

By plugging the battery in, you are allowing human will to subvert what nature was trying to do, and C.W. Ending one is the bad ending, and can be obtained if you plug C.W.’s battery in. This fact becomes crucial to many of the puzzles in the game’s latter half. This becomes clear when you finally visit Soria and rise over a crest to see Arizona in the distance. For example, the Arizona desert sitting in the middle of the alien planet is swapped out for a chunk of Soria (the final Mofang alien planet) that becomes lodged in the middle of Arizona on Earth.

In the end, it is discovered that portions of planets from various places and times have been swapped out. There’s an entire lore and history of the people and aliens that I won’t go into because an entire book could be written with the details found scattered around the game.

It seems like this hodge-podge was once a community, but it’s currently empty, and documents scattered about hint at a war with alien beasts. Early exploration shows a conglomeration of buildings and environments that don’t seem to belong together all in one place, the borders of each being oddly circular in shape. Obduction’s premise is that portions of Earth have been stolen away and placed on an alien planet. Here’s a picture of the campfire from the very start of Obduction to separate you from the spoilers that lie in wait below. If you haven’t read our SPOILER FREE review, you should go check it out. Be warned, from here forward there are major spoilers for Obduction. If you don’t want to be spoiled, turn away now.
