If you are wondering how to reach the true ending in this war game full of various combinations and challenges, we have explained how to unlock the true ending in our guide.
How to Unlock True Ending
This guide will show you all requirements on how to unlock the happy / true ending in the game. To ensure you achieve the true ending, follow these steps:
- Progress through the main game until you reach the training objective “Last Words.”
- Make sure you’ve completed Marvin’s storyline and truthfully told him everything. Lying to him leads to a bad end.
- Engage in all available callbacks on the “Voicemail” menu with Melin.
- Fully complete CAM’s storyline, including his secret dialogue.
- Unlock and view every Phenomena, uncovering the truth about ACE.
Once you’ve accomplished these tasks, proceed with the game, knowing you’re on track for the true ending.
Marvin’s Storyline
Marvin is the poor sod you meet on the rooftop pining away about Zoe. Turns out his questline is pivotal to finding out what happened to her.
Here’s the steps to complete it:
- Talk to Marvin on the rooftop when meeting IO for the first time.
- Unlock and view the “Recording #1″ phenomena.
- Go talk to Marvin on the rooftop.
- Call back Meilin using “Mind Upload 1” voicemail.
- Unlock and view the “Overdrive” phenomena
- Get a call back from the guide about Zoe.
- Unlock and view the “Death” phenomena
- Talk to Marvin. Tell him the truth.
- Unlock and view the “Recording #2” phenomena
Special Note – Mind Upload IV
- When you reach this section of the game, you will be forced to give up Stan or Melin (your guide). DO NOT GIVE UP MELIN, THIS WILL GO TO A BAD END.
CAM’s Storyline
- Meet CAM on the rooftop for the first time.
- Obtain and view the “Homecoming” phenomena.
- Talk to CAM on the rooftop.
- View the “Stronger Humans” phenomena. After this, a new entry in the INFO section called “SkysEyes Research” will be available and will direct you to go find CAM.
- Go talk to CAM.
- Unlock the “Separate Ways” and “Disagreement” phenomena. On my playthrough, I got them together but you might find them separately. This is OK.
- Go talk to CAM.
- Talk to the cleaning robot.
- Go talk to CAM.
- Unlock and view the Another Identity and First Conversation phenomena together (as in, view them one right after the other without exiting the phenomena screen). It is crucial you don’t view them separately, this will cause you to go towards a bad ending!
- Go talk to CAM for the secret conversation.
FINAL SECTION – Ending
- Complete all of the requirements above.
- Go talk to IO for final upload.
- Talk to the orb.
- Talk to Melin via the call.
- Talk to Mass.
- FINISH
