmeji7210]

Hold up, what?

[@jacksonham5480]

@@afronutz I..........don’t think that would make for a very good ending..........

[@afronutz]

@@jacksonham5480 I mean that there should be a way to lose the game

[@CombatMedicTM]

Really... that...that's the "alternate ending"? The helicopter is flying away? Wow. I think I have to replay the whole 3 hours so I can experience this great "alternative ending" myself. Mind. Blown.

[@TheNexussify]

+Sunshine No, it's just a "bug", to prevent the player wandering away and going to restricted areas. It's not considered as an alternative ending.

[@ugfgkkgiitfhb5567]

+Sunshine Just load your last savegame. Thank me later for saving you 2,95 hours of play.

[@AdRiAnACRAZZY101]

+Radical Ed lol i wish it was a bug but the devs on twitter confirmed that this was infact the alternative ending... meaning they planned this

[@CombatMedicTM]

+Ugfgkk Giitfhb Google sarcasm.

[@miroschneiter7097]

+Radical Ed No, i tried to wander off but theres no where you can go.

[@jackofallgames6852]

For those pissed about the end, it was made to be realistic. Occam's razor, the simplist explanation is usually the truth. The game wanted to play on your paranoia and expectations of grandeur, only to have the conspiracies end in some man trying to get deal with something that doesn't really involve you. So many games treat you as if you're the center of the universe, and this game wanted to show you that things in life aren't always elaborate events.

[@frank031]

How is "crazy veteran who lost his kid and became a hermit now stalks you and fucks with your mind to stop you from uncovering his secret" the simplest explanation.

[@Pavel_Gorbunov]

So, basically this game just wasted my time and money. I'am so dissapointed by that stereotypical ending.

[@TheTruth-xp2of]

If this is a stereotypical ending, please name a few games with a similar ending. The stereotypical game ending involves you saving the world, beating a bad guy, a friend or ally probably dying on the way, you possibly getting in a relationship or having sex with a fanservice loaded female character.

[@watcherob]

This is not stereotypical. It's mundane as is the rest of the game. That's the point. As the OP states you get paranoid about what the hell is going on and in the end it's nothing special. That makes this game different from any other game and I love it for it. You are just a firewatch dude with too much time on your hands. Also as soon as you hear more and more about the goodwins you know it's them, I only hoped it would be the kid and not the dad, that would make the end even better. Some nerd kid messing with your head that would have been awesome.

[@fragrantbloom]

Jack of All Games exactly what I feel

[@RazorCamel]

(spoilers) (also long) You know, I went into this game thinking there was going to be some sort of weird twist.. how pretty early on the game makes it clear something is off. You find out you're being monitored so on and so forth, find a camp full of high tech equipment and are made to believe that there is something possibly of a social experiment going on. All of these "conspiracies" are laid out in the open pretty clearly to make you think there's something bigger at play. What I don't understand is how the game sets up all of these troupes with the fenced off area, and all of that equipment with obvious government "research" at play to wind back the story to just be about some guy's kid that died in a cave and he can't coop with it. Not to mention how obvious romantic tension builds between the main character and D just to have her recluse and just leave. Now, I didn't open all the supply caches, I didn't find any secrets worth noting, and I didn't explore or cut through all of the blocked path ways. So maybe it's a completion-ist type thing that triggers different endings or story telling but somehow I don't feel like that is going to matter. I feel like the Devs didn't want it to be some sort of over the top weird ending and just kind of played it back as more of a reminder of how shit life turns out to be a lot of the time... I guess I can understand why they did that, because a story that is normal and turns into something of a government social experiment type twist is becoming a cliche if you think about it.. But I couldn't help but wish it DID just turn out to be something along those lines because the current ending we have is just straight unsatisfying I don't believe the game is shit, or has poor story telling, because it is neither of those. The atmosphere and the dialogue were all very well done and pretty gripping and i actually was pretty interested in what was happening next. I guess I just wish the ending wasn't so depressing, but again I suppose I can understand why they did it.

[@TheGamerzOfTheUSA]

