The Ultimate SOMA Discussion Thread

[Sampyli]

Thinking about their research makes me wonder: what is the purpose of setting the game in a facility at the bottom of the ocean? Obviously it will serve to effectively build an atmosphere of isolation, but how will this be contextualized in the story? Everything we have seen indicates these people are doing research about consciousness, or perhaps they end up studying these things simply out of necessity after things start to go to hell.

Doing research at the bottom of the sea would seem to only be useful if you are studying flora and fauna down there, or perhaps they are studying the effects of human isolation.

Whatever the rationale is, I'm excited to see how the story is established and where the devs take it.

Well, no ones going to find you in the bottom of the ocean so you can do some preeeetty secret stuff down there, like study weird dangerous machines you've found and keep them away from other people.

a question, the game will run under the sea? or just the lambda station? and the rest will be in space?

I'm pretty sure we won't be in space at all and will have to explore most, if not all of the different stations.