Inside - Alternate/Secret Ending (WARNING: READ VIDEO DESCRIPTION FIRST)

[@ayshaafzal7805]

This game is deeper than the bottom of a Pringles can

[@jg-cc5iq]

yep

[@mr.andres8295]

lol

[@phones7611]

lol

[@murthot346]

accurate

[@JohnLemon12]

me too :DD:D

[@jackkribs213]

Sooooooo.... basically the boy unplugged my controller...

[@AnsonHenryHD]

Yup.

[@purlp9483]

You unplugged your controller

[@jackkribs213]

Wow... Deep story...

[@xXBiohazardXx]

Than what's the blob ?

[@jbwolf4]

the blob is the same damn thing just easier to comprehend

[@dylpun]

He unplugged the power to what was controlling him. Hence why the game ends there, and he goes limp.

[@anadrawslife7244]

that's really sad when you think about it.

[@hashslingingkappa7999]

It look like he was just sad

[@Laughingnlaughing]

+AnaDrawsLife but he technically frees himself from the blob he may have killed himself possibly but there is a theory that in that ending after the boy "dies" he somehow ends up in limbo and becomes the main character of limbo.

[@erkki542]

how is he freeing himself from the blob when he sacrificed himself for the blob. hes already dead. how did he get back to the cornfield? this is just loading an earlier game.

[@jaggooey]

+MrWhite nonono, the boy was alive in the blob, he was controlling it. he dies from the fall at the end

[@SharpVCN]

I think I get it! He was being controled by that helmet he unplugged. And the helmet was wired up to some computers. I think the computers represent the player and once he deactivated the helmet, we the player could no longer control him and thus the game ends.

[@lonelyspacebean]

oh that makes sense

[@flackovert4968]

DJ Khaled: you smart

[@sneezemachine]

YES! That is competely right, not like other people that say the boy ''disconects himself'' and wakes up in Limbo.

[@christianwow1233]

I think your right.

[@gerronuma7860]

Oh my gosh, that actually makes sense! He was being controlled, so when he pulled the plug, he was killed. He was not independent at all. I'm still confused about how this ties in with the "bad" ending. Usually this sort of thing ties in, but I can't think of any reason how.

[@FelixHelix]

To everyone who doesn't know what the fuck just happened, let me explain. That kid was being mind controlled by you, the player, the whole time. The person you see with the device on their head at the end? That represents you. The screens and monitors represent you watching the kid - that's probably why you see everything in third person. After he unplugs the giant wire, you can clearly see him slump over, just like all the other mind-controlled people do when the kid stop controlling them. You unplugged yourself from the kid. And the game.

[@DawgyJotti]

nice you smart very smart

[@DawgyJotti]

and what about the other ending with the blob thing?

[@Ree1981]

It's not a person, just one of those "helmets" hooked up to some wires. Your explanation is correct though, with the difference being the monitors and computers probably represent that universes' connection to your computer. Kind of like an interdimensional internet.

[@FelixHelix]

***** What the hell, dude? Ree was right. It's not a person, it's a helmet connected to wires. Jesus christ, you keyboard warrior.

[@4real-]

but if he's one of those dummies? if you heard it the boy still breathing? it's like he shut down but still alive or something?

[@apeep7634]

Still not as good as the human meatball ending.

[@ElchristopherTucker]

that made me so mad

[@princeapollon]

+Elchristopher Tucker I felt cheated from the lack of resolution.

[@luxwitch4200]

I think they are connected, it shows you that the boy was a puppet of the meatball all along

[@dootchick]

honestly, although the meatball ending was really cool and left a wide area for theories and questioning, i really like this ending because it was very quick and you KNOW what happened. i think that makes it a bit more creepy and and it leaves you with more of an impact. idk, just my opinion.

[@chefgamming4882]

+kayla shader stfu

[@dimamakogon8841]

So what does this mean? Well, considering that the boy's stance following his flicking of the switch mimics those of the zombies when they are disconnected from a mind control machine, this seems to suggest that Inside is breaking the fourth wall here and pointing out how you are in control of the boy. When you turn off the switch, you are effectively cutting off the mind control connection between you and the player-character, therefore ending the game. This suggests that the boy hasn't been fighting towards the end of the game of his own volition, but rather because you have commanded him to do so. Even though the boy reacts to being disconnected from mind control in a similar fashion to the zombified humans you encounter, it's clear that he is different from them. For one, they appear to possess a superhuman level of durability, with them able to fall from great heights without so much as breaking a sweat, whereas the boy would die upon impact. Then there are the extra abilities the boy possesses, such as being able to swim, jump and, later in the game, control the minds of others without the use of a helmet. If the boy is also a test subject, which is hinted at by the secret ending, then he is clearly more advanced than the other experiments he encounters. He even has audible reactions to the events around him, exhibiting shock and fear when confronted by enemies. This suggests that he is at least partially cognizant in regards to his surroundings and actions, unlike the other experiments that litter the factory which behave more like reanimated corpses than actual human beings. If the boy is an escaped test subject, as has been suggested, then it's curious as to why he'd want to return to the factory he has escaped from. This is where the second theory regarding Inside's secret ending comes into play - perhaps the boy is actually being controlled by the blob he becomes swallowed by later in the game. If this is the case, then this would suggest that the switch located in the vault buried beneath the cornfield doesn't disconnect the boy from the player, but rather from the blob. This would then explain why the boy is so keen to venture into the factory and sacrifice himself in order to rescue the blob, with him unplugging it from the cables holding it in place, before it promptly envelopes him and begins rampaging through the factory. With the boy seemingly being an advanced experiment, the blob only gains the ability to effectively escape from his underwater cage when he gains access to the boy's substantial "powers" by swallowing him. As such, the boy appears to merely be a catalyst for the blob's escape. A major theory that is validated pretty early on in the game is that Inside is set in same universe as Limbo, Playdead's previous platformer. There are a few of reasons why this appears to be true, with the mind-control slugs that appear around the game's introductory sequences being chief among them. This time around these slugs don't latch themselves onto the player, but rather onto animals - specifically, pigs - with them leaving a slew of dead pig bodies behind. Now, their fondness for pigs rather than humans this time around is likely a result of them being manufactured by the factory for future experimentation upon humans, with pigs actually being used for human medical research in the real world. Given that pigs can carry and transmit the same parasites and diseases as humans, that they're so prominent in the early stages of the game is no coincidence. Then there are the gravitational puzzles, which utilize switches similar to Limbo in order to reverse the gravity of the world, with Inside predominantly using them to alter the direction of water. Finally, the supersonic machine that delivers insanely powerful explosions for no discernible reason in Inside is very similar technology to the rainmaker featured in Limbo, which used similar explosions to incite rainfall in an area. These three prominent similarities - and I'm sure plenty more will be discovered as more people play the game - have led to the suggestion that the factory workers in Inside are reverse engineering the technology featured in Limbo, but I'd wager that Inside instead takes place prior to the events of Limbo, given that the mind control slugs are evidently still in their prototype stage at that point, as evidenced by them latching onto pigs rather than humans. The most downright terrifying enemy you encounter throughout the duration of Inside is undoubtedly the long-haired, naked creature that chases you underwater throughout the latter half of the game. However, when it eventually catches up to you and appears to finally drown you, in actuality it effectively prompts your "rebirth," hooking you up to a machine similar to the mind control helmets that allows you to not only breathe underwater indefinitely, but also control every other human experiment you come into contact with on a whim.This is undoubtedly one of the most curious scenes in the game, but does explain why out of all the experiments, the underwater creature is the only one that actively appears to be hostile towards you. This is seemingly due to it not wanting to kill you, but rather "help" you by attaching you to the machine and granting you new powers. Each time you die as a result of it drowning you, it was actually due to it failing its goal, which explains why after being "reborn" you're never confronted by it again. But why is it so concerned with sparking your rebirth? Well... Inside concludes with a lingering image of the blob lying on a patch of grass next to the shore, the sun beaming directly down upon it, with it still finally completing its goal of escaping from its watery cage and finally gaining freedom from its captors/creators. Unless the boy willingly sacrificed himself for the blob, it is presumable that it was directly in control of his actions, a theory which is further evidenced by the secret ending. Then there's the aforementioned water creature who helps the boy gain extra powers, all of which are crucial to eventually getting the boy to rescue the blob. It's therefore quite easy to theorize that the blob shares a telekinetic link with each of the experiments in Inside's world, with it able to manipulate them for the sole purpose of freeing itself from the factory. This would suggest that, despite its gelatinous, monstrous appearance, the blob is actually an intelligent life-form and is the only experiment featured in the entire game that is acting of its own free will. This essentially means that although the player only physically controls the blob in the last few chapters of the game, in actuality they've been playing as the blob the entire time by way of controlling the boy. However, there is another, decidedly more interesting conclusion I've landed upon: the blob is actually in control of the player, too. If the game was always about rescuing the blob from the factory, and in order to do so the blob manipulated the various test subjects both inside and out of the factory's walls, then this suggests that the player has also been manipulated. Think about it: the player is given little insight into what they are doing throughout the game. As with most games, all they know is that they must keep running towards their vaguely outlined objective. Despite them physically controlling the events of the game, they are also being controlled by the game itself by way of being forced to follow the game's instructions in order to continue their progress. The blob is therefore controlling the player, who is then in turn controlling the boy who is being forced by the blob to free it from the factory. The game ends with the player no longer able to control the blob, which could either be a result of it having died due to the mighty fall from out of the factory, or because the blob simply does not need controlling any longer. It has reached its destination, so therefore the player has fulfilled their duty.

