The Other Simulations

So we know the Glitch were the only simulation made by the unknown race that are alive today. But. What happened to the others? We don't see any of their ruins or possible notes left behind (I know its beta but this is just discussion} and we know the simulations eventually destroyed themselves.

Don't you think (as long as the simulations were not organic or can "die" of old age) we would be seeing some survivors? Or at least dormant or offline (offline as in dead) robots who were part of whatever simulation?

It would be impossible not to find something that would let us know more about the other simulations.

 

I'm not entirely sure but I think I read somewhere that said the other simulations advanced to quickly and destroyed themselves.

 

I hope they're added later on.

Like, the lore says most of them advanced to far and destroyed themselves, yeah? So it would be neat/very somber to find the ruins of hyper advanced cities, filled with deactivated Glitches.

 

pretty cool good question maybe they made skynet?

 

It appears you did not read the post. I said in the first sentence I know they destroyed themselves.

What I'm talking about is traces of their existence. It would not be possible to NOT find something related to these simulations.

 

"You can't get hurt here!"

 

Look behind you....

Yes.

 

I'm just waiting for yet another Terminator .gif...
It depends on how they plan to implement the lore, personally I wouldn't mind seeing some old buildings/backgrounds/robots etc etc, you know the deal.

 

I have no clue what you are talking about. Old ruins of lost civilizations are always cool.

 

Well, they were universe wide experiments, which means whoever created the experiments had a huge amount of extremely far reaching power.
Perhaps they "wiped" the slate after each experiment, so to speak.

Think of it like a petri dish. After you're done growing whatever, you get a new one or scorch the old one spotless, so as not to impact the new experiment. Since you can't just go get a new universe, perhaps they scorched what was left.

 

This does not mean traces would not be left though. You can try removing all the evidence all you want but if the simulations were this far reaching something has to have survived.

Also keep in mind that the "precursor" race made these simulations for observation. So they really don't need to remove any of the "junk" left over unless they want to put some new simulations in that area. But then we would have evidence of the destruction.

Also the "precursors" went into hiding or died while the Glitch were alive. This could mean if they ran multiple simulations (which it seems they did) those traces would not be removed.

 

If they were thorough and intent on no traces, I doubt a race capable of such an experiment would not succeed in obliterating any trace of their experiments.

Evidence of destruction really depends on what method they use to wipe things clean. If they literally burned the entire planet then yeah, there would be evidence. But depending on the methods, how long ago it was, and the natural biome of the planet, there easily could not be any evidence.

The Glitch were the final experiment. It seems to me they ran only one experiment at a time.

 

It would take a literal eternity if they were to wipe clean every single trace of a past civilization. And for research purposes they would of probably left some ruins of some sort for whatever reason (Check new simulations reaction to it etc).

 

For us it would take an eternity. But you have to remember, this "creator" race is clearly much more advanced, much more powerful, and basically everywhere. If they could create an entire race and observe it as it spread across the stars just to see how it developed, they clearly had far more sophisticated tools and methods than any other race.

If they were trying to study how a new race developed, I doubt they'd want previous races as influence.

 

We are influenced by previous tribes and civilizations that have died out. So why not any simulations?

And imo you would have to be god if you wanted to eliminate every single trace. It would just not be possible.

 

Well, the lore says they all tore each other to bits, so maybe they also messed up and deconstructed/annihilated everything they'd built as well.

 

Because we are not (at least nothing we can prove) simulations. If you wanted to see how a race develops purely on it's own, you'd remove outside influences and see how they self-develop.

Maybe they had powers like god. After all, they're running around creating their own entire races for the purpose of "experimentation". Creation is kind of a big god-only thing, right?

 

Not really. We can simulate things on our computers and with robots so its not a far stretch to "program" robots to evolve.

And the simulations are meant to mimic life. So it would be strange if they did not find any evidence of predecessors.

 

Maybe they figured out how meaningless it meant to live. Like figuring out the meaning of life in general, and they decided that it wasn't worth knowing the complete truth. But then that leaves the question of potential ruins...
Perhaps a similar 'glitched' occurred that made them want to destroy anything that related to their culture.
Either that or the creators just decided to wipe clean of the higher advanced glitches.