SIGNALIS - Endings

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
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[@rampantsarcasm2220]

the memory ending broke my heart when I realized its meaning was that the person Elster is looking for no longer remembers her

[@thezombieking8133]

She doesn’t remember her because of how you played the game you played like a robot who doesn’t share the true memories and tendencies of the original Elster

[@tomorbataar5922]

@@thezombieking8133 I don't think so, some of the german text in that ending says "I'm me again" and "But you're not you" or something like that. It's implied it's Elster thinking/saying that, she is herself again back but Ariane isn't anymore. That's why Elster doesn't mercy kill Ariane in that ending, as she don't want to go through with it and has to be convinced to do it in Promise ending. From the texts we can assume is from Ariane's mind throughout the game it's clear she's delirious and struggles with her memory in cryosleep, Memory seems to reflect that.

[@charlottevangotterdammerung]

Yeah man. We all played the game too

[@Hunter-im3tg]

I just finished the game and got promise ending and thought it was sad but dang memory is much sadder

[@supersaltlee7657]

​@@thezombieking8133bruh

[@maddog5451]

As someone who played on survival to unlock that sweet platinum I actually got the Promise Ending as my first ending. And here I thought promise was the bad ending. Christ almighty, was I wrong...

[@therealstarplatinum]

I got the ending where my arm ripped off and i died...

[@therealstarplatinum]

Also how can I play on different game modes?

[@5x385]

@@therealstarplatinum you have to start a new game after you rip your arm off, the point is that the ending isn't satisfying, then you get your real ending based on how quickly you made it to the ship

[@micheallantler5068]

@@therealstarplatinum That wasn't the real ending. Apologies.

[@thezombieking8133]

The only good ending is the ritual ending and that’s debatable even all of them continue the cycle except Elster joins Ariane in her eternal preservance

[@Cyrus_1]

All of these endings are Canon, they just take place one after the other in the order Leave > Memory > Promise

[@onthespiral4054]

How though?

[@Sassy_Witch]

@@onthespiral4054 Circles.

[@onthespiral4054]

@@Sassy_Witch I actually played it again and now I know. But promise is the end FINALLY how many years did it take?

[@rampantsarcasm2220]

@@onthespiral4054 everything repeats

[@onthespiral4054]

@@rampantsarcasm2220 nah, the circle theory for this is wrong

[@Hunter-ne8px]

The fake one had me contemplating life before I realized what was going on.

[@djukafox]

what was going on? I had no idea what happened lol.

[@freshlymemed5680]

@@djukafox Just a very tragic lesbian love story with a dash of scifi and cosmic horror.

[@frygengrau823]

same, this game is beautifully written to the point that it got me contemplating whether it was all worth it in the end

[@matthewflores4183]

@@freshlymemed5680 I was thinking it was a love story and because of that I kinda lost alittle interest in the story. but everything else that actually builds up to that end is cool imo. the aesthetic and atmosphere of this game reminds me of silent hill for some reason. idk. I like the game but I thought the ending was gonna lead up to something bigger and not just a lesbian love story 🤷. cool game though

[@spartanxliv6899]

@@freshlymemed5680 well said

[@sk3tchyguy]

The most tragic part about this is that Elster goes through the horrors of the game- fighting abominations, becoming progressively more disfigured, repeatedly jumping down into deeper and deeper holes- and for what? For a chance to fulfill her promise of killing her lover. Even when she does make it, her lover sometimes even forgets who she is. And Elster does this over and over again. Even when she does fulfill her promise, the cycle is not broken. Perhaps, this is hell. Fuck the Nation of Eusan. All my homies hate the Nation of Eusan.

[@Ghaleo69]

True as that is, I feel the most tragic character is Adler. Yuxtaposing Elster trying to keep Falke alive and keeping the world together but with his hands completely tied as he can't really do anything to fix the loop.... and on top of that is seemingly the only one that realizes the hell they're trapped in.

