7 Games That Rewarded You For Doing the Right Thing

[@superbacedia0476]

I feel like the point of this entire video was to tell Capcom to bring the dog back in the RE4 remake.

[@hexshadowman]

A worthwhile endeavor, I say.

[@yaashaan7172]

I agree

[@saintloganofhyrule4859]

If they don’t save the dog, I’ll be understandably pissed

[@deathbykonami5487]

I can see why Capcom did it, since the Remakes are going a more horror route than the original games. I mean look at the gun shop owner in Resident Evil 2 Remake, I mean he was still killed by zombies in the original game but they changed it in the remake by having him kill himself after he's forced to kill his own wife and daughter when they get infected. Although if they tone down the horror aspect and allow us to save the doggo again, that'll be cool beans too.

[@thehappyjew]

If you haven't played Haunting Ground for Playstation 2, I recommend it. Hewie!

[@KuueenKumi]

Mike's wolf companion in Until Dawn, who will follow you if you treat it kindly rather than attempt to hurt it, is the only thing that kept me sane through that abandoned hospital bit. I've never loved a non-mount/companion animal in a game as much as I love that wolf

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Also it's super easy to miss that if you hit the QTE in that section

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Also with red dead 2, you can just ignore the snake bite guy outside til you unlock the new gun, sniper rifle/pistol etc and then use his one free gun token haha

[@KaladinVegapunk]

She left out a major detail about the rachni though, they aren't starship trooper bugs, their original war with the citadel was influence by the reapers, without them they're pretty chill

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Haha although the asylum isn't exactly super harrowing, just your classic spooky building Maybe playing horror games since 2003 i just don't register what phases people or not haha, no different than playing mgs, just a fun game, wendigos aren't real haha

[@acatfishandaviking1020]

I kicked the wolf accidentaly. I had to give it meat so it would be friendly.

[@immortalweapon]

That Witcher sword is insanely powerful. If you get a kill with that guaranteed critical, you permanently increase the strength of the sword.

[@Oakshield2]

It's quite OP if you get it as early as possible.

[@whitewolf3051]

While I haven’t played the games, or read the books the games are based on, the “there can be only one” makes me think those working on the game were fans of Highlander series.

[@akaErma]

It's perfect for new game plus for this reason. It's the only sword you need because it scales with your levels.

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@whitewolf3051 It's much less Highlander and much more Arthurian legend. Think "Excalibur" ^^

[@whitewolf3051]

@@lavrentivs9891 The phrase "there can be only one" tends to be used a lot through out the Highlander series. Also, *did not* know that the phrase had any ties to the Arthurian legends at all, not even to Excalibur.

[@starscreamsniper926]

Rescuing the Resident Evil 4 dog was a no brainer when I played it that one time. I couldn't leave the dog cuz I love dogs. He was a life saver for me during El Gigante.

[@JayJay-nr2gk]

Yeah don't think it's in the remake

[@starscreamsniper926]

@@JayJay-nr2gk I hope the people at Capcom don't kill the dog before we save it.

[@alexanderforrest1983]

That already makes me upset with the remake.

[@nicholascross3557]

For the Commenter Edition, rescuing the Little Sisters in Bioshock. While Rescuing means a somewhat slower start on the Adam front, you will get gifts of Adam, unique Plasmids and of course the good ending, indeed I believe you actually get _more_ Adam by Rescuing than Harvesting. I'm sure someone's done the maths on that.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

Actually, I'm pretty sure overall the Adam is the same. Just harvesting them means you get it faster.

[@ArkaneStephanie]

Maybe Luke should get that footage. If he can control himself

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

@@ArkaneStephanie Ellen did just do a playthrough of Bioshock for her personnel channel (it's still premiering right now) so I feel like the footage could come from her since she's saving them.

[@ArkaneStephanie]

@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor I haven't gotten that far yet but that would probably be easier. Maybe easier than getting Adam hover Luke to not murder another innocent npc

[@bigmyke2008]

There’s literally no incentive to killing them, they give you plenty of Adam in the teddy bears.

[@Cuiasodo]

The funniest part about getting Rachni backup in ME3 is the message you get from the galactic readiness team you're building. Apparently, a bunch of them showed up unannounced and caused the team to panic for a hot second before they realized the thought extinct galaxy destroyers were actually good guys.

[@clothar23]

To be fair you'd panic to seeing a bunch of telepathic and biotic bugs show up outta nowhere as well.

[@X2XImTheNewCancerX2X]

The same thing happens if you recruit the Geth Primes. It took a minute to realize they weren't hostile, and then the guy in charge had to awkwardly apologize for shooting one of the Prime's headlights out.

[@LegendStormcrow]

I forgot about that. Until the last 10 minutes it was such a great game.

[@AlleluiaElizabeth]

Yeah they just literally roll on up to that team. The mental image is hilarious.

[@thedreamer6930]

Bob: "Hey Steve, we are going to use this area for all the supplies and materials being divided amongst our share of the attack ships" Steve: "Sounds good I'm going to start moving things over imme- WHAT THE FUCK THIS THAT" Bob: Fucking Steve... what the fuck is- WHAAAAAAATDUHFUQISDAT!?"

