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Playtest plot hole? (SPOILERS obviously)
posted by MarkoffSTAFFMOD on February 9, 2017 at 8:57 PM
When Sonja comes to him in VR to warn him that it's extremely dangerous, he has to quit and there were like 5 disappearances, that seem like real life genuine information and not something made up by his head. Where would he obtain this information, which seem to be confirmed at the ending, though I am not sure if i am not confusing fake with real ending.
So just to confirm, they haven't tried to do anything shady with his body in real ending and there were no other disappeared or dead participants?
Reply by Notamymerrick
on February 10, 2017 at 12:03 AM
you are correct, It's made up in his head.
Reply by Scarlet Jay
on June 24, 2017 at 1:06 AM
I've had similar confusion about this. From what I understand the entire session was a mere 0.04 seconds in reality right? (started & ended at 5:38)
So is EVERYTHING immediately after the upload made-up and is all in his mind? the stay in the house, all communications with Katie, hearing them speak Japanese, the trip back home to his mom....
Not that I have such a problem with that, BUT it did confuse me a little.... I mean the whack-a-mole too? the CCTVs that show time *progress *(and him basically alone and imagining things) - why the hell would he imagine that? It's basically showing us that he is imagining that he is imagining...which would be absurd if not an outright paradox. And why even show it to us - simply to confuse?
For that matter why would his mind make up Sonya's conspiracy theory warning but then right after, being assaulted by her! And all those technical explanations from Katie, access points...
I dunno.. seemed a bit strange.. guess this guy has quite the imaginative mind (still that CCTV bothers me the most).
On a side-note I loved his acting and thought he gave a terrific performance (really liked his character too).
okay sorry for rambling (just being discursive :p ), haven't slept in 30+ hours, hope i made some sense.
Reply by Mr Coal
on August 1, 2017 at 5:13 AM
Experienced time is apparently faster in his head than compared to the observers. CCTV doesn't change that. He never leaves the room.
Reminds me of one time I woke up. I picked up the clock as usual and figured I was late. Terrible experience. Turned out to be a nightmare, I was on time. But I believed it.
No plot hole as I see it, just layers of imagination as Scarley Jay writes. It serves to add the necessary layer to fool the protagonist and by extension the viewer.