VERY SPOILERY STUFF ENSUES, TO THE POINT OF
THE ENTIRE PLOT BEING REVEALED...
Kotario said:
Hmm... I'd like to ask about a few things that have been mentioned. I don't care about spoilers, as I'm not going to play the game (unless someone gave me a free copy or other such unlikely event), just curious in an abstract way about some things that have been mentioned.
What is this "hell vision" in the bathroom mirrors?
What is the larger plot (I know, I know, not much point of talking about the plot in a shooter), a fleet has been mentioned, and communicating with it. What is that all about?
Ok, Hell Vision in the bathroom:
There are other instances of Hell vision, but the one in the mirror in the bathroom was probably the most frightening. Basically, when you happen to glance in the mirror, the lights shut off real fast, replaced by this red glow, and your vision is like, well its kinda hard to describe, but you can only move the mouse around VERY slowly, and there's all these freaky sounds and, its just a very frightening ordeal.
As for the the plot:
You're a marine that has been assigned to work at Mars City. You get there and you have no idea what is happening. You only learn the plot through little cutscenes and through pdas and stuff.
Basically, the UAC found an ancient civilization on Mars. They found lots of artifacts and stuff. The most important artifacts were these 4 stone tablets and the soulcube. One of the stone tablets details the ancient race's teleportation technology, and gave detailed mathematics on how it worked. The other stone tablets tell how the ancient civilization was all but wiped out by an invading force(which turns out to be hell's demons). SO, the ancient civilization created the soulcube, and they basically sacrifice the majority of their race in order to power the soulcube, cause everyone's essence got stored in there or whatever. Then, the ancient race's most powerful warrior wielded the soulcube, and defeated the forces of hell. The remaining survivors of the ancient race then used their teleportation technology to leave mars, and, some uac scientists believe, went to earth, thereby making humans the descendants of this ancient race.
SO, Delta Labs took the teleportation information on the tablet and began to experiment with it. They began to send through test subjects. The teleportation SHOULD have been instantaneous, however, there was a slight delay. Also, test subjects began to go insane babbling about demons and whatnot. So, they teleported a videodrone through, and it sent back some startling footage. There were EYES in the darkness!! ooooo!! SO, they began to send squads through the teleporter, because Betruger( the crazy scientist in charge of the operation) wanted to know what was goin on. The teams that went through encountered what could only have been described as demons. They began to collect specimens, and these demons were studied in delta labs. After all sorts of research, it was concluded that this was indeed a portal to Hell. The teleportation technology was also extra-dimensional technology apparently.
The UAC board just happened to have sent in Coucilman Eliot Swann and his personal bodyguard at the same time as you got assigned to Mars. They were there to conduct a full investigation and report on the goings on of Mars Base.
SO, after a couple of minutes into the game, Betruger, in a startling and surprising move, took the soulcube and went through the portal to Hell. This compromised the integrity of the portal, and released hell's fury onto the base. Betruger was apparently there for a while, and when he came back, he didn't have the soulcube. He was basically working for the forces of hell. By bringing the soulcube into hell, he thought that the only weapon that could defeat them would be safely guarded in hell, thereby allowing for hell's army to take over the world. Little does he know that YOU are fighting for the side of humanity!
So, after the initial invasion, it was your duty to send a communication to the Fleet so they could come in and save the day. This is just what Betruger wants, though, cause his plan all along was to take the ships and pack them full of hellspawn, go to earth, and wreak havoc.
So, after a lot of fighting, you end up in hell, retrieve the soulcube, go back to Mars Base, fight some more, then go down to the ancient civilization digsite, fight some more, and end up at the Hell Portal, which the forces of hell are spewing out of. They no longer need to come in through the teleporters, cause when Betruger messed up the integrity or whatever, this gave way for the hell portal to open up. So, you have to destroy the hell portal. BUT, in order to do that, you have to fight the ultimate baddie: The Cyberdemon! This collosal badass is tough, and wicked enormous. So you run around, and the only way to kill him is with the soulcube. So, you end up killing him, and then the soulcube flies around, goes down the portal, lot of explosion type situations occur, and then the portal seals up. It then cuts to you being rescued by some soldiers from the fleet. You win! Yay!
Ending scene: Cut to hell, you see Betrugers head, pan out, his head is like on a stalk or something, coming out of the mouth of a demon dragon thing. The head goes back into the mouth. This is Betruger's new form: Demon Dragon Thing. He wasn't being eaten by the dragon, he is the dragon! Oh no! He's in hell of course. He then flies away, presumably to plot for the invasion of Earth or something in Doom 4.
THE END.
