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Video game choices that made EVERYTHING worse.
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[@jozef667]

If you play Heart of stone before you go to the isle of mists , you can actually ask a reward from Gaunter O'dimm about how to save Ciri. He says she is out of his reach but tells you that would you find her to never ever make her feel sold out.

[@StarAllKungfu]

Missed this one. Great share Jef. Cheers

[@johnsmith5068]

What’s such a weird way to play it lol

[@kriss3d]

Make sure to give her confidence. Let her rage out when she wants to. Console her with a snowball fight. Let her go to the sorceresses alone. Don't take her to her father. Best ending. Yes I cried.

[@vc180191]

Yeah, he apologises that he can't grant Geralt's request to find her, although he does tell Geralt they will meet eventually, instead he should be more concerned about something else to do with her. He instead says there is a great danger awaiting Geralt, and if he wishes, he can tell Geralt how he may avoid it. "There will come a time where she comes to you, defeated and resigned, find a way to make her laugh" "There will come a time when one will betray her, let vent her rage" "There will come a time when she will grieve for a friend, grieve with her" "There will come a time when fear will engulf her, instil courage in her, but do not act in her stead" "And never, ever let her feel as if you've sold her out" Taking her to her father is not an issue, you can do that just fine but you must refuse the money (you actually end up getting a new horse, since the emporer forces it on you if you refuse the money, but Ciri appreciates that Geralt wasn't doing it for money). It does affect the ending if you take her or not, but it doesn't trigger the bad ending to do so.

[@GingerSnape46]

We Happy Few. Make your choice: Ignore the Joy pill, and start the game. Or take the Joy pill, and watch the game's ending credits.

[@Awfulwriter]

"Choosing the blue pill - The Matrix: Path of Neo" it ends the game right there

[@wanderingmiqote9606]

In case anyone doesn't know, he's not kidding. It legit ends with credits and everything. Great stuff

[@SergeantExtreme]

Ironically, that's also true in real life as well.

[@danielnelson4881]

That sounds like a good candidate for a game I could speed run.. Hmm

[@duhmzdaih]

@@SergeantExtreme with credits and everything? that's amazing!

[@kapitan19969838]

@Mustafa Langston Telegram is way better, no thanks

[@coastaldeserter]

In Dishonored. If you give him the code, then clear out the safe ahead of his men, he doesn't even give you the stern talking to.

[@civilwildman]

A few I can come up with 1) Killing or Turning Over Valygar Corthala to the Cowled Wizards - Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. 2) Killing Barbas with the Rueful Axe during "A Daedra's Best Friend" - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 3) Exiling the Grey Wardens - Dragon Age Inquisition. 4) Siding with the Werewolves over the Elves during "Nature of the Beast" - Dragon Age: Origins. 5) Accepting the Dragonlord's offer at the end of the game - Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest 1.

[@derrickhaggard]

I found a way to circumvent 4 and keep both the Dalish Elves, and the descendants cursed to be werewolves alive basically when you choose bring Xaranath back to speak to Witherfang after some dialogue you get one of three choices you can choose to side with the elves, side with the werewolves, or ask that Xaranath end the curse he created if you choose ask Xarathan to end the curse you'll get some more dialogue where you can then choose to side with him, or demand that he end that the curse, and if you demand that he end the curse he'll then shout out "Do you naïve fools realize what you're doing." If Alister is in the party he says like a badass "We're doing what is right no matter what." And after a boss fight ends with the centuries-old Elf leader defeated and injured Swiftfang moves to kill him but either Leliana, or Wynne depending on who is in the party will plead to WItherfang to stop Swiftfang from killing Xarathan which Witherfang does and moved by this act of compassion Xarathan agrees to end the curse stating before hand that he is humbled by how he created Witherfang to be a murderous wolf-demon with the mission of cursing the humans who murdered his wife and raped his daughter and their descendants into werewolves yet Witherfang proved to be more noble and just then him, and after apologizing about how he let his rage and hatred for past crimes led him to unjustly punish innocents for the crimes of their predecessors, and then after getting acknowledgment from Witherfang that she is well aware both of them will die when the curse he lifts it, and with the dual sacrifice of him and Witherfang the curse ends the cursed descendants are human again, and the entire Dalish Elf tribe gets to live.

[@michaelbugner7011]

Dragon age origins: letting the slavers take the elven slaves in exchange for a boost to your stats. It's even worst if you're playing as a city elf because one of the slaves is your father.