[@AndyVoong925]

In BioShock 2, there is an important character you meet early on in the game. The player will meet a person of interest, named Grace Holloway. She serves as the local governor for one of the areas in the game and blames you for the past event that started before you played the game. You can choose to kill or spare her. If you choose to spare her, she has a change of heart of how she sees the player. Later on, she will send some friendly robots to help you in battle and some free items to aid you as your continue to dive deeper down to Rapture's underbelly.

[@maranathaschraag5757]

And don't forget sparing the little sisters in OG BioShock - you end up with more ADAM than if you'd killed them all. Plus the "good" ending :)

[@MsKeylas]

@@maranathaschraag5757 Exactly. It was soo worth it. It made me tear up from emotions

[@CowKirbo]

Yeah bioshock 1 and 2 are a lot easier if you just spare everyone you can. Idk about infinite I got stuck and gave up.

[@kamikazelemming1552]

​@@CowKirbo I don't think Infinite gave you the option to spare anyone, aside from choosing to throw the baseball at that couple who were tied up at the carnival.

[@danikirk5774]

@@kamikazelemming1552 Sadly in Infinite your choices are pretty meaningless, but deciding not to throw the ball at the couple is nice as it guarantees some gear later on

[@SPQRKlio]

The sight of a dog doing a back flip off a bad guy is the best thing I’ve seen all month. I guess I need to play this game 😂

[@MrWebby93]

I highly recommend playing this game. Hours of fun, especially if you are the kinda person that likes building head quarters and managing resources.

[@rhynlock11]

gameplaywise is a masterpiece and extremely well optimized so it runs on any potato pc. storywise... lets just say Kojima really didn't want to do this one. So manage your expectations accordingly

[@MsKeylas]

@@rhynlock11 Storywise it is also amazing. Especially in one of last missions where Quiet saves you. I finished game couple of times and every time that cutscene makes me tear up as well as her recording to you afterwards

[@ddjsoyenby]

ikr.

[@TheDapperDragon]

@@rhynlock11 And look at him now. Irrelevant to the point of no one caring that he's been hinting at a game awards reveal. I like Kojima, but man got way too big for his britches.

[@jakedoesyoutube]

Little bonus entry from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater; In the Sorrow boss fight, the man in question has every single guard and man you kill come back to assault you while you pass through the river. BUT, if you didn't kill anyone, you only go past the defeated bosses, who die either way. So indirectly, your kind deeds were rewarded with an easy section.

[@darandomuser616]

In the Witcher crossover quest in Monster Hunter World, you can find a Pukei-Pukei tangled up in some roots. If you free it, it shows up later to help you fight the leshen you're hunting, and if you keep it alive through the whole fight, it shows up in the ending cutscene and gives you a reward. Of course, even if it dies it still has useful carves, but it is far better to keep it alive because it's adorable when not trying to kill you in main game quests!

[@lyndonmarquis414]

In Fable 3, if you start buying and renting out houses as soon as you can and then maintaining them properly and then keep doing that as the rents come in, by the time you have to start making difficult/expensive choices in the final 3rd of the game you can just bankroll it yourself and save everything and everyone. Hurrah!

[@AGrumpyPanda]

I do find it deeply amusing that the game that also morally judges you for not being a vegan lets you win through capitalism.

[@lyndonmarquis414]

@@AGrumpyPanda I mean, the morality system is entirely consistent, no…

[@SnivyTries]

God Fable 3 was a dumpster fire of an ending. "Oh, you wanted to be a good guy the whole time? Well, sucks for you that good guys don't get paid like bad guys do, time to tank your morality straight to demon unless you time travel"

[@weneedaladder8384]

@@SnivyTries I think it was poorly executed but a great idea. A lot of games have the whole "do the good thing and get a reward or be bad and get an equally good reward" thing. Fable 3 showed you that being nice is great and all, but helping orphans and cleaning up the town isn't free, and it's drawing money directly from the funds that could be going towards the war effort. When I got to that part of the game, I found every moral dilemma incredibly draining, but in a good way. I knew it was more work I'd have to do if I wanted to keep my promises and fix the kingdom. And then the game skipped me ahead half a year directly to the final battle and I was completely unprepared and the whole kingdom died. They really could've given you a warning before that happened.

[@davidhigdon794]

I did this by brute-forcing a win on the long odds bet at the chicken race. I then proceeded to fund both my own war and my friend's. On a related note, even though I did the good choices I kept myself as evil as possible. It made Theresa give the speech about everyone loving me while I had the evil wings. I just loved the dissonance.

[@Cheezymuffin.]

Not killing patches also allows you to do his questline in vulcano mannor, which gives you the stongest armor in the game

[@cypherial]

Sure but Tragoth is a bro and didn't deserve to die

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

Amos from Dragon Quest 6 could count for this. He was a local hero of a town who got bitten by a monster and cursed to turn into a monster at night. You can either inform him of his transformations at which point he will leave and not be seen again, or you can go and collect an item which allows him to control his transformation and at this point he joins the party.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Ooo.

[@kalef2]

There's a similar bit in Dragon Quest 7, where you find a guy who has a pet monster and you can choose whether to kill it or not. If you let it live and convince the townspeople to not kill it, either, then it comes back to help save the town during a monster invasion.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

@@kalef2 That village had such horrible luck. Even the party was complaining about just how many different things destroyed the town.