+RazorCamel There's a few more negative things worth noting about the game. Considering this is a video about another ending I'm going to assume nobody cares about being spoiled on certain parts of the game. For sake of being on the safe side I'm just going to tag this [SPOILERS] 1) It is pretty difficult to believe Ned moved all of the hardware, put up a tent, and then built a fence all in one area without anyone figuring it out. Not to mention how costly doing so would be. Granted, Ned became a hermit and would have quite the disposable income from all of his savings thus far. However that is some very high grade equipment and most likely wouldn' have been available to the public. 2) Inside of Ned's tent we see multiple beds (I believe three). Why would he have so many beds if it was only him? The short answer is just that it's a red herring to try to divert the player from connecting any dots. I doubt it's for the illusion to make it seem like it's multiple people and honestly Ned doesn't seem like the type to go through the trouble to do it. Ned built the fence and security station purely for the purpose to monitor what Delilah and Two Forks say to each other to see if they're onto him. It's hidden by all of the tree so neither of them could see the towers he built up. So why would he go through the trouble of adding extra beds with his line of logic that no one will search there? 3) Brian is stated multiple times to be a pre-teen, and evidence shows he was in sixth grade due to his homework. So why is it that he looks like a young adult when you find his body? He's either the lankiest yet build kid on the playground or was held back multiple years. 4) It's clear that the teens from the beginning cut the communication line, but how? They have no way of climbing up to the wire, they most likely cannot throw something up to the wire and cut it that way, and there is no way for them to bring the wire down to them. I'd say the wire would have to be around 15-20 feet in the air, which is too high for them to get to. There is the possibility it was Ned, who has a track record for doing the impossible thus far, so why not give this one to him, too? Because it's highly unlikely that he did it, and there is no evidence pinning him as the one who did it. Those are the only things I can think of off of the top of my head. To add on, I also believe the ending is a let-down and it's a disappointment that the devs don't allow for you to change the ending. You are able to either build a relationship or close friendship with Delilah, but neither play out. I don't see any real significance to this. It makes it appear to be some sort of writing maneuver that by making the ending more disappointing it reflects real life. However it apparently never crossed anyone's mind this is a story-driven decision-making game and there may have to be more than one ending. It feels more lazy and as if the writer wanted to wrap up the project or spent more time on the bulk of the game and put little to no thought into the ending aside from Ned's tape.

[@Jonoz376]

+TheGamerzOfTheUSAAll [more spoilers] That high tech equipment and the fence and everything weren't set up by Ned. It was set up by some researchers and Ned was just using it to track H and D. I would also say the wire was definitely cut by Ned too in an attempt to stop them from reaching anyone else. While I thought the pacing for the game was a bit off I was satisfied with the ending. It wasn't some big dumb conspiracy but instead something simpler and much more grounded in reality which was one of the main themes of the game.

[@DaveLewis41]

+TheGamerzOfTheUSA To answer your first two questions, Ned did not make that camp. That was a preexisting camp that was set up by the research team mentioned in the note left at the Scout Camp. Ned has a piece of paper in his cave stating that he must clean out the camp and make sure that there are no traces of him ever using it before August 10th, which the note says is the day that the research team will come back. All of this info is in the papers scattered around Ned's cave. He was using the research team's equipment to monitor the Watcher's radios while the research team was away.

[@xenovendeta]

+Jonoz376 A few things. In the camp Henry clearly says they had info on his wife he never told Delilah about. So how did Ned get that information? He couldn't have. Ned was a recluse that got by, by stealing supplies from the watch and campers. Secondly in his "bunker" the notes by his lookout says the keys to the cave where stolen. Also if he was trying to hide the fact his son was dead why would he have left the keys for Henry? The game was a good game with a horrible ending. Had there not been some things to leave plot holes like the information about his wife and stolen keys turning up for Henry to find then yea, the ending while disappointing would have been more believable.

[@finlay6504]

+Eric Mollenhour I believe Ned had the keys all along, and "gave" them to Henry so that he could trap him in the cave. (Not a very good plan however).

[@RagArk]

I don't know why people are disappointed. It's a simple and realistic end. The ending represents what Hank was running away from. He ran to get away. A summer place. A place where he could forget his problems. But dreams fade and eventually you have to go back. Summer only lasts so long. While he may not face Julia again, it's a perfect ending of common summer tropes. You're here for a moment and gone the next. That's summer in this game. A pause in the hallway of time. Back to reality we come....

[@sugarmatic]

+Rag Ark Its a really grounded ending. Because gladly no aliens or whatever was involved. Every single player expected some conspiracy and crazy stuff, but the ending reveals that there was absolutely no conspiracy at all. And it's really unique in its own weird little way. I liked it a lot.

[@CasuallyDeep]

+Rag Ark Henry* :D

[@CasuallyDeep]

***** I don't think so :D At one point Delilah calls Henry as Hank and that's it.

[@CasuallyDeep]

***** Ok, i was in the wrong because i didn't knew that Hank is short for Henry. But now to be honest i like Henry more than Hank.

[@allensu9363]

Ikr I thought for sure that in the end he would refuse to go back home and end up like Ned somehow.

[@shay3355]

I fell in love with Delilah even though the story was so short, and I never saw her... Now...That's emotion. That's what makes us human.

[@scrumbole]

cringe bro

[@littleotis1355]

Like love as in legit love. Bro

[@RONALDII0]

I liked her too but Henry was so damn bitchy all the time

[@WilliamParkerer]

I mean yeah that is real life. But we're in need of that precious spark that's rare in real life, not harsh reality. I felt really dreadful after completing the game.