[@blackishjustin]

SPOILER ALERT! 0:25 - Diablo 1:25 - Bloodborne 2:30 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 3:30 - Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando 4:34 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5:27 - Dishonored 6:32 - Far Cry 3 7:24 - Pokémon Gold & Silver 8:29 - Dark Souls II 9:27 - Mass Effect 2

[@Wingzero5555]

Thanks idk why they don't include it

[@xxrehabrejectxx]

Good man. This should be pinned

[@kirstyn2849]

Dragon Age Inquisition: do Bull's quest, but always refuse the alliance with the Qun. Even if you're not close with Bull or the Chargers and are playing strategically, you literally get nothing from them but dead friends and heartbreak. Screw those guys and keep your horns up instead!

[@Amoneywilson00]

I played the DLC. The heartbreak was awful.

[@jamesherb4384]

well, I mean you get a few more pointless war table quest, but yes, it's definitely not worth killing off the chargers.

[@damsonrhea]

@@jamesherb4384 I think it also gives you the... I want to say staff? The best/one of the best staffs in the game. Second hand info here, since I've never done it, but I've seen it in some guides.

[@alrunarose1234]

Witcher 3 trying to romance both Yennefer and Triss

[@potatogamer1578]

Found that out the hard way

[@plinius902]

@@potatogamer1578 what happens

[@potatogamer1578]

@@plinius902 ....pain, rope, no clothes

[@plinius902]

@@potatogamer1578 sounds bad but could you bee more specific pls

[@puffy1169]

@@plinius902 I don't know if it sounds that bad

[@Youcanbuildmodels]

For your own saftey and sanity - Any time someone offers to sell ( or more than likely give you) a copy of Superman 64

[@mrcat4508]

They would probably offer you money to take it off of their hands

[@earthbind83]

Well, at least the Let's Play done by Kaizo-champ ProtonJon is hilarious. :-)

[@nicknight0640]

Betraying Clementine in telltales TWD a new frontier. If you played through season 1 and 2 then decided to Betray her just why

[@CJTerry]

I can't betray Clem.... never

[@voteDC]

That's the difficult thing about that choice. I didn't turn her in because I knew her from the previous two games but Javier on the other hand! Clem almost gets him killed several times, he's got no reason to trust her, so turning her in makes perfect sense from Javier's point of view.

[@nicknight0640]

@@voteDC true it makes sense from the point of view of Javi, but me as a player have never turned her in. Not even just to see what would happen

[@jamesherb4384]

its not as clem is particularly off put by this choice. she is annoyed sure, but she really gets over it pretty easy. besides, the other option is shooting a guy who is dealing with a good deal of grief at the time. given that the walking dead already has enough death going on all the time, I'd like to save as many people as possible

[@JPISME91]

On my third playthrough In Witcher 3 I had forgotten some story details and just kind of sped through. Took the money for Ciri not thinking it was that bad and was instantly shamed.

[@linkvigilante21]

That game shames are like punches in the gut

[@JPISME91]

@@linkvigilante21 like my first playthrough when I assumed I could romance Triss and Yen then be able to choose between them lol

[@civilwildman]

Strangely enough, it leads to the ending that many players consider the "best ending" if you do that and Nilfgaard wins the war, where Ciri becomes Empress of Nilfgaard. In short, she brings peace and prosperity to the north, if not much of the world.

[@EmperorHelix]

@@civilwildman that ending happens regardless of you take the good or not, as long as you kill Djikstra in Reasons of State and keep Ciri happy. Out of the 5 things you do, getting at least 2 of them (snowball fight, emperor meet/turn down gold, let Ciri talk to Phillipa alone, trash Avallach's lab and bury Skjall) ensures she lives.

[@taranova12]

Selling Fenris to Danarius in DA2 is absolute fucking batshit insanity even if you hate the guy Here's 5 gold for your heaviest hitter

[@Missquerade]

This option killed me. I did it once and reloaded

[@blackchibisan8116]

But I mean, when I took him anywhere as a rogue who loved my mage sister all he did was bitch and moan about everything I did. The only reason I didn’t sell him was because my character had been saying the whole time that no one deserves to be locked in chains. This mindset is how he made Isabella into a good guy/hero. She and he never hooked up but that was because he had a soft spot for Merril who he met first(dude keeps his word when he owes you his life, Flemeth). Still, I personally considered it because all he did was complain when I took him anywhere. Max rivalry with him was easy. What got me was that Anders betrayed the trust of my Hawks and used him for terrorism so he insisted he had to live with the knowledge that he had betrayed his friend and had done so much damage to the world.