[@cericat]

DQ4 you also have a single Sabre cat recruit potential, if you have the sense to use the ribbon from your childhood on encountering them in a cave they recognise it and your old friend will return to your side. And honestly sabres have always been a pretty solid party member when you've been able to recruit them for the party. The alternative is you kill a childhood friend because you didn't think to use an inventory item.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

@@cericat At least in the ds version, you can't actually kill Sabre. If you beat them they will just run away. Also, you're thinking of 5 and not 4. 4 is the one split into chapters focusing on the party members.

[@lunavixen015]

In FFVIII, during the SeeD exam when X-ATM092 is chasing you through Dollet and back to the beach, not saving the dog will impact you badly in points on the SeeD exam, which can cost you a rank or two at the end of it. Saving the dog doesn't even get you caught by it as you only have to quickly talk to it to get it to run away.

[@tba113]

The Rachni decision is even less ambiguous than Jane makes it seem. Not only is it magnanimous of Shepherd to not re-exterminate them, and anything that bothers the Council is at least worth considering in my book, but you get the decision to recruit the Rachni in ME3 either way. If you saved the queen, you meet up with her again, and she recognizes you, adding the 100 points to the war effort - albeit at the cost of 25 points' worth of dead Krogan shock troops, but on balance that's still a hefty net gain. Besides, Krogan love fighting to the death anyway, so it's win-win, really. If you destroyed the original queen, you still meet up with _a_ Rachni queen, but this time it's a clone created by the Reapers. You can still add her hundred points of War Assets, but the clone's loyalty to Shepherd is a lot shakier, and the queen later betrays Shepherd. Not only does she take her hundred points of WA away from your total, she and her brood horrifically butcher a battalion of Systems Alliance combat engineers on their way out, making for a huge net _loss_ of 200 War Asset points.

[@lavrentivs9891]

If you have Wrex with you though, he argues for dousing her in acid, making the argument less clear cut.

[@theprofessionalfence-sitter]

@@lavrentivs9891 The best thing you can do is to bring Ashley alongside Wrex to that mission, as that will suddenly turn her into a bug alien loving hippie.

[@lilcooldude0494]

@@theprofessionalfence-sitter the reason for this being how the squad morality spectrum works in ME1- from Paragon to Renegade, it goes (as far as I remember) Liara, Kaidan, Tali, Garrus, Ashley, Wrex. Generally, Liara and Wrex are the absolutes, and won't change positions, hence why Ashley will argue for Paragon if Wrex is in the party.

[@maloc1824]

Glad I choose to save her. Besides her story of how the original war happened was quite convincing.

[@Arkios64]

I still strongly disagree with a lot of the points you get for decisions like this. The council 100% would want the rachni exterminated again and letting a former near apocalyptic threat loose on the galaxy isn't something an upstanding paragon of virtue should be doing; even if they pinky-promised they wouldn't do it again. The choices are actually more divided into "good" vs "effective", with being a Paragon or Renegade having nothing to do with where they end up. A "Paragon" playthrough has you go rogue nearly half the time, defying orders or taking incredible risks that could easily end horribly. A "Renegade" playthrough keeps you following orders half the time, just obliterating a potential threat or gunning down a potential ally.

[@acomingextinction]

"Patches is absolutely back on his bullshit." amazing line

[@EatWave]

13:00 Patches also shows up in Armored Core (his first appearance, actually). His treachery truly does transcend time and space.

[@KaitouKaiju]

In Spider-Man Miles Morales, by helping to find a lost cat you unlock a suit with the cat in a backpack. It doesn't do anything mechanically, but it's adorable. A great way to show Spider-Man is still willing to do good for the neighborhood

[@kaelang12]

I thought the cat helped out in combat

[@JamesCPotter13]

“It doesn’t do anything mechanically” We get SPIDER-CAT FINISHER

[@KaitouKaiju]

@@kaelang12 It's purely cosmetic and doesn't have any real benefit other than being awesome

[@SapphireCarbuncle009]

Stiltzkin from FF9 i feel would count, as he's a traveling salesmoogle. Every time he appears, he tries to sell you on a deal of a bundle to help him on his way. If you buy every single bungle and also help repair the Mognet system (an entire separate sidequest of its own) then he gifts you with a Ribbon, a gear piece anyone can equip and get a ton of elemental resistances as well as a bunch of level up bonuses when it's equipped. It's also quite rare, as it's one of four you can possibly get, being easier to get than all but the one you get in the main story.

[@ianfleming446]

Fun Fact: Margit's Shackle can be used to trigger invisible walls and the pillar fire traps. Very useful tool.

[@atgosh]

Lesson: Always save the cat/dog/rabbit/turtle/wasp because not only will it benefit you in the future, but animals are the bestest and sometimes need our help

[@Alsebra]

To an extent. For example, at the start of Earthbound/Mother 2, you're joined on your journey by both your faithful dog and a space creature resembling an Earth bee...shortly after the bee joins your party, though, it's killed by your neighbor/friend/antagonist's mom with a single swat. It was capable of defending your party from a cosmic incursion but fell to a simple wave of a hand (or was it a rolled-up newspaper or something? It's been so long...)...

[@aeloswindrunner]

That ok/great chainsaw joke was so stupid and I absolutely loved it. Cackled like mad

[@reitekaredacted2787]

In Bioshock 2, if you don't kill Grace she tells you about an ambush coming your way and gives you some security bots to help...that and,you know, all the things the Little Sisters give you for saving them ^^

[@huunhanle3809]

Too bad she dissappear completely in later level (either being hunted down by Lamb’s Splicers or she kept herself low profile). I really like her and her character.

[@WillieManga]

There's also Infinite where you get an upgrade if you at least try to throw a hard ball at a racist man. Hell yeah.

[@redlister2934]

I got one earlier today. Bioshock infinite, Do not throw the ball at the mixed couple sentenced to humiliation at the raffle in the start of the game. Ran into them later on and they gave me a clothing item.

[@Emogamer-tp8vo]

Seriously that was possible? I thought it was required to hit them

[@screamingfalcon71]

@Emogamer666 No, you can try to bean the barker with it instead. Either way, the game stops you from actually throwing it, but the couple only helps you later if you decided to hit the barker.

[@rickypedia999]

The Until Dawn thing with Ashley is an interesting one that can lead to a few alternative character readings for her, especially when taken with certain other details in the game. All of those "other details" seem to imply Ashley's caring for Chris goes only as far as her feeling like she can control him.

[@johnsansker7064]

Margit's Shackle also disables the chariot traps in one of the random side dungeons you find later.

[@marhawkman303]

Apparently it's also able to break illusionary walls too?

[@Daktangle]

@@marhawkman303 Yep. It technically "hits" everything in a large radius, so it also works on those raisable and lowerable fire towers.

[@FelisImpurrator]

That's just a really good bug. It is fun though.

[@mistformsquirrel]

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING.

[@Daktangle]

@@mistformsquirrel it makes that dungeon an absolute breeze. :D

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

in Old World Blues which is a piece of downloadable content for Fallout New Vegas, your character the Courier can choose to help the members of the Think Tank with their own side missions. Taking the time to help each member of the Think Tank pays off in the end as they will speak up in your defense when Doctor Klein tries to have you killed at the end of the campaign.

[@Handlelesswithme]

They do that if you use there issues to control them

[@stevebrewer1679]

Perfect Dark had a character on one of the levels that if you knocked them out instead of killing them they’d show up in the next level and open a locked door you’d normally not be able to able to open. Go past them and explore the area they unlock and you’ll find a hidden weapon

[@mr.e9502]

I’ve replayed RE 4 a few times, and every time I replay it I always save the dog.

[@INikeAir]

Omg Andy’s end quote about the fan favorite dog 😂😂😂😭😭

[@ArkaneStephanie]

You know, I think before RE4 Leon may have been on something. Nobody sober sees a monster with a pichfork and thinks "you look about ready for a suplexing". Him being black out drunk or something explains a lot of the other Resident Evils he is in too.

[@MrIcePho3nix]

As much of a cliche as it is, Leon never being completely sober after surviving Racoon City only makes perfect sense. If Capcom decided that's how they want to characterize him in RE4 Remake, I think I'd be totally fine with it.

[@randomnpc222]

He learns to suplex the SECOND he steps into the castle, he must have it out for cultists or priests

[@omegaman182]

Been awhile since Jane has had a chance to talk about mass effect. Would Love to see her do a chill live stream of her playing one of the bioware rpg

[@tonyAJ420]

She's done it before with KOtOR.

[@Zekrotan]

Fun little thing I missed Patches' cave until like endgame and so when I finally found him I used Starcaller Cry *once* and he was left 1 hp due to script saving him

[@azuredragoon2054]

You could add Saving Richard in Resident Evil 1. Sure, he's doomed either way, but saving him means you get his powerful shot gun just after he dies saving your butt from either a giant snake or giant sharks.

[@emily-claireross8578]

Seriously how dare RE do that to that wonderful dog

[@Emogamer-tp8vo]

The dogs that look like regular dogs in RE5: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@williamsmith2647]

For real I have not played the remake yet and might not now that I know that

[@vulpesknight746]

@@williamsmith2647 same here on all accounts.😩

[@SlicerJackie]

I know these comments are kinda old, but the dogs actually alive! The first one is just a trick, the actual one is found in chapter three and will help you like the other version did.

[@Army_Dog]

​@@SlicerJackieexactly

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

In Minecraft, when you defend a village from a raid (that you may or may not have unintentionally or intentionally started) from the villainous illagers (illagers are the evil version of villagers and they live in mansions and outposts rather than villages), which depending on your difficulty level could be the easiest raid or you could be screaming every 5 seconds because a witch keeps killing you, you will be rewarded with a firework show and a "hero of the village" effect, which will make every villager trade in that village at a really good discounted and affordable price, which can be beneficial if you need new set of diamond armor but can't afford the regular undiscounted price of 32 emeralds, or just need a lot of food for a expedition

[@marhawkman303]

I honestly have no idea if that actually works right... or if you have to stay logged in for the entire raid or you don't get anything for it. I dunno, never saw any effect like that.

[@jeffprovo7604]

I'll admit I haven't played Minecraft in a few years, but are you telling me that the currency actually means something now? Isn't it still just far far easier to just mine diamonds and make your own stuff instead of buying it?

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

@@jeffprovo7604 *the caves near my house have already been deprived of any diamonds*

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

@@marhawkman303 you have to stay logged on and murder all of the illagers, you can even find videos of it

[@marhawkman303]

@@jeffprovo7604 Well... you can do stuff like selling crops to villagers for coin instead of actually finding emeralds. it's a renewable resource being traded for something you can't renew.

