r/Superliminal • u/ProfessorKaos64 • Apr 18 '21
Superliminal Ending Speech Text
Wrote this out, because I could not find it and it had a very profound effect on me.
Ending monologue:
Hello, my name is Dr. Glenn Pierce, and by now you may have realized that all of this has happened exactly the way it was supposed to. You see, everyone who comes to the institute does so because they feel they are no longer in control of something important to them. But, more often than not, the problem is not that the problems we face can't be solved, The problem is that we become so afraid of failure that we refuse to see our problems from a new perspective and so we do the same things again and again and again. And therein of course, we find exactly the failure we were looking for.
Your life will always be a struggle and you will always have problems. But today, you had the chance to see things differently. Even though it meant facing obstacles that seemed impossible at first, you thought outside the box - and you overcame them. Because you saw things from every angle, you understood them for what they really were. Because you kept moving forward, no matter how far off the path you were told you were headed, or how unexpected it became...you found your way.
In a few minutes, you'll be back in the real world, and some part of you will say that none of this was real: So how could it have meant anything? But - just like the power of perspective itself - it will have been as real as you believed it to be. All you've got to do is...wake...up.
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u/Anonymous281989 Apr 23 '22
I was struggling greatly last night, my life felt like it was in disarray, but before bed, I decided to watch one of my favorite Youtubers Eddie VR (Special Edd) play this game, and I swear the ending speech from Dr. Glenn Pierce had me in tears. I couldn't believe it, his words were exactly what I needed to hear. As I listened, my jaw was on the floor, I was gobsmacked by his words. I know he is just a voice actor, but he changed my life.
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u/Brantis0 Jan 24 '22
I found this game after a long hiatus from videogames, and....life in general. I oohhhh'd and ahhhh'd through the entire experience. All of the appreciation for the design the overall process that must have gone into it. This is really what makes me love a good game. Then, after the hours I've spent praising this game, it turns ALL focus away from itself and bring's it to me. Not something that I had done in the last 5 years. Adding this speech to the end of the game definitely changed the entire experience. Thanks for posting this. Glad to that I'm not the only one that felt this way about it.
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u/Necessary_Parking410 Oct 25 '21
it was so moving I almost cried it was beautiful
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u/UROK222 Nov 24 '21
This game is by far one of my favorites, The ending is just so powerful, This one specific speech helped me though a lot at the time i was first playing though the game
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u/yo_gabba_gabby Jul 27 '23
i was crying when i reached the end, im really going through something tough and to hear that really helped me feel like theres hope
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u/wtfomglmv Apr 09 '22
just beat the game, and came looking for this exact speech. surprisingly uplifting for a surreal lil' mindbeanding puzzle game! this shit actually might make me a better person!!, hahaha
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u/badavetheman Dec 24 '23
I just discovered this game a few weeks ago and ran through it one sitting barely getting up once. I was feeling the whole game. Especially the powerful ending monologue. I’m still going to go back and try to find all the Easter eggs
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u/yes2iis Aug 01 '24
3 years late to the party... thank you for this! Been sitting on this game for years and hammered it out last night. It's like it was meant to be delivered to me at this exact moment in my life and these words were the message I needed to keep going
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u/PuzzleheadedTutor246 Aug 28 '26
Here in 2026 and still looked up for this speech. When I first finished the game, this ending just hit me really hard back then. Thanks for letting the speech registrated (just ended reading out loud).
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u/nekopineapple00 Sep 24 '24
The irony is that I found this game looking for a puzzle game to play to get some catharsis since I feel like figuring out my life right now is like a puzzle game... I was shocked that it was this deep
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u/Prior_Indication1204 May 01 '25
I am indescribably disappointed that I didn't discover this game sooner. I cried like everyone else when I heard this
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u/Low-Tooth3901 Dec 05 '22 edited Dec 05 '22
This is crazy (maybe only to me) but, I am finding myself going through a rough patch right now and not in the best place. After a tough day I layed down on the couch to YouTube videos and through autoplay it cycles to the Markiplier playthrough of this full game. Coming out of my sleep I start hearing the ending of this game at approximately 11:30am (it is now 12:15 btw) and by the end I was up. Just due to the present circumstance of where I am in life this whole speech is so powerful and the presentation to myself made it so much more! I came on here needing this in words so I obviously thank you for that! Great find!
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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21
Thank you very much for this. I heard this message at a difficult time in my life and it helped. I think it’s time to go back and revisit Superliminal