[@jamesherb4384]

@@blackchibisan8116 let's be honest, though. ferris absolutely had reason for his cynical outlook on mages. look at what he went through. and its not like he was the only one who complained about anything and everything. anders wasn't any better. Anders was only easy to max out friendship with because of how hard it is to feel any kind of sympathy for the templars in the second game.

[@blackchibisan8116]

@@jamesherb4384 The weird part was that after playing DA:O and the expansions, it really did drive home to me how dangerous magic is in that realm and why such drastic measures are required, but it still didn’t help that Meridith was clearly WAY too into killing mages. Like she was actively hunting for reasons. I know that she had already gotten red lyrium poisoning by the time she shows up but it was hard for even my anti-mage character to support the ludicrous extent she was going to.

[@jamesherb4384]

@@blackchibisan8116 oh, yeah, to this day the only achievement I never got for DA2 was the one for siding with the templars because they are so unsympathetic throughout the game

[@ryanhoover6240]

Not gonna lie - I had to see that Morinth ending at least once.....

[@stratecal796]

Death by snu snu

[@roguebantha7324]

Same. Plus I thought, hey, you came back to life once already...

[@efxnews4776]

Yep, another idiot who fall for that trap too here...

[@noteminemsburneraccount324]

To be fair if i had to go out anyway idd choose this way

[@mhveteran5571]

"Side with the Geth instead of the Quarians" I know it's possible to save both, but if not I always save the Quarians. The price for having the Geth on your side is too high.

[@Kewryn]

Okay: why? Chosing Quarians you STILL allow an entire species to be wiped out. Yes: Tali dies with the Quarians, but - as much as I like her - there isn't much argue that Geth (the "real Geth") were in the right during their conflict with the Quarians and - surprise, surprise - the Geth are MORE open to peace than Quarians are. Basically Quarians are the bad guys in this scenario. How is siding with Quarians in stead of the Geth a binary choice?

[@Darkspinclaw]

Here is an idea save them both

[@Kewryn]

@@Darkspinclaw of course you save both; I just don't get how anyone can objectively claim that - if you have to choose - the Quarians are the only, right choice.

[@mhveteran5571]

@@Kewryn Because I romanced Tali thats why 😅. But yes I do agree that the Geth as whole deserve to live more than the Quarians. Especially when that one Quarian commander begins the assault on the Geth and when Legion identifies itself as an individual instead of a collective. I just cant watch Tali commit suicide again

[@Kewryn]

@@mhveteran5571 Actually I romance Tali too; she's basically my "go to" and I was very displeased that she was not a romance option in the original game (and I mean original, before I even knew she was one in ME2), so you get no argument from me there. But my point is rather that it's not a choice that you always make just one way: there are people who don't care about Tali (I imagine :P) and view the Quarian-Geth war the same way I presented it. For them chosing Geth over Quarians is either a "no-brainer" or just as good a choice. By my understanding examples in the video are meant to present the choices the gaming community at larger makes as "standard". Thus simply because Tali is one of the romance options in the game doesn't qualify, I'm afraid ^^'

[@jadediquattro5355]

The first Dragon Quest game on the NES. The Final Boss asks you to join him instead of fighting him for unlimited power etc. If you choose to side with him instead of defeat him he ends up killing you.

[@gamelover2222]

I did that the first time I got to him as a kid. I was so upset! lol

[@gamelover2222]

Also I tried to not marry the princess...but thou must! but thou must! but thou must!

[@earthbind83]

Undertale: Don't kill Goat mom. The game will remember it forever, even after reloading.

[@soulbound2]

Dont kill anyone in general

[@piercegormley8644]

“The good ending” of bloodborne is turning into a baby squid aka old one

[@radutaunean3105]

yes, was going to say the same thing. fear the old blood

[@YandrakJakob]

So... Bloodborne is a prequel of splatoon? I mean, you turn from human to squid...

[@jaylee9552]

I thought it was more the cannon ending then the good one 🤔

[@piercegormley8644]

@@jaylee9552 the only good ending is the one that takes the most work. video games 101

[@jaylee9552]

@@piercegormley8644 so undertales then? Because ima pretty sure the ending that takes the most work isn't the good one 😅

[@darkmagus0x]

Chrono Cross - don't search for the antidote for the hydra venom to save Kid. you can then get Glenn - best character in the game. you also get the quests to fight his family and the ability to dual weild 2 Einlanzers.

[@supertna9154]

Choose the Red Door in Saints Row IV is missing from this list as Zinyak gives you a choice while saving Matt Miller to choose the blue door to save your friends or the red door to sacrifice yourself as a saviour. In choosing the red door the game ends and suddenly You fail the mission just like if you romance with Morinth in Mass Effect 2. So if you end up at the door section of the game always choose the blue door.

[@bigbeezy5056]

The worst Pokemon trade is by far the massive troll that is the trade for a Haunter. Damn everstones...

[@plinius902]

I luckily never got that trade lol

[@julia-6195]

Killing Parthurnax in Skyrim. Yes he was once bad, but he reformed. He now teaches the Greybeards the way of the voice. He taught Tiber Septim the way of the voice and he founded The Empire and Septim line of Emperors. He teaches you how to kill Alduin. And now Delphine and Esbern, the last of the Blades want you to kill him. Don't do it. Delphine and Esbern just get mad at you if you don't.

[@andrewames247]

Best advice? Install "The Paarthurnax Dilemma" mod. Allows one to complete the Blades questline, should you choose to without killing Paarthurnax.

[@whocares9033]

"What sane person would ever chose to kill all their friends just so they could stay on the island?" Uhhhh...... I plead the fifth

[@Krosstic]

Added bonus of clapping sweet tribal cheeks then dying, who WOULDNT want that?

[@TheManofthecross]

the plea is denied you will answer sir.

[@FractalPrism.]

your honor, he's clearly 5150, ive got the save file right here that SHOWS that very choice *shocked courtroom noises*

[@Hakashi57]

@@Krosstic I’d rather be alive and not having a knife stabbed into my chest

[@Krosstic]

@@Hakashi57 Don’t be a prune

[@RichardTheValiantFoolFox]

In ESO choosing to let Sheogorath have Valaste just so you get an extra skill point at the end of the mage guild quest

[@WarChief781]

You get 2 points from the book for giving her to Sheogorath

[@RichardTheValiantFoolFox]

@@WarChief781 well yeah but morally is allowing someone to be mentally tortured by Sheogorath for eternity a decent enough payout for one measly extra skill point? you get one point from the quest either way

[@ahzekahriman5840]

@@RichardTheValiantFoolFox Torture? Boy, think of all the CHEESE she'll be getting! CHEESE! Oh, and CABBAGES!

[@samo6401]

@@RichardTheValiantFoolFox the fact that its an mmo just makes me throw morality out entirely. I have never not taken the skill points

[@Ace2014Ace]

Persona 5. Selling out your friends the first time (taking the plea deal). Also selling out your friends and the world (taking the deceivers deal)

[@Athrun82]

Denying the contract with Igor at the start. Game ends ;)

[@jamesherb4384]

@@Athrun82 you can deny the contract at the start?

[@shuigor6648]

Persona 4: Golden - Choosing to not tell your friends about the serial killer's identity after you deduce it, earning you the "Accomplice" ending. Mass Effect 3 - Choosing to betray Urdnot Wrex and sabotage the genophage cure.

[@PeteTheGrouch]

Granted, the Accomplice ending was actually pretty funny... Although, yeah - anyone who betrays best boi Wrex needs to go die in a fire.

[@julia-6195]

But if Wrex didn't make it through ME1 it doesn't matter. Wreav is in charge and you get to save Mordin.

[@PeteTheGrouch]

@@julia-6195 Wreav sucks though.

[@philipcampbell5646]

In Dishonored you can have your cake and eat it too. You have to open the safe BEFORE you get the quest AND without knowing the code. All codes are already decided when you start the game so you can just try every combo and it will work (takes about 10-15 minutes if your unlucky).

[@jean-francoisquesnel5607]

I have no clue why ratchet and clank 2 made that list, I got all three personally.

[@xsanguine8]

Some people don't understand grinding for the things you want.

[@s0urcl0ut]

Sadly I was the guy who bought the Zodiac, it's 50k for a single round of ammo! I eventually 💯% the game though, but it sure was a kick in the nuts

[@jean-francoisquesnel5607]

After griding for the original ryno nothing any of the other titles had to offer was much of a grind.

