The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe - How to Get the Improved Escape Pod Ending
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Edition revisits a lot of the original game's endings and secrets, but one such story path has eluded many players since 2013. Nine years later, the updated re-release hides an optional encounter that manages to shed light on the Escape Pod ending and give it some well-deserved closure.
In the original build of The Stanley Parable, which was based on a Half-Life 2 mod, it was possible to seemingly break the game by walking back through some closing doors at a crucial moment and cutting off the Narrator, leaving the player unable to progress.
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The subsequent HD Remix and Ultra Deluxe Edition acknowledge this glitch by opening up a path only accessible by backtracking, which leads to an escape pod that can apparently be used to leave the office. However, before the player can get inside the escape pod, it suddenly cuts to black and restarts the game, which can be considered rather underwhelming after all the effort required.
This feeling is shared by many players, some of whom have re-created the ending using the game's engine to add more to the apparent escape pod's story arc, with happy/sad outcomes that even features special dialogue recorded by the official game's narrator.
The development team Crows Crows Crows has apparently seen this and subverted player expectations by including a secret ending that impacts a specific future playthrough.
Once a player has experienced several Stanley Parable endings, a door will randomly appear before reaching the Two Doors Room that clearly displays the words «NEW CONTENT.»
Entering this door leads to a literal on-rails showcase of The Stanley Parable's history, but ultimately
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