[@fluffypuppy2918]

Same

[@Iamwhoiamifiammyself]

The most depressing endings ever, you hope for something happening, something changing but in the end life still sucks, your wife is still a vegetable,everything is still normal. People live,die,dream,fail etc. As gamers we all hope for something more but this game just bluntly told us ''life sucks boys,get back to work'' and that is why we hate it.

[@AndroidVageta1]

+Javus Masterson I hate it because it was a fucking waste of time. I play games to ESCAPE the mundane happenings of life. I wasn't expecting Henry and D to get married or some shit at the end but this is a goddamn video game...not real life. For the developers to drag the player along with twists and turns (not to mention promising this and that before the game came out) only to at the end say "go fuck yourself" is whack. Reality can be damned, this was just a shitty ending because it's lazy and tries to be #2deep4u.

[@CiuppyCiuppyBoy]

+Javus Masterson If i smell cooking meat coming from the kitchen and then find out that there are only vegetables i'm going to be pissed. We all know life sucks, this game isn't deep at all, he shows you things and than takes evrything back like is not important. I usually like sad storyes, like E.A.Poe's ones, this one is just dumb and lame.

[@CiuppyCiuppyBoy]

+Logical Reason Couldn't agree more, there's nothing deep here, people who are too much in love with the game just tend to see more than what it really is.

[@upgoyxtirzruz]

@Filip Filip vegetable😂

[@frog7661]

@@CiuppyCiuppyBoy “meme music eskertit”

[@Cowboydjrobot]

All the folks that thought the ending was "disappointing", that's kind of the point.

[@Couch_Banana]

Intentional or not, a disappointing ending still sours a story. Imagine if, for example, Master Chief died in Halo 5, NOT in a big send off for his character, but by being run over by a clumsy marine driving a warthog, with the message behind it being that "war is hell, and no one can survive it". Wouldn't you feel cheated then?

[@simpl3y]

@@Couch_Banana What I take from the mediocre ending is that life isnt the movie that we want things to be. Reality is tough and we've just been paranoid from the 3 months of isolation. Life is just disappointing which doesn''t have to be a bad thing

[@xariotatriox6284]

Game was lame. Watched a let's play, the way the end wraps up feels rushed and very deus ex machina. The whole "oh it was just Ned the whole time" thing was just stupid...

[@-crosby]

@@xariotatriox6284 If you rerun the story, you would understand that it was Ned the whole time, the signs are there, but we would rather listen to two lying hopeless romantics lose their shit and try to paint a bigger picture than it actually is. The game hit me in a spot, that only very few books, movies, or games hit me. It´s telling you to stop anticipating a happy ending because life doesn't care about your feelings and expectations, the whole game is a big emotional, heartwarming, well written "fuck you" and I love it exactly for that.

[@xariotatriox6284]

@@-crosby Yes, yes. Very deep and well written story. Gives all kinds of feelings and such. 🙄

[@IloveDAGAMEZ]

Its wierd cause it really built itself up throughout the game to be alot more, it just kinda drops off and ends lol

[@georgejuarez2219]

+AyyGin the ending was in my opinion very good there was no conspiracy just some fucked up guy in the forest who was bored and alone it is not like cod where it is going to end off with fireworks its a actual ending that could of happen and its just about people and what they are going thru

[@MoonyDrak]

+IloveDAGAMEZ The game never built anything. You (as Henry and the player) did. The game explained everything perfectly, everything makes sense.

[@robertonome2448]

+Ryan And that's the magic of this game. Not every buildup actually *needs* a big epic conclusion... Sometimes things just don't happen the way you wanted to. Get over it

[@YouRude34]

It was Ned stealing that chopper while you were taking time.

[@ugfgkkgiitfhb5567]

+You rude Flanders?

[@ZiZz0rTiZz0r]

Not much of a difference.

[@tuila]

+ZiZz0rTiZz0r Just the difference of life and death. No biggie.

[@dannyp2970]

+tuila They said the helicopter was doing rounds, so they will probably do another round and then grab and drag him to the chopper if he refuses to go or he will run away and become a recluse

[@AndroidVageta1]

+tuila Except that's not really the case though. Like Danny P says they'd drag him along one way or the other. Plus, the only reason this probably happens is just to keep the player from lounging around. I for one certainly don't consider this an actual TRUE second ending.

[@TheTruth-xp2of]

Big difference. In the regular ending, Henry decides to end his summer and go back to face reality. In this ending, He's Ned 2.0, running from his life and everything that comes with it.

[@TheTruth-xp2of]

Shocking how so many people don't appreciate the art value of this game's story. "Make it better" and "Let us meet Delilah" and "I wanted happy ending" and "Should have been a conspiracy". Is everyone 12? People need to read a few books.