[@erisi236]

moral of the story; sex equals death avoid it at all costs

[@Unfunny_Frog]

Stay inside. Don’t meet people. This is the only safe option

[@Aarune_]

@@Unfunny_Frog And the only boring option.

[@oberstul1941]

YO, and just to add insult to injury there's just 2k coins involved for Ciri; you also get a decree that says you'll get 100k coins when the war ends which you can never exchange.

[@ihatmccossa9461]

Traveler's deal in "Pathologic 2". Never take a deal from stranger who stumbles out of coffin and sounds too good to be true!

[@IamRegulator]

Farcry 5 - At the beginning don't take John Seed into custody and just walk away. Only way to get a happy ending.

[@isaacgleeth3609]

It's also the only ending that any smart and logical person would make. Even the sheriff said that if he, the US Marshal, and the Rookie arrested Joseph Seed at that moment, they would be signing their death certificate. They would leave, come back with the National Guard, and then arrest Seed.

[@cmwinchell]

Um actually... With the Asari mating ritual Samara explains how it is not pleasurable for Morinth's victims. So that is a terrible way to go.

[@--_--IMP--_--]

I had a feeling Morinth would be number one. The punishment is quite severe when you let little Richard guide that particular decision.

[@Drakin292]

In fairness, with Ratchet and Clank I still bought everything. It was more a question of which to buy first and which items to save for New Game + with the expedient bolt multiplier for earning fast cash. Pro Tip: In NG+ the multiplier works on all bolts collected, so if you max it out at 20 and then turn in the crystals on the two planets where you collect them you can get a ton of cash.

[@Vengeful_Wyvern]

Love the Starbomb cutaway during the Pokémon bit 😎

[@SeriousApache]

StarCraft 2: Picking "Protect Colony" instead of "Purify Colony" If you pick first option, you have to fight Protoss, and believe it or not: Protoss have protoss units. But if you pick second option, you have to fight Zerg, and Zerg do not have protoss units (at least in TvZ).

[@michaelrate7693]

Dragonair Rhydon MAKE THE TRADE! ... just have multiple Dragonair before you do, just for the extra OT number for the Goldenrod Radio Lottery.

[@d4r4butler74]

Ya, Dragonair isn't all that, but having at least 2 gets you the Rhydon with it's numbers, and box them all anyway. A good Ice Beam takes out the Dragons in the Gym and elsewhre.

[@10640404]

I don’t bother with in game trades for the most part. They’re good once in a while like luvdisc for steelix in x and y but most of the time it’s trading a better Pokémon for a garbage one. They do it more for getting trade evos for people who don’t trade with actual players.

[@ankurmishra0507]

In assassin's Creed odessey Alexios made it so difficult to not to kill him But choosing him to live brings family back

[@iansmith1965]

Vampyr: If you save Aloysus Dawson, and turn him into a vampire, it screws London up big-time

[@HairyBetch]

You also forgot two encounters you discover in Red Dead Redemption 2. The Aberdeen Pig Farm and Sonny, the man who asks you to be his friend 🤢

[@CarbonDioxide.]

Sonny is my least favorite part of that game. Had to reload a save

[@thekid92sho]

@@CarbonDioxide. I hear that. Shot that dude as soon as I saw him.

[@Athrun82]

Vampire Masqurade Bloodlines: Don't ever ally with LaCroix, the Kuei-Jin or open the sarcophagus

[@TRVG]

Catherine has some amazing choices and consequences for those who persevere.

[@steeltowngamerjay3514]

Love Sekiro. Still hoping for DLC one day - Love having these videos on in the background when I am working!

[@kismetsantos1204]

There is a heartbreaking quest in Odyssey, where a slave wants you to help him because he does not want to be free from servitude... So he pretends he robs his owner in order to be in his debt forever... But if you do not change his mind and help him with the robbery, in the end the guy finds out and tells him that he can't stand the lying, so he can't keep him as a slave, even though he would keep him for sure if he didn't have robbed him...

[@skynet0912]

Taking Saes deal in Persona 5!

[@thanksgivingoracle6880]

Choosing to accept the offer from false Igor in Persona 5, or choosing to aid the true killer in Persona 4. Both end the game with you as a traitor to your team and ideals. And in the case of 5, you’re literally warned not to do it.

[@earthbind83]

Killing the Little Sisters in the BioShock games when gathering their energy.

[@plinius902]

That's called investing

[@earthbind83]

@@plinius902 More like: incesting.

[@plinius902]

@@earthbind83 XD depends on the game

[@WardenGrey]

Death by Snu-Snu. You always choose death by Snu-Snu

[@bustergundo516]

Not in that case

[@jonmendelson1104]

The spirit is willing but the flesh is spongey and bruised.

[@Sir_Irwin]

I would never have chosen Citra over the life of the friends I grinded so hard for so many hours (and accursed radio towers) to rescue, if it would've been Daisy on the other hand... 😉👌💞🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

[@eliothamilton2630]

I’ve got a couple suggestions. 1. Drinking the potion at the end of Zork: Nemesis and releasing either brother at the end of Myst.

[@vc180191]

In regards to Morinth, you can only "sleep" with her after the endgame anyways, the offer wont appear until after you defeat the proto-reaper. It also has a knock on effect in ME3, where Morinth becomes a problem there. You do get a message from her early on in your computer, but when you reach Thessia, she has fallen to reaper control and become a named Banshee, very dangerous.

[@earthbind83]

In the H-game "True Love" your best friend confesses his feelings towards you right at the end. Refuse him or else you won't get the ending you've been working hard for (unless you reload).

[@JGreen-le8xx]

Dragon Warrior ~ Choose yes to join DragonLord at the end of the game. ~ swift demise....

[@dovahsblight7677]

Why the hell would you sell Ciri into an unhappy life in the first place?!?!?!?!

[@nottelling6598]

Mindy's Haunter. That trade spawned it's own thriving redit community.

[@miceltusav88]

Fucking bitch...Nintendo knew what they were doing to

[@ralphbutcher7294]

Baldurs gate throne of bhaal gives you the option about halfway through to reclaim your innocence which resets your character to level 1 with no experience

[@dead_prince1227]

When playing Catwoman's side of Batman: Arkham City, you go into the big baddie's super secure vault underground and steal stuff from it. After fighting the guards a news report shows up on a tv showing that batman has been badly injured in the steel mill and needs help. You (Catwoman) get the option to either leave Gotham with your loot, or go back and save Batman. If you choose to leave Gotham the game ends with a black screen and audio of Barbara freaking out about Batman's death which inevitably leads to the whole city being taken over, only for a rewind affect to play onscreen and you get sent back to when the options show up.

[@getshwifty3101]

Gold and Silver is a good trade. I don't remember which game, but one of them (maybe even Crystal, since that's actually the one I had) you can't catch Rhyhorn or Rhydon, but CAN catch Dratini. So it's a good trade for the Pokedex. I enjoy you Jess, but if you didn't realize that, maybe videogames aren't for you.... This list isn't y'all's best guys lol there's been at least 2 kinda wrong entries, and that's not including the fact y'all said submitting was Bloodborne's good ending, when it's actually considered the "Failed" ending.

[@eddblack]

How do you not go back to the beginning with the Dragonlord's offer in Dragon Warrior?

[@martinfabian2744]

Dragon Quest/Warrior One (NES/Famicom) The Dragonlord offers you to rule next to him. If you say Yes, some text appears, the screen turns a red hue, and the game freezes. Ending the game. If you say no, you go into a 2 part battle with the Dragonlord.

[@rpgaholic8202]

That red hue is the same as when you die before you're resurrected, only this time you don't. You chose to side with evil, and the Dragonlord stabs you in the back.

[@PeteTheGrouch]

@@rpgaholic8202 Couldn't you just kill him & take his place..?

[@rpgaholic8202]

@@PeteTheGrouch Nope. The original one didn't have that option. Option 1, join him and die, or option 2, choose to fight him in a very difficult boss battle. And with the level cap of 30, there was no over-levelling to make it easy.

[@PeteTheGrouch]

@@rpgaholic8202 Meh, talk about a wasted opportunity... then again, this is the NES we're talking about - that f*cker's games would go out of their way to screw you even when they supposedly "worked"..!

[@marshalmathers5669]

No "But Thou Must"? One of the very originals and still most quoted.

[@madgear1174]

Reminds me of the nuke in megaton from fallout 3, except you actually had a choice, disarm or destroy.