[@superemeralds]

Your theories are really interesting thanks for sharing!

[@dimamakogon8841]

+shadzter it took all night to figure it out

[@calvin3230]

simply amazing.. but.. how long did it take you to write that??

[@DaKidApollo88]

First Off, EPIC Conclusion.. I Read The Whole Thing.. But To Touch More On It.. Towards The End When You Said The Blob Is Controlling The Player And The Player Is Controlling The Boy.. You Can Look At It As If It Was Hinted In The Game When The Boy Attached Himself To A Helmet And Controlled A Subject And Then Made The Subject Attach Itself To Another Helmet And Control Another Subject.. That's Strengthening Your Theory Even Further.. Maybe The Blob Controlled Us And Made Us Control The Boy..

[@dimamakogon8841]

Kevin Mordt 40-50 minutes

[@leokoce]

if u guys notice, when that boy inside the blob and they run into the outside of the factory, there's a scene that the blob fall down into the aquarium and surrounded by people, you can see the background is same with the ending. (forest and light) That's why all of those worker/scientist (?) help the blob to escape. they actually bring the blob into the more biggers room. it means, they're not actually free. They are still "inside" the factory :')

[@Baysal_Alisan]

leokoce May i ask you a question how do you have ✅ in your name when most people dont

[@kj6053]

@@Baysal_Alisan That shows he's an actually youtuber and not someone pretending to be him. Youtubw added that because their used to be ALOOOT of people pretended to be popular youtubers.

[@adnox383]

Omg that actually makes sense

[@JC-li8kk]

What does it matter if you’re free or not if you’re dead at that point and can’t move? Lol

[@paulc7400]

I thought they led him into the room to drop him into the tank again. I was thinking it was a trap because at first they were leading him somewhere and then they were like "oh shit he keeps getting out". I dont think they were leading him to freedom i think they were trying to trap him again

[@MWhisp_]

The boy disconnects himself and finds himself in LIMBO. 10/10 that would be amazing

[@firehead210]

duuuude.

[@KitsuneFyora]

and since this would be the prequel....get it......"inside" "limbo"?

[@bakubakuboo]

guys don't fuck with me

[@MWhisp_]

Kitsune Fyora *BWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM*

[@MajaM777]

THATS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT

[@handyandy9044]

What if after the boy disconnects himself he wakes up in limbo?

[@Bf19876]

+Christopher Daniels no it would be a prequel

[@nars_bars8774]

Woooooaaaahhhh

[@jadynmason7388]

*hits blunt*

[@MsCreed5]

But...if that's true, who's the little girl in limbo?

[@SweetNightmares_]

+Leonardo Morel imagine the mermaid 😱

[@Asian_Import]

That's so deep. The empty chair in front of the tv screens represent us, the players. We shut down the entire game by having the kid (who is just another mindless dummy) disconnect our controls. GAMECEPTION

[@jamesroygough4495]

a dream within a dream is not dreamception, it's inception. therefore game within a game is not gameception, it is also inception.

[@manvsluxury]

+James Roy Gough this is my biggest pet peeve, thank you so much

[@chadkingoffuckmountain970]

+James Roy Gough jeez stop taking stuff so seriously

[@jamesroygough4495]

+XODIAX PSN thanks dude

[@jayzeus1843]

+XODIAX PSN + Christian Quiles Man it was a cool little fact but you two had to ruin it with your serious ass comments.

[@bratsampson]

Lots of people saying the 'mermaids' let you breath underwater. Pretty sure that's not the case. I think when you get snatched and pulled down, you see the boy die. However they also insert a parasite (using that weird tube) that then effectively reanimates the body of the boy, hence why he no longer needs to breath. From that sequence onwards, the main character is dead, and only his body remains, under the control of the system. Also explains why unplugging the system disconnects the boy. He can't suddenly breath underwater, he just no longer needs to breath.

[@staryoshi06]

The person controlling him is you.

[@JCMaldonado13]

And then Limbo happens

[@BatonyRobson]

interesting

[@CreeketsCreek]

Daaaamn! That actually makes a lot of sense... and is very goddamn sad. All the kid wanted was freedom

[@austism2671]

Wrong

[@legendsofevil]

One interesting detail I found while replaying the game. If you go down that same bunker hidden below the cornfield, there is a photo of what appears to be that blob(it is in the red room). There also seems to be a photo of a cage that looks very similar to one of the cages in a later puzzle. I also found it interesting that there are a lot of cans on the shelves, which kind of looks like can food in my opinion. I think this bunker is the place where a person is doing research on mind control experiments. Whoever made that bunker is also likely to be the owner of that farm close by. So the farmer likely did some experiments on his/her own animals. One final thing, if you stand still in that bunker long enough, the light bulb will eventually turn off. I am kind of freaked out now, lol.

[@AshleighKooyman]

When you mentioned the photo of a cage, I was like what there's only the blob photo. Then I watched as the cage photo developed. As if to say the bunker's owner had been there not long ago.

[@YouRrightman]

Damn the lights go off? And there's no video? I wanna try that. Say... how long do i have to stay for the lights to go off in the red room? Or is it in the room with the sequence?

[@sefeloth]

so the blob is controlling the boy to free it. does that mean the mermaids were failed attempts? is that why they help the boy breathe underwater towards the end? if so then why do they try to kill him earlier? this game leaves so many questions

[@UnknownEvil101]

I don't think they try to kill him.

[@jamesperrott1]

+UnknownEvil they kill you, and you can die? Uh I think they do

[@toustik5451]

my theory is that we were the creature at the first ending all along, the people created it to control stuff through it, but it was suffering and the last thing it wanted was to see the sunlight again, so it started to control a little boy to help itself, and you know the rest. and this is just a faster way to disconnect it

[@UnknownEvil101]

James Perrott Do they not help you in the end? And then leave you alone forever afterwards?

[@TheGameZoneNL]

They didn't try to kill him but you struggle so much that before they can give you the power to breath underwater you are out of breath

[@WHPL4SH]

I think it was supposed to mean that you were just a zombie the entire time as well. Looked like a bunch of computers controlling you, but what does it mean?!

[@TheBobandNormanStory]

I don't believe they were zombies, just creatures made by humans and controlled by other humans. The secret ending breakers the 4th wall. When unplugging you see the character go limp like when your characters control a "zombie" and unplugs himself the mind control hat. This secret ending means that we were controlling him the hole time. He had no free will but controlled by us; the player. And by unplugging the cord at the end shuts us down and makes us restart the game. I am not sure what the actuall blob thing ending means. It may have to do with fitting into the he crowd and when we brake free it represents being free from the social norm and not bound to society. We are finially free and can be who we are.

[@elipter9689]

That is a fantastic analysis. How did you come to that conclusion?

[@TheBobandNormanStory]

It can be interpreted in many ways. For instance when you fall in the line of the mindless "zombie" and you have to follow the commands. This could be interpreted as fitting in to society and if you fit in and pass you carry on down the line. Or it could be interpreted as a line of game characters being tested to see if they function correctly for us players to control. This game doesn't explain much to us so anything we interpret could be the ending. There is no right or wrong answer at this time.