[@LodewijkVrije]

anyone that thinks this game had a shitty ending, are empty husks with no soul inside. the ending was beautiful, and if you paid attention, found all the papers and Ned's lookout. everything gets answered pretty much. people find the ending shitty, because they expected, crazy monsters or government conspiracies. but while the whole story is about getting away from life. trying to escape, but always being dragged back by reality one way or another. both D and henry were broken human beings dealing with life in general. looking for a pause. some time away from it all, the same as Ned. 3 years out in the wilds. no worry ahead. until you get dragged back to reality (getting found out by 2 fire watchers for instance) the whole setting, the whole story of this game. its something every human being should be able to relate to, so why people don't like this ending is beyond me. the must like living in a fantasy, the reality is that the ending of this game was perfect.

[@keirmartin2830]

+Lodewijk Vrije It's because the game builds up to something but doesn't deliver. The ending is predictable and Ned's story just doesn't really make a whole lot of sense in practice. If they didn't bait the player into thinking there was some grand conspiracy then it would've worked a lot better. Also, we learn nothing of interest about any of the characters. Henry's back story is abandoned and explored in no more detail and we literally learn nothing about D except that she may have a minor drinking problem. It doesn't work for me as a mystery or as a character study. Sure, there are some parallels between Henry's life and Ned's but it doesn't explore it enough. The writing is great but the narrative fails to say anything meaningful. I enjoyed my time with the game but the ending was just incredibly underwhelming to me. Not to say that you can't enjoy it though. I'm glad you did. I loved everything up to the ending and it's just a real shame as it'll be the thing that I remember most.

[@LodewijkVrije]

+Keir Martin "If they didn't bait the player into thinking there was some grand conspiracy" when did that happen? the only thing that happens is that you find a research camp that belongs to the government. you yourself started believing that its was some grand conspiracy. the game does not lead you to that conclusion AT all. so you just because you find a piece of paper that says all equipment belongs to the government. make you think its a conspiracy? when i walked into that camp saw the tracking equipment and remembered the deer i had found with one of those tracking devices on it. it became pretty clear that someone was just stealing shit from the government camp site. you say the came lead you to believe there was some grand conspiracy, but i don't think we played the same game then. because conspiracy hasn't been on my mind once while playing this game. and if people had payed attention to the game they were playing then it would be on their minds either. henry's back story is abandoned? yeah. thats kinda the point of the whole game, a break from reality a pause of his shitty life. in which he loves a demented woman. we dont really learn anything about D. well again thats the point. after 70 days in the wilderness, its weird how your only point of contact is someone you never saw and know nothing about. yet you do feel like you know her to some extent. the game builds up to nothing? no the game drags your ass back to reality where it belongs.

[@keirmartin2830]

+Lodewijk Vrije The game doesn't lead you to a conclusion of conspiracy at all? Not only the government equipment but the profile's written about the two leads? Come on man, sure the game explains that there's no conspiracy but to say that the game at no point leads you into thinking there's something deeper going on is just ridiculous. The narrative is constantly baiting the character with things like H's sleepwalk radio chatter and his panic later on that he may be the one with dementia but those ideas are dropped as quickly as they come up. It's there for no reason other than to entice the player into thinking there's something else going on. The fact of the matter though is that the actual reveal isn't based anywhere in reality either. The two leads actions make no sense, Ned's plan makes no sense and he is literally there for the sake of a plot device. He is a deus-ex machina in every sense of the word. Like I said, there is a somewhat interesting parallel between Henry and Ned but it's not explored well enough to be shoehorned into the plot. If the game wanted to make a point about making a break from reality, it could have in a much more grounded way. The whole mystery aspect of the plot (interesting before the finale) could have been removed to make that point ever much more real. Furthermore, how is there a point to them not learning anything about each other? It's unrealistic for a game that's supposedly grounded in reality. The game had a really good opportunity to make a poignant message in regards to running away from your issues but it does nothing with it. Struggling with a family member or spouse with alzheimer's is a real issue and could have been explored in a mature and interesting way but the plot is literally "H leaves wife + Deus ex machina = H returns to wife". The way the plot unfolds really doesn't support the idea that Henry must return to reality. He could literally fuck off and get another job somewhere else which makes a thousand times more sense in the context of this narrative because he doesn't grow at all as a person. Henry isn't a character I can relate to because he doesn't reflect at all in the game except for when it's to set up a stupid bait.

[@LodewijkVrije]

***** yes i do know what it means, the point im making is, that as soon as you get the idea the government might be behind it. or some haywire research team. that gets immediately dismissed by the documents you literally find 100m further down the path. you open the gate, and get the letter from the inbox. this is the point where you start to think the government might be involved. yet 100meter down the path is all the evidence you need to figure out its a bunch of researcher tracking deer..... and that someone must be stealing stuff from that research camp.