[@Nicholasryan17]

​@@Ghaleo69I mean he's keeping the loop going by preventing Elster from killing Ariane, but the entire game itself takes place in her mind so he doesn't exist in the first place

[@brinsk7151]

I'd like to think the loop does end when the promise is fulfilled. I know Elster lies in sort of the same position for both the Memory and Promise ending, but there's a distinct difference in the appearance of the cryochamber room. In memory it looks fairly normal, whereas in Promise it looks like its truly beyond saving, this is it's last cycle. The memory ending having a room with a lower level of degradation implies to me that it's just another cycle, the room Elster finds her white armour is in similar condition to this one. In the Promise ending, the cryochamber looks much worse than the one we see earlier in the game, as if this is the most recent iteration of it in universe, the worst it has ever looked. Elster finally kills Arianne in the ending, the light in her eyes fades, and the cycles finally end with it.

[@murco_]

i played the game and i still dont know what bro talking about...

[@saswatsethi2739]

What eusan? It's the east germans. Perhaps it's ok to hate them.

[@zacharymelton2409]

I got the memory ending. Seeing the "real" Pemrose and then reading the phase 3 note was haunting. That was when it all finally clicked together for me. Their final days wouldve been agonizing.

[@WhatTheFuck231]

I am so glad I got the PROMISE ending on my first run, the other basic ones are even more depressing...

[@fight8the8feeling8]

She is quite literally in purgatory, repeating the same cycle of grief and violence over and over again for one chance to kill her lover. This game is so god damn deep for one gb, haven’t had a game make me feel this way since Silent Hill or the first Resident Evil’s The design is so similar but it’s so unique with its approach.

[@Menorahdude]

aka the mind of a trans person

[@fatl9806]

@@Menorahdude i think u might be projecting a little bit dude. Grow up

[@noblewolfe891]

​@@fatl9806no. They're not wrong.

[@fatl9806]

@@noblewolfe891 clearly they are if they deleted their own comment cuz they’re a pussy that got humbled

[@frowny5460]

Thanks for this. My game bugged and i got stuck on the red "you selfish monster" screen. Nice that I don't have to go through the bossfight again.

[@objo1573]

Yep, same with me.

[@simelstre]

you can hold escape to get past the you selfish monster screen

[@Cobou]

that was Adler himself stopping you

[@abrahamalviarez5870]

This game is a master piece. Glad I had PROMISE as first ending. I really killed a lot of monsters lol

[@fanco2131]

i feel kinda backstabbed because i was doing what every pro survival horror player would do, playing on hardest difficulty and calculating every single shot, i killed only those monster that was causing too much trouble with rest of them i was playing (dodging theirs attacks and so on, running around table e.t.c.) and i think i should be rewarded with ending like promise ending meanwhile this game doesnt work like that and i had memory ending

[@ashiaka2776]

@@fanco2131 I played the same way, but honestly? I think Memory was the most hard hitting ending for me to get. Something about Memory just... breaks me. So no regrets on Memory first.

[@arcanealchemist3190]

@@fanco2131 yeah, it really felt like a "have you played a resident evil game" check. if you have, youre gonna be conservative with your resources, and get the memory ending. despite engaging with the lore at every opportunity, and knowing that I had promised to kill her, i get the ending where I dont do that, and have no choice in the matter. kinda messed up.

[@ext609]

@@arcanealchemist3190 Wait can you tell me which numbers in this video is the promise and memory ending? EDIT All of this is not the real ending right? Because i still not finish chapter 3. EDIT wait wait wait did i just got the fake ending? wait everybody playthrough got this ending right?

[@Lutzayy]

@@ext609 If Elster's eye has rolled to the back of her head and is bleeding from the head in the main menu, press "Begin" as if you're starting a new game

[@ALottaBees]

Just got the MEMORY ending, wanted to see the others. Still gotta see the secret ending, but I'll play that one myself now that that's been figured out. Thanks for posting this, I had a great time with Signalis but didn't wanna do more and more playthroughs micro-managing my kills/interactions. :)

[@astillia6073]

the fake ending leading into the dead eye not moving on the home screen fucked me up even though I called it.

