@Elliptica @LittleTom you have to at least watch the other endings, it makes a lot more sense if you do so. apparently there is a lot more story given in NG+ as well. i understand the plot pretty well. whether it is a good plot or not is up for debate.
@Elliptica @LittleTom yeah it'll probably work for some people and not for others, I can tell. If I got In Water for my first SH2 ending I probably wouldn't have been that interested in playing it again either lol so I get it.
@LittleTom @Elliptica I just watched the cutscenes and I'll be doing another playthrough soon, but I was able to mostly piece it together through those alone tbh. The journal entries I'm guessing just add a lot of context and cement things.