It was to be expected since he was already injured, but it's still very sad to see such a good, kind man die. Earlier on Tau Volantis, the death of Buckell.The look of resignation on Isaac's face once he reaches the research base says it all.

When the Snow Beast attacks the elevator, she's screaming for her life, and Isaac tries his damn hardest to save her, until Carver chops the cable to prevent the entire cliff from collapsing. Shortly after, she's scared for her life going up a sheer cliff on a rickety elevator, but Isaac keeps talking to her and keeping her focused on the mission instead of the height. She starts off in the game rather chipper, but eventually has a breakdown from Norton's death and the dwindling party.

Ellie's reaction is also equally heartbreaking.

It doesn't make the scene any less tragic. Although, it's heavily alluded and very likely that he and Carver may have survived with the ambiguous voice message after the credits. And succumbs his apparent fate as the Brethren Moon collapses into the planet as it's torn apart by the machine. And in Isaac's final moment as the two spiral down into the abyss created in the Moon's wake, he silently pulls out the photo of Ellie he carried unto- and it's pulled away from his fingers.

They are consumed in the storm as Moon is pulled into the planet to their inevitable death. Isaac and Carver have crippled the Brethren Moon, momentarily weakening it, allowing the two to finish the machine and bring an end to the chaos that's been chasing after Isaac since the beginning of the franchise- but, immediately after they turn it back on. Granted, she escapes on her own but some find it difficult to Press X to Not Die when prompted due to not wanting to leave her behind. The part after you piece together Rosetta and have to leave Ellie to die a horrible death by poison gas.Warning: Spoilers Off applies to Tear Jerker pages.

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