What Happens in SIGNALIS? (Patreon)

What Happens in SIGNALIS?

Or at least, what I think happens, according to the evidence provided. SIGNALIS is the most narratively dense video game I've ever encountered. A lot of the time, when we say writing in a game is good, it's because it's evocative or emotionally affecting. SIGNALIS does those things, but it also crafts its story with overlapping layers of meaning while offering, to its infinite credit, as little exposition as possible. What we're left with is a game that can tell a fascinating story with almost no exposition, where an image or a gesture can stand in for two dozen lines of dialog - but it isn't just vibes with no substance. There is a concrete underlying plot that uses its obscurity to draw the player in and invite them to consider what it all means. This indie survival horror game tells the story of Elster, a bioroid technician who awakens on a crashed spaceship - and then again in a mining facility on another world. Through her electronic eye, we are given a glimpse into a dystopian future wracked with war and a bizarre outbreak that is turning her fellow Replikas into monstrous husks. Trapped in a waking nightmare, we can only hope we're not too late to find Ariane. Or was it Alina? I can't remember... All music used is from the game except: Cry of Fear OST - Brandon Fear & Hunger 2: Termina OST - Memories, Ashes of War, Alone Prehevil, Save Room, Desperation Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum - Army of One, Breakpoint 屠洪刚 (Tu Honggang) - Red Sun in the Sky And Auferstanden Aus Ruinen, the anthem of East Germany.