Future 2 lore tease hints at main character’s attainable demise

A Future 2 lore tease suggests Rasputin, the AI Warmind that many imagine is humanity’s solely hope towards The Witness and Xivu Arath within the in style FPS recreation, might as a substitute select to sacrifice himself for what he believes to be the higher good of humanity.

Developed by Clovis Bray and programmed to be essentially the most highly effective weapon within the battle for humanity, Rasputin initially made selections primarily based on mathematical calculations and algorithms. Nevertheless, below Ana Bray’s steering, he started to study ideas akin to emotion, empathy, and struggling.

Lore entries in Future 2 season 19‘s Persona sequence counsel a timeline of his growth, which illustrates how his considering advanced over time.

Nevertheless, the one which captured gamers’ consideration was a lore e-book collected within the recreation’s most up-to-date story mission. Within the e-book’s lore card, he says the next:

Don’t weep.
As I attain into the black.
Ache doesn’t develop into, and obligation retains straight my again.
I selected this life as sacrifice.
And there’s nothing to be accomplished.
Whereas even shadows go away in Darkness,
I await you on the Solar.
Now I end it.
As Tourniquet,
I’ve confirmed it,
Humanity’s belief, I’ve received.

Terminal dialogue from the season additionally offers an audio clip of Rasputin delivering a robust thanks to Ana. In a single notably jarring second, he refers to “the time of our closing calculus.”

YouTuber Evaze covers the lore entries intimately.

Rasputin’s intentions stay unclear. Nevertheless, even when he does sacrifice himself, there’s all the time the chance that he might be resurrected as a Guardian.

There may be yet another lore card to unlock within the sequence. And, the ultimate weeks of the season will supposedly ship a particular quest main into the Future 2 Lightfall launch date. Maybe that can give us extra solutions as we proceed to take a position on this planet constructing behind probably the greatest free PC video games out there.

You should definitely put together for Lightfall by maintaining with all of the motion within the Season of the Seraph. You solely have just a few extra weeks to meet up with all of the actions such because the Future 2 Spire of the Watcher dungeon and the Future 2 Revision Zero unique quest line.