History Main / AlignmentBasedEndings

** Evil Karma: [[spoiler: Torque goes into a total BerserkerRage at being told his wife is leaving and taking the boys with her, and proceeds to [[MurderInTheFamily kill his entire family]].]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has the True Pacifist ending ([[spoiler:everyone in the game survives one way or another and the barrier is destroyed, allowing monsters to leave the underground and reintegrate into human society]]), which you see if you kill absolutely nobody; the Genocide ending ([[spoiler:you kill everyone in the underground and the Fallen Child destroys the entire game world]]), which you see if you kill absolutely ''everybody''; and the Neutral endings ([[spoiler:the monsters remain underground and mostly lose hope for escape due to the disappearance of the human souls; who takes up the throne after Asgore's death depends on which bosses, if any, were killed]]), which vary depending on how many monsters (as well as ''which'' monsters) you've killed. There's also a special ending if you completed Genocide before Pacifist ([[spoiler:since you had to sell your soul to the Fallen Child to play the game again, they suddenly possess your player character in an ominous post-credit scene, the game's way of punishing the player for thinking they were above consequences]]). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUW7ZTr36QI And then, if you do a Genocide run ''three'' times in a row...]] Yes, even ''Chara'' begs you to stop doing genocide runs.

* In ''[[Videogame/{{Oddworld}} Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee]]'' and its two sequels ''Abe's Exoddus'' and ''VideoGame/Munch's Oddysee'', the final cutscene is determined by the number of slaves (test subjects in Munch's Oddysee) you rescue throughout the game. You have to rescue enough to get the good ending, otherwise you get a [[NightmareFuel surprisingly dark]] bad ending. In the rebooted series, ''VideoGame/OddworldNewNTasty'' and ''VideoGame/OddworldSoulstorm'' continue this tradition.

* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' uses a system called Chaos; High Chaos is caused by [[KillEmAll killing every enemy in sight]], while Low Chaos is caused by using NonLethalKO[=s=] against guards and finding alternative ways of disposing of your assassination targets. There's also a hidden "Medium Chaos" ending in the middle. You get quite a few hints along the way: the princess's attitude remains light or becomes dark to match [[TheHero Corvo]], and before the final mission, [[spoiler:Samuel the boatman]]'s attitude towards you when he says goodbye reveals the ending you're getting. In Low Chaos, he says ItHasBeenAnHonor; in Medium, [[WhatTheHellHero he accuses you of killing needlessly and says he never wants to see you again]], and in High, [[FaceHeelTurn he actively alerts the enemies to your presence]].

* ''VideoGame/TheSuffering'' has three endings based on Good/Neutral/Evil by actions Torque takes throughout the game by either killing none of the inmates or guards, some of them, or [[KillEmAll all of them]]. Each ending changes just how Torque ended up in [[TheAlcatraz Abbot State Penitentiary]].

* In ''[[Videogame/{{Oddworld}} Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee]]'' and its two sequels ''Abe's Exoddus'' and ''Munch's Oddysee'', the final cutscene is determined by the number of slaves (test subjects in Munch's Oddysee) you rescue throughout the game. You have to rescue enough to get the good ending, otherwise you get a [[NightmareFuel surprisingly dark]] bad ending.

* ''VideoGame/LiarJeannieInCrucifixKingdom'': The game has a hidden variable that decreases by one when Jeannie frees a human slave, decreses by three if she kills an undead merchant, and increases by one if she kills a slave. This is actually a measure of whether she is pro-human or pro-undead. If she gets to 15 in either direction, [[spoiler:Jeannie will commit genocide on all humans in the kingdom to turn them into undead or genocide on all undead to protect humans]]. If she doesn't go far enough in either direction, she will get a neutral ending [[spoiler:where she doesn't commit genocide and instead maintains her sanity.]]

