Ask Anything About SOMA

[GameSpirit]

I'll take a crack at some of the questions.

What is "Dark Swarm" and "Mind Coral" and how did they appeared to PATHOS-2?

Don't know about Dark Swarm, but "mind coral puppet" is another name for Akers and the Proxies. Apparently, the coral is produced when humans swallow structure gel or inject themselves with it.

If the Simon's nightmare in the beginning of the game was meant to show player how our dreams are strange. If no, was there another meaning which is more deeper?

It introduces Simon, Ashley, and the theme of consciousness. It might also contain a reference (when Ashley says "it's green") to the inverted spectrum thought experiment.

Finally, the last question. Why did The WAU tried to save humans with both stuffing mind scans into robots and creating monsters with structure gel?

It seems like the WAU is experimenting, trying many different approaches. Simon is probably the most successful experiment.

Thanks for your guesswork and answers. But the new Simon creation means that the WAU was ready to sacrifice itself for saving whole manking. I'm sure AI knew that Simon would kill it, but nonetheless created new Simon to help humans.

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Actually, to this day, I stand by "It's green" referring to a traffic light, she's telling Simon to drive.

Didn't thought about it, I think your thoughts really mean facts here.

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Actually, to this day, I stand by "It's green" referring to a traffic light, she's telling Simon to drive.

But if so, why do the game shows the Tracer Fluid when Ashley says it? The game could show the green traffic light instead of the Tracer Fluid.