[@wolfedya1]

+Lodewijk Vrije No actually, that makes no sense at all. Though I liked the way the game just lead you on and snapped reality with the most mundane anti-climactic endings, it was surprisingly cool. But I think you're giving yourself too much credit for predicting the ending, literally no one made that assumption, the conspiracy plotline stuck firmly up until the very end.

[@zombieater634]

two things are bothering me: 1- why didn't D and H ever try to meet throughout the entire game, i think it would have been logical for them to want to see each other after that intimate night they spent talking on the radio 2- why did Ned give H the keys to where his son's corpse was, then lock him in?!!

[@ramenswirl3042]

I didn’t want to let go of my dish soap so I got this ending

[@XassassinTV.]

Just finished playing the game, great story. I love the whole mystery behind it, as well as the sadness and the reactions make you feel there at that time. Anybody else looking up when they rappel to see if Ned would just pop his head out haha?! Just wish we could of met Delilah, just a different ending. Even in the credits the pictures scrolling by, Henry and Delilah of what happend after that summer would of been cool. Mayham Jr was saved.

[@BigSched]

Fuck, this whole game was 100/10, amazing, then the end, could have broughten so many feels, good or bad, but instead, a cliffhanger.

[@tylerhoule9234]

Broughten?

[@forklift_certified]

that's not a cliffhanger

[@edabagu9013]

I think its just a bug...

[@iamtis]

+Ebadagadoo If it was a bug it wouldn't have the flying off animation and the devs confirmed this was the "secret ending".

[@Teddy_Bear312]

+MasterVegito basicly the same as the alternative ending of half-life, i dont hear people bitching about that

[@ibotje1]

+MasterVegito people don't simply forget half life, and what do you expect? the helicopter to wait for all eternity? it also is more of an open ending where you can decide yourself if Henry dies with the fire or he hikes out of the forest himself and leaves everything behind afterwards

[@Teddy_Bear312]

ibo ayoubi i forgott half life

[@ibotje1]

beer van de ende good for you, i didn't say everybody remembers xD

[@nothingness3662]

I feel like the writer who wrote all the dialogue was procrastinating and like a week before he/she had to finish just wrote a BS ending. This game literally went to a 8/10 game to 4/10 game in a span of 30 minutes

[@myawolf6681]

It's been a long time since a game got me to really think about things and got my emotions going. People that think the ending is bad haven't payed full attention the meaning behind the entire game. For a game that is $20.00 and around 3 hours long it was perfect.

[@TheBigchekka]

just finished the game. im not really digging the end :(

[@S3N3CA86]

i did too. i think it would of been better if rescue never came and they died trying to reach each other

[@S3N3CA86]

+Mrwasup34765 wtf. what game u talkn bout

[@ooPRKoo]

+TheBigchekka I dont get you ppl, the ending is good. There was NO CONSPIRACY, just some fucked up forest dude, that was bored and lonely. So why do you expect fireworks? (dis pun tho) Read between lines. Its not like CoD or NFS plots. It was about the characters and what they are going through.

[@HeartNotes3]

+JonnyC 289 That says more about YOU than any woman with the bad luck to become deeply involved in your life. I feel sorry for your mom.

[@SaftonYT]

+Logic Bomb I disagree. I think it was a perfect example of a red herring/literary false trail turned up to eleven. I enjoyed it, honestly. I would have liked to have seen more paths the ending could go, however.

[@derekrequiem4359]

This isn't an alternate ending. Either Henry gets on the heli and they leave or the heli leaves without Henry. Both lead to the same ending. Therefore there is no "alternate" ending.

[@WilliamParkerer]

I agree. I'd say this is not even a planned behavior. It's probably because the helicopter has a timeout for taking off. And the screen will turn black and end after the helicopter takes off.

[@Individualpsychologe]

Man, I picked this game up after seeing a gameplay video of the first ~10 minutes (after the intro text of course) and I didn't know ANYTHING about it beyond what I saw in those 10 minutes. I just like the characters, graphics, dialogue. I did not even expect the mystery elements at all. So when I found the typewriter in front of the watchtower I got really excited about the game. To be honest that made me expect so much more of this game. [Spoiler ahead:] So I just finished the game in one session and I loved it, but I wish the conclusion would've had more to it than just a heartbroken dad, who won't leave the place that his son died at. Other than that the game was near perfect.

[@SeudXe]

its perfect

[@fishbog3414]

i wanted it to be like he was hallucinating the whole time and in reality he was the only one out there

[@joshgo3909]

I wanna dislike the video because the ending and alternate ending sucked, but it's not worth it.

[@joshgo3909]

I feel the suspense was really good and it made me really curious about what was going on, then the ending felt like a let down..