[@st_52erdna26]

Elster originally died before she could fulfill her promise, and the last bits of her brain keep pushing her through a cycle of fighting through literal hell so that she could fulfill her promise to kill her lover. Adler is a bit of her brain trying to tell her to stop trying, since every loop destroys more of the world around her (in reality it’s the slow process of her brain dying) Adler just wants Elster to die so that this hell they’re all stuck in can be over. This cycle going on in Lester’s head only ends once she can “fulfill” her promise in her mind, and correct her biggest mistake in life (letting Alina die a slow death drifting in space) by choking her, no matter how difficult it was. Now she can die peacefully and end this cycle she was fighting through

[@Menorahdude]

It's a metaphor for SJW life.

[@mikemiki2328]

​@@Menorahdudebitch what ?

[@AStarCalledWormwood]

i got the memory ending as my first ending. more than eight years, maybe even more than ten, drifting in space on a ship intended to ultimately fail, slowly dying of radiation poisoning. absolutely horrifying. fuck the nation.

[@KajiCarson]

Such an incredible and haunting masterpiece of a game.

[@stevenluoma1268]

I got leave (#2). Seeing ending #3 really helped me understand it better.

[@lsnorman]

Not all endings here, the game has Lily ending

[@SearchGames]

I have updated the video. Now there is a video with all the endings on my channel.

[@yusufa5429]

I wish the game was clear about having multiple outcomes and the choices made.

[@revolversnake126]

the shot of Adler standing at the top with that pose is really kino

[@SearchGames]

My new video with all endings - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmq9nHptjqaBgLs 00:00 -Fake 04:09 -Leave 07:37 -Promise 12:43 -Memory If you like my content and want to support me, please like and subscribe to my channel. You can also make a donation by clicking on the "$" icon below the video. All this will help the development of the channel and the purchase of a new computer. Thanks

[@MoeApocalypsis]

If you put the time stamps in the video description, it will automatically populate it onto the video with chapter marks. Thanks for uploading.

[@eddiespaghetti4450]

I messed up and skimmed through some reviews and heard limited supplies and reviving enemies and only killed like a few enemies and got the worst ending😂😂😂

[@evmrox6234]

i have ending where she lost her arm and died i'm so sad, its so terrible

[@saiken923]

I'm not crying, you are

[@_literallyzee]

You are right, I am crying

[@healthyjibbit]

I like the game but i have no clue what the story is about...

[@dumzee]

Please tell me, that I'm not the only one getting Evangelion vibes from this

[@user-zn5zr2ed3x]

same, recommended game to friend with "its when you watch evangelion as 10 yrs old and everything is scary"

[@NoFeckingNamesLeft]

Anno is cited as an influence in the description on the steam store page

[@vovin8132]

It's blatantly obvious, and completely amazing

[@youdamnoni]

crying again aaaaa

[@CyC1232]

Looks like someone took a lesson from E.Y.E and did their homework really well.

[@TheJaime05]

Just finished the game . According to this video I first got ending #1 and then it continued for me to only get ending #3 ....is there a right way to finish the game. ? Should I have gotten all the ending ? I wasn't content with ending #1 but ending #3 was a bit bitter sweet way to end the game .

[@ravenmcfann8280]

Ending 1 is a fakeout ending. Ultimately you should end with Leave, Promise, Memory, or "Artifact" aka Lily.

[@hardatak]

Ayo definitely got some Neon Genisis vibes

[@ripp3rjak934]

I can’t believe I got the leave ending. I even made sure to kill only the essential ones and barely killed any enemies. Much rather avoid them but also remained in high health. Feels like I got shafted lmao

[@M1ndblast]

I think there's more to it than just killing or not killing enemies. There's a guide somewhere that notes exactly what the game uses to put you on a certain ending.

[@Xneyful]

Isnt that exactly the requirements to get the shifty ending? Avoid combat, stay high health

[@rick-vista1612]

those are the requirements for that ending you little...

[@sulphuric_glue4468]

Those are the requirements for the leave ending. To get the Promise ending, you need to kill most enemies you see and take a lot of damage. If the tracker doesn't detect you as strongly leaning towards leave or promise then you get the memory ending.

