u/Retro_Dante

So i just beat the game and loved it alsoplatinumed it. I also played returnal when it came out and loved it to the core. I love cosmic horrors and returnal was a masterpiece at that. The way it builds intrigue and suspense and the twist halfway. Although at the end they kinda dismiss all that by the ‘It’s all in her head’ trope, i still loved it. It kept me hooked. So going into Saaros i was really excited. And the sound design and world design from the beginning added to it. I was excited. But then came the first banyan tree sequence and I knew this was going to be another ‘it’s in his head and this is his hell’ kinda trope. So after that i kept an open mind. Wasn’t too invested cause the thought this all could not exist took me out of it. What followed are a bunch of sequences that kept pushing me in the same direction. And after seeing the true ending I truly believe it’s all in his head. The sirens and the light at the end kinda cemented it for me.

I was kinda bummed they had to ruin a good cosmic thriller setting like this. Cause the world and lore they had going was kinda interesting. But i was disjointed and was not interested in learning of it after the thought it could all be in his head.

I would like to know what people who played returnal thought of the story? And what is your interpretation. Is Carcosa and all that happened real and just Arjun’s way of coping similar to Seline?