Everbody's Gone To The Rapture

[Skyboxer]

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Purchased yesterday. Hope to get some time with it tonight.

[Burns11]

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Was able to play again without issue, and played through to the end. I'm pretty solid on all the stuff that went on, but the cause is still up in the air. There was a coded message at the end of the credits, but I didn't get a screen or think to save the video and pull it from that.

This game has some jaw dropping visuals and the music/sound design was outstanding.

[Picci]

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Every once in awhile, a game comes out that doesn't play by the rules. A new genre in story-telling seems to be coming out more and more such as The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and Everybody's Gone To The Rapture. To me, this is a game, but different. As a player, you're asked to piece together the puzzle in what has happened in a small British town in 1982 and to all of the people who live there. The story you uncover won't be in order. It's not perfect, nor is it the best looking console game I've seen. (The Order still holds that crown). But the attention to detail, the musical score, playacting, and narrative based story-telling makes this an amazing experience. It's not for everyone like others have said, but when you're walking through the corn fields or staring at the night sky, it will make you open your mouth in amazement. This game truly should, and probably will, have Project Morpheus in it's future.

The ending was breathtaking. That's all I could have hoped for. Best $15 I've spent in a long time.

Score: 8 out of 10

Now, for those who have not completed, stay away. Those who have, love to hear what your thoughts and differences in the story were.

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I was wondering what all the numbers were repeated by Dr. Collins. Sets of them such as 1-7, 0-0, 1-1, 1-7, 1-2. It seems to me those were coordinated numbers calculated by Dr. Kate Collins as Chief Scientist at the Observatory. She and her husband Stephen (who by the way is having a relationship with Lizzie) came to the town and soon after, a number of town folks experience bloody noses, headaches, and soon after, disappearance. Birds begin to die and litter the roadways as you will notice. In one audio message, Kate is speaking to Stephen that it's not a flu or pandemic but a living entity that Dr Collins seems to have summoned from the heavens without really saying it. It lives through the phone, TV, and everything that can posses electrical conduits which also begins disabling autos.

Soon after, Kate and Stephen are infected and at the end they are the last two. The beams of light or the butterflies might be the last pieces of man as they fill the night sky. I believe Dr. Collins infects the world as a way of keeping all who have lost and loved a way of littering the earth with a new life or entity from death. Am I close or did I really screw this up? LOL....There's so many ways of interpreting that ending!

Some amazing pics from Rapture:

[Burns11]

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Endgame spoilers

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The numbers read were a takeoff of number stations such as the Lincolnshire Poacher, and the numbers are probably a code of some sort but I didn't write them down, I think every radio had it's own set of codes.

The basic story is Stephen moved away from his hometown, and his possible fiance Lizzie, I think for university (I honestly can't recall where it said he went off to) where he met Kate, an American and presumed genius (and also black, there were some undertones of racism or xenophobia from Stephens mother). Anyway, they take over at the observatory, and are supposed to live in the town for a year to "try it out", Stephen wants to stay, Kate feels like an unwelcome outsider. Eventually they detect a signal in space. When they focus on it using more of the radio telescopes, something comes through, burns both of them and sends them down their own path. Kate tries to understand the thing, studies it and what it is doing. Stephen fears it and expects it to be malevolent and looks to destroy it.

The entity moves about the town, from person to person, trying to go through power lines, eventually killing birds, then causing headaches, nosebleeds, and eventually disappearances. The headaches and nosebleeds were caused by brain lesions in the thalamus (Doctor's recordings). The eventual human disappearances were possibly some sort of spontaneous combustion (sections talking about missing people leaving behind "dust"), or possibly something else (ascendance?), leaving no bodies.

Kate believes this entity has come a long way and is just trying to communicate and tries to figure out how to facilitate that.

Stephen believes the entity is expanding out and attempting to travel out through people and birds, but not being successful as they die. He gets the city council to declare a false flu pandemic to explain a quarantine trying to contain the entity. Eventually he discovers that the entity is traveling through the phone lines and has those cut. He goes a bit nutty, ends up killing a guy with a hammer after he's discovered stealing some supplies (wholesale distributors warehouse, presumably he planned to escape the city with Lizzy, or just supply her for the trek out of town). He gets the town council to order in a gas bombing of the town, thinking if he kills all the people the entity won't have a host to turn to except himself, surviving the gas by hiding in a bunker, he is to light himself on fire killing the entity.

Sometime around the bombing, Kate is aiming the 6th telescope and falls. Injured, she is not sure what will kill her first the injuries or the gas. The entity comforts her and eventually communicates with her and as she is disintegrating she sees Stephen lighting himself on fire through the entity.

Due to the disjointed nature of the story, some of that may be wrong, some might be made up by my mind filling in the gaps, but that was my interpretation of events.

