SOMA Vertical Slice (early beta from 2013) - inside SuperSecret folder

[Omnitool]

It seems as if the original SOMA was more about a copy of Simon's consciousness trapped inside a simulation rather than being copied into the future inside a robot. Somebody at Frictional thankfully thought this really didn't invest the player emotionally, so they went for the crash and brain-scan, and back into reality, which I believe is much better. From that video, it also seems like the game was going to have stronger Cthulu vibes...

I'm glad they went with the new direction. Not that Vertical Slice's was bad, but it had already been done, so to speak.
Somewhere along the way they got their bearings sorted out, and directed the game towards uncharted territory. By the time they started thinking about or making the live-action videos they had it all figured out.

I also like the story from the final, published version of the game more then the beta, it is much better to know that everything is actually real rather then a dream / simulation.

Regardless of that, I would still love to play or at least watch through the entire beta...it would feel like a totally different game.
I'd also wish that the deleted scenes of the Depth movie (that was split into the Transmission episodes) were released.

If the Devs would ever consider making a boxed edition of the game, there should definately be a SOMA Collector's Edition containing the game on Blu-Ray or 4 DVD-s, a poster, an artwork book, the official soundtrack on CD, a DVD with the Transmission series, and a very limited and expensive release bonus special collector's edition could have a steelbook for the game disks and a bonus DVD containing the beta and the original unedited Depth movie (or at least the deleted scenes). That would be the greatest thing for us die-hard Frictional fans like myself, who have been along since Penumbra Tech Demo!