[spoiler] um...Could we not just have come back for him?

[WALP]

Simon 3 doesn't have the capacity to rescue Simon 2. He's in a Pilot Seat at the bottom of the Abyss.

He can't backtrack because half way between Tau to Omicron has no lights.

Furthermore they certainly can't just climb up to the surface. They're robots. They can't swim. They are stuck at the bottom of the Sea.

I guess theoretically Simon 3 could risk his life and potentially rescue Simon 2 but that isn't a plot hole. You were given the choice to kill him. If you did that isn't the developers fault.

You made the rash decision based on false information to kill Simon 2. If you feel like you screwed up because you didn't know better at the time, it's no one's fault but your own.

chill the fuck out much?

you act as though I am blaming the developers, or that I mad about having killed Simon-2 just because I now think letting him live would have been better.

The thing with lights seem to be the best explanation so far, but considering what Simon has been through I honestly don't see why he would not risk it again, what's left for him at phi anyway? also he does not have to crawl, the climber is still working and all he needs to do is find an omnitool.

It's not as though it's a crime that the developers have a tiny plothole here an there, as long as it does not show in the first playthrough then it wont be in the way of the experience, and it certainly was not for me. Really even if the devs realized this option, I think it's okay to look the other way for the sake of telling their story. its fiction everything does not have to be logical.

But as one of the people who have already played the game, I think it's interesting to think about what would have been best to do from a more logical standpoint. And I think that had Catherine and Simon-3 actually thought things through, then it would have been best to come back for Simon-2. If he is going to die, it would be best if he could die together with them, and knowing the truth. Really even with the risk of failing, they could just set his battery to drain in case they don't come back in time.