I think this storyline has a lot of promise, being both dark and canon. It's also plausible that he couldn't simply revive Vorticons who had died prior to backup tech being researched. And if he ever finds out he had a 3-level path to victory that would have avoided the majority of deaths, well.VikingBoyBilly wrote:Is Keen going to ever contemplate the millions of vorticon deaths that bloodied his hands?
Such a mod would probably involve Braid-like mindscrewness. At some point, reliving some Keen 3 levels with neural stunner, reliving some Keen 4-6 with insanely OP weaponry, leaving smoke and ash in place of every level he finishes. Weird symbolism (though I guess that's more of a challenge without Braid's time-themed mechanics).
Backdrop against 2-3 levels showing what's happening in real life. The Vorticon VI events are one of the few things that might have realistically broken him. Perhaps he starts somewhere on Earth and decides to take out the old Megarocket for a last hoorah. Only via secret levels might he reach something even approaching a recovery, while otherwise the successfully completed story ends with him surviving but running away forever, much like the Doctor.