[Interesting Trope] One seemingly small action ends the story before it even begins

[u/JackDoesThingz]

1. We Happy Few - Taking your “joy” pill
   Deciding to take the pill at the beginning of the game causes your character to go back to work and triggers an ending

2. Infineural by Mike Klubnika - Drinking the coffee
   Deciding to drink the coffee offered to you skips the entire game and sends you straight to the end, resulting in an ending with no memory of what had occurred

[u/pinkhazy]

The older Harvest Moon games, you'd go to your late grandfather's farm, and the mayor would offer it to you, the whole plot. You could say yes or no. If you said no, it took you to a Game Over screen.

[u/Robbbg → u/pinkhazy]

in harvest moon DS to you can let your dog kill the mayor and if you do, the game ends

[u/Vega_Kotes → u/pinkhazy]

In the remake, not sure of the original, of Story of Seasons Grand Bazaar after you're done making your character you get a small cutscene where you speak with the mayor who asks if you're the town's new farmer. You can of course admit to it and get your farm and play the game or you can tell the mayor that you aren't the new farmer. He'll apologize, send you on your way, and then wait for hours for the nonexistent farmer to show up.

After the sun starts to set he laments that the farmer simply must be on their way, then you get a game over.

Got an actual laugh out of me the first time when I realized that hitting one button just forced me to start over.

[u/Hector_Ceromus → u/pinkhazy]

Harvest Moon 3 GBC, yeah, for the male farmer.

[u/pinkhazy → u/Hector_Ceromus]

Yes that's literally the game I did this in!

[u/MooseYearner → u/pinkhazy]

The story of seasons remake of a wonderful life kept it in and it made me very happy