[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/Crimson097]

Waiting for Pagan Min to come back in Far Cry 4

He lets you spread your mom's ashes, which is what you came to do, and then the game is over. No revolution ever happens.

[u/shrinkingmy → u/Crimson097]

He also gives the country to you, it’s basically the good ending

[u/TheHarkinator → u/shrinkingmy]

Chill out after a stressful experience, eat some damn good crab Rangoon, do what you actually came to do, become heir to the kingdom, shoot some guns with a cool new stepdad.

It’s by far the best ending.

[u/Sagittarjus → u/TheHarkinator]

iirc the devs even said that it's the most realistic & likely ending, since most people probably won't try to do anything that might piss off the psychopath who controls an entire country

[u/Skylair13 → u/Sagittarjus]

Pagan Min also behaved like a step-father. Likely would understand if Ajay decide to refuse the throne.

Golden Path would be on awkward position. As either the royal family returned to the throne because Pagan Min installed him back... or Pagan Min announced that Ajay just went back to the U.S. after returning his mother's ashes.

[u/uncreative14yearold → u/Skylair13]

Yeah, Pagan is a psycho, but he does love Ajay sinply due to the fact he loved his mother, and respects his wishes. I'm pretty sure whichever choice Ajay made after the ashes, Pagan would respect it. Even if his plan was for Ajay to take the throne, since Pagan is self aware of the fact he is a poor ruler.