This whole thing had me thinking. What if you can unlock the ability to play as the mindflayers (the bad guys) by completing the game? As an unlockable sort of thing.
Sounds unlikely. That would mean they'd have to create a completely new story that goes parallel to the current arc. Playing the entire game as a mindflayer is basically a completely new game. Whereas ending the game as a mindflayer would just split the arc somewhere at the end. Much easier to implement, although as I said, I think the chances are small that they'd do it.
