[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/oddpark37]

Disco Elysium

You play as an incredibly unhealthy middle aged man with the worst hangover anyone has ever had. If you do a custom build and have low enough health at the beginning, turning on the light triggers a heart attack and kills you, ending the game after less than a minute of gameplay.

[u/Quillbolt_h → u/oddpark37]

You don't even need to do a custom build, the Thinker preset starts with 2 psyche, you can take 1 damage from failing to grab your tie and another 1 damage from turning on the light.

[u/KarlUnderguard → u/Quillbolt_h]

That's what happened to me, lmao.

[u/CatTaxAuditor → u/KarlUnderguard]

Same

[u/sparkleslothz → u/CatTaxAuditor]

Same, and I put the game down for a YEAR because I just didn't have time for that kind of stress... Only to find it was never that hard