Viewfinder - Story Explained/Story Analysis (Lore Breakdown) PS5

Viewfinder is an amazing new mind bending puzzle game from Sad Owl Studios. While the puzzle mechanics alone are enough to want to play this game, I thought it would be interesting to dive deeper into it's story. Join me on this journey to see if there is any hope left for humanity or are we all doomed to live under a red sky?

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[batshats]

It is a crime this game isnt talked about much in the gaming space. I loved it, and just finished it today. I felt so sad for Cait. #justiceforcait

[altepeter]

Talk about perfect timing. Just finished this game for the first time but felt like I was missing part of the story. Thanks for filling in the gaps! Great recap!

[vuvuong]

The ending of the game is pretty fascinating. It proves that the simulation can actually "clone" plants into real life. In other words, with the combination of the whole team, Hiraya's atmosphere, Leung's codes, Mirren's camera, humanity can actually clone and grow plants in the simulation and bring them to the real world in order to save it. If there's an extra episode, I believe Jessie and the scientists of the current Earth would try to recreate the simulation and work from there. And of course, an infinite CAIT!

[Julnz]

I like that your voice kinda resembled Cait, which just makes the explination feel more real

[veschyoleg]

I got to the point where the Weather Disruptor is discovered to be non-functional and I felt lost overall. I was trying to read all the notes and listen to all the logs but apparently I missed some of them. With your video, it makes sense. Violet was part of the problem, not part of the solution. Thank you. Going back to the game now 😊

[HoyaDon]

Just finished the game an hour ago. Loved your breakdown of the story and it sounds pretty spot on to me. Thank you!

[claudvlogs]

Amazing game, thank you for helping me understand the story better 😊

[sonicboy]

And I thought we'll use our own photos to go through them

[builder]

I mean, the confusing puzzles were great and all, but the plant coming into the real world broke my brain

[lucando]

my take on the ending is that the plant crossing over into the "real world" is actually a clue that the whole world, including all the people, is a gigantic version of their original simulation. We know that they were able to make thinking and feeling AIs, so because she couldnt fix the real world she recreated it inside the simulation. Now the protagonist - AI beings have a way to save their world, but at the cost of knowing (and keeping secret) that their existence is simulated :S

[isaacharvey]

The origin of chaos theory stems from a human error for a weather predictor machine created by Edward Lorenz. I forget the exact details, but the machine used a set of 10 or so values to predict a next set of numbers. The numbers could then be used to determine the weather at that specific time, and the algorithm was recursive, so the values could be repeated sequentially. When Lorenz wanted to replicate a run, he inputted a 6-figure number from the middle of a sequence, since that was all the display showed. However, behind the display, the machine used more digits in its calculations. So, an hour or so later, the second run's end result deviated from the first's significantly. It showed that small changes can drastically change the future. Chaos theory states that even small changes in the present will have drastic consequences in the future.
I think Mirren and her team could have done something similar. Maybe the red world in the simulation towards the end of the game is a future where the simulation's numbers deviated just enough to allow a single plant species to survive, and the "real world" is where nature wasn't so lucky.

[sanitize]

I just finished this game. Give me sooo much feels. Can’t believe this game isn’t talk about enough. Thank you for your insight! I like your theory, I’m thinking Mirren caused it and her self efficient violet buildings messed up the environment. Man it was so sad to turn off the simulation, Cait was so nice. 😢❤ He just enjoyed having a friend in the simulation

[jaxietunes]

Thanks for this! I’m curious, did I mishear during Mirren’s chapter or did both her and CAIT say that sound travels faster than light?? That… is quite obviously untrue. Did they just mean in their simulation or something? So confused why they put that in there before the speaker puzzles

[elpavlo]

Thanks for so detailed explanation! This game is so underrated. It deserves much more community

[Realistically]

I think most of the characters are filipino?