Somerville - Story Explained (ALL Endings)

The plot and all 5 endings explained of Somerville, a sci-fi adventure about a father searching for his family who went missing after an alien invasion.

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Abandoned
Precarious Personality
Bending Time
Invisible Enemy
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[pentax]

The refugee camp is actually Glastonbury festival which means the game takes place in Somerset in the UK, probably where the name Somerville came from!

You can see the shape of the stage is exactly the same as the famous Pyramid stage at Glasto festival.

You can also from this work out that the game takes place in the summer, probably the end of June when Glasto typically takes place.

It’d be interesting to see if there are further landmarks that can pinpoint the heroes journey through the game

[FamilywithFour]

Wow, this felt like I was watching a sci-fi movie with amazing narration. Some of those endings were devastating. I'm glad I watched until the end to see them get progressively more bearable.

[MrModojojo]

I know a lot of comments have said this already but thanks for breaking this down. Genuinely lost when it came to the ending of the game and you explaining it cleared all my questions up.

[indiejurnee]

🤔Some additional thoughts:

1. The 3 humanoid soldiers were also aliens familiar with the invading ones and came to earth in the past (the colors landing in the ocean) to prepare for the invasion by training how to destroy the simulation pods. Or it could be that the colored comets were remnants of power from space that the humans learned to control over years of testing.
2. The humanoids each had to learn to control a particular power which mirrored the alien’s power in an effort to use their weapons against them.
3. The situation didn’t go as planned and the blue solider landed in the family’s home before dying and the red solider watched and waited to see how the man would utilize the power. The red soldier eventually felt comfortable saving the man and also giving him the red power as the man he helped the orbs (which were friendly, even with humans) and didn’t abuse the power.
4. Looks like the soldiers were aware of the simulation and potential for death and figured out how to transfer additional information and memories even within the simulation.
5. The researchers in the under water training facility had to test his ability to use the powers to see if he could take the place of the original soldiers. The red solider was on his way to the church anyway (he turned into one after dying and there was a glowing purple light in the solider version of the church…just as the purple soldier was waiting for the man in the actual church) and called ahead to the purple solider to let them know he’d found the man.
6. The tranquil sea base where the man received the power in the simulation, was where the real purple solider ended up but there were also simulated replicas of the blue and red solider (who were actually dead by that point). The simulations provide the trapped person a sense of peace and normalcy so they won’t be suspicious (just like in the Matrix)

If you enjoy sci-fi narrative adventures, here is a ending breakdown of Last Stop: Last Stop All Endings Explained

[ember.]

This is the only explained video of this game I could find, and I enjoyed it very much! I hope to see more explained videos from you!

[SirCaseyoftheLea]

Thank you so much for this explanation. I really enjoyed it. And great eye when it came to the little drawings!

[FawziBreidi]

This video is a narration and not an explanation but thanks nonetheless.

[mactei]

Thanks for these explanations. My 8 year son and I have enjoyed playing it, and we have each found different endings. You gave me a few more than I was not aware of, and my son and I will need to watch your video and play again! Also, the kids in the pods? I think that is his kid grown up in different situations, and he is able to see into the future of what can be. That was pretty cool for me to think about. Amazing game! Reminded me of "Out of this World" from 1991. That was another amazing story game.

[tristanwegner]

After I read that you can decode the alien language by pay attention and practicing with the small orbs, I managed to understand most, and communicate with the aliens to get the good ending. It also helps playing along with the orbs, because the react with signals to certain situations, giving you more data to decode the language. Watching the children in the spheres and their flashlight also helps.

[Troythesandman]

Ok pretty sure it's just a glitch but when I first took control of the dad I just went straight downstairs and touched nothing and then the family was pretty much teleported down there and the dad died which confused me for I while until I saw this which confirmed it was indeed a glitch

[iadoreyah]

I felt stupid I had no idea what was happening with the talk with the other lifeforms😭, I got the resignation ending.

[samanthaofcatarina]

The start was different for my playthrough, once I had control of the dad I went to the basement and tried to turn the light on and then the game put me in the cutscene of grabbing the blue guys hand

[RAGaming]

This is a really neat 2D with a 3D sort of feel to and beautiful graphics! And quite the story, wow! Very cool looking game and great video covering it!😊

[emmanuelu.]

Great video! I chose the path of violence but I got confused by the message when the "achievement" was unlocked. I was pretty sure there were some other endings and here they are... :) Great job!
(I loved the narrator's voice)

[Arnell_TheEsoteric_Long]

Just beat the game today, April 6th 2024 and I got all endings. This was definitely a sad but intriguing game. I still liked Limbo and Inside more, but this was really good! And this video was awesome!🙏🏽

[shamnarayan]

I had no idea there were multiple endings lol, i just did the first one!!

[MR-gvbv]

Damn that fucking different from my gameplay.

I don't even see galitic wars I just go into basement and then interact with random blue light and paassing out.

I don't even know it have differemt ending.

[wereitsoeasy]

How do we know how to trigger the different conversations without a guide?

Ps: great video!

[waalex]

Every Playdead (now game Jumpship) are perplexing yet intriguing once understood, but this was disappointing compared to their previous work...

Thanks for the explanation though.
The game is somewhat entertaining and slightly intriguing but a little disappointing compared to Limbo and Inside.
Although, none are great even though the first two were very intriguing at the time.

[drMattZappa]

Your breakdown was better than the game, but i did enjoy the visuals and the sound design.