[@CrossGuy2020]

+TheBobandNormanStory Youre my damm hero, yur explanation makes sooooo much sense and its honestly brilliant YOU DA MVP

[@WHPL4SH]

Yeah, I like you theories though, but in the end it's just how you interpret it.

[@marijane3386]

My only question is how the fuck did anyone figure out the left, right, up sequence? Like was it hinted in some part of the game? Or was this found by someone who spent hours upon hours trying to figure it out? Because if it was found by simply messing around with it I applaud that man or woman.

[@Scylaxius]

That would be really amazing, but there's actually stereo/radios in two of the 13 or so hidden rooms that play the tones and you have to memorize them. :)

[@marijane3386]

+That Guy Why that certianly came out of left field.

[@MikeSakaru]

I mean, his name is "That Guy" if anything, I think he's trying too hard. But hey, maybe he'll get there with practice.

[@marijane3386]

+MikeSakaru I'm justing sitting here laughing my ass off I mean I understand that he's being rude and all but I'm laughing just because of how random his comment was. Like it just came out of NOWHERE. I find it kinda hilarious.

[@MikeSakaru]

Misaki Madness Pretty much that xD

[@wuspoppinjimbo4480]

Like DJ Khaled once said... "Congratulations, you played yourself."

[@deshoune]

yo this is the best comment on here lmfao

[@effyiew7318]

DJ Khaled also said he doesn't eat pussy.

[@sametucar9544]

so good comment

[@meijimarts111]

Either I'm too dumb to understand the game or it's way too deep

[@connormaclane]

It is a very deep meaning. I mean the normal ending is clearly stating that escaping wasn't really worth it. Supported by the fact one of the cages you roll through looks exactly like the mountain and shore at the end. And then this ending you become one of the zombies. Although I can't really analyse this ending as well tbh. Maybe showing that us, the gamers, are in control of their lives like the 'bad guys'? By looking for this ending, maybe it shows we search to control too much. I don't really know - a way too deep game like you say. Probably intended to mean different things to different people.

[@WhiteZet1]

It might truly have multiple meanings. In the end you break OUTSIDE, and are not INSIDE the facility. And if we look at the secret ending where we unplug ourselves and become like the zombies. Could mean the message: Go outside. Also in the background the guy playing the game is in dark. Just playing the game mindlessly not thinking much or doing anything. The pose which the boy enters is the same as with the other zombie creatures, which you can control... Maybe the secret ending has it's own meaning, and maybe the normal ending and the game has it's own meaning, and maybe them both combined have it's own meaning. We'll just have to wait and see what people come up with. Some guy here said it might have no meaning besides that everything is trapped. Both in the secret and real ending you kind of leave the game...

[@jaymackyt2416]

+WhiteZe what

[@WhiteZet1]

jayveous mckinnis I am not sure how hard what I typed is to understand, but what I am saying is that this game might not have one meaning or story, but can be seen in many ways. For example you can see it in a way where developers tell you to go outside.

[@kadekchandra4298]

we're on the same page. probably both are correct

[@rebeccquebec4962]

My theory is the kid we play as in the video is one of those mind control people that we keep seeing throughout the game. The person who controls him is the player. The player does not want any of this to be happening with controlling people so they try to free everyone. The people who started the mind controlling think he has somehow unconnected from them and they are trying to catch him. I can explain the blob ending by say that the blob was hooked up it the mind control helmets and it is the center of controlling things. When the player brings the boy into it, you begin to control the blob and the only way to stop it is by getting the mind control slug out of it. when you bring the slug down into the light the slug begins to crawl out of it showing that the blob is now dead and cannot control anymore things. I can explain the secret ending by saying that in the case it is that creature that controls everything and when you pull the plug it is now dead. Support for that you are a mindless slave: in the secret ending when you pull the plug you go limp. That is my theory on the game inside.

[@TheTrickyShow1]

So..basically everyones theory

[@HangamingHG]

So the slugs get killed by the sun! That's the same it was in Limbo as well.

[@atdrawn]

+William coimbra holy shit the slugs can be possibily the same in limbo?? o_0 dang got my mind blown!

[@monkeyplayer1952]

My theory is that he managed to escape being controlled and he wants to free a monster.

[@NG-xn4dd]

I think that the plug free the mindless at the end

[@bigz6683]

The blob is a bad ending where the thing that escapes the blob in the ending is let loose from containment by you, which is what it wanted the whole side. The other is the good ending. You unplug the blob which controlled the boy. You as the player basically disobey the blob. That's why the game is called inside. The whole time the blob is controlling the boy so that it ca let the blob loose, but the good ending is to kill it inside. Get it?

[@MCB-95]

i think the humans are the Bad in this. they did horrible Tests on people and they made the blob. the blob only wants To be free

[@MrsWackyJaqi]

I don't know, the blob ends with light (that gives it a hopeful meaning?) meanwhile this one is dark. But then who would want to be a blob..

[@ReLapse85]

maybe the blob represents the ugly society that humans have created and we need to help set it free by pulling together. just a thought

[@bigz6683]

The blob is bad though...

[@Henry-tg7vn]

in the blob ending the humans made a scale model of where you end up at so maybe they planned out the whole thing

[@xXFleshadictMCXx]

Wow... That's a plot twist. You were being controlled the whole time, and, I guess, the guy who controls you is the player. Nice way to break the 4th wall.

[@ryanharper3246]

I understand that and that sounds right

[@Fog_runner]

To my mind , this whole game follows this "control" chain - WE->The Ball->the boy&every other "worker". I think the Ball always tries to find a way to fool the system, so sometimes he uses some of workers to find a way to save him ( we kind find lots of corpses of those who failed to pass the security) . The boy - just another controlled "worker" , but who hasn't been "harvested" yet. Even the girl/boy with long hair is probably controlled by the Ball because he/she actually helps us. It attaches that strange thing to our body which maybe gives us an understanding that we don't even need it. When the boy finds the ball we find out that it's some kind of experiment all in all ( it looks like "normal" people knew that it would happen one day. Proof - lots of people watching and helping us , a crowd in the end, looks like a show . The boy disconnects the chain The Ball->the Boy&"workers", the Ball consumes him and they become one, controlled by us. It looks like the Ball consists of other people and connected to the pipe and four control hats ( probably it's the one who controls all those zombie-like humans everywhere. ). Once control hats are off , it doesn't care about being a tool for "normal" people. It tries to find it's way to freedom and maybe just death. My point is, that even till the end we control the ball, but when we restart the game, we should know the pattern to open the door in the corn field. We go there as a boy who's controlled by the Ball which is controlled by US . WE know the pattern . WE want to save the Ball and all those mindless abominations of experiments and flesh. In the end we see a control hat connected to computers , wires and screens. My idea is that it actually represents US. The boy destroys the connection between the ORIGINAL control hat and computers ( US ) by taking care of the electricity. In the end , the Boy falls like any other "Worker". This is what leads me to believe that once the connection in the chain WE ->the Ball is no more, the Ball can no more be controlled by anything, so every "worker" is no more as well. Ultimately it is the Ball which showed us the way to kill it , somewhat knowing that in the next playthrough or the next after that one the player will find out the way to destroy the connection. And thus the Ball found it's true way to salvation and death , making our hearts be free from the burden this game puts on our shoulders. THE END.

[@dedenz1608]

that, was, beautiful, bravo, fantastic

[@danielmelo1153]

Maybe WE (the player) are being controlled by the ball. During the gameplay, You're never told why you're doing anything, there's no explanation, you just do it. The boy could control other "workers" with the hat, but if the boy was just another "worker", he could be controlled the same way by another "worker", in this case, we are this "worker" and the ball is our master.

