I'm pretty sure that change was made for Broken Steel. They really wanted to end the game with the main quest, so you needed a fucking dlc to survive and have a post-game

Edit: I just checked, and it is a change from Broken Steel that lets you tell Fawkes, Charon, or the Mister Gutsy companion to go in and push the buttons

[–] germtm_@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

and even with the Broken Steel change, the game still has the gall, the audacity to call you a coward for not sacrificing your life when you have your radiation immune friend do the deed instead.

[–] WagnasT@piefed.world 11 points 1 week ago

Probably didn't want to recall hellboy to do another voice line so they picked the one that fit. Still bothered me though.