[@0verWay]

I'm really really dumb, so can someone please give me a short PSA on what each ending means? I played the game, paid attention and read all the stuff and got the promise ending btw. I'm just too dense to wrap my head around what exactly is going on

[@100lolerty]

There isn't one specific answer to anything in this game, really. We can only try to derive our own understanding of each ending. Personally, I think of the whole experience as Ariane's nightmare manifesting itself in real world because of all the pain she goes through due to Penrose falling apart and her not being able to pass away for some reason. With that, the endings show us different points inside one big cycle this game revolves around. Leave ending is probably the first Elster in a loop, unable to fulfill her promise, thus making the nightmare repeat itself. Memory ending is Ariane forgetting about herself and Elster, thus leaving the Elster in armor next to cryostasis, to be later on ripped apart by the next one in a cycle. Where first Elster in armor came from in the cycle doesn't matter, as in the end, time in the game constantly bends and twists. Promise ending is, in my opinion, the definitive end of the loop. Elster at last kills Ariane, fulfilling her promise and bringing her suffering to the end - something she wasn't able to do in a real world. I don't think it's simply a part of the loop, simply because there is a finality to this ending unlike with the others. Firstly - the messages flashing on the screen are straight forward and in english, as if to say that there is nothing here to hide from us. Secondly, it's the only ending where Elster's promise gets fulfilled, which is the most important thing to her, second only to Ariane herself. Lastly, a countdown reaches zero, symbolising that this whole nightmare came to a close.

[@onthespiral4054]

I’m working on it

[@magnusscheck4425]

Such a masterpiece game, I got the bad bad ending, The fail ending, but still enjoyed every moment. 😢

[@24YOA]

Anyone have any CONCRETE idea how to trigger specific endings? Steam discussions are awash with theories.

[@eded9157]

Probably items at the end, i finish it with some items left. So they should do something?

[@pipe-cleaningrat7328]

@@eded9157 It relies on your playstyle. Hoarding items and having a full inventory, having a 'light' inventory, eating up hits, killing things, sneaking by without alerting them, etc.

[@Aiveq]

@@pipe-cleaningrat7328 i dont think its possible to sneak through entire game? some placements(at least for me) required either killing or aggroing to pull em from doors or items

[@silent_stalker3687]

@@Aiveq you can sneak past the first boss Kinda Just go down the tunnel in the room behind it

[@pipe-cleaningrat7328]

@@Aiveq Never said you needed to do it for the whole game - just that its heavilly influenced by your playstyle. The statuses in the diagnostics screen play into it.

[@reflexindex267]

7:20 I just hate how hopeless she looks. Like she just doesn't know who she is anymore or what she is supposed to do anymore.

[@dokidokih3ntai497]

Memory feels like the happiest one

[@TigBiddyGothGF]

I can't say for sure why, but it sure feels like the "Bad Ending" of the game.

[@Aiveq]

@@TigBiddyGothGF yeap, you chicken out on last step. Leave is you chickening out 2 steps

[@lunasllenas1997]

The history is based around a loop of events, it might be real since the game hints to some eldritch things going on + you loot a corpse that looks just like you do in the ending meaning it might be real oooor it might be just your replika brain being all unstable making you relive some twisted memories, this is also hinted by a lot of insistence on replikas becoming unstable and the fact that everything is really weird and psychological. Either way in the "memory" ending you don't close the loop and that means all the horror will just repeat, maybe it will become even worse since there is also an insistence that each time the "loop" repeats it becomes worse.