[@sophiaclark6007]

So the boy is being controlled by the player, and when he pulls the cord he is actually stopping us from controlling him. And that's why the game ends, because we are no longer in his mind

[@GamerInSilence]

OH MY GOD. ITS OBVIOUS. THE KID IS A ZOMBIE AND YOU CONTROL HIM. THERE MUST BE SEVERAL MORE ENDINGS BECAUSE IT IS UP TO THE PLAYER. NOT THE GAME. HOLY FUCK

[@roseanneballesteros-vidal5203]

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[@swordofillinthien2887]

Suh dude

[@bigkoat245]

Suh Dude

[@XxTrollmasterxXA]

+Android17 uh wa suuuhhhhhhh dude

[@livezipboomstudio4478]

nop kıd can die not a zombie

[@sneezemachine]

*SPOILERS* Many people don't get what happened in the normal ending. You can go on the pewdiepie video, there is this comment that a person named *Poseidon5Ckw* posted, and it says that meanwhile you control the blob you fell in a small glass cage, and then you go out and all, BUT in that glass cage you can see a 3D map of the end (the hill with trees that you roll down, the beach with a LIGHT, sea...) Wich means they WANTED you to ''escape'' and think you actually got out, but you are actually in a very big cage thing. Once again: *This is not my idea, Poseidon5Ckw saw this*

[@thetrashbaby]

Well, I was waiting a little bit more from the endings... The backrground story is huge. I think the ends are a little bit poor. Maybe they just wanted to leave everything to our imagination.

[@l1lunc1v1l]

One Scene when Your Truing To Escape Is Getting Dropped Into a model of the ending scene, They helped the blob to "escape" Into a bigger part of that model to make it feel free, even though it's 99% probably a cage

[@stefangamble2637]

+Kennynooboss XV AHHHHH stop that makes so much sense,but why did they make it is the question?

[@l1lunc1v1l]

+Stefan Gamble Probably because the wanted the protagonist to find it to feel free, at first they were trying to stop you and then near the ending people stopped hunting you and started helping because they just wanted you to have the sense of freedom. But you're still in a cage. My bet is that the moral of the story is that no matter how hard you try you'll always be trapped in a sense

[@l1lunc1v1l]

+Stefan Gamble and that's why the games called "Inside". Because you're always in a version of being trapped. Either by mind control from the have mind to let the hive mind "free", or by being in a literal cage

[@cookiemonster_420]

Maybe the things the blob has connected r the helmets, probably the blob is controlling the person (Which represents the gamers) in the secret ending that at the end the boy disconnects from and we can no longer control him. At the end the blob no longer needs to be connected because the boy has the power to control any of the experiments and the boy is part of the blob, once the blob broke free the blob no longer controlled the gamer to help it get free, (the blob wasn't smart enough to do it by itself). At the end where the blob ends up cannot be outside since light doesn't work that way, maybe it was a created environment (cage) by the ppl that created the blob.

[@apeture_explorer4810]

The original ending was the boy attempting to give free will back to man kind. His will in itself was so strong that it overtook the will of the other what I think are volunteers. This ending exists to give the other more clarity to the real one. The boy is a controlled entity too, but is not a collective. He is controlled by a free minded individual: us. When he took control of the abomination the organization with no name created, the hive mind really, he killed them and himself, for if the goal is to give mankind total free will, he cannot exist either.

[@fa1seshepherd875]

Wow......thats a mindf*ck. I was wondering how they were going to change the course of the games' ending. That did it. Also, on a slightly unrelated note (since everyone here is assumed to have beaten the game) ((But if not: SPOILER)) Does anyone know what the mermaid (4 lack of a better word) creature is supposed to represent? other than the fact that you spend the whole time running from it, but then it gives you the power to breathe underwater. Basically, towards the end, right before the blob, you are basically the exact same as the water creature (i.e. can breathe underwater & have no clothes, but minus the long hair). So maybe another "boy/avatar" made it inside the building, but not to the blob? .......anyone have any thoughts on this, or am I over/under thinking this?

[@EvandroLBL]

mermaid = change

[@eliteknightsk3035]

Well what did the mermaid do to give you the power to breath underwater?

[@MonstrousEthicist]

Maybe the character is dead, but the player still controls him.

[@ReLapse85]

it put a cable into our belly

[@eliteknightsk3035]

RelapseJunkie Sooo thats what the mermaid did?

[@LHGaming25]

This game was incredible in physics and superb in sound track, made me really immersed into the World , a piece of art , its amazingly realistic it felt at times with only like 3 buttons to control the character

[@Summer9933AJ]

Guys from JSE, please stop with all the comments. He wouldn't want us to spam the comments with "I'm here because of Jack!". It just pushes out everyone's cool theories and nice comments towards the creator of the video, which is not something we should do. If you already see a comment saying "Here from Jack!" then maybe just reply to that one instead of making 50 more, Okay?

[@Summer9933AJ]

It's one comment, not 50. I think you missed my point Anonymous Guy

[@michaeldg00]

+Summer9933 “Ash” he isn't missing your point .. each person who said that was "just one comment" but then they started to pile up you're just adding to the pile and youre also being very hypocritical and adding to comments that aren't necessary and so am I.

[@michaeldg00]

+Summer9933 “Ash” I don't mean to seem passive aggressive however I do find it irking that people completely throw away all the credit this guy deserves by mentioning another KZbinr.

[@Summer9933AJ]

Phantasm Tunes I know, that's fine. I don't expect people to go "OMG Jacksepticeye!" whenever they see something mentioning him. If you want I can remove his name from my comment?

[@michaeldg00]

Summer9933 Nah its fine like I said though I understand how annoying it is to see somebody not get any feedback from their video just because people keep saying "im here because of _ "

[@unturned6066]

but if he's just being mindcontrolled, how did the dogs tell him apart from the other zombies?

[@CriativesTier]

Dogs know things

[@companioncube4232]

That's because it isn't another zombie like controlled one

[@Gsgxsejhsgstxg]

He's not controlled like zombies

[@jeffreyposs751]

That's a whole lot less bizarre than the actual ending!

[@sunless__]

Masterpiece of a game. Played through it twice. There's definitely a ton of themes of conformity and control. The "zombie" esque humans, I'm still trying to figure out. Some groups of them can be heard snoring like they're in a constant state of sleepwalk. Also, are they even human at all? They can fall from insane heights without breaking bones and later in the game, it seems like they're being "grown" matrix style in the room where they're hooked up underwater on the ceiling. Synthetic humans possibly. When you crush the possible CEO of the company as the blob near the end, his limbs move around like the synthetic humans. Also, (I'm reaching here but it's just a fun fan fiction I came up with" what if when the mermaid creature drowned the boy, before he rebirthed...he dropped into Limbo? Explains why the boy in Limbo can't swim and drowns in water. Eh, eh?

[@sunless__]

I take back what I said about the CEO. I'm pretty sure those were just limbs that fell off of the blob/king of limbs/whatever you wanna name it, after the impact of the fall because limbs fall off of it and twitch around in a later part.

[@aksly1806]

I love your theory

[@CaioAraujoRibeiro]

I was thinking about some details on this game, I think this game is set in the future, human life has no value, human life is used like a product, I think that's why all the humans don't have any facial features, like we lost our humanity, we see some civilians that are using masks, like they are blind to the fact that they are just as worthless as those that they consider zombies or "products"

[@danielmelo1153]

"However, there is another, decidedly more interesting conclusion I've landed upon: the blob is actually in control of the player, too. If the game was always about rescuing the blob from the factory, and in order to do so the blob manipulated the various test subjects both inside and out of the factory's walls, then this suggests that the player has also been manipulated. Think about it: the player is given little insight into what they are doing throughout the game. As with most games, all they know is that they must keep running towards their vaguely outlined objective. Despite them physically controlling the events of the game, they are also being controlled by the game itself by way of being forced to follow the game's instructions in order to continue their progress. The blob is therefore controlling the player, who is then in turn controlling the boy who is being forced by the blob to free it from the factory. The game ends with the player no longer able to control the blob, which could either be a result of it having died due to the mighty fall from out of the factory, or because the blob simply does not need controlling any longer. It has reached its destination, so therefore the player has fulfilled their duty." Read more at www.craveonline.com/entertainment/1005759-insides-ending-explained-theory-limbo-sequels-brain-bending-conclusion#Ro4xxGJKEkKrqz7A.99

[@jzilmo78]

Alright here's the theory, The blob human part shitty creepy thing at the end have the helmets, but, who's controling? That's right, the boy, the blob was the one in control of the kid to free himself, but, if WE control the kid, that means the blob control US, what we're doing in this ending, is trick the blob, by disconnect the machine that we are using to control the boy, that way, the blob will control us, but he'll not free himself because the boy is no longer being controled, i hope i was explanatory enough.

[@BigBrainiac]

Great observation 👍

[@jzilmo78]

Say that to the people that said this before my comment :D

[@Depths17]

why they gotta make the story so deep how can you think of this

[@jzilmo78]

I mean, it's kinda obvious, the blob thing, had 4 helmets, and the wall that connects to us is the 4th wall,so somehow he managed to break that wall and make a game to take us to the blob and free himself, but if you manage to trick him, you'll free the child and make the blob live in that acuarium forever, happy ending.

[@AnonymousAnonymous-tu7jd]

+Ivan Di clemente Hows that the happy ending? Isn't it good the blob doesn't have to go through all that torture anymore?

[@garrettreven5144]

I would've been ok with this ending. the normal one? fuck that.

[@oxar1122]

Super cool to see the JSE community actually participating in the video! But I think we should all say thanks to the person who posted this video, too. :)

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

up up down down left right left right

[@zybch]

There is no down (or spoon).

[@splaisho6678]

Gumball

[@Griffures]

Isn't it a japanese song or some shit ?

[@koiternz7t]

B,A, Start AAAH the konami code

[@Griffures]

Relli right down up, right right, down right down, up, up, down down, left right, left rifht

[@poopkorn1677]

Jack told me to come here.

[@rayneveal9933]

same XD

[@rockroller888]

Small world same here

[@leviisbae6140]

same

[@taescutebutt]

same!

[@ZzSlumberzZ]

for those wondering where you can find the sequence, it's next to the glowing orb at the bottom of the building with the broken sign/billboard seen during the rooftop segment early in the game. There's a cassette player that plays the tunes in sequence. If you're smart enough to relate the tunes with the switch directions, you can decipher it.

[@LINK1V4N]

Here goes my theory: The developers hadn't any lore in mind but added this ending so we start making theories and think the game has a deep lore.

[@derekhandson351]

This Is The Way

[@guyfawkes3940]

So the boy refuses to obey the blob in this ending and disconnects it, killing himself in the process? Or was he being controlled into doing this? The entire meatball blob thing doesn't make it any easier to understand. Inside has used Confuse ray and it's super effective :/

[@randomguy6679]

suggesting that we can either stop being controlled, or except being controlled and turn into lifeless piles of meat

[@boregardjeperson5916]

So there's three characters to decipher: The blob, the guy at the computers, and the kid. The blob I think controls the mindless people in the facility. Clearly from the kid getting a headache controlling 20 people it takes a lot of power to control all the slaves in the facility, and the blob is designed to handle controlling all of them. Thats why he has the multiple headsets attached to him and is trapped in the chamber. The security guards, men in suits, and construction workers aren't controlled though, and they're there to keep everything under control. However, the construction workers are the most detached from the system and some of them can see its wrong, and thats why some of them help you. The guy at the computers is the player. The computers are how you're seeing the whole game from that 3rd person perspective and the helmet he has on is how he is controlling the kid. He sees the game on the screen, and navigates the kid through it. The player is the one freeing the blob, not the blob freeing itself. In the alt ending the player disconnects himself from the kid, hence the kid falling to his knees like all the people in the game did when the kid disconnected from them. The last part to consider is who is controlling the blob at the end and I think its the player controlling it by putting the kid inside of it. You, the player, are freeing the blob from the facility with the help of the construction workers who want to see this system end and these people set free. This would explain why you the player are making the blob's decisions since its pretty obvious from the alt ending that the player controls what happens. I know this theory is pretty different from stuff in the top comments so feel free to let me know if there's anything about it that doesn't make sense. This is just how I interpreted it :)

[@ayy2193]

Boregard Jeperson Yeah, you got it. Only thing left is the miniature of the trees and sun ending that the blob falls into before arriving there. What's that about?

[@AutisticAl]

This ending should have had something happen that caused your game to crash. That would be so cool to fade to black and then be sent back to the home page lol

[@ScottDavid7]

From what I understood, the Blob was controlling the person in that computer room, and the person in that computer room was controlling the boy, the boy unplugged that computer and broke the connection

[@danieldo545]

This is...really clever. Wow.

[@D_Infamous_Boss]

+Sara reeves Limbo was a boy looking for his sister, or aleast a boy looking for a girl, that's why the game ended when he found her. It wasn't u find her and the game keeps going. Inside has no closure and with as many questions that game raises there needs be some sort of closure. The whole "What does it mean to you?" doesn't work here cuz the possibilities are much too broad. That works if your staring at a picture but not playing through 3 HOURS of mysterious situations and unexplained concepts. Like that shockwave thing that keeps killing you, that could be ANYTHING! And you would have to completely write a story for a game someone else made.

[@SaraSaraBoBara1]

It's not just a boy looking for his sister, there are all kinds of questions left unanswered. For example; is he in Hell? Did he kill his sister? Did they die playing in the tree house? Did he push her out of the tree house and then get killed by the group of boys that follow throughout the game? When you bust through the glass, is that symbolic of something? When you find your sister, why does she appear to be afraid of you? Are you in limbo being punished? Consider what limbo means; souls that can't enter heaven due to never being baptized; both children die young, why is the sister's limbo a pleasant flower picking good time, and the boy's is horrific? That should indicate that he did something horrible in life... Like maybe kill his sister. Both bodies are seen dead and rotten, but clearly both have different fates. Inside is the same in the sense that it ends with a ton of unanswered questions. I just finished Inside for the first time today and don't have as many theories yet, but both stories, Limbo and Inside have infinite possible meaning; imagination is the limit. The creators made the games that way intentionally.

[@SaraSaraBoBara1]

Not actual Hell, sorry; edge of Hell. Limbo is a scale of shitty to less shitty for souks that aren't damned but can't be saved, which, when you think about it, adds a very rich layer to the game Limbo.

[@SaraSaraBoBara1]

Souls*

[@marcwagnolio6536]

the Blob wanted to be free, so it took control of the boy. Using the boy it broke into it's holding chamber to be set free. The scientists, I believe, made the blob in order to control the minds of other humans, the blob is plugged in at 4 points to the mind control machine. I'm not sure why the Blob cannot just mind control all the humans keeping it hostage. I think its powers are limited but I also think it has tried to bring other boys to it... At one point you see a bunch of people running across a gap into the building. I think those are other boys but you are the first to make it to the Blob. What is true however, is when you free the Blob from the machine, the boy freaks out. I think this is because the blob lost it's control over the boy, so instead of being mind controlled, the boy is freaking out realizing he is about to be eaten by a Blob. I think the secret ending represents cheating the system, by disconnecting the power to the whole game you end the world pretty much, but the reward is you don't have to do what the Blob wants.

[@jamesperrott1]

People are saying that the boy isn't the one doing all this, and someone is controlling him. Yes, but you as a player are not controlling the boy then, that means you are controlling whatever was linked to that thing, and we're just doing everything in the boy's body, so the thing clearly knew what it was doing as it was the one who unplugged it, the boy didn't just somehow take over and know how to stop it, and if he did, he just went to being like brain dead anyway

[@anarikaizuki1766]

Maybe the creature you are playing at the 'bad' end?

[@hectorlopez9372]

Maybe it continues on to "Limbo"?

[@bridgetspring7298]

i think 'inside' is pre-limbo, like the events in 'inside' are all happening before the events of 'limbo' there is a whole theory about it, i saw that theory here.... www.craveonline.com/entertainment/1005759-insides-ending-explained-theory-limbo-sequels-brain-bending-conclusion

[@blake.the.protagonist]

+Hector lopez it doesn't have anything to do with it because of the sister, murder, and hotel not being shown. I did see a reference to limbo though that no one else seems to have mentioned. The pigs near the beginning were being controlled by the same parasite that was in limbo. I know for a fact that inside isn't related to limbo's storyline but maybe that parasite uncovers a secret to the plot line of inside as in something from limbo, not the story of limbo. It could be (not sure at all) showing that he was in limbo the whole time, because it does kind of go the same way. He has a goal and he doesn't stop until he completes it, and then it ends. Same thing in both games. Don't know if this is a coincidence, reference, or actual connection. Let me know what you think.

[@marcwagnolio6536]

the blob is controlling you the player, to control the boy. thats why there is an alternate ending. A way to beat the blob and not set it free.

[@bennoth]

Personally I believe the huge blob-human thing was always controlling him into either ending A, helping it escape, or ending B, pulling the plug, leading to the blobs life support, killing it and ending its suffering in turn 'killing' the kid too

[@boybalbon1972]

I Came from Pewds' channel and i am having goosebumps reading all the theories p.s. it's 2:15am

[@theborgiolichannel2403]

Same

[@lexbesk4493]

Ikr

[@BFMert]

do you think hes going to make a new part for this

[@anathema7813]

I'm at 3:20 am

[@MochiRakoon]

Rookies. 5:48 here lmao.

[@rebeccaweller2950]

jack sent me to but im confused af

[@savannahparsons5747]

Same

[@avalonsmith1991]

Same

[@DewayneRaymond]

Same

[@findingmyserenity]

*too

[@ladybuglotus]

I just realized it's super scary to watch without Jack in the corner freaking out with us

[@mlgstorytims8360]

I KNOW RIGHT!! when he was saying he was so creeped out I didn't really mind up to that because his voice sort of covered up the whole of the sound. But watching it without commentary is just so creepy with the wind blowing and metal cranking

[@TheNerdSamuraii]

Yeah ike

[@TheNerdSamuraii]

+Tyrique Craven r

[@MissGamer221]

Yeah ikr!?

[@hanimamalina8679]

I KNOW! he kept saying it was creepy and he got goosebumps, but I didn't understand until this video where it was all quiet and eery and dark and there's no bright glob of green in the corner that I could look at every now and then.

[@Orangelover18]

To think that it was right there this entire time.....

[@Seraphera86]

Thanks for showing us the secret ending this game is uniquely cool and eerie

[@masonvevo.]

The code was actually pretty awesome to figure out. You have to go to where the last orb is and listen for the code and write it down in a fashion like A, B and C. Worked for me :P I just came here to see if there's anything else to the game or why I died after lol

[@keonchen7490]

I've got an explanation that is the disconnection in this end is between the blob and those 'working zombies'. After all those puzzles and stories players has gone through, this game just provide an extra and direct solution. We can imagine after breaking the connection, the blob would probably do the same stuff as what we do in the normal ending. And in this way the boy does not need to be absorbed in the end. So perfect ending right? :)

[@SternSupremacy]

Here's my theory: The boy could be an experiment of his own. He reacts to the events around him, exhibiting shock, fear, etc when facing the mermaid creature, dogs, and so on. This suggests that he is at least partially cognizant in regards to his surroundings and actions, unlike the other experiments that litter the factory which behave more like reanimated corpses than actual human beings. If the boy is an escaped test subject, then it's curious as to why he'd want to return to the factory he has escaped from. Which lead to my next theory... The boy was being controlled by you; the player. By pulling that plug, he cut off the connection, ending your control on him, thus ending the game. In a sense, you as a player, maybe making a moral decision, set the boy free. OR, perhaps the player is ACTUALLY the blob, and is leading the boy to it in order to set it free, because once the boy found the blob, he was assimilated into it. The boy symbolized 'free will'. Once the boy joined the blob, it was able to move, think and solve puzzles. Before, the blob was simply a collection of those mindless beings. With this theory in mind, it makes a bit more sense. Why would the boy willingly [keyword] venture into the factory to save an abomination and sacrifice himself to do so? It was the will of the blob; you, the player. Throughout the duration of the game, we were never told what the hell was going on, we just knew one thing; to keep going forward, to survive. So we are in the same boat as the boy, not knowing where we are going and why, until it all just hits you like a brick wall in the end. With the boy being assimilated into the blob, this reveals that his role as a character is no longer important, otherwise, he would have survived, right? The protagonist, if you would, of this game was the blob itself.

[@ReLapse85]

maybe the game developers are telling society to wake up and unplug themselves from the matrix ://

[@333dae]

*unplugs self* *dies from dilocating spine*

[@sscsion8841]

#truth

[@filia-kun]

I see what you said there (´๏_๏`)

[@pablowusgood7724]

It's funny cause they are using the matrix (Internet or video games) to tell us not to go on it

[@Threxer]

Wake up America! (Sidenote late happy 4th of July to everyone!)

[@Sterhawk]

...in a world were a random youtuber just happens to make a video about something that a big youtuber said, now the youtuber has become happy with recognition and sheds a single tear of joy.

[@theidiotpaperbagsociety5976]

I love how basically half of the comments are about Jackaboy XD this made my day Lolz! HIGH FIVES ALL AROUND! *Wapush wapush*

[@CreepyXD12]

Maybe the Boy realize he was being Controlled, Some point in the game he sought freedom and the orbs were fragments of his memories of his creation. The way he dressed he seemed like the perfect upper class Clone made by one of the Higharchs Maybe to represent a child he once had but the boy some how Became lost and became mind controlled by a part of the Blob. This kay explain the reason guards were looking for something in the beginning. So the Boy was A upperclass clone son of the head factory worker Boy became forcefully controlled by blob Men and guards searched for him Boy Found fragments if his spirits boy realizes the truth about himself Boy finds the Small blob location Boy frees himself.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

How exactly were you supposed to find the code to open the door? How was any gamer supposed to figure out there was a trap door in a heavily obscured field? These aren't good easter eggs or alternate endings because without online / 3rd party help, no gamer would ever be able to find these things.

[@qazrdchannel]

Dunno about code , but you can see trapdoor pretty easily when you get just little bit past it

[@AlexMcFadden]

Not true. In the very last room with the big UFO orb (the last achievement called Last One), there is a board with 13 lights on it. If you look carefully, I believe the sequence is on that one. And notice how the 2nd light is still bright but the other ones are off? Let's you know to go back to the 2nd level. You are welcome sir.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

+Alexander McFadden that's a RIDICULOUS guide.

[@AlexMcFadden]

+Bigtruckseriesreview Motorsports yeah it is. But not impossible. Easter eggs and hidden endings aren't meant to be easy. But I do agree. It could be too obscure. But that is why we have the Internet. Lol.

[@dionisprebreza6073]

Well, there are people that just spam the "action" button the whole game. And then the code was really similar to the "konami code" (i think) . Thats how people found this

[@Etcher]

I reall iy like your theory and I think it's pretty much flawless. Yes there are a few anomolies in the game that leave us inferring all kinds of possibilities (the secret underground room in the cornfield and of course the shock wave level). One point you didn't mention (which backs up your theory that the whole game is a controlled experiment) is that towards the end of the hivemind's journey there is a point where it has to throw a box in the air to trigger a door opening. This is only possible if the box is first thrown up to a facility employee. He then pulls the boxes trigger and throws the box back to the gelatinous hivemind. As soon as the door opens the employee makes an ushering motion with his hands i.e "go on you fat blob, get moving, they're expecting you". When I replayed the game after watching your first video and noticed this I thought, "Damn Brett has NAILLED it". So hats off to you sir for such an elegant theory and wonderful insight into one of my fav games since Brothers.

[@BloodxPledge]

Here's my one-cent theory:As shown in this ending, the boy is under the control of a computer. Considering that as soon as he disconnects the computer's power source under the player's command, leading to the game being unplayable, one can assume that the computer represents the player. With that in mind, it seems odd that the kid would even have set out on this quest. Why would we, the player, want the kid to go through all of that struggle and strife? Simple: we're also being manipulated into "playing" the game and going through the motions. In the end, we still have no control or freedom.Now, another point: why is the boy being attacked if they ultimately intended to help him once he joins the blob? Especially since they seem to want the blob to work? Because it's a subtle way of forcing you into progressing. When you play a game, you ultimately want to reach a conclusion, and to get to a conclusion, obstacles must be had. Their attacks are a way of forcing you through their manipulations once more. The entire game plays you. :)/// Might not make the most sense since my thoughts are quite unorganized. You could take away the idea that the game is a commentary on how we're lead around on a leash by games and their mechanisms, due to years of programming, but this is all just theoretical.

[@advanced0018]

Did the player make the boy shut down the game? Were those computers the thing that controlled the boy? Without power the player can't control the boy, so he goes limp, and the game ends.

[@gateofdite]

And blob will not get saved

[@DreamyAileen]

So in the end...even your own character is a puppet

[@robertblayney5435]

To everyone who doesn't know what the fuck just happened, let me explain. That kid was being mind controlled by you, the player, the whole time. The person you see with the device on their head at the end? That represents you. The screens and monitors represent you watching the kid - that's probably why you see everything in third person. After he unplugs the giant wire, you can clearly see him slump over, just like all the other mind-controlled people do when the kid stop controlling them. You unplugged yourself from the kid. I copied and pasted all of this, what you gonna do?

[@hugopedraza4264]

Thanks it really cleared it up for me 👍

[@MrLizardLab]

the devs missed the opportunity to make the game crash when you unplug that wire

[@ariw9370]

you copy and pasted this comment

[@sunnyradford6887]

XD good thing you said something, bc I don't have a clue of what just happened

[@sunnyradford6887]

+OfficeBear IMBACKURMAD I don't give a fuck if it was copy, not everybody knew wtf happen.

[@R43L2_.]

Thanks you very much. I was able to get that ending but with the help of 2 vids (yours and another ytber).

[@GrumpyGrimo]

Okay. Explain me one thing. How the hell you go back to the corn field from that laboratories which are miles away ? yeah you can play again but that makes no sense. the boy can't turn back in time or teleport so it is immpossible. Starting game from the beginning is just like another story in another time. So how?

[@ReLapse85]

maybe time is a loop and the boy becomes or become self aware of this and changes things that he didn't know he could before.

[@GrumpyGrimo]

read again

[@GrumpyGrimo]

but that makes still no sense because u can't go back to this area without loading the game which is unreal

[@Laghrian]

It's true. I think the creators failed here. This secred lab where you turn everything down should be at the end. You can't load the game in real life and go back to other area. + when u load it it should reset because u are on the beginning on the game in the corn field...

[@TheTrickyShow1]

Why are you picking on this game for doing a secret ending like this, when thousands of other games do the same thing? Smh.

[@vanessabahamon1773]

People are saying that "He unplugged the power to what was controlling him" But... The little boy was breathing during the entire game!! And even when he unplugged that thing. OMG I DON'T EVEN KNOW

[@strom1316]

Yeah he was breathing. How does that make him not controlled? When he unplugged it, he went limp. Like he was sleeping standing up, sort of. Just like how the other people were.

[@Sergio0hf]

other people controlled by you also were breathing

[@strom1316]

***** Yeah.

[@supersaiyandragonslayer7308]

+DATBOI6969 your an idiot he gets back up kneeling he is perfectly fine he's tired from pulling that huge plug from the wall

[@strom1316]

Super Saiyan Dragon Slayer It just shows him bent over like the rest of the zombies

[@LegionProxyMaster]

you guys really don't understand how this could be a 4th wall break? the kid pulling the plug on you controlling him behind your computer screen.

[@savannahharford9860]

Who else came here from Pewds channel?

[@KingOfXB]

me😊😊

[@niharikahowlader1596]

me 😂 Pewds should watch this😂

[@atrain591]

me

[@pyoyo8]

I was looking for this comment 😂

[@ericadiana2354]

well....Hello there XD

[@SparksEditsFR]

Really loved this game ! And maybe all the answers we need are just inside us ...

[@chrismarley6247]

This game is like an avant garde film, which is like abstract art. The meaning behind it is whatever you interpretate it to be.

[@richard_robert]

Yus.

[@salvi016]

well its clearly implying that he is controlled by you. since as soon as those computers go off in the background he goes limp. you're controlling him and cutting off the power cuts him off from you.

[@julialesho4236]

Wait. Wild theory and fourth wall breaking: The game blacked out... Right??? So does that mean... That they were hinting to you controlling him, whilst he controlled those few beings?! And by pulling that plug, he stopped you from controlling him?!

[@aznsusho3301]

Basically, yeah

[@Sergio0hf]

yeah... basically the weird thing at the end was controlling the kid because it wanted out that's why rather than just escaping, you actually where looking for yourself in this ending you disconnected the plug connected to "you"... either killing the blob, or letting it escape without the kid

[@caseyclark5174]

Yeah I guess "You" are actually the gross blob thing at the end that was controlling all the zombies and parasites, and you were controlling the boy the whole time to come free you, so when you pull the plug that kills all the zombies it also kills the boy.

[@gateofdite]

He isn't stopped. We stopped

[@gateofdite]

For good of humans, for death of blob

[@c-zero378]

I feel like this game tried to make you want to think about the ending. but failed short of it. No fucking clue about who, what, when, where, or why. like we missed a massively important cutscene that was supposed to tie it all together. It fell short of what it was trying to do. cool game, but it feels like a 3rd of it was cut from it.

[@c-zero378]

but fell*

[@blacksheep1094]

maybe the thing with the helmet on is us controlling the kid which means he was never ftee

[@evo683]

And maybe that guy was the owner of the farm/huge science lab and he picked out that kid and started controlling him to bring down his overtaken industry! Deep!

[@c-zero378]

Asriel God Of Hyper Deaths while cool sounding, its unbased. and completely speculation. who said the kid was controlled? he could have just got on his knees for no reason. and if that were true that would mean that the unhidden ending would have no purpose and is just there for no reason.

[@evo683]

Saden Thunderhawk Exactly! Either way this game is SUPPOSED to make you think and speculate about the ending, it dosnt give you nearly enough information to base a real theory off of.

[@UhnTahoex]

If everyone would notice that isnt a person plugged into the helmet machine. Those are cables, most likely connecting the other helmet machines. Dont believe me? Why would a person be hanging in midair with a chair right there? More questions than answers. Like why is he the only child besides one other? Where did he come from?

[@WHPL4SH]

Would have never found out the code without your vids thanks alot!

[@jynx2501]

sooooo, are we being manipulated by a guy in that computer in the back? the kid slumps over when the power shuts off.

[@biruts8437]

holy shit youre right 0-0

[@XenogearsPS]

but he's still breathing even after it was shutdown.

[@jtlego1]

I don't even think it was a person in the back of the room, it looked more like one of those mind control helmets was hooked up to a bunch of cables. So maybe a computer program/AI, maybe? What also gets me that if the kid is also a remote body/"Zombie human", he seems to be a more refined version of them since his movements aren't jerky/puppet-like when under control compared to the others.

[@luukvandenbroek5041]

The Guy in the back with the hat and the computer screens is just a methaphore for the one who plays the game who controls the boy, pulling the plug on itself which ends the mind control but also the game itself. Its shows us that we control the boy the entire time and that he is also just some puppet.

[@avonthes]

Watch it again, there is a person hooked into the helmet.

[@D_Infamous_Boss]

There has to be multiple endings, more than just 2, cuz that was stupid. Playdead is way too clever to just leave us hanging like that

[@bbw_wild_wings420]

Do you not realize what this ending meant? The headgear was controlling the boy, completely turning a 180 for the entire experience. The way the boy was desperately unplugging the power could mean he was even self aware of the situation, like he's been through this before and wants to stop the cycle. He already has some sort of weird powers due to the water level puzzles later in the game where gravity doesn't seem to matter, so he could definitely have the power to know of the outcome. However due to him being controlled he can't do anything to stop it.

[@D_Infamous_Boss]

Matthew Kuks Do you not realize that this explains absolutely nothing? What was that blob thing? Why were they looking at it? Why were they studying it? Why was everything flooded? Who was that lil' hairy thing trying to drown the boy? What were they looking for with that submarine? Were those other people clones or what? Why were they able to be controlled by the machine thing? Why was water flooding the ceiling? Those endings were stupid. I hope someday we find answers. Another question, why were those adults so harsh to the boy when they caught him?

[@bbw_wild_wings420]

+Belly Blanks blob was humanity being lossed, people were studying it to learn from the 'outsider' that strayed away and lossed their humanity, the hairy thing was most likely doubt pulling him down which brought him to literally rock bottom (the light at the bottom could mean hope), everything was flooded to represent the damage the boy had made (mostly to himself, as others weren't affected by some of the floods), they were probably searching for their own hope with the submarine, the other people were people who conformed and did what they were told and made other conform as well (I mean most of the zombie guys that help you out were wearing hard hats and work attire), the machine controlling them was 'society' or 'the system', the flood on the ceiling probably represents a destructive answer to breaking away from society as it only reflected the boy running away and no one else but seemed beautiful and damaging at the same time. I got theories man, hope this helps out

[@bbw_wild_wings420]

+Belly Blanks also I feel like those zombie guys helped you out because they saw you as inspiration, there's a moment were they literally follow you after you jump a gap and they all just mindlessly try to follow only to plummet down below.

[@D_Infamous_Boss]

Matthew Kuks I hope they release some dlc to explain this stuff

[@dannycummings8010]

Matpat needs to play this game

[@fahmikhairullah5501]

I'd love to see his theory on this

[@Dave-ic2tt]

CALL MATPAT

[@DeathJelloJiggle]

He'll probably just say the boy was Ness.

[@Dave-ic2tt]

+DeathJelloJiggle Ha GATI!!! ^^

[@timbosus]

LOL

[@a.nikolaev5666]

the ending scene was exactly modelled in the glass display in lab, in which the blob falls, soooooo... it was a planned "escape", which implies that either there is an even bigger "test site", or the blob is supposed to take over the world lol

[@jonochrome]

Early in the game, somehow I had a hunch that the mind control helmets alluded to the fact that you, the player, are controlling the boy. This ending makes me think the player is the one being unplugged.

[@zackster244]

I have my own theory, its similar than a lot of others but is differen't, the boy is another regular person in society being mind controlled by a higher power, manipulated in todays society, this boy is represented as you, all the other people that seemed to be mindless are everyday people, workers, all doing what they are told or in other words, manipulated by the mind, aka mind control, the people that werent being mind controlled and were normal people were all government workers, manipulating your every move, they told you to go a certain way, they even helped you go that way and you listened and followed their orders. You yourself were manipulated by the game, and even though you feel like you escaped (when the blob exits the facility) In the end you are still being controlled, and the only real way to stop being manipulated by todays government is to unplug yourself from society, don't do things for others, just do things for yourself and you will reach your full meaning of peace.

[@TimeforBatman]

Jack sent me..

[@NihadMO]

me too

[@azenithisa232]

same

[@charlotteeberhardt6015]

same

[@savvy2196]

Same

[@davidpeck8402]

same

[@Hollybliss]

Just came here because of Jack!

[@demarcwhat]

everyone did

[@jaydindufrane3191]

same

[@Cookie-nn5fp]

mhm

[@tarabennett8446]

yeppp

[@stoopidmonkey9966]

Same

[@waldemarsalzkafer7089]

Not sure how many already know this, so: the sequence you need to unlock the ending is played after you dismantle the 13th orb. And I'm not sure I'm into the interpretations that the contraption on the chair represents us, the player. Those yellow orb cables go all through the game's world, the orbs extend antennas and play sounds and are ultimately connected in the last big orb. And the cables in this ending are yellow as well although you can't see to what they are connected. I don't know, I guess I don't see any immediate reason to take this symbolically. There seem to be enough things tying it to the ingame world.

[@elena-px4bm]

I think it's saying that the helmet thing we see in the background is us, the player. ( Metaphorically ) and when the boy unplugged the wires, it was symbolising as though he was disconnecting our controller or mouse. He was wearing a "helmet" all along and we were the ones who was controlling him like how the boy did to the bodies we get to control.

[@notsorrymomo7096]

I'm trying to find out if there's another ending to this game. I got the "bad" ending and I'm going through the entire game again to make sure I got all the orbs to disconnect. I disconnected the majority already from the beginning. If there's another ending besides the "bad" and "alternate" ending then I need to know lol I'm still trying to find out on my own in the game

[@elijah6442]

Do you play on steam?

[@thehunter4873]

Only 2 endings

[@notsorrymomo7096]

+Squid Ink Gaming ! No. Sorry😩

[@charliemasson4287]

+Selena DressUp! Just saying, but at the alternate ending, when you pull the cable the first time, can you go back and do the normal ending ? If so maybe try that, who know, maybe it dotés something special

[@adelerezav]

After watching the secret ending I think I understand. The boy was probably called by the giant meatball to rescue him(I Think the giant meatball is the first experiment of mind control and He's the one controlling everybody but he is being controlled by humans but wishes to escape) And the boy is following whatever the meatball is telling him to do(rescue him and get OUTSIDE) maybe after the boy saved the meatball he was sent to end the mind controlling completely, the control of other people and your control on the player. Phew, Long Theory. and maybe the humans were hunting the boy not only because he escaped, maybe they knew the meatball is controlling him to come to his rescue and they tried to stop him.

[@saana3832]

What if the bulb controls the boy, and the player controls the bulb?

[@damninal786]

+Byurikka Exactly.

[@daniodanio6773]

Guys I have the BEST theory makes most sense. Ok so starting with the corporation/secret organization (the ones hunting you) have done many experiments in the past but one experiment they made was somehow to fuse humans combing they're intelligence and somehow develop mind control/telepathic abilities and created a being simply known to players as the blob or that big ball with like 20 limbs so some time later the corporation was greedy and

[@daniodanio6773]

decided to use the blobs special telepathic abilities to take over the world and pretty much turn everyone into a mindless slave zombie so the blob hated this action even though he was restrained by the corporation he was able to get one of the mindless slaves out of mind control (the boy you play as) by hacking into the corporation with his telepathic abilities and was somehow able to interact with one of those human controlling helmets (the thing you use to move the mindless slaves) the helmet was in a sort of secret underground tunnel where the blob was controlling him through the use of the

[@daniodanio6773]

computers and setup they're (you see all this in the secret ending) so the blob wanted to use the boy to infiltrate they're headquarters and free the blob so the corporation can't do anymore harm but when the blob and the boy escape they seem to be outside but in reality they're actually in a big dome like area just so the corporation makes sure it can use the blob for future use pretty much ends they're damn my head hearts

[@ZZZZZZ-ek2pq]

What I got from unplugging all those uplinks is that you're disabling that blobs beacons. Those are what exert its influence through such a long range. I think this is the case because all those orbs are connected to yellow wires and so is the helmet you unplugged. As you gradually disconnect them, you're shortening it's range of control, when you finally turn of the last one, and go and completely disconnect the machine, the boy shuts down.

[@kristijanmajstoric]

OMG I FIGURED IT OUT; OMG IT IS GENIUS, its like this, listen to me: some people say "we" the player, are controling the boy, some say the blob is controling the boy, both is right but not completely. if we, the player controled the boy, why would we lead it to free the blob and get sucked in, it doesnt make sense, WE, the player, ARE ACTUALY CONTROLED BY THE BLOB, to control, the boy, to lead it in the game to free it. WHY? cause in the secret ending, we lead the boy down the hatch through a tunnel to find a sole controling helm in front of computer monitors, and we unplug it, over the boy, we unplug OURSELF! Freing US as the PLAYER, from the blob. that helm in front of the monitors is representing us, the player, and we somehow by our own will battled from the blobs control, went down there and unpluged ourselves

[@EXTRA_STUPIDDD]

I like this theory!

[@niconaegeliblog]

Illuminati made this game as a critique towards society. l>

[@niconaegeliblog]

+jack sandel Looking forward to it 😂😂😂

[@niconaegeliblog]

+jack sandel Why not? Does getting controlled by a machine not appeal to you..?

[@niconaegeliblog]

+jack sandel lol, daaamn that was savage jack ;-;

[@niconaegeliblog]

+jack sandel aaaye

[@zXBananaGamingXz]

wait so did he die? or is he just no longer controlled

[@GhostWarrior97]

i think just no longer controlled because if he died he probably would have just went limp and fell like an actual dead body but he kneels down like he's not being controlled anymore like the 'zombies' do

[@zXBananaGamingXz]

Jason Morgan actually yeah because you can still hear him breathing

[@GhostWarrior97]

+Banana Gaming that to

[@arai8805]

But after he unplugs it he goes limp like the controlled people

[@GhostWarrior97]

+Amy Trinh that's what I'm saying

[@2Trundle]

welcome to vault 101, we hope you enjoy your stay.

[@petereggboy]

Wow thank you soooo much I couldn't memorize the melody for the life of me

[@petereggboy]

I honestly prefer the first ending, it has more weight to it

[@DrPSnek]

I think that the human conglomerate was controlling the boy to free itself. But then the boy somehow fought free from the mind control and activated the orbs, then in the vault he did the "code" and as soon as he could he disconnected the energy source of the meatball, that's why he "faints", too, at the end.

[@socialmediahotdog]

both endings for this game are so wierd...

[@countershouter9267]

Nope read the comments that has a lot of words and letters and bout 2 paragraphs.

[@sealeddragon286]

How can you possibly say they are not weird? In one ending you become fused with this abominable blob and escape a mind control facility and then end up relaxing in sun light. The other ending you pull a plug and everything goes black. Does understanding what's happening really make it any less weird?

[@Cazammaf]

+PsychoMatters I understand the endings, you just have to follow the story.. XD

[@sealeddragon286]

ShadowWave I already said understanding it doesn't make any less weird. I don't understand the point of your comment.