[@BaronVonHoovy]

+Josh Go Actually, it was VERY well-done. The entire build-up and suspense was intentional, just as the "let down" at the end was. The story is about people running from their problems and trying to escape reality, and the end is reality catching up to them. Admittedly, it's very "artsy", but it's also very realistic compared to what I guess people were expecting.

[@alphaprawns]

+BaronVonHoovy I honestly found it a deeply unsatisfying ending, despite completely comprehending the theme the writer was going for. It just... left so many questions unanswered, and ended so abruptly and vaguely. It actually feels unfinished, if anything.

[@BaronVonHoovy]

alphaprawns Fair enough, and I can agree on some counts.

[@wolfzatadaemus4632]

+Josh Go i allready just did it lol

[@MrKillroy26]

Awesome game but disappointing ending.

[@MilesMan12399]

+Thedoubt There were so many great climactic possibilities there but instead...they just ended it with a sort of "Well, that's life" message. No kidding, I'm fully aware that life can suck, hence the use of video games like this to escape it. It's really ashame that so many are hailing this as "deep" and "insightful" when in reality, if this were the narrative of any novel in a bookstore, it wouldn't sell 1000 copies. The story was building and building and building, only to end with no payoff.

[@colehartgrove1491]

+Miles Hill And so many ways to make it a longer game!

[@ibotje1]

+Miles Hill go play call of duty if you want a dramatic ending then, this is a great game with a great ending it's not what you expect and it's anticlimactic, but that is how it's supposed to be it's what makes this game "human"

[@MrWolfdawn]

Shut the fuck up, your comment is overused, call of duty actually has a better ending, i would rather go play cod just to piss you off :)

[@ibotje1]

Anthony Frost *facepalm* i said go play cod if you want a dramatic ending, and you would rather do that. so how is that supposed to piss me off? xD you are agreeing with me

[@nihonam]

they had to fall down in some deep cave finding themselves in Black Mesa

[@tebv4144]

They could have gone in a different direction with this game, like there's another lookout you talk to as well, so you don't know if D or the other one is lying or if they are working together against you. but the more i think about it the more I like the way they did it. the whole backstory with Dave and ron is just sad, it seams the whole bottomline of the game is about facing your deamons and moving on.. like Henry is running from his life with everything that happened to his wife, D is probably running from something. Ned is running away from facing the death of his son. the Ron and Dave side of the story is about Dave being gay and in love with Ron but Ron doesn't understand it, so dave is running from that. there's the old cabin that (probably) dave lived in, and in the outhouse we find the lyrics to "Ol shoshone" which is on a tape as well, in the cabin there is a broken guitar which I think the song was recorded on. the house is burnt as well which makes one think that after Dave found out that Ron was going to alaska with Debbie he got drunk he burned the house down and left. funny thing about the whole game is that the Ron/dave story is more interesting than that of Henry and Delilah...

[@tebv4144]

+John Doe oh and read the lyrics to Ol Shohone and you get the whole point of the game.. it applies to Henry and all the others

[@quintusgrobler9088]

Unpopular opinion incoming: I like the idea of adding this alternate ending. It suggests that Henry wants to die. His wife is irreversibly ill, he went through a lot of bad shit in the forest, saw a dead kid and finally the only hope for him left him behind with no immediate plans of meeting him... It gives us a chance to succumb to his suffering.

[@cgijoe5671]

Bro that's just the original ending in reverse

[@unfa00]

To me that looks like an ending the makers of the game didn't plan.

[@LilSmut]

this game made me cry

[@Lcadelaide]

wow.. great video!

[@ginaoakley5239]

Wow, that's such a great alternate ending that I need to play the ENTERED game again just to see a helicopter fly away.

[@exLightningg]

Wow the alternate ending is just a Helicopter flying up a couple meters

[@NessNoldo]

I got a cassette from the man inside the helicopter and then the helicopter go away leaving me there. Was a third ending?

[@Assasin04Prince]

I was expecting something unexpected (scary) throughout the entire game and THAT DAMN RACCOON just did the job.

[@ugfgkkgiitfhb5567]

+Muad Dib LOL! Same here! Just 10min before the game ends and BAAAHM! Jump scare!

[@gabebrocke4421]

I love how I got the alternate ending before the first one lmao

[@painandglory22]

They really went with realism through this, nothing so unbelievable.

[@adamas_dragon]

Did anyone notice that the only and first person you meet in the game(in person) ist that rescuer in the helicopter! I personaly thought that it would be D.

[@samurphy]

The drunk teens.

[@FSprivate950]

what happens if you go to d s lookout before the end

[@Infected_Fox]

So there is a way to be forgotten in the woods

[@revelatione]

and in coughs we die only in that end

[@fatalcardnal]

Thats it? what an alternate ending, such a shock.