[@SilentVinyl]

neat

[@mainzerodown3335]

One of the most depressing games. An ending that can be obtained by pacifist playing (Memory) in any other game, like Dishonored leads to the most positive ending. But not here

[@NoRegs30]

You forgot the Artifact ending

[@professionalhomeinvader6173]

Got memory ending and I looked at what the requirements were for all the endings and it said I practically speedran it... I didnt... only thing I did was avoid most enemies

[@thebourrin67]

I just finished the game. Sooo it was just a dream? Elster and Ariane died together in their spaceship. The infected base, monsters etc... didnt existed ? Sorry, maybe i m just dumb 😅

[@100lolerty]

It's hard to tell what was real and what wasn't, I assume that Ariane had strong psychic powers as hinted in the Rotfront chapter, and because of them she created this nightmare - because of her strong need to finally fall asleep after suffering from radiation sickness aboard Penrose. You could say they existed inside her dream, the same way our world may exist in a dream of some higher being, which is very fitting for the game's lovecraftian tone.

[@user-zn5zr2ed3x]

ok the artifact ending is up, and it may imply that with ariane powers and some powerfull artifact reality can be bend. For example replikas are not robots, how they created is unknow and can be done only by powerfull reality bender.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

I'll bet on the death dream, some parts are just far too ludicrous to indicate any sort of semblance to reality, even by eldritch standards.

[@thebourrin67]

Can't say i liked these endings. Maybe i would like something more ... simple? I still think its a good game.

[@dmin5782]

​@@danielgeronimo5538Sorry for being late, but this is perfectly in line with "eldritch standards" which is supposed to be purely incomprehensible.

[@warsong99]

What a bullshit ending......i was just looking at a red screen that says ''you selfish monster ''and absolutly nothing else.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

Since this is an ending compilation anyway, it's not spoiler to mention this. Each of these endings aside from the secret and fake one are all very much depressing, might be more depressing than the one from Silent Hill 2 or Spec Ops The Line. Reading Ariane's notes regarding her mental state, how she is expected to die in failure, and then her "promise" was despair inducing. Whereas games like Cry of Fear or even Silent Hill 2 had some sense of catharsis depending on which ending you get, no matter how bittersweet, Signalis is void, it's very much empty. Reflecting that barren wasteland outside of the Penrose. The Promise probably wasn't even just a deal made, it is just wishing for death, because once everything ends, the Replika must deal the final blow. As a sidenote, Elster is probably not the main protagonist, but a false one. This is all of Ariane's dying dream and Elster's journey is her envisioning somehow she would come and finish it all. Elster is an android, like any Replika are, it's sort of weird she is thinking like a person. And Ariane was always the one speaking about her affections for Elster.

[@Cyrus_1]

IMO Silent Hill 2's in water ending is still the most depressing video game out there.

[@danielgeronimo5538]

@@Cyrus_1 It is depressing, but for me it is more sad. There's a small line there that is blurred but very visible once you look through it. And it is very bittersweet at best.

[@joinsideke]

Elster is the protagonist by virtue of being the character who's POV we're in. The replikas are also very human-like, with organic components and based on real humans' brains, to the point where they were "inheriting" their gestalts' mental problems and sometimes even referring to them as their past lives. Iirc there was a note saying they couldn't make any more Elsters because they lost the gestalt's neural pattern, until they found a broken Elster that they could copy/paste the template from. This was Ariane's Elster, so all other Elster units had her memories and were driven to fulfill "their" promise. That's why you come across so many other dead Elster units along the way.

[@xxCrapNamexx]

The biggest takeaway from all this is the love can barely last 10 years and hatred wins in the end.

[@PhsykoOmen]

After all that these ending left much to be desired.

[@waroonh4291]

this game is worse more than $70 that modern AAA games charge you.

[@karuta-hu6gq]

Another day of seeing a gay suffer 🙏

[@luxwx]

Alhamdulillah

[@DauntlessChaos]

i'm gonna be that guy: over-rated shock shlock garbo.

