Sunday 18 December 2011

Spin Doctor: The Ending (Story)


 After completing the industrial, medical and study areas, Harland (the player) will enter the last room in the study, the end room as it appears to the player. Camera is zoomed close to both the player and Dr. reeves, whom is waiting for Harland behind his desk on the other side of the room, in what seems to be like his office, with bookshelves behind him. Player is unable to move at this point, and this triggers a still cut scene, a monologue. Reeves is shocked that Harland made it so far, and congratulates him. He is suddenly hit with the realisation that even though Harland made it this far, being the only subject that had ever made it this far to meet Reeves in person, it did not change a thing. At this point he feels like it was all for nothing, even though he believes he can keep his wife "alive" through harvesting epinephrine he realises he has taken the lives of others for his selfish goals, his own desperate attempt at trying to manipulate nature.  Reeves also realised he is coming to an end, even if he believes his wife can be immortal he has finally realised he does not share this ability, and his time has come. He believes he can't keep up his wife's desperate need of adrenaline. He also feels remorseful and guilty of his own actions while looking upon Harland's face and bruised body which is chained to the vest and devices. Reeves apologises to Harland, and finally has a mental breakdown. Reeves desperately seeks redemption. Reeves finally leaves the room by pulling a hidden switch next to the book shelf in the middle, exits through the door to the back of a hidden corridor that leads to his private living quarters. The bookshelf then slides back into place and covers the hidden corridor. Player is given control of Harland, the camera zooms out far enough to reveal that the final study room, Reeves' office, is in fact a major last puzzle that has to be solved to gain entry to an alternative route that leads to the same corridor Reeves entered. After the puzzle has been solved and upon entering the corridor, the player must walk down a long corridor, decorated with final portraits and the artwork of Reeves and his wife. Capturing much of Reeves' once happy life. At the end of the corridor, after finding one last journal entry written by Reeves, the player can enter a single room, which happens to be Elizabeth's room. Upon entering this room, it is revealed that Reeves has hung himself and is hanging from the roof, with a chair below him that has been kicked out of the way. The rest of the room is moderately empty room apart from a few decomposed plants and decorations. Not far from Dr. Reeves is the skeleton of Elizabeth, revealing that she is dead and has been for a very long time.

After the story aspect of the game has ended, the player can go back to the hub world, where the player can examine notes, load and save games, replay the game or enable time attack mode. In other words, the game can keep going on after Reeves has hung himself, although there are no means of escaping the facility. 

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