There are some things not answered, what the entity was, who we are, and how long it has been since the events. Also, something exceptionally peculiar, all the images of the entity, the little cockeyed infinity symbol, actually appears as the insignia on Stephens car. I took a screen of that and will post that tomorrow, it's getting late and I don't want to mess with pulling it from my PS4 tonight. Odd that it shows up like that in a predated physical form, not just the paint and such. Makes me want to form a theory that the entity didn't exist, it was just a manifestation of some sort of latent ability within Kate with her unknowingly lashing out at her cheating husband, his side chick, and the town that was so cold to her.

I plan on playing through again, once there is a reliable trophy guide, maybe then I can piece together everything and take a look at the (at least 2) codes that are in the game (the radio messages and the one in the credits).

[Picci]

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Endgame spoilers

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The numbers read were a takeoff of number stations such as the Lincolnshire Poacher, and the numbers are probably a code of some sort but I didn't write them down, I think every radio had it's own set of codes.

The basic story is Stephen moved away from his hometown, and his possible fiance Lizzie, I think for university (I honestly can't recall where it said he went off to) where he met Kate, an American and presumed genius (and also black, there were some undertones of racism or xenophobia from Stephens mother). Anyway, they take over at the observatory, and are supposed to live in the town for a year to "try it out", Stephen wants to stay, Kate feels like an unwelcome outsider. Eventually they detect a signal in space. When they focus on it using more of the radio telescopes, something comes through, burns both of them and sends them down their own path. Kate tries to understand the thing, studies it and what it is doing. Stephen fears it and expects it to be malevolent and looks to destroy it.

The entity moves about the town, from person to person, trying to go through power lines, eventually killing birds, then causing headaches, nosebleeds, and eventually disappearances. The headaches and nosebleeds were caused by brain lesions in the thalamus (Doctor's recordings). The eventual human disappearances were possibly some sort of spontaneous combustion (sections talking about missing people leaving behind "dust"), or possibly something else (ascendance?), leaving no bodies.

Kate believes this entity has come a long way and is just trying to communicate and tries to figure out how to facilitate that.

Stephen believes the entity is expanding out and attempting to travel out through people and birds, but not being successful as they die. He gets the city council to declare a false flu pandemic to explain a quarantine trying to contain the entity. Eventually he discovers that the entity is traveling through the phone lines and has those cut. He goes a bit nutty, ends up killing a guy with a hammer after he's discovered stealing some supplies (wholesale distributors warehouse, presumably he planned to escape the city with Lizzy, or just supply her for the trek out of town). He gets the town council to order in a gas bombing of the town, thinking if he kills all the people the entity won't have a host to turn to except himself, surviving the gas by hiding in a bunker, he is to light himself on fire killing the entity.

Sometime around the bombing, Kate is aiming the 6th telescope and falls. Injured, she is not sure what will kill her first the injuries or the gas. The entity comforts her and eventually communicates with her and as she is disintegrating she sees Stephen lighting himself on fire through the entity.

Due to the disjointed nature of the story, some of that may be wrong, some might be made up by my mind filling in the gaps, but that was my interpretation of events.

There are some things not answered, what the entity was, who we are, and how long it has been since the events. Also, something exceptionally peculiar, all the images of the entity, the little cockeyed infinity symbol, actually appears as the insignia on Stephens car. I took a screen of that and will post that tomorrow, it's getting late and I don't want to mess with pulling it from my PS4 tonight. Odd that it shows up like that in a predated physical form, not just the paint and such. Makes me want to form a theory that the entity didn't exist, it was just a manifestation of some sort of latent ability within Kate with her unknowingly lashing out at her cheating husband, his side chick, and the town that was so cold to her.

I plan on playing through again, once there is a reliable trophy guide, maybe then I can piece together everything and take a look at the (at least 2) codes that are in the game (the radio messages and the one in the credits).

Excellent breakdown Burns...

Pretty much aligned with you but you wrote it down much better. Unfortunately, I don't recall any codes at the ending. There were some audio messages when trying to find that G-Spot which I wish I had headphones on to help capture them. Because it was so faint and the combustion of the lights so loud, I couldn't make it out.

I went to bed and had this story play out in my mind all night. WOW....what an impression! I'll sleep poolside today

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Specifically "the insignia on Stephens car." Which I didn't notice. I'm sure there were many areas I didn't go to and uncover. Was it a butterfly insignia? Any ideas of why we encountered so many of them at the end? You can interpret them as representing "new life" possibly.

Also, did the time standing still at 6:07, on June 6th mean anything to you besides when everyone presumably disappeared?

One other thing. The meaning of Rapture and its part of having its name in the story. Not sure if your a christian man but there's a revelation regarding "everyone going to the rapture" as the time we will all meet our maker and for non-believers to dwell on this earth for eternity.

[DGuinta1]

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For a scater brain like me, I gather this isn't a game for me. You need to stay super focused I am sure.

[Burns11]

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The previously stated "car" image

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This is the map showing the symbols for where the little light memory things are, and one of the rooms with the printed symbols





Here is the car



Noticed no other car after that with that symbol, but stopped looking pretty quick.

Oddly enough, in one of the houses (Graham's? Think he was the other one working at the observatory), he had a printed image that was similar but different

Some other spoiler-y things

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Noticed this right at the beginning and knew it was going in a bad place, this was in the pond by the playground/park right at the beginning



In the holiday camp



Later







Never thought to work my way back and see if those spots had gas bombs.