[@s0urcl0ut]

I destroyed Megaton after I looted the Bobblehead from the Sheriff's house. If you don't, the whole vision quest thing during the Point Lookout DLC makes no sense, as your character is having flashbacks to blowing up Megaton

[@fabiomoreira5820]

But it does not tell you that you get a house no matter the choice.

[@madgear1174]

@@fabiomoreira5820 I think that's very good info, and the tenpenny tower suite is awesome fancy and larger too, but imo it's not worth losing all the vendors in megaton (especially if your like me and pick up everything you can that's at least decently valuable and sell everything off), and the bobblehead is a must after you pickpocket the sheriff for his key lol

[@jeffreyhoon]

I only chose Morinth just to get full skill points. Yeah, choosing her, reloading then choosing Samara sets up a glitch that can net you an additional skill point each time you assign and reset your skills. Worth it for OCD and just a full repertoire.

[@The_Nightingale]

I have NEVER sold Fenris and never will. I can't leave Hawke behind or betray Cullen in the third game either. Fenris and Cullen are the loves of my gamer-life. Or two of them. PS. Velvet Assassin is one of my favorites!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@TheThird1977]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution should be on the list, so let's find out.

[@plinius902]

I played it but i couldnt think of any choice, maybe the chip one but the visual effects were really anoying and yoy didnt knew at the start

[@zigazav1]

Where is Hooktail from Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door on this list? When you bring her to low HP (And did not use the sound effect badge that makes her sick to the stomach due to trauma from crickets), she offers you many options to bargain with her to let her live. She tries bribing you through various means, and you must say no to each of those offers, otherwise, she'll take the chance to land a free hit on you without ever giving you what she promised, then you have to fight her still, but with that hit putting you in a tighter spot. The third offer she makes is outrageous and only would applease in thoughts to those weirdos with a foot fetish.

[@Deconstruction_Administrator]

Did she call the R.Y.N.O. 2 a LASER Gatling!?! It's a ROCKET gatling!!!!!

[@valiroime]

It’s a laser Gatling gun now, internet doesn’t lie. 🤣

[@MagusSin]

I'd 100% choose to join the father if I could stomach the whole Souls games for longer then an hour before wanting to delete them for being obnoxious.

[@SionnachOghma]

Yeah, I had zero problem killing all my friends to get with Citra 🤣 Screwing Morinth was an easy choice too 😅

[@foxfireinferno3547]

As far as the Dragonair thing goes ... yeah, Dragon types are weak to Dragon attacks, but in Gen 1, there's only one Dragon -type attack (Dragon Rage), and it always does 40 damage regardless of weakness or resistance, so Claire's Dragonairs being weak to Dragon is irrelevant in the original games.

[@carlosgaleno1659]

The trade is in gen 2, when Outrage was introduced

[@zigzaghyena3633]

Literally every pokemon trade where they give an everstone to a pokemon that only evolves by trading.

[@dannyboy32125]

The background music is killing it today.

[@citybay1385]

There's an NPC trade in the D/P/P games in Snowpoint where you give her a Medicham in exchange for a Haunter. The trade is a complete scam by the way as she has her Haunter hold an Everstone to prevent it from evolving.

[@ct000374910]

Sacrificing your sister for the Sword of Aeons in the first Fable game. If you don't go through with it, you can get Avo's Tear a little later, which has exactly the same stats and augments. Sacrificing Theresa is completely pointless.

[@Schattennebel]

3:35 - I take them all. Zodiac, Rhyno, Zapper and Angela.

[@peng1luver259]

Kadabra for haunter in pokemon diamond, pearl, and platinum, it is such a con that people rage because the person traded the haunter with an everstone, ruining people's dreams of obtaining gengar. Seriously, if you're ever in the snowy north of Sinnoh, don't except a trade for a haunter, it's a con

[@getshwifty3101]

Rachet and Clank 2 wasn't really a bad money grind though. I mean, it only took me one day of non-stop grind to get the money for both weapons. Nowadays you need about that just for a legendary accessory.

[@themurricane8711]

Not to mention if you didnt pick it up on your 1st play through its easy on your 2nd

[@RavAnaCarol]

Gonna say the obvious... Dragonair can be captured anytime in the game while the ONLY Rhydon in entire game (Gold/Silver) is with this trade, so if you want to complete your pokedex in this game, or you do that.. or you transfer from Red/Blue/Green/Yellow, so... transfer one dragonair which once again.. is captureable any time in the game is the right option.

[@CyclopsWasRight616]

Wonderful video. I really love your voice. Thanks for sharing this.