[@icetide9411]

We need this list, but the opposite. Games that reward you for doing the wrong thing.

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

It's only logical

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Indeed.

[@crunchybanana6489]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be

[@Zoso14892]

That's the overwhelming majority, though. Almost all games reward you for that. My favourite example was in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Pretty early on, I passed a guy wanting a dual. I had nothing so went past, doubled back through the woods, and stabbed him in the back. Full plate for this guy!

[@Gestaltzerfall]

In Wasteland 3, there is a quest where a slaver offers you the access code to a locked vault in your base for help recovering an escaped slave. Helping the slave gives you a minor reputation gain, while the vault has a bunch of high tier weapons and armor.

[@Daktangle]

You can kill Patches and still get access to his store, and get a +7 spear and his clothes. So, you know, if you think he's pulling a fast one when he cowers and kill him like I did, you still come out on top. Though you are locked out of his quest, and thus some fancier gear later down the line.

[@rhynlock11]

Quiet us actually also extremely useful in non lethal stealth runs as you can develop a silent non lethal rifle for her to do all the work for you without killing people, just causing extreme brain trauma. you know the batman way

[@cericat]

Yeah DD's the same, and there's something hilarious about him stunning or fultoning enemies for you.

[@sebastianbench5454]

Also the whole of the Dishonoured series and its low and high chaos system. But especially rats and bloodflies in 1 and 2 and Daud's fate in Knife of Dunwall.

[@definitelynotachangeling4520]

I had no idea that the Aerondight quest might care what choices I'd made throughout the rest of the DLC and picked it up on my first playthrough without even trying... good lord, I'm so straight-laced when I play games. It's not quite as direct, but Planescape: Torment (a game from 1999 based on D&D rules and setting) frequently rewards completing quests with tact, talking to people and problem-solving without resorting to combat with much more XP and better results from NPCs, which is interesting for something based on D&D, a game where combat is most of what the rules cover. It really cares about the alignment system, and your ability to get the 'best' of the endings (a very loose turn of phrase given what said ending is, but anyhow) is contingent on keeping your alignment in the better part of the grid. And in Planescape: Torment as in Blood and Wine, I casually walked into a Lawful Good playthrough without even trying very hard, and was then very confused when friends told me it was difficult to keep your alignment that way.

[@kallasantysanty6092]

In the first Deus Ex game there are a lot of choices like that. Like in the very begining of the game where you can get some additional supplies from quartermaster Sam Carter for doing your first few missions in a non-lethal/good way.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I might even want to talk about the rescue of Ford Schick, a friend of important secret character Smuggler, which was supposed to give you a permanent discount on the latter's wares and also a sizable amount of lore conversations with the former, but alas, a bug ultimately prevents this from happening; it's still not fixed officially for the vanilla GotY version as of November 2022, although mods like GMDX already have. This could be a notable example of how video game bugs that lessen a game's value, like when a certain handshake in Mass Effect 3 was actually reinstalled for the ME Legendary Edition and fan patches for the original games. Hope OXbox/OXtra makes such a list or two.

[@ralphbutcher7294]

In KotOR 2 taking the good option of not murdering the Jedi masters gets you force enlightenment which casts three useful buffs in a single action

[@4stringsnomercy431]

When I saw Until Dawn I thought you were going for this one: In Chapter 1, when Chris does some target practice, you can aim for the squirrels or leave them be. If you attack them, a crow attacks Sam, and the resulting scratches make it easy for Psycho to find her in Chapter 5. If you leave the squirrels be, Sam will remain unharmed (for now at least) and will be able to escape Psycho.

[@ArathornChase]

I know in The Bard's Tale that was originally released for the og Xbox if you do the right thing and be nice to the dog in the first town he comes an unkillable companion. Theres a Remastered and Resnarkled version for it

[@Mankoi1701]

Dishonored has multiple examples, but I think the best is the Boyle sisters mission. You can easily skip identifying which of the three Boyle sisters is your target by just killing all of them and calling it a day. If you spare at least one of them, however, they recognize that you went out of your way to only kill *part* of their family and send you a thank-you note along with a valuable rune.

[@ImAlpharius]

I sent her to the stalker

[@ECODKyleskymast]

It's weird that they'd reward you at all for killing/getting rid of Boyle, even if she was evil.

[@TwoWholeWorms]

D-Dog and Quiet are two of the best AI companions in any game ever.

[@banyamano010]

The honourable perk-West Of Loathing It gives some of the best items and ending for side quests by letting you have more options Some combat encounters ca also be completely avoided just because you have this perk, winning instantly Being honourable also helps you skip certain quests, such as not needing to find certain items because ‘you’re an honourable person already’

[@Law0086]

Certainly not like the real world where doing the right thing could put you behind bars.

[@ddjsoyenby]

or gets you nothing........always do the wrong thing kiddos always!

[@JachymorDota]

I enjoy when games give you the pacifist/altruist option and make it worthwhile. In the same Metal Gear, enemies do become tougher and better equipped the more violent you are. In Deus Ex: Human Revolution, you get information easier from certain NPCs if you prove your moral high ground by not stabbing everyone you meet.