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', depending on whether you were a [[LawfulGood Paragon]] or [[AntiHero Renegade]] and whether or not you [[spoiler:saved the Council]], the ending speech [[FourStarBadass Captain Anderson]] or [[AssInAmbassador Ambassador Udina]] gives will differ. The Paragon ending has a RousingSpeech basically along the lines of "We will rebuild, and we will fight side-by-side." As a Renegade, the speech consists of how humanity will protect the galaxy at any cost. The two sequels follow similar patterns, though the third one has a lot more variables since it factors decisions from all three games.

A subtrope of MultipleEndings, where said endings can be mapped onto the BlackAndWhiteMorality, OrderVersusChaos, [[NoPointsForNeutrality occasionally Neutrality]], or some other form of it. Which ending you get is usually either based on your KarmaMeter standing at the end of the game (making it a subtrope of AlgorithmicStoryBranching), or follows from a LastSecondEndingChoice.

A subtrope of MultipleEndings, where said endings can be mapped onto the BlackAndWhiteMorality, OrderVersusChaos, [[NoPointsForNeutrality occasionally Neutrality]], or some other form of CharacterAlignment. Which ending you get is usually either based on your KarmaMeter standing at the end of the game (making it a subtrope of AlgorithmicStoryBranching), or follows from a LastSecondEndingChoice.

* ''VideoGame/TheSuffering'' has three endings based on Good/Neutral/Evil by actions Torque takes throughout the game by either killing none of the inmates or guards, some of them, or [[KillEmAll all of them]]. Each ending changes just how Torque ended up in [[TheAlcatraz Blackwater Prison]].

* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar II Chaos Rising'' has multiple endings depending on the corruption of your squads (which fills in for the KarmaMeter in the game) as well as several choices you make over the plot of the story. They range from [[spoiler:your Commander replacing Davian Thule as captain of the Fourth Company and helping Gabriel Angelos and Apollo Diomedes cleanse the Literature/BloodRavens of corruption]] to [[spoiler:your Commander fleeing with your squads into the Eye of Terror and joining the Black Legion]].

* Most ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games will have you choose between [[OrderVersusChaos Order, Chaos, or Neutral]] alignment ending.

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has the True Pacifist ending ([[spoiler:everyone in the game survives one way or another and the barrier is destroyed, allowing monsters to leave the underground and reintegrate into human society]]), which you see if you kill absolutely nobody; the Genocide ending ([[spoiler:you kill everyone in the underground and the Fallen Child destroys the entire game world]]), which you see if you kill absolutely ''everybody''; and the Neutral endings ([[spoiler:the monsters remain underground and mostly lose hope for escape due to the disappearance of the human souls; who takes up the throne after Asgore's death depends on which bosses, if any, were killed]]), which vary depending on how many monsters (as well as ''which'' monsters) you've killed. There's also a special ending if you completed Genocide before Pacifist ([[spoiler:since you had to sell your soul to the Fallen Child to play the game again, they suddenly possess your player character in an ominous post-credit scene, the game's way of punishing the player for thinking they were above consequences]]). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUW7ZTr36QI And then, if you do a Genocide run ''three'' times in a row...]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has the True Pacifist ending ([[spoiler:everyone in the game survives one way or another and the barrier is destroyed, allowing monsters to leave the underground and reintegrate into human society]]), which you see if you kill absolutely nobody; the Genocide ending ([[spoiler:you kill everyone in the underground and the Fallen Child destroys the entire game world]]), which you see if you kill absolutely ''everybody''; and the Neutral endings ([[spoiler:the monsters remain underground and mostly lose hope for escape due to the disappearance of the human souls; who takes up the throne after Asgore's death depends on which bosses, if any, were killed]]), which vary depending on how many monsters (as well as ''which'' monsters) you've killed. There's also a special ending if you completed Genocide before Pacifist ([[spoiler:since you had to sell your soul to the Fallen Child to play the game again, they suddenly possess your player character in an ominous post-credit scene, the game's way of punishing the player for thinking they were above consequences]]).

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has one Pacifist ending ([[spoiler:everyone in the game survives one way or another and the barrier is destroyed, allowing monsters to leave the underground and reintegrate into human society]]), which you see if you kill absolutely nobody; one Genocide ending ([[spoiler:the Fallen Child kills everyone in the underground and, with or without the player's assistance, destroys the entire game world]]), which you see if you kill absolutely ''everybody''; and several different Neutral endings ([[spoiler:the monsters remain underground and mostly lose hope for escape due to the disappearance of the human souls; who takes up the throne after Asgore's death depends on which bosses, if any, were killed]]), which vary depending on how many monsters (as well as ''which'' monsters) you've killed.

* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the ending depends on your KarmaMeter and on [[FactionSpecificEndings which side you take]]: the [=NCR=] (a democratic but corrupted government), Caesar's Legion (a dictatorship based on Rome who use slavery and violence), Mr. House (a dictator who wants to restore Vegas' past glory but doesn't care about anything else), or the chaos ending (where you basically reject the three latter faction to ensure New Vegas freedom by yourself).

* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the ending depends on your KarmaMeter and on [[FactionSpecificEndings which side you take]]: the [=NCR=] (a democratic but corrupted government), Caesar's Legion (a dictatorship based on Rome who use slavery and violence), Mr. House (a dictator who wants to restore Vegas past glory but don't care about anything else) , or the chaos ending (where you basically reject the three latter faction to ensure New Vegas freedom by yourself).

* The full 3D editions of ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows'' has four endings, determined first by your alignment [[spoiler:but only when the sonic bomb is reached]], then by whether or not you used the symbiote [[spoiler:to heal Black Cat]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' has one Pacifist ending ([[spoiler:everyone in the game survives one way or another and the barrier is destroyed, allowing monsters to leave the underground and reintegrate into human society]]), which you see if you kill absolutely nobody; one Genocide ending ([[spoiler:the Fallen Child kills everyone in the underground and, with or without the player's assistance, destroys the entire game world]]), which you see if you kill absolutely ''everybody''; and several different Neutral endings ([[spoiler:the monsters remain underground and mostly lose hope for escape due to the disappearance of the human souls; who takes up the throne after Asgore's death depends on which bosses, if any, were killed]]), which vary depending on how many monsters you've killed.

* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar II Chaos Rising'' has multiple endings depending on the corruption of your squads (which fills in for the KarmaMeter in the game) as well as several choices you make over the plot of the story. They range from [[spoiler:your Commander replacing Davian Thule as captain of the Fourth Company and helping Gabriel Angelos and Apollo Diomedes cleanse the Literature/BloodRavens of corruption]] to [[spoiler:your Commander fleeing with your squads into the Eye of Terror and joining the Black Legion.]]

* The class-specific campaigns in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' are mostly linear, but the player's moral choices alter them cosmetically.

* The class-specific campaigns in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' are mostly linear, but the player's moral choices alter them cosmetically. Also, while the Light Side path is canon for Republic characters, the Dark Side is this for the Empire classes, e.g. the Sith Inquisitor is referred as [[spoiler:Darth Nox]] (a Dark Side title) rather than [[spoiler:Darth Imperius]] (Light Side) in the later canon materials. The last is unprecedented: in every single previous game where there has been a choice between the Dark Side and the Light Side, the Light Side has been established as the canon choice.

* In ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'', Cole's actions affect the story's endings. He can either be good, or he can be evil. The choices are rather obvious as to whether they're good or evil, though.

A subtrope of MultipleEndings, where said endings can be mapped onto the BlackAndWhiteMorality, OrderVersusChaos, [[NoPointsForNeutrality occasionally Neutrality]], or some other form of CharacterAlignment. Which ending you get is usually either based on your KarmaMeter standing at the end of the game, or follows from a LastSecondEndingChoice.

* In ''VideoGame/JediKnightDarkForcesII'', the ending is determined by a KarmaMeter which is affected by which Force powers Kyle learns and whether or not he attacks non-combatants in Nar Shaddaa and Barons Hed. In ''VideoGame/JediKnightJediAcademy'', you instead explicitly choose your side in the penultimate story mission.