Until Dawn 2 Fan Might Have Figured Out Its Big Twist

An excellent Until Dawn 2 fan theory suggests that, just like The Quarry, everyone has the potential to turn into monsters that are being hinted at with their designs.

Even though it’s difficult to feel too excited about the future of PlayStation right now with everything going on, there are at least some very cool games on the horizon. One of the standouts for me is Until Dawn 2, which was revealed not too long ago at PlayStation’s big summer State of Play.

The reveal trailer for Until Dawn 2 gave us very little idea of what it’s actually going to be about, beyond it taking place on a presumably haunted island with a bunch of characters who can live, die, and screw each other over. That’s left a lot to theorising, and one fan put together an idea that sounds like it might have cracked the case.

Until Dawn 2 Theory Suggests It’s Closer To The Quarry Than We All Think

The Villain Is Everyone, Actually

Over on the Until Dawn subreddit, Redditor lululemon_fan091 shared a post about how they think they’ve figured out the main villain and twist of Until Dawn 2. To start with, they point out the claims from former developers that The Quarry was meant to be Until Dawn 2 at one point, and that the real sequel could be a “fully realised” version with similar beats.

This is key because the theory focuses on the idea that every member of the cast can potentially become a villain by transforming, just like The Quarry with its werewolf forms for each main character. For Until Dawn 2, the theory suggests that each character can be possessed by the island’s ghost and transform in stressful situations, which would play off the Japanese setting of Akishima Island.

The reveal trailer also has a song that repeats “This is how villains are made” over and over while showing all of the characters in stressful moments.

The PlayStation Blog post for Until Dawn 2 puts a lot of emphasis on these scenarios and, while that’s key to a game like this, lululemon_fan091 suggests that the island’s curse will cause these transformations. The real cincher that makes the theory believable is all the animal motifs that each character in the cast has.

Sebastian’s shirt has a notable tiger motif, Luke’s has a snake wrapping itself around flowers, Josie is wearing butterfly shorts, Sebastian’s partner has golden jewellery like the orb-weaver spider we see in the trailer (with some believing she could be a Jorogumo), and Dacre Montgomery’s character also has a snake tattoo. While this could be a coincidence, it seems a little too much with every character having something.

For now, it’s just a theory, but it’s one that makes a lot of sense with what we’ve seen of Until Dawn 2 so far, especially with Dacre’s character even appearing to start a transformation at one point in the trailer. If it’s true, then Until Dawn 2 really is taking some notes from The Quarry, which might end up being a big positive.

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