[@getshwifty3101]

I love how Jane is SO opposed to the "right thing", she needed 3 fingers for her air quotes lmao

[@SakuraKotoni]

My mother before the video: "I'll be surprised if Undertale isn't on here." My mother after the video: "I am surprised." Anyway to add a concrete example (outside of the Pacifist/Genocide routes themselves), Temmie. Send Temmie to college and you can get the best actually usable armor in the game. If you're on a Genocide route, this option is not even available.

[@Lakhshamana]

Dogmeat from Fallout is generally obtained by rescuing it. There's also Worthless Mutt from Arcanum, who can be lost forever if you are late saving it (sometimes for no fault of your own, since it is being tormented by a halfling and must be saved before it died but you might not know where they are located in the town). Both are generally regarded as strong companions for their ease of obtaining.

[@milesellis4534]

margit's shackle is also great for finding illusory walls and turning off the flame pillar traps since it technically sends out an aoe hit

[@NeonKnightOA]

Borderlands 2 and The Pre-Sequel! have lots of such examples. SPOILERS BELOW At the Arid Nexus - Badlands area of 2, you have a sidequest in a billboard where you need to go to a house that belonged to dead BL1 character T.K. Baha. The mission is given to you by his niece Una. You need to collect evidence in order to initiate a class-action lawsuit against Hyperion, the evil company of the week. Halfway into the quest, you'll be contacted by an Hyperion worker who'll reward you with a weapon for turning the evidence to them. If you deliver the mission to Una, you get the Lady Fist a weapon that has some cool bonuses. If you side with Hyperion, you'll get one of the most awful weapons of the game.

[@mistermann4163]

I've always done the Niece side of the quest and never knew that "Lady Finger" healed you since I was more focused on the Crit boost. While the shotgun is one of TK's other weapons he built which if it's anything like it was in the first game seems to be useful in enclosed areas and a Gaige gun.

[@NeonKnightOA]

@@mistermann4163 EDIT: Forget what I wrote, the Lady Fist is NOT a Moxxi weapon. I don't know why I confused them. 🤦🏽‍♂️ As of the Tidal Wave, the problem is that after a certain distance the bullets won't ricochet AFAIK.

[@ka-mai]

Excuuuuse you, Hyperion is *at least* the evil company of the MONTH! Rude.

[@ArkaneStephanie]

Mass Effect very regularly awards you for doing nice things. Like taking the time to take out the artillery bombarding the black ops crew. But the comic you use to fill in the gaps actually skips lots of these good decisions and solves them negatively even if you have a good character

[@michaelandreipalon359]

And not only that, the comic assumes that the player ALWAYS rescue Liara at a certain point. Geez, at least Genesis 2 was a huge improvement.

[@BM-cw6wj]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Well, you have to Rescue Liara in ME1 due to the fact that you literally cannot get to Ilos without her.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@BM-cw6wj Yes, but the comic only assumes that one rescues her BEFORE Virmire, which just doesn't add up to some playthroughs.

[@BM-cw6wj]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Minor detail really, and why wouldn't you want as many squad mates ASAP for more options?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@BM-cw6wj Self-imposed challenges, seeing a nice bit of Developer's Foresight, possible anti-Liara bias, you name it.

[@theworldisafrog]

16:33 im so glad to know, as someone who owns the remake, that the dog is still alive :)

[@typacsk]

As a nice little bonus, this video serves as an opportunity to revisit some of the Oxbox crew's finest moments in "Hitman" gameplay :D

[@guillaumebalme9932]

Regarding the Rachni choice, i'm 99% sure the plot of the whole Rachni story has been inspired by the Ender series of book, by Orson Scott Card. That was your friendly bit of useless trivia ^^

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Ah, Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, and maybe even Ender's Shadow. Great books, damning author.

[@guillaumebalme9932]

@@michaelandreipalon359 yup

[@VonBlade]

There is NO way that is Andy's Arthur Morgan in that first bit of footage. His Arthur would never wear that hat.

[@stephymoss7204]

The Leon dog entry is similar to Until Dawn with Mike and the wolf.

[@mattkennedy9308]

I thought the Until Dawn one was going to be the Wolf. Especially since it's a understandable reflex to shoot it

[@stephymoss7204]

@@mattkennedy9308 I'd definitely place it higher than the Josh and Ashley, because you can still screw up their relationship and get them both killed. Plus it hurts more if you befriend the wolf and then leave them behind...

[@S4ns]

Another small reward from Until Dawn, when Jessica is abducted by the Wendigo, if you, as Mike, rush to rescue her, not only will she survive the elevator encounter, but in the interrogation end credits she will ask about him and adamantly tell the officer that Mike tried to rescue her.

[@anarchyantz1564]

I was wondering if this video would be presented by Jane and I was not disappointed. I also agree, if there is an industrial garden shredder there, it is simply crying out to be used!!

[@nemo.refert]

Blasphemous does this all the time, despite its bleak and hopeless setting. For example, you only get the Tiento to your Thorned Hairs (arguably one of the best Prayers in the game) if you save Socorro instead of killing her and then go out of your way to stop Cleofas from killing himself. Also, the only way to get the true ending is by sparing both Esdras and Crisanta.

[@HeyaItsmK5103]

the RDR2 thing is rly wholesome, you saved a man's life, and he rewarded you by basically saying ''Aye, cheers to ya mate, go pick one of 'em firearms and do what comes natural, son''. I love RDR2 moments like these

[@Betta66]

Papers Please is full of examples of this. You get tokens for helping certain people. For example, a man named Pyotr goes through your immigration checkpoint and informs you his wife Katya is in line after him. Katya unfortunately does not have all of her required documents. Let her through anyway and you'll receive a citation, but Katya will reward you with a token.