[@comochinjodesyoutuve]

NO PIERDAN TIEMPO CON JUEGOS COMO ESTE MEJOR VÉANSE UN VIDEO DE GAMEPLAY O HISTORIA Me lo jugué pensando que pasaría un buen rato con un Survival horro clásico y me encontré con una de las peores mecánicas jugarles que jamas he jugado y te lo dice alguien que empezó con RE1. Como producto audiovisual es una obra de arte Hermoso en todo sentido pero los creadores se sabotean a si mismos usando todos y digo TODOS LOS RECURSO CREADOS PARA ALARGAR EL JUEGO LO MAS POSIBLE. Menús lentos con la excusa de poner animaciones que se vean BONITAS Sistema de batalla LENTO Y TEDIOSO SOLO 6 MISEROS ESPACIOS en el inventario que te harán IR Y VENIR MAS DE 4 veces de un lugar a otro solo para llevarte las municiones Animaciones para cualquier cosa que quieras ver o tocar Tener que poner el cursor para abrir, cerrar, tomar, apretar o interactuar con cualquier cosa importante y a veces hasta en 2 secciones Excusa de usar una radio para hacerte ir de un lado a otro con las frecuencias LITERALMENTE PONER EL objeto A en una esquina del mapa e ir a la otra para recoger el OBJETO B para poder seguir avanzando Necesitar una lampara para ver en X lugares y que la misma USE UN ESPACIO haciéndote mas de 4 vueltas Necesitar esa misma lampara en cuartos específicos en el futuro Enemigos que se reaniman no importa cuantas veces los mates aunque te den bengalas para incinerarlos COSA QUE DEBERÍA IR EN SUB ARMAS Y NO OCUPAR UN ESPACIO Las sub armas ocupan un espacio CAMINA MAS LENTO QUE GATEAR CORRE MAS LENTO QUE CAMINAR RÁPIDO Cuando hablas con los NPC no puedes hablar con ellos y escuchar todo los diálogos de corrido, tienes que leer 2 lineas y se corta la interacción, esperar 2 segundos para poder seguir hablando y que te den otras 2 lineas y esperar 2seg para la siguiente. SI ESTO NO TE HACE MENTAR MAMAS ES QUE ERES UN TETO El antepenúltimo sitio no te dan mapas y para que te tardes mas te revuelven la entrada y salida de las habitaciones para que no sepas si llegaste de arriba NORTE o de abajo SUR Cajas fuertes que usan el radio para que te tardes en abrirlas Al intentar abrir las cajas fuertes LEJOS DE SOLO PONER LA CLAVE te piden apretar ENTER y GIRAR la perilla, abrirla, apretar para que se acerque la cámara y tomar UNO X UNO LOS MALDITOS OBJETOS Y TODA VIA TE PREGUNTA QUE SI QUIERES TOMARLOS EN los RECUERDOS(Flashback) Te hacen caminar a velocidad de perezoso tramos largos donde te mueves y giras LEEEEENTOOOOO Ya para colmo cereza del paste la ultima batalla igual es la MISMA MIERDA pegale y deja un espacio en tus cosas porque tienes que quitarle unas lanzas, tomarlas QUE POR POR CIERTO LA MIERDA DE JUEGO TODAVÍA TE PREGUNTA QUE SI QUIERES TOMAR LA Lanza....................................... clavársela al jefe 6 veces para matarlo RESUMEN: Excelente producto audiovisual, UNA MIERDA DE JUEGO

[@cocaina6870]

Skill issue

[@TheDoluz]

Skill issue

[@kaisatous8996]

Skill issue

[@xUsoTen]

Skill issue

[@deckiner2299]

Skill issue

[@user-nl4yc8jx4e]

this game is soooo bad

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

L

[@KROLOLO]

Опять шизу выкатили вместо нормального сюжета

[@user-mm4fj3bm3y]

Единственный здравый комментарий

[@CptEddyPrice]

glad i refunded the game. Inventory managment gave me anxiety

[@pipe-cleaningrat7328]

skill issue

[@jessopjessopjessop860]

your loss.

[@YalIsalive]

Boomer

[@wolvebane2]

@@YalIsalive if he was a boomer he'd actually know how to handle a limited inventory lol

[@ms.greywolf8228]

Should invest in therapy instead, if a tiny thing as inventory management can give you anxiety.

[@RetroChug]

You're missing the secret ending (Entity)

[@cheekibreeki5381]

got ending number 1 and i tried to leave but the game didn't alow me to and it started a new campaign with an altered start and later got ending number 2