Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31277338-20181201191743/@comment-29781728-20181201230617

The only reasonably built up way to explain the endless "loop" of the maps is the fact that Chronos is the one manipulating everything. The dreams mentioned in the background story of Chronos foreshadow the survivors becoming aware of the fact that they are stuck in a time loop created by Chronos and figuring out a way to overcome him. Eventually, they figure out that the only way to enter his realm and "defeat" him is to take advantage of their dreams, and some do end up "killing" him.

The survivors who beat Chronos are supposed to be freed from the loop and simply die in peace, stuck in the Chronos realm, but that, of course, doesn't happen.