[@IkeFanBoy64]

Though not as much of a good deed as that one, the task for getting the Arstotzka token may be my favorite since it requires you to hand out business cards to any engineers who pass through.

[@Animaniac461]

I would love to see a video "7 Video Game Animals that Saved your Bacon" It could include the puppy from MGS and the dog in Until Dawn!

[@Sly88Frye]

Okay these are actually some pretty cool rewards. I didn't realize it was going to be such awesome stuff besides just oh you could experience points or something

[@sinistar816]

Perhaps a bit different, but in Destiny 2, back when Titan was a place, there was a mission that ended up with choosing whether or not to release a Fallen captain and his men from being experimented on/tortured by the Hive. Releasing him was obviously the right choice, since that Captain was Misraaks/Mithraks and he would go on to help us get a great gun (Outbreak Perfected) and then help in the efforts to redeem his people.

[@vineousvondrake2456]

in parasite eve 2 if you save this one guy's dog later on there's a gate that will be unlocked during this nasty encounter it makes it much easier to survive it

[@theelectricgamer9889]

Can you do a video titled 7 times your best friend or friend was a boss or the final boss? Five suggestions for this list is Riku from Kingdom Hearts Pixy from Ace Combat 0 The Belkan War, any Undertale character, Gunther from Fire Emblem Fates Revelation, and Edelgard,Dimitri, and/or Claude (depending on the route you choice) from Fire Emblem Three Houses

[@greggleblom]

Don't forget about the last story. The first time I beat it, that was a real sucker punch to the gut.

[@thrasher698]

I'll raise you Frederic from Eternal Sonata

[@JT_Lich]

Boris from Bendy and the Ink Machine is another great one

[@KaitouKaiju]

X from Mega Man Zero

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@KaitouKaiju Only the body, not the "soul".

[@averyjoffe5460]

There's also a dragon in DOS 2, Slane, in the later section of Fort Joy. He's shackled to the ground and under the control of a witch, and you can ignore him, kill him (for a huge chunk of XP and great loot), promise to help him and go back on your word, etc. But if you free him from both his chains and Radeka the witch, he can come back to help you out during the final stretch of escaping Fort Joy by destroying a bunch of Shriekers for you. If I remember correctly, if you deal with all the Shriekers yourself, Slane will instead buff your party and debuff Alexander during the final boss fight of the Fort.

[@eggguy20]

One example that I know that doesn't just reward you but has an extremely good outcome is from the Kingdom Come Deliverance DLC called Band of Bastards. You can be like any other mercenary where you just let bad things happen and convince your buddies to pick a fight with the lord that's going to wipe you all out or you can do the right thing by fighting off an ambush, saving women from bandits and convincing your friends to walk away with the money and fight in your nobles stead. This in turn leads you to either acquiring a good armor set because you accidentally killed the dude or having him give up what he has on his person when he yields leading you to having the second best sword and shield in the game.

[@PikaLink91]

If given the option I always go for the morally right option. In fact I felt bad when killing off the first boss of Remember Me and turned the game off. He just sat there all defencelessly and the only reason I went up and used the prompt to end him was because I feared he would get up again. I really wanna go back in and finish that game at some point.

[@crunchybanana6489]

I would argue that hollow knight rewards you with carefree melody (a much better charm than grimmchild) for breaking the Grimm cycle and not dooming basically all of civilisation until someone else has the same choice

[@AgentFirestalker]

Does Boc the tailor in Elden Ring count? There's a point at the end of his quest line where he asks you for a Larval Tear because he thinks he's not beautiful and he wants to remake himself. If you use the "You're Beautiful" talking Pate stone, he won't want to remake himself and therefore won't commit suicide afterwards.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

He doesn't commit suicide. The whole thing is that Rennala's rebirths are flawed so the new body he gets fails and he dies as a result.

[@AgentFirestalker]

@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor Ahh, my bad. It's the wrong choice regardless. Praising him saves him.

[@marhawkman303]

@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor I still wanna help Rennala.... she's trying so hard. ;-;

[@frodobaggins7710]

I dunno, I always feel pretty rewarded whenever I kill Patches in a From game

[@blankgravestcnes]

Another one is the Gift of Charity in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, when a beggar asks for a gold piece, you get The Gift of Charity, which boosts your Speechcraft (allowing you better bartering, persuasion, and other speech related things) by 10 points for one hour, which isn't the best buff in game, but it is pretty good for a minor little warmth in your heart and the feeling of helping someone

[@Cuckoorex]

*Holds up puppy* He'll get bigger? Yeah, cuz that's how puppies work.

[@luckyjedi429]

I haven’t played RE4, so I don’t know about the dog much, but I say to remember that Capcom seems to like subverting our expectations of iconic moments in their remakes. The dogs in RE1 crashing into the window on your *second* pass through. The licker in RE2 having its introduction changed in the A scenario, but going back to the original in the B scenario. I’m of the mind that maybe we encounter a living dog a little after finding the dead one.

[@combineadvisor572]

In Black Mesa, using the lethal toxin canister to kill the Gonarch basically opens up the ability to a secret path that takes you straight to the next level without killing the Gonarch. You get an achievement for doing so and gameplay is not affected.

[@LegendaryDorkKnight]

In Infamous 1 & 2, they did a VERY good job of balancing the powers out by making the evil side powers more destructive and making the good side powers easier to use and softer on your electricity gauge. Some of the good side ability automatically subdued enemies and some even restored your energy.

[@dizzyizzylizzie]

Not sure if this counts, but in Jedi Academy if you spare Rosh, when you go to Korriban you'll have the other students to help you fight off the Disciples of Ragnos. This as supposed to the killing Rosh and you have to fight EVERYBODY on Korriban.

[@zerin25]

Related video idea: Times when games rewarded you for doing the 'right' thing that were arguably worse than the 'wrong' thing

[@genericname2747]

Honestly, Until Dawn could be in that video. Ashley says stuff like "Let me save you!" When you're given the choice to shoot her or yourself, so it kinda sounds like she wants to sacrifice herself.

[@EatWave]

Any Batman - Arkham game could fill that list with examples any time that Batman saves or spares a member of his rogue's gallery.

[@josephjennings3146]

16:35 - well...that went from 10 to 0 really quickly. Actually felt a tear. 💔 Hopefully they change it back

[@arturiaarthus8367]

Patches never surrendered to me during the fight ... perhaps because he died in one hit.

[@marcelzimmermann4681]

I agree to other voices to have this list the other way around, but also in tandom to this episode i want to add Dark Souls to both lists: For this Video, Dark Souls 3, bringing Siegward of Catarina his armor and emotionally support him inbetween! He pairs up with you against the Boss Yhorm with a sword able to plummeting even giants. For a contrary List: Saving Lautric in Dark Souls 1 before the Bell Gargoyles. He is grateful, makes for a nice talk and....SOON KILLS YOUR FIRE KEEPER? Which ends the flame on your starter Area and cuts away one path to upgrade your Estus as well as a teleport point. Really annoying

[@AlexSamaras]

Obvious missing example: Bioshock and saving the Little Sisters. You not only get just as much (if not more; I can't be bothered to look it up) Adam overall, as a total of getting it from them when you rescue them and getting it from the gifts they leave you, you also get bonus tonics in those gifts they leave you.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

Also, you get unique plasmids

[@AlexSamaras]

​@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor Do you also get plasmids? I know you get some combat, health, or security tonics, but I didn't realize you also got plasmids. Probably because I tend to ignore most plasmids that appear once I've got the ability to cover all of my enemies in bees. 😉😁

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

@@AlexSamaras According to what other people were saying you do.

[@raammurderer4168]

Binary domain is another game that should have been on this list because of the secret ending you can get by getting very high trust with all of your teammates throughout the game your robot ally Cain who you thought was dead or deactivated returns to assist you in the final boss fight

[@cericat]

Wow two of us who completed BD that aren't from Japan, it sold so badly outside JP.

[@raammurderer4168]

Yeah it is i have an xbox and so when they finally added it to the backwards compatible games i just had to buy it, i mean it was one of my favourite games growing up

[@allenking6268]

Another example in this list is in COD4:MW you can save a soldier from being shot and he will help you fight plus an achievement.

[@DreadWulfie]

This video might be a month old but for me Patches is like a bed after a tiring day, comforting; I know where I stand with him and he's the one constant that I can count on.

[@willieoelkers5568]

In Elden Ring the Shackle works on Morgott "too" because Margit is actually a persona created by Morgott. Since he's an Omen, who are massive pariahs under the Golden Order, he can't let the people of Leydenall know what he really is, so he has his Margit persona for when he needs to go out and potentially be seen.

[@violetmoon1587]

An even better reward would be if the dog survived the remake

[@pizzazzio6572]

Wait hold on, what about dealing with the divine beasts in Breath of The Wild? Stopping all four of them from rampaging gives you four cool abilities and shaves off half of Ganon's health in the difficult first phase. Edit: The champion weapons! How could I forget the champion weapons!

[@richarddakazo2878]

13:48 If you DO kill Patches, you can just take his Bell Bearing to the twin husks at the roundtable hold and still have access to his shop inventory. You could just spare him to get the gesture and rune item, then pull a Patches and betray him immediately for MORE runes AND his bell bearing. Serves him right, I'd say.

[@TrashWaav]

The Cyberpunk 2077 Cyberpsycho missions also stand out. You even get yelled at a bit for doing the wrong thing

[@riksweeney]

Fun fact, you can get Patches to start attacking you again by hitting him a few times. If he then beats up you too much he'll offer you surrender to him, earning you another gesture.

[@xandan1668]

Patches is the 1 of only two npcs I trust in souls games because I know where he stands.

[@garldeathhand4511]

II'd love to see a video about how situations in computer games have permanently changed your playstyle. I always wanted to play a good hero who solves the world's problems. That changed after the Witcher 3, especially in the mission where you have to sacrifice either children or a whole village. This showed me that purely good solutions are rather boring and easily forgotten, but the quests where you sit in front of the screen for 30 minutes because you weigh the pros and cons of your decision stay with you forever. Now I really like to play Antiheros in a moral gray area.

[@prejudicedpizza2764]

Never playing the remake of RE4 for specifically that reason. I would've died for that dog when I was playing the original, so this betrayal shall not be forgiven 😤