[@persona2grata]

I think it's hilarious that several of these basically boil down to "are you horny enough to make an obviously bad decision?" It would be even funnier if you combined this choice with some kind of iron man style gameplay where you couldn't simply try the bad choice to watch the cinematic or whatever and then reload a save. Make the player actually choose, potentially facing having to restart the entire game if they can't control their inner horndog.

[@ryleybenson1009]

Jess videos always make my day

[@BoondockRoberts]

Dragon Age origins, taking Vaughan's bribe in the City Elf origin

[@michaeledmunds7266]

Frankly, I didn't know that you could loot the art dealers safe yourself. I'm now kicking myself.

[@justinoconnell90]

Smaller one is refusing to tell Laurentius in Dark Souls 1 where you find a specific pyromancy. Can’t let that lad go hollow. Better still is the tricky question of “finding pyromancy unsavory”.

[@ryanmills892]

Never take the side of The Templars in Dragon Age 2... ever!

[@stevadelelzen6822]

I actually always side with the Templars :') whiney mages get the axe everytime.

[@LordRemiem]

The guy selling you a Magikarp for 500 Pokédollars. A fish you can catch with the shittiest rod in every possible water pool with 100% chance.

[@XxRadioactiveGirlxX]

The cave in the same place that the little girl lives has Dragonair, you have a super rod, fish for 2. Trade one and then evolve one. You get given the evolved form in Rydon and it has a trade bonus...Maybe videogames just aren't for you.

[@seanfeld-]

After the first sentence I had an issue. In re 7 most people would take the old gf over the random chick on the phone. Sorry I felt chick on the phone was way more trustworthy. She was trying to help him thru. Old girlfriend cursed and too far gone in my opinion and tried to kill Ethan

[@dorkangel1076]

Yup. I agonised about that one too. While Mia's actions in attacking me were due to the infection, she had still lied to me and betrayed me before she got infected. Choosing her over Zoe, the person who had helped me and actually made the cure, just seemed wrong. Finding out the whole thing was basically Mia's fault after you give her the cure just makes you feel worse. Ironically it's the only way to save both Zoe and Mia though.

[@kenwinger7989]

Like every possible choice in the original ultimate alliance

[@aridontou7544]

What about accepting the death god's power (Gig) in Soul Nomad and The World Eaters [PS2]? You LITERALLY gain power rivaling monsters and gods that could destroy/devour countries, but doing so gives up your body to him altogether.

[@terraindomitus3758]

NiER: automata no matter how hard this fight is. This game is not meaningless.

[@kidunot89]

Dragonair for Rhydon is fair trade, cause Dratini are common in the cave behind the Gym in town where the trade takes place, while Rhydon are rare only appearing in Kanto in Gold/Silver if I remember correctly 🤔.

[@Zarathos2232]

for ratchet and clank going commander there really isn't too much of a grind. cuz if you get this bomb upgrade or whatever from that shady guy. (can't remember whether that was his name.) add it to your ship. there is a specific level you can do with shooting down the enemies, if you shoot right it instantly kills all of them. if you really try u could get all super weapons in a day. maybe a bit more. time consuming but super easy.

[@erwingifslang]

Accepting both jenifer and triss. They will take revenge for your cheating

[@rockendude103]

I learned that the hard way first playthrough

[@York22]

@@rockendude103 so did I.

[@SergeantExtreme]

Honestly though, accepting the money for Ciri was one of the funniest scenes in the game. Glad I chose that on my first playthrough.

[@isaacgleeth3609]

Emhyr knew exactly what he was doing by bringing out Geralt's payment before Ciri. I mean, the guy is voiced by Charles Dance (who played Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones).

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@isaacgleeth3609 I totally respect Charles Dance, but I'll admit I never got into Game of Thrones. And from what I've heard, I'm not missing much as the series self-destructed when George AAAARRRRR Martin left after Season 4.

[@LargeMetallicFellow]

It's still worth lying during the assassin quest in Dark Souls 2 if you're an achievement hunter.

[@vincevvn]

Think with my brain? I’m thinking with my head...

[@1Guason3]

In Saints Row 4 if you choose to sacrifice yourself early on to save everyone, you will just die for nothing and the game ends there.

[@jbzhummerh2gamer]

While not exactly an option, there is the mention from Astrid what will happen to anyone who eats a Jarin Root...