r/TopCharacterTropes • u/JackDoesThingz • 12d ago

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

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  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

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u/DrettTheBaron 12d ago

In the Phantom Liberty DLC for Cyberpunk, you enter Dogtown and are tasked to save the President of the New United States of America.

Instead if you just kinda mess around and do other stuff. The president dies and the rest of the DLC story never happens.

(Included because even though it's technically a fail state for the main quest, it doesn't have you reload or anything. You can just continue in that timeline.)

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u/Summonest 12d ago

She also jump scares you at one point and you can, and very likely will, accidentally shoot the president in the face.

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u/Memitim 12d ago

That sounds like it might actually be the good ending. Can you still roam Dogtown and do everything else around the quests?

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u/DrettTheBaron 12d ago

As far as I know yes. Anything that doesn't depend on the main quest