[@charlieread591]

The sad truth is that at the end of this one there are no photos because he might not have survived being out there

[@qkvt123]

ngl i was expecting some epic fight to the death with Ned, then running away with Delilah at the end. But this feels more. . . . grounded.

[@Kenjo39]

fireworks went missing. dunno if glitched or Ned took it

[@MrLuca12121]

Good game Bad Ending

[@paxman192]

there was a far cry primal ad and i thought there was a freaking tiger in the alt ending

[@1stPlaceFailure]

I want those 2 minuets and 17 seconds of my life back now.

[@MightyGreedo]

mind.... blown....

[@jeffwyant7870]

I'm gonna throw a wild theory out there just for fun. Delilah and Ned were in contact the entire time....thing about the start of the game where D takes a call and says "no he doesn't know" she had to have been talking about Henry to either Ned (which is the obvious choice) or possibly Simmons from the site (less likely and about to be explained). Delilah could see Henry no matter where he was yet she somehow didn't know about Wapiti even though it was in her field of view and she could see you when you're in the site....she has to be hiding something from Henry. Also why does she lie about the missing girls....sure she says she doesn't want to deal with cops but nobody would lie about something so serious knowing they could lose their job over it.

[@RCmies]

That's really depressing. It's like Henry left there to burn and kill himself basically..

[@theogatas7498]

that alternate ending though

[@Fiddlemaster56]

Wow...what an alternate ending.

[@theamazingaviator1084]

i honestly think it's a bug,mabye the game thinks your in the chopper when your really not so it takes off and the game ends

[@lukky6648]

Reading all the comments I think not everyone understood the meaning of the ending , maybe they will later in life when the time comes

[@ion9328]

Guys at the end...the forest is burning or it's just a sandstorm?

[@ion9328]

Darude-Sandstorm....llelelelelel

[@ComicWriter-ml3qt]

The saddest thing about this ending? If Henry died, Delilah would’ve likely never known. Edit: not to mention Julia. Like holy shit

[@theretard3d]

Careful I got copy right claimed on my video finale for that ending song

[@faster2x77]

Call me crazy, but a tiny part of me expected for Ned to show up to have like some kind of boss fight.

[@NIGHTL0RDs4]

Haha LMAO such a "different" ending, wtf

[@LandOfPhilosophy]

What song is it?

[@trxllest98]

It's actually a really deep ending if you think about the fact that he willingly remained there, to die. He didn't want to go back to Julia, Delilah didn't want him, he just wanted it all to end i suppose. There was nothing to go back to...Aside from that, the last third of the game was shit and everything seemed rushed.

[@bosjesmann3865]

wow,this alternate ending is very different and worth it?

[@bahamut9384]

How did Delilah end up with the Pork Pond sign??

[@VimyGlide]

Cold AF...ironic considering the forest is literally burning down.

[@FFullMetalAlchemist]

Moral of the story, dont get your hopes up because lifes never that good to you

[@iTzKahlilBeasley]

Wow this was the alternate ending.......

[@whapakwhapak]

what? this is the alternate ending? this is the ending i got on my first time finishing the game lol.

[@luizbiel2317]

the pilot be like: "was he takin a sht or siomethin?"

[@CherryPauper]

This was the first game where I wasn't sure if I liked it or not.

[@Breakbeat90s]

There is a scientific mobile lab where 3 people can sleep but somehow it was Ned all alone who kept an eye on the other Lookouts?

[@kitthekat6844]

Welcome to *Staring At An Helicopter Simulator Part 1*

[@jackslayer9719]

so henry just stays there

[@samparker8738]

It says alternet but it's still the same

[@fr3ak1shh]

You know, I really think this ending makes more sense. If you really analyze the game, you can see that Delilah lied through almost the entire game. She never wanted to get together. She knew Ned was out there. She was trying to protect him - protect him from Bryan, who she thought was at home. it's obvious she cared a lot about Bryan. And so Ned tricked her. He made her think that Bryan went home, and he used his PTSD as an excuse and he begged her to let him stay out in the forest. So she let him, to protect Bryan. The whole game, all she does is try to prevent you from meeting him. After she finds out Bryan died however, she then realized that Ned tricked her even worse than she was tricking Henry. She then used Bryan dying as an excuse to not meet up. She said she had some stuff to do at home first. More than likely, she was still together with her boyfriend. Once Henry realizes this, he changes his mind. He does not want to go home to Julia. He just wants it all to be done. I don't blame him. I wouldn't have gone home to Julia either.

[@theniggahimself]

I now feel stupid only just realizing Delilah was being deceptive the entire game, especially having played it twice.

[@Lex-Rex]

Delilah is in the helicopter wearing the uniform -- you just can't see her face.

