History TearJerker / SOMA

* It's revealed that [[spoiler:despite David Munchi's best efforts and the scan data in 2015, the original Simon died little over a month after said scan was taken. A dying Simon even confides to David that he's more than willing to allow his scan to outlast him, eventually becoming a legacy scan that would serve as a template for future AI.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Simon:''']] [[spoiler: You know what sucks about dying? The crash. Everything up till now. The brain damage, you guys, everything -- it has made my life so much more... real. I started thinking about all the things I was going to do. I'd never been more excited to be alive! All that hope...wasted.]]

* Meeting [[spoiler:[[LastOfHerKind the very last human left on Earth]], Sarah Lindwall, and turning off her life support. She thanks you and asks that you stay with her as she dies. If you do, she reminisces about her life on the surface, talks about how she wishes that she had gotten to spend her final moments with her family, and finally closes her eyes and grows silent. The life support machine shows her flat lining, and you realise that organic humanity has come to an end.]]

** Earlier, [[spoiler: you can read the black box of the man that killed her - he was DrivenToSuicide due to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone what they did]].]

* The line used in the trailers, with Catherine screaming "It's not my fault people keep killing themselves!"? That's NotHyperbole or deflecting blame - [[spoiler: the first Pathos-II employee scanned, Mark Sarang, had effectively started a cult that advocated for those scanned to commit suicide, so that the scan would be their "true" self from that point onward. He did his right in front of Catherine by hiding cyanide capsules in his gum, biting down after the scan was complete.]]

* If the hints in the logs are correct and Imogen Reed and [[spoiler: Catherine]] were a couple, then the fact that [[spoiler: Reed never got scanned and thus Catherine will never meet her again]] can be pretty tearjerking.

** Actually, the latter 'Transmission' clips suggest in this Tropers mind that she may have had a thing for Golaski [[spoiler: as they embrace and hold hands in what appears to be the ARK at the end of #8]]. Also suggests she made it on the ARK which would make sense as, while there were issues with the scan, it may have worked. And Imogen could be Bi.

* While all of the fates of the employees are heartbreaking, young couple Brandon Wan and Alice Koster's are possibly the most heartbreaking and disturbing. [[spoiler: Brandon sacrifices himself by damaging the elevator to buy Alice and his friends more time to escape from the Proxy Monsters as Alice pleads with him to come with her. Cornered by Proxies, he committed suicide by slashing his throat to avoid a grisly fate. Alice, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. She and the group were captured by the Proxies, with her being assimilated, her entire face unrecognisable. The worst part is that she was INSIDE the train, meaning she was so close to escaping. You find her still very much alive, and speaking, with lines like "Brandon...protect me...".]] This is all made even worse by the simulation of the two of them earlier in the game and their messages in Brandon's room, showing how deeply they cared for each other.

* If the hints in the logs are correct and Imogen Reed and [[spoiler: Catherine]] were a couple than the fact that [[spoiler: Reed never got scanned and thus Catherine will never meet her again]] can be pretty tearjerking.
** Actually, the latter 'Transmission' clips suggest in this Tropers mind that she may have had a thing for Golaski [[spoiler: as they embrace and hold hands in what appears to be the ARK at the end of #8]] Also suggests she made it on the ARK which would make sense as, while there were issues with the scan, it may have worked. And Imogen could be Bi.

* The SadisticChoice you're forced to make in order to get to Theta. [[spoiler:You need to kill a robot to call the zeppelin to take you to Theta, and there are two robots in the area: one is a deranged but reasonably happy and nonviolent mockingbird, and the other is the Universal Helper, who's basically an adorable, loyal, underwater robot dog who has helped you and saved your life on multiple occasions. And if you kill the Universal Helper, it'll become afraid of you, and you'll never see it again]].

* The SadisticChoice you're forced to make in order to get to Theta. [[spoiler:You need to kill a robot to call the zeppelin to take you to Theta, and there are two robots in the area: one is a deranged but reasonably happy and nonviolent mockingbird, and the other is the Universal Helper, who's basically an adorable, loyal, underwater robot dog who has helped you and saved your life on multiple occasions. And if you kill the Universal Helper, it'll become afraid of you, and you'll never see it again]].

* It's revealed that [[spoiler:despite David Munchi's best efforts and the scan data in 2015, the original Simon died little over a month after said scan was taken. A dying Simon even confides to David that he's more than willing to allow his scan to outlast him, eventually becoming a legacy scan that would serve as a template for future AI.]]

