The Cage is a route inSlay the Princessthat was added to the game with the release of the Pristine Cut upgrade. Players can access this route after finding the Prisoner in Chapter 2, provided that they pursue the appropriate dialogue options. This guide is here to detail exactly which options fans should select, and it will help them reach the Cage route inSlay the Princess: The Pristine Cut.
While this guide attempts to minimize spoilers, fans ofgames where choices mattershould know that it does detail some of the events that occur along the path to the Cage route.
Slay the Princess: The Cage Route Guide
Get the Prisoner
Players who want to experience the Cage route must begin by reaching the Prisoner, a Princess that can appear in Chapter 2. To find the Prisoner, fans ofvisual novelsmusttake the blade into the basement and rescue the Princess during Chapter 1. Here are the specific options that players should select:
Let the Prisoner Decapitate Herself
Players should now have reached Chapter 2: The Prisoner, and their first goals in this chapter are toallow the Princess to decapitate herselfand thenleave her head. Fans ofindie gamescan achieve this outcome by taking the blade into the basement and giving it to the Prisoner, and here are the specific options that they should select:
Die
Upon reaching the top of the stairs (without the Prisoner’s head), players mustdie, and there arethree pathsthat lead to that outcome. While all three paths will give players access to the Cage route, the Voice that is added for Chapter 3 is determined by the path that is taken. More specifically, fans ofhorror gamescan make the Voice of the Paranoid, the Voice of the Broken, or the Voice of the Cheated appear on the Cage route.
With respect to which Voice players should pursue, the available Cage route endings are determined by the Voice that is taken into the chapter. Indeed, there is an exclusive ending available if the Voice of the Paranoid is present, and there is an ending that is only accessible if the Voice of the Broken or the Voice of the Cheated is present.Slay the Princessplayersare thus advised to make a save before pursuing death in Chapter 2, and here are the options that lead to each Voice:
Voice of the Paranoid
Voice of the Broken
Voice of the Cheated
The Cage
Players are now on the Cage route, and there are several ways to reach its end. While it is recommended that fans ofstory-rich gamesmake a save at the beginning of the chapter and experiment with the assortment of choices that are available to them, players who want to make sure that they see all the content should pursue these paths:
