
Fading to Black indicates that what just happened is exactly as it appeared. First, remember that the game uses scene transitions that either Fate to White or Fade to Black. And, what better way to be a hero than to be the sole survivor of something truly terrible? The events in his purgatory align themselves to kill Lugo and Adams specifically to create what Walker believes is an ideal situation for him to triumph. However, we must remember the reason for Walker's rampage through Dubai. One would think that, if Walker is creating his own Dubai has he stumbles along after the point of his death, his squad wouldn't die. After all that Delta Squad has been through, it isn't until after the helicopter crash that members of the squad actually begin dying. What follows the crash is being made up as he goes along, until he reaches the "confrontation" with Conrad that he believed he would face. I believe that the hallucinations are markedly worse here because there is no longer a "reality" of what previously happened to ground Walker in his purgatory. The discovery that he's been hallucinating Conrad ever since the White Phosphorus Incident is just icing on the cake. The remnants of the 33rd he encounters in the tower are very likely not real. He sees the tower in a vibrant state when he reaches it, when the reality is anything but. He sees images of Dubai in flames more than once. Following the helicopter crash, Walker's hallucinations become much more obvious and all encompassing. Or, you can accept the additional possible truth that he is, in fact, telling the truth. You can either accept that he's just crazy and rambling, which is probably true. At the beginning of the helicopter segment, Walker exclaims that he's done it before. unless Walker has already experienced it one or more times? A reflection of Lugo, after he has been hung by the lynch mob! Why would an event that technically hasn't happened yet appear so accurately in a hallucination. There is a very odd reflection in the glass.
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At the beginning of Chapter 9, while you're rappelling down the building, look at the windows to your left. He must continue doing it until he fully accepts that this is his fault. Walker's purgatory is flat out not allowing him to avoid this major transgression. Attempt to avoid firing the White Phosphorus, and you'll be assaulted with an endless barrage of soldiers until you run out of ammo. Kind of like how sudden Walker may have died in that helicopter crash. Turn around, and it's suddenly as dead as the rest of Dubai. It seems pretty lively and vibrant, until you pass it. Not long before the White Phosphorus Incident, you pass by a tree. Isn't that odd, considering that Walker doesn't point it out and state that Conrad's face is right there? In the very first chapter, there is at least one billboard which proudly displays John Conrad's face. I have a feeling that Lugo was never speaking Farsi. The same Afghanistan Kabul is located in. Arabic is the official language of the UAE. This is kind of odd, considering that Farsi is not the official language of the UAE. In the very first conversation with the insurgents, Lugo starts speaking Farsi. The signs are subtle, but Walker is not all there, even in the very first chapter of the game. Here are some of the points of evidence I'd like to present toward this opinion. Until he accepts what he has done and finally finds peace. Every time he "dies" in this purgatory, he begins again. For his "sins", he is going through the purgatory of endlessly repeating his time in Dubai. Well, my theory is that following the helicopter crash we see in the prologue, Walker has died. So, how much of what happened in the game actually happened? Are there entire portions of the game that technically didn't happen at all? We've learned that Walker hallucinated a great many things throughout the game, particularly late in his journey. There are massive spoilers below for those who haven't. Okay, so hopefully anyone reading this thread has played and finished the game and all that good stuff.