Some more screens, warning that some do have subtitles but nothing spoilery.

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Man this game had some really good skyboxes.

As per the other stuff

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I did notice the time standing still, also the time shifted to night when you encountered a memory. Not just went dark, sun went down and then rose again after the memory. Something else I noticed, as you progress some things in the main world changed, specifically the windmill stopped moving once you got to that point. Not really sure of the significance of the time, people disappeared at different times though, everybody didn't disappear at once. Maybe that's when Lizzie was "raptured"? I would say you are the entity, which would be good for the story and make some things have more sense, but you aren't there when everybody is "raptured".

I didn't really give any credence to rapture in the title because the game itself didn't really seem to insinuate at all that it was a biblical rapture.

The code in the credits is literally just a block of text numbers at the very end of them, they should have timed the trophy so the numbers would be in the screen shot instead of it coming a second too late and the screen being black.

[Burns11]

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Shower thought (endgame spoilers)

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What if you are Graeme (that's probably how they spelled Graham in game since that is the British way)?

You get no memory things with Graeme in them. In the beginning it was said Graeme was going out to fix the main gate and you start the game at the main gate. At the end, when Lizzie is being captured, she says she sees Stephen setting the fire and being captured. What if the time standing still was because the entire game takes place in an instant as Graeme is dissolving?

[Turbojugend]

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There's another theory floating around, which is that the elderly "John" that went missing is John the Prophet and this is the biblical rapture. There are a few clues about town that would support this claim, though not as many as the "alien contact" theory.

That's the great thing about this story, it's very interpretative and open to discussion.

[Picci]

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For a scater brain like me, I gather this isn't a game for me. You need to stay super focused I am sure.

Suggestions - If you know someone who has it, you could use SharePlay to see if this can be of interest to you. Also, on page 2, there's an underground playground video with one of the Dev team explaining it. I watched it and there's no spoiler in there (they were careful in not spoiling it for the gamer) so that could be helpful piece for you to decide. If and when it drops in price, definitely try it out. Who knows, we maybe can learn something from you.

The previously stated "car" image

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I didn't really give any credence to rapture in the title because the game itself didn't really seem to insinuate at all that it was a biblical rapture.

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Yes, I did see the car but didn't make the connection until now with your pic, it rings a bell. I can't imagine what else went right past me.

Referencing religious implications:

I noticed the clock's on some were maybe a minute back from say a digital clock that read 6:07. I think some may have been pushed back even farther. Maybe someone who has completed it too can give clarity or when you play it a 2nd time, confirm it. We all know, all clocks are not all set exactly, (especially in 1982) so thinking about it, again regarding revelations with the end of the world, the devil will be born on 6/6/6 - The sixth day, of the sixth month, at the 6 hour, hence the 3 Sixes. The mark of the Devil. Is it coincidence that these marks are so close?

There's also a poignant moment at the church. Father Jeremy crying out to God about the end of the earth may have been the last person prior to Stephen and Kate's fate. Thankfully, PS Nation captured it so I can show you again.

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[PVarck31]

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I just downloaded this game and I am confused as can be. I'm basically walking and I mean walking slowly aimlessly. I hear conversations sometimes but nothing that tells me what to do.

I heard if you hold L2 or R2 not sure which, you will go faster. Doesn't work for me. I guess I can see the appeal of this game, I'm just not sure I like it.

[Armor and Sword]

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I just downloaded this game and I am confused as can be. I'm basically walking and I mean walking slowly aimlessly. I hear conversations sometimes but nothing that tells me what to do.

I heard if you hold L2 or R2 not sure which, you will go faster. Doesn't work for me. I guess I can see the appeal of this game, I'm just not sure I like it.

Hold R2 while you walk and you will walk slightly faster.

Follow the light.

Good luck. And stick with it. It will reward you.

[weeeeeeez]

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What an incredible game and story. The music itself was one of the best I've ever heard in a video game.

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I know the story was focused on what happened to the lives of these people at the end neared but I do wish the story expanded more on what the entity actually was and how exactly they made contact with it.

[Picci]

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What an incredible game and story. The music itself was one of the best I've ever heard in a video game.

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I know the story was focused on what happened to the lives of these people at the end neared but I do wish the story expanded more on what the entity actually was and how exactly they made contact with it.

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I believe it was left intentionally for us to determine if it was science, religion, or man-made. The inclusion of Father Jeremy, Stephen, Kate, Wendy, Frank and Lizzie all somehow portray a piece of that mystery. I think those are the six main characters.

Then there's Sam, Evelyn, Rachel, Charlie, Meg, Diana, Shawn, Robert and Graham, which we (I) know very little of.

There's also a piece of me that feels that so much more was left undiscovered. I'll admit, I didn't check every house, barn or trailer.

[Turbojugend]

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Maybe this is common knowledge by now, but every chapter has a "good ending"... of sorts. I didn't realize this until my second playthrough. You'll know when you get one.