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* ''VideoGame/OperationWinback'' has 3 endings, the good ending counts as the Bittersweet one. Jean-Luc and the SCAT team have killed most, if not all of the Crying Lions terrorists and stopped the Gulf Satellite from firing again by destroying it, but most of the SCAT team had been killed over the course of the mission and only 3 members, Jean-Luc Cougar, Keith Birdy, and Lisa Roberts are left.
** The Normal ending counts as well, while the SCAT team have managed to kill all of the terrorists and stop the GULF sysyem from firing again and killing more innocent people, the terrorists managed to use it to destroy the White House and the SCAT team is brought down to 3 members. Plus, Cecile Carlyle, one of the main terrorists, manages to escape and remains at large. Thus he gets away with killing some of your team members and several other people in the White House. The good news about this is that the U.S. government know who he is, so he won't be able to run forever and will face justice sooner or later.
** Averted with the third ending, the Bad Ending, which is a full-on DownerEnding.



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* ''[[VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory Star Ocean: The Second Story/Second Evolution.]]'' The planet of Expel is saved, the Sorcery Globe is dealt with, and most of the heroes can go back home. But at what cost? Remember Narl/Nall, Mirage, Marianna, Noel, and Chisato (if you didn't recruit them), the psynards, the buzzing Fun City, the wondrous technology, and all the random townspeople you ran into during the second half of the game? They're gone forever, and nobody other than the heroes realises that they ever existed.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront 2'', you spend the entire campaign learning about an unnamed clone trooper who's been in just about every major battle, only to have the last mission be on Hoth, with him declaring that the empire has won, meaning he wasn't on Endor and knows nothing about the Empire's defeat, or he died on the second Death Star, making all the battles he's been in pointless.

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* ''[[VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory Star Ocean: The Second Story/Second Evolution.]]'' ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'': The planet of Expel is saved, the Sorcery Globe is dealt with, and most of the heroes can go back home. But at what cost? Remember Narl/Nall, Mirage, Marianna, Noel, and Chisato (if you didn't recruit them), the psynards, the buzzing Fun City, the wondrous technology, and all the random townspeople you ran into during the second half of the game? They're gone forever, and nobody other than the heroes realises that they ever existed.
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spend the entire campaign learning about an unnamed clone trooper who's been in just about every major battle, only to have the last mission be on Hoth, with him declaring that the empire has won, meaning he wasn't on Endor and knows nothing about the Empire's defeat, or he died on the second Death Star, making all the battles he's been in pointless.



* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline''[='s=] Iconian War story arc ends this way - the Iconians come to an armistice with the Beta Quadrant powers after the PlayerCharacter returns an item thought lost to them for millenia, but the cost getting there was too high as numerous Starfleet, Klingon and Romulan members died fighting the Iconians and their servants, including Kahless II. Even worse, your actions unwittingly lead to the creation of the Sphere-Builders, who go to torment a young Starfleet in the 22nd century. On the plus side, the war has brought everyone closer together than before and leads to a number of changes in the future.

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* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline''[='s=] ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'''s Iconian War story arc ends this way - -- the Iconians come to an armistice with the Beta Quadrant powers after the PlayerCharacter returns an item thought lost to them for millenia, but the cost getting there was too high as numerous Starfleet, Klingon and Romulan members died fighting the Iconians and their servants, including Kahless II. Even worse, your actions unwittingly lead to the creation of the Sphere-Builders, who go to torment a young Starfleet in the 22nd century. On the plus side, the war has brought everyone closer together than before and leads to a number of changes in the future.



* ''VideoGame/{{Stray|2022}}'' ends with the Cat finally making it outside of the City they spent the game trapped within. However, not only are they still separated from their family, they had to leave behind all the companions they've made along the way. Of the Outsiders, only Clementine and (possibly) Zbaltazar have a realistic chance of heading Outside via Midtown's subway station--Doc, Momo and the rest of the Slum dwellers are unable to take the elevator up there as it was decommissioned previously due to the Zurk infestation. While many of the Zurks themselves have been killed off by the [[CueTheSun sun's sudden appearance]], at least one of their major nests still lurks deep within the Sewers making passage through them to Midtown risky. Finally and most poignantly, the Cat's closest companion B-12 has sacrified their drone body to open up the City in the first place; the final scene implies they might still be alive within the city's systems, but nothing concrete is spelled out about their fate.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Stray|2022}}'' ''VideoGame/Stray2022'' ends with the Cat finally making it outside of the City they spent the game trapped within. However, not only are they still separated from their family, they had to leave behind all the companions they've made along the way. Of the Outsiders, only Clementine and (possibly) Zbaltazar have a realistic chance of heading Outside via Midtown's subway station--Doc, station -- Doc, Momo and the rest of the Slum dwellers are unable to take the elevator up there as it was decommissioned previously due to the Zurk infestation. While many of the Zurks themselves have been killed off by the [[CueTheSun sun's sudden appearance]], at least one of their major nests still lurks deep within the Sewers making passage through them to Midtown risky. Finally and most poignantly, the Cat's closest companion B-12 has sacrified their drone body to open up the City in the first place; the final scene implies they might still be alive within the city's systems, but nothing concrete is spelled out about their fate.



* ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter 2'' ended with the Agency's conspiracy revealed and its leaders dead, but so is Teresa. Fans hated the last part so bad that it got retconned in the sequel.

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* ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter 2'' ended ends with the Agency's conspiracy revealed and its leaders dead, but so is Teresa. Fans hated the last part so bad that it got retconned {{retcon}}ned in the sequel.



