Chasing the Elevator Cable (spoilers)

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I just reached the point where the space elevator is destroyed and the cable falls, wrapping itself around the entire world, destroying much of what it lands on.

I loved it.

And I didn't even realize at first that it was going to be portrayed literally as a falling cable from space, anchored on the ground and slapping itself around the planet with the end descending from space. I was following the trail of debris, cleaning it up and repairing things, and decided to pause the game to prevent too many supply disruptions.

But then (still paused) I came across a strange frozen formation of clouds along the impact line...I had caught up with the traveling impact zone I hadn't even realized was being animated. From there the cable curled up into the sky and out of sight. Really?

I unpaused, and I chased that calamity around the world, almost wishing I had more built-up areas in the path, because it was such a fantastic scifi trope.

Well done, devs. I really enjoyed that.