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In the bad ending of the game, you bomb some volcano looking region of the city with what looks like nukes to kill the dark ones. Got lots of questions about that. Why was that area glowing red? Why were the dark ones thought to be there while during the game they were quite close to human settlements? Or if human settlements are under that red area, doesn't bombing it also harm the humans? And why exactly was the objective bombing the dark ones while nosalises were shown to be the main threat to humanity? If polis station had accepted helping, would they also bomb the red area? I was under the impression they'd come to Artyom's Station and protect it manually. Also if those missiles were nukes, won't that just create more mutants? Are these ever explained in the game or the books?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the book I don't believe they were nukes, just described as a pre-war missle silo. They fire 4 into the gardens, it's pretty clear in the games that the gardens and surrounding area are the home of the dark ones, they live really right on top of humanity. I haven't played last light tho so I'm not sure about anything else.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it was heavily implied to be nukes in the books but never explicitly stated.

The gardens were above a station that was abandoned though, so bombing it wouldn't do as much as if it was right over an active station.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sequel expands but doesn't really change any of that stuff. To OP I would suggest playing the next one, it might answer some of the questions.