** Also in ''Tactics Ogre:Let Us Cling Together'', the endings wind up this way. If Denam becomes the ruler of Valeria, then it's because his sister (The rightful heir) is dead. He unites Valeria...but depending on your chaos frame, is either defeated by Lodis when they invade, or assassinated by a terrorist. It's better if Caitua/Kachua is still alive, then she becomes the ruler of Valeria. But in a thousand years, the Hittites invade Valeria. The PSP version tones this down a little by instead saying they "united" with Heth (Likely where the Hittites came from) and it sounds like the union was more consensual.

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** Also in The endings ''Tactics Ogre:Let Ogre: Let Us Cling Together'', the endings Together'' also wind up this way. If Denam becomes the ruler of Valeria, then it's because his sister (The rightful heir) is dead. He unites Valeria... but depending on your chaos frame, is either defeated by Lodis when they invade, or assassinated by a terrorist. It's better if Caitua/Kachua is still alive, then she becomes the ruler of Valeria. But in a thousand years, the Hittites invade Valeria. The PSP version tones this down a little by instead saying they "united" with Heth (Likely where the Hittites came from) from), and it sounds like the union was more consensual.



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* ''VideoGame/VandalHearts 2'', in three out of four of its endings, ''including'' the GoldenEnding, is this.

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* ''Vice: Project Doom'' has Quinn Hart beating the BigBad of the [[MegaCorp Beda Corporation]], Damian Hawke and saving the city from becoming a mutant infestation. Unfortunately, Hart has ended up injuring or killing his two friends whom Hawke turned into mutants or cyborgs, and is told that since he is a clone like Hawke, [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil the organization will not be destroyed as long as he still has Hawke's blood in his veins. After the credits, the ending shows the Hawke clone in the capsule smiling, as it may be signifying Hawke's return.]]
* Vigil: The Longest Night has only bittersweet endings:
** Dawn: Leila completes the Daylight ritual by killing the EldritchAbomination her sister has become, reawakening the Goddess of the Sun and finally ending The Longest Night - but the Goddess is herself an EldritchAbomination, and begins eating entire planets to sustain her sunlight.

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* ''Vice: Project Doom'' ''VideoGame/ViceProjectDoom'' has Quinn Hart beating the BigBad of the [[MegaCorp Beda Corporation]], Damian Hawke and saving the city from becoming a mutant infestation. Unfortunately, Hart has ended up injuring or killing his two friends whom Hawke turned into mutants or cyborgs, and is told that since he is a clone like Hawke, [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil the organization will not be destroyed as long as he still has Hawke's blood in his veins. After the credits, the ending shows the Hawke clone in the capsule smiling, as it may be signifying Hawke's return.]]
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* Vigil: ''Vigil: The Longest Night Night'' has only bittersweet endings:
** Dawn: Leila completes the Daylight ritual by killing the EldritchAbomination her sister has become, reawakening the Goddess of the Sun and finally ending The Longest Night - -- but the Goddess is herself an EldritchAbomination, and begins eating entire planets to sustain her sunlight.



* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' ends with almost all of its cast dead. Clementine survives, but she is alone after Lee is bitten and must be either abandoned or shot in the head. With Clementine's future uncertain, we can only hope that Lee's parting advice will help her.

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* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale'' ends with almost all of its cast dead. Clementine survives, but she is alone after Lee is bitten and must be either abandoned or shot in the head. With Clementine's future uncertain, we can only hope that Lee's parting advice will help her.



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* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' ended with the Burning Legion defeated for now, but Azeroth is still infested with undead and the World Tree was destroyed, forcing the Night Elves to come out of hiding. In the ''The Frozen Throne'', peace is restored between the Horde and the Alliance, but Jaina had to kill her own father and Arthas succeeded in becoming the new Lich King.

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* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' ended ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'' ends with the Burning Legion defeated for now, but Azeroth is still infested with undead and the World Tree was has been destroyed, forcing the Night Elves to come out of hiding. In the ''The Frozen Throne'', peace is restored between the Horde and the Alliance, but Jaina had has to kill her own father and Arthas succeeded succeeds in becoming the new Lich King.


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* ''VideoGame/WinBack'':
** The Good Ending counts as the Bittersweet one. Jean-Luc and the SCAT team have killed most, if not all of the Crying Lions terrorists and stopped the Gulf Satellite from firing again by destroying it, but most of the SCAT team had been killed over the course of the mission and only 3 members, Jean-Luc Cougar, Keith Birdy, and Lisa Roberts are left.
** The Normal Ending counts as well, while the SCAT team have managed to kill all of the terrorists and stop the GULF sysyem from firing again and killing more innocent people, the terrorists managed to use it to destroy the White House and the SCAT team is brought down to 3 members. Plus, Cecile Carlyle, one of the main terrorists, manages to escape and remains at large. Thus he gets away with killing some of your team members and several other people in the White House. The good news about this is that the U.S. government know who he is, so he won't be able to run forever and will face justice sooner or later.
** Averted with the third ending, the Bad Ending, which is a full-on DownerEnding.
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* ''VideoGame/AstraHunterZosma'': If Zosma collects enough treasure but not all of them, [[spoiler:he'll experience varying degrees of success in being an Astra Hunter and sharing the legacy of the bosses of the Crescent Moon Tower. However, his companion remains fused with him and cannot manifest in the world of the living to go on adventures with him]].

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* ''VideoGame/Winback'': Even the game's best ending counts, while Jean-Luc manages to stop the GULF satellite from firing again and killing