[@sopapoman]

Yeah, why save my own life and go back to my loved ones? I'm sure I will enjoy being slowly consumed by the flames and the intoxication of smoke!

[@culwin]

Alternate ending is the same ending. What a tweest.

[@AndroidVageta1]

+culwin WHAT A TWIST!

[@QuantumRuse]

This game hurt my life.

[@javishackedaccount568]

I'm not mad at the fact that there is no conspiracy plot involved but not having an alternate ending based on how you talked to Delilah is inexcusable. "This is like real life". Well, In real life your words matter. A lot. That's just bullshit. This is a game based on decisions and they took away the most important path. It's like making a platform game without jumps for whatever reason.

[@KrispyKrabby]

And then Henry got burnt into a crisp. The End?

[@TinyMeatPete]

I thought this "Alternate Ending" would be a way to see or meet Delilah WTF GAME

[@zoltanmakkos4917]

If u look somewhere in the air, you can see Delilah's helicopter......

[@Kulpo]

That's the first time i see devs adding something on purpose that ends up being the biggest clickbait on youtube.

[@SeonTheNeon]

Plot Twist: Delilah was actually Julia. It says that Julia had alzhemers. In the end, Delilahis talking to Henry, and then in her final words, she calls Henry, Hank. If this was just a mess up in diologue, that would be fine, but a bit disappointing. Delilah also avoided seeing Henry, ever. Just a littlr theory here, but would be cool if these game brought out a DLC that confirmed this. :)

[@jambezz]

+Seon Gaming Delilah called Henry, Hank earlier in the story as a joke so I guess it was referring to that moment

[@SeonTheNeon]

jambezz Did she? I didn't hear that part. ;-; Rip my theory.

[@LordRanilin]

+Seon Gaming Depending on your dialogue choices, she calls him Hank multiple times throughout the game. There's one point you get to call her on it when inspecting the lines and she says 'Thanks Hank!" and claims it rhymes, which Henry says it doesn't. She then proceeds to call you Hank 2 or 3 more times during the game in sarcasm/playful ways. :)

[@yes-gf9ws]

+Seon Gaming I love this theory but how do you explain the fact that she's been on the job long enough to know about the Ned and his son thing? Idk but I really do like your theory, well done!

[@SeonTheNeon]

+HeyitzCake Well, she has alzhemers, so it is possible that instead of Yale, shes been going there instead... Either way, it was proven wrong by the guy above us. ;(

[@owenantrim6590]

I don't understand why people dislike the ending so much. If Henry met Delilah and lived happily ever after, that's not realistic. The ending was exactly what it should have been. He took the job to get away from the past, all with Julie and everything, and that's what he got. Then he goes home and lives normally again. That's as realistic as it could get.

[@swift7493]

GET TO DA CHOPAH

[@VeNuS2910]

anybody knows how D looks like?

[@a.7801]

Why is she calling you hank ?

[@jamiemannell4957]

Those first few notes of the song sounded like Tears in Heaven.

[@bananajoelikesbanan]

great ending

[@Jerrycrazywheels]

You are firemen at training job that the end lol.

[@rekrn12345]

Yea I don't think this is a real alternate ending. I think this is just an animation bug. Show the after credit scene where it says you are still in the forest and I might believe it. I mean the guy on the helicopter can clearly see you. Why would they just up and leave? Makes no sense at all.

[@barcodebangs]

It leaves without you? That's fucked up man

[@edwardcurran4445]

The ending, why Delilah recluses towards Henry. it's because she has a boyfriend outside of the watch, it's revealed after Henry goes to Wapiti Station and she kinda stutters/gets defensive about it. Most likely, she's coming to terms with the fact that Brian died and she could've reported it, she's finally got to leave, and she actually has a boyfriend and has been leading Henry on the whole time. If you look at it from this perspective, it makes a whooole lot more sense why she says, "Go back to Julia." Because SHE is just going back to her boyfriend. So disappointing, but a lot of small little details in the conversations like this

[@WitchDoctorWaka]

What if this ending was just him deciding that he had nothing to return to and basically commiting an odd form of suicide but not letting them save him.

[@theniggahimself]

That’s exactly what the ending is. And, given the circumstances of the fire, his death would most likely be by carbon monoxide inhalation, which is a fairly peaceful way to go. I like to imagine that after the helicopter flies away, Henry goes back up in the tower, scribbles down some sort of note for whoever, and leaves in somewhere where it won’t burn with his wedding ring sitting on top of it. Then, he grabs the bottle of whiskey from his pack, sits in the tower and eventually falls asleep. Dying peacefully and having his body reduced to ash.

[@83BallroomBlitz]

If they ever make a sequel, please can Henry meet Delilah?!

[@AdityaKumar-xu6ug]

This ending is Henry becoming the new Ned. Just like Ned, he can't face his problems so he secludes himself here to run away from them.