* The CURIE and its crew [[spoiler:dared to explore what remained of Earth after the impact in the hopes of finding survivors, only to find nothing but death and ruin. Unfortunately, they all died just as they were about to return to Pathos-II.]]

-->''Salud!''

* In Upsilon, Simon can stumble on transcriptions of some of the last surface messages Pathos-II received before the world ended. All of them showed how much the crew's contacts in Carthage Industries commended their efforts and wished them well, but also how said contacts made an effort to FaceDeathWithDignity, knowing fully well that they were all doomed to die. What takes the cake though is the last transmission from Cadiz, Spain, received ''less than a minute'' before impact.

* In Upsilon, Simon can stumble on transcriptions of some of the last surface messages Pathos-II received before the world ended. All of them showed how much the crew's contacts in Carthage Industries commended their efforts and wished them well, but also how said contacts made an effort to FaceDeathWithDignity. What takes the cake though is the last transmission from Cadiz, Spain, received ''less than a minute'' before impact.

** Actually, the latter 'Transmission' clips suggest in this Tropers mind that she may have had a thing for Golaski [[spoiler: as they embrace and hold hands in what appears to be the ARK at the end of #8]] Also suggests she made it on the ARK which would make sense as, while there were issues with the scan, it may have worked. Annnd Imogen could be Bi.
* While all of the fates of the employees are heartbreaking, young couple Brandon Wan and Alice Koster's are possibly the most heartbreaking and disturbing. [[spoiler: Brandon sacrifices himself by damaging the elevator to buy Alice and his friends more time to escape from the Proxy Monsters as Alice pleads with him to come with her. Cornered by Proxies, he committed suicide by slashing his throat to avoid a grisly fate. Alice, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. She and the group were captured by the Proxies, with her being assimilated, her entire face unrecognisable. The worst part is that she was INSIDE the train, meaning she was so close to escaping. You find her still very much alive, and speaking, with lines like "Brandon...protect me...".]] This is all made even worse by the simulation of the two of them earlier in the game and their messages in Brandon's room, showing how deeply they cared for each other.

** Actually, the latter 'Transmission' clips suggest in this Tropers mind that she may have had a thing for Golaski [[spoiler: as they embrace and hold hands in what appears to be the ARK at the end of #8]] Also suggests she made it on the ARK which would make sense as, while there were issues with the scan, it may have worked. Annnd Imogen could be Bi.

** Actually, the latter 'Transmission' clips suggest in this Tropers mind that she may have had a thing for Golaski [[spoiler: as they embrace and hold hands in what appears to be the ARK at the end of #8]] Also suggests she made it on the ARK which would make sense as, while there were issues with the scan, it may have worked. Annnd Catherine could be Bi.

* If the hints in the logs are correct and Imogen Reed and [[spoiler: Catherine]] were a couple than the fact that [[spoiler: Reed never got scanned and thus Catherine will never meet her again]] can be pretty tearjerking.

* The ending. [[spoiler:Though Simon and Catherine successfully upload their scans onto the ARK, the Simon we're playing as fails to realise that he himself would not be put on the ARK, a ''copy'' of him would. In despair at having been left behind he lashes out at Catherine, who responds by getting angry and cursing him for his ignorance. Suddenly she suffers a critical failure, and [[KilledMidSentence dies mid-sentence.]] Simon realises that she has gone and that he has been left alone, deep at the bottom of the sea with no way out, forever. The game ends with Simon hopelessly begging Catherine not to leave him. Roll credits. At least TheStinger is happier.]]

* Meeting [[spoiler:[[LastOfHisKind the very last human left on Earth]], Sarah Lindwall, and turning off her life support. She thanks you and asks that you stay with her as she dies. As she does she reminisces about her life on the surface, talks about how she wishes that she had gotten to spend her final moments with her family, and finally closes her eyes and grows silent. The life support machine shows her flat lining, and you realise that organic humanity has come to an end.]]

* Meeting [[spoiler:the very last human left on Earth, Sarah Lindwall, and turning off her life support. She thanks you and asks that you stay with her as she dies. As she does she reminisces about her life on the surface, talks about how she wishes that she had gotten to spend her final moments with her family, and finally closes her eyes and grows silent. The life support machine shows her flat lining, and you realise that organic humanity has come to an end.]]