Skif Enters the Pod (TRUE ENDING?) - STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl (4K)

[@OmnipotentGoggles]

"Pod is my apartment, now." -God Consciousness Skif

[@andsoiderparound9909]

"If I can't have my apartment then no one else can" Skif probably

[@yakumoyukari4405]

Zone has become his home tbh... And also a wife (lol)

[@kasjuszsumisawski1146]

Best "join freedom" I had seen so far.

[@vlad6431]

>Lost his the only apartment in 2k21 during the housing crisis >Makes the whole world pay for this Absolutely understandable

[@Alomant]

That's literally 3 out of 4 endings.

[@bismarck4872]

That mf stared right into Skif's eyes while he was astrally projecting to tell him that, dude's been connected to the Zone the whole time.

[@Nnneemo]

So your goverment don't pay damage for your home destruction Because of "secret experiments" - Let's make own "secret experiment". Skiff- i am are scientist myself...

[@edwardsallow6518]

It makes sense for me for this to be the canon ending as it leaves things the most open in terms of sequels and story telling possibilities

[@piotrzandecki953]

true this ending leads to many possibility like why only Chernobyl could be the Zone ? In Poland for example we have many facilitates created by Soviet Union heck they even build a secret city for their soldiers resident in Poland at the time of communist regime

[@tomisabum]

Neat. Can't wait for any future games to absolutely ignore that ending so they can keep focus on Chernobyl.

[@ViktorZhuk-z4w]

in all stalkers games protagonists endings are always canon, besides, all the other endings dont leave so much space as "zone all around the world" one

[@thegreatid3595]

You kinda need it set there though. The "Zone" like Mutants, radiation are due to experimentation and the disaster. A stalker game based in another part of the world would just have anomalies nothing else.

[@edwardsallow6518]

Probably they’ll go the fallout route and have the spin off games take place in other countries and zones while the main series focuses on the original zone

[@edwardsallow6518]

@@thegreatid3595spin offs could be cool but yeah the main games needs to stay In Ukraine

[@Madamwolfkissed]

I believe the scene with Faust is the "subtle world" he mentioned so the next game could take place in Chernobyl but in this subtle world

[@muslimayupov]

they shoul've added an ending where you destroy the pod and the zone remains the same

[@thegreatid3595]

Would've been the "Good ending" all the other endings involve getting gas lit by someone and have severe consequences for the zone. Where as the player I wish we could prevent other factions from taking advantage of the zones power and just let it be the zone.

[@muslimayupov]

@thegreatid3595 nah it would be neutral ending

[@AlexAnder-dh8qz]

I wish it true and we just haven't discovered the sequence of events to unlock the real true ending, like it was in the 1st game. Destroy meanings of control over the generators and Zone, destroy last pod and seal the generators forever with us prisoned there alone trying to survive this isolated part of the Zone. And then, the Zone remains the same and slowly evolves and turns into a harmony with local nature, like in Garbage, when Richter mentiones crows started nesting on the redioactive piles of garbage... Free Zone, place of slumber, wounders and no control from any sick mind produced by CC (agents, monolithiants, mutants, former members and hidden supporters from the Mainland). All 4 current endings look like one worse than another, like we are just someone's puppet. Probably only Strelok's one is the most neutral one - he turns the Zone into place similar to the Zone he tried to destroy years ago, so returned the Zone to it's initial state.

[@southernbrain691]

You can only wish. Right now the best fate for the zone is the spark ending,for it to be as pure as possible

[@MrStroke]

developers want to spread the zone worldwide for future sequels to get western gamers to get more involved

[@MonkeVbnn]

This is no doubt the canon ending, zone is free no strelok no korshunov no scar and no skiff

[@purple_1884]

Nope, GSC confirmed that one of the DLCs planned will continue right after one of the endings akin to Broken Steel in Fallout 3. Only Strelok ending fits that.

[@BarManFesteiro]

@@purple_1884 unless you continue as another character like in red dead redemption.. also can you share the source about this DLC info i would love to read about that

[@purple_1884]

@@BarManFesteiro Look up leaked map from a year ago. Limansk, Cold Island (north of SIRCAA) and North Prypiat are marked as DLC areas

[@stalkergameworld]

@@purple_1884 Maybe the events of the add-ons will take place in parallel with the adventures of Scyth and explain certain parts of the plot from a different perspective. I highly doubt that the add-ons will continue after the end of the game. Serious scale.

[@purple_1884]

@stalkergameworld it's literally confirmed by GSC themselves

[@bluelickrift]

he's over encumbered, of course it's the true ending.

[@paracetamolicecream]

If skif's ending is canon stalker 3 going to be INSANE

[@revren9050]

This ending will eventually become canonical: in the “leaked” documents on the game, the developers just discussed this ending as the main/canonical one.

[@paracetamolicecream]

@revren9050 damn that's crazy. I guess it does make sense for it to be canon, otherwise skif becomes a pointless character. Worldwide zone opens up endless possibilities for the future of the franchise. A bit overwhelming actually

[@995FROST]

​​@@paracetamolicecream Or they could make evolve the narration to a the point where the Chernobyl zone still is THE Zone that influences all the new one. In this way, the focus will be kept on this one 🤔

[@paracetamolicecream]

@995FROST if stalker 3 will ever be a thing I imagine we will be playing as another character who will go into the og zone to kill Skif to take his place in the pod to fix the world and end all the new zones skif made.

[@Markok1911]

In the year 2050, at best.

[@GameDuckDuckReal]

I would love true ending be same as in SOC)) When you just finish what Strelok started there and destroy the last pod too lol

[@Dr.Do0m]

i was like hell nah its my pod so i got this ending

[@makkilive9374]

Soundtrack?

[@eXpG_Harlock]

Stalker 2 ost embrace

[@theepicec5053]

So does this mean Faust is alive or is it just a hallucination?

[@kotikbr9395]

Maybe that was Faust psy trace in the noosphere

[@K_Balu]

It was Faust's subtle matter, Skiff have a connection to the Psy Field surrounding Earth in this ending, so therefore it takes not much of an effort for Faust to reach out to Skiff

[@AlexAnder-dh8qz]

Given special abilities of the Faust - he's alive and just dropped his illusion he used to trick Skif into this venture that turned entire Earth into Zone with lot's of noosphere breaches around it. So the Skif ending == dream of the Faust that come true.

[@ElderDrake123]

It is Faust. Look at the gloves, same stitching and the right thumb is worn at the end the same, the gloves go from brown to black. Remember Faust was a controller, able to affect the minds of people. He just appeared as the Doctor to guide Skiff. Faust is imho, the best character in the game. He could have ended Skiff easy, was the only to show the truth of the zone and to finally understand it.

[@rosgoncharuk2403]

​@@ElderDrake123it is him, but not a physical one. The monolith preacher was blind, this one has eyes, just like in subtle mater. IMO Zone is using his and doctor's disguise as those were few people that actually cared for it...

[@torshec8634]

Enter ze pod, Skif! Eat ze bugs!

[@ElderDrake123]

For the game, Skiff's ending is awesome. For the franchise Strelok. What music is that that plays as he enters? Anyone know?

[@Harzberg]

It should be "_Set_Mode --EMBRACE" from the official OST

[@jubjubdoowalawala1884]

What is the song ?

[@АнастасияМоргун-у6щ]

What song is this?

[@Theskibidirixzler-j7l]

Melovin. Ukrainian singer.❤

[@ChainikVlad]

In the beginning? It's called "End Titles" from STALKER 2 OST

[@amoosieful]

It's called Embrace

[@АнастасияМоргун-у6щ]

@ Thanks)

[@DeathMetalThrasher]

Ok? Did skif die or what?

[@AlexAnder-dh8qz]

Once he acquired control over the Zone at least for a moment - he becomes immortal counciousness in the noosphere, but his body likely stuck in the pod forever.

[@Cathernaa]

@@AlexAnder-dh8qz he's not stuck there, have you ever seen the ending of shadow of chernobyl where strelok enters the pod assisted by C consciousness who comes out of the pod. and also the strelok ending in stalker 2 can talk on the radio and can see the situation when skif is held at gunpoint by granite troops. that means they can get out of there

[@DBRguardian]

W name

[@rosgoncharuk2403]

​@@CathernaaBS. In SoC we don't see who assists Strelok when he enters the pod. Could as well e anyone, including monolith, instructed by c-con. In Strelok ending he, as anyone else, becomes one with the zone and therefore gains control of the monolith forces. Zone was controlling them from Signal to defend itself. Strelok is not physically speaking in the radio, he is just able to transmit his thoughts throughout the zone, again, because he became one with it. BTW that's a bad ending.

[@Cathernaa]

@@rosgoncharuk2403 really monolith ? wearing scientist coat?

[@BlargianThing]

Goddamn Faust…

[@wolfrexo9966]

Why is he doing that

[@Mr_Lunatic_Mr]

IN a way it's immortality

[@eXpG_Harlock]

Its power its controll but most importantly the zone is his home in this ending so he becomes one with the zone.

[@KMD_362rd]

He’s want his new apartment

[@KrugerTheFox]

Skif doesn't want to exploit the zone, he wants the zone to be free and let it choose what it wants to do next. So the zone expanded. The other 3 commenters need to watch the cutscenes with Faust and Guide to understand why Skif chose this. Its why the narrator even says perhaps its time to let her choose her own destiny.

[@viktordmitriev-iz5mi]

Is he stupid?

[@Jv19979]

This ending doesn't fit skiff character

[@unblockabledrum4134]

But it's also the ending that's the most open ended in the game

[@rosgoncharuk2403]

How so? Have ever came into something with one mindset but left with another? He was lost in civil life, this was an adventure he was deeply looking for. He came for answers, but with all the events and information came to understanding the zone. This is character development.

[@TheRoook]

SO Duty was right all along, Zone expanded and killd the whole world.

[@calamityhex3729]

Not that I want to side with Duty but fundamentally there 100 percent right I don't really see the value of the ZONE. The number 1 export is Corpse's and monsters. And from the little I understand the Artifacts can't even be used outside the zone and all experiments you can run only function in the zone and even when they work you need it in your possession and said artifact will most likely have some kind of monkey's paw effect. So I genuinely don't understand why people come to it. The game says people come to the zone to get rich getting artifacts but it looks like no one lives long enough to actually have that happen. And anything you bring out becomes useless. There's the wish granter sure but not every STALKER was after it. And again the success rate has technically been 0 to the point I don't even get how that myth was still going. The Zone is the equivalent of actively wanting to die violently in a horror scenario.

[@lithos868]

​​@@calamityhex3729@calamityhex3729 In the book it's inspired by (Roadside Picnic), there are zones all over the world (from aliens that were basically godlike and used Earth as a rest-stop, leaving behind insane physics breaking objects that were the equivalent of trash/empty batteries to them). The scientists greatly advance technology as a result by gaining much better understanding of physics/copying certain items (e.g. battery artifacts lead to development of insanely compact and efficient power sources). In the book, leads to keychain sized objects powering rich people's electric cars. Most of the world outside the zone adapts fine, besides children of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S being mutated, former zone residents reanimating. I feel like the same could be applied in STALKER if the zones stay static, though it's not mentioned so much in lore, it would lead to better understanding of medicine (healing artifacts/stamina), radiation cleaning/insulation. Not to mention the zones existence would lead to creation of better protective materials for suits, exoskeletons, medication etc in the same way war leads to massive tech advancements, especially in medicine. Then of course the weapons potential is huge. Gauss gun was originally scrapped in lore due to power sauce limitations - just like real life we don't have compact enough power sources. Using flash fragments allowed for it to work. IRL railguns are being developed would be absurdly effective if they didn't require an entire naval ship built around them for power. But really the external interest is due to its potential, especially since there is so much unknown, and our technology would have to level up to be able to study/contain artifacts properly.

[@archpenn7842]

@@calamityhex3729 I guess that's what this ending, and the entire game's premise is supposed to represent, since artifacts are nearly useless because of its limited effects outside of the Zone, they chose to show us a glimpse of what it looks like if it expands worldwide. the Zone's influence affecting the world now means the C-Consciousness' original plan to harness the Noosphere and control people's minds would've worked if they didn't screw up their first experiment, something like what Scar did but at a global scale, without the Anomalies, mutants and no mass extinction event.

[@dra6o0n]

@@calamityhex3729 The story plot of Stalker 2 is like Liberalism... Spouting freedom but also spouting control.

[@gabestepstone5762]

​@archpenn7842 I'm nowhere near as a lore fan of the franchise, but my understanding was that the doctor wanted to stop his colleagues and representatives abusing noosphere for selfish and harmful intents in the first place so maybe that's why he shot the device and freed the energy, causing the zone. But eventually he wants it to expand to the globe so maybe the noosphere can re-merge with geosphere and biosphere slowly by itself, like mother nature heals herself through time, fixing the disruption and damage caused human. I can be completely wrong. But whatever the truth is, the doctor's/skif's ending is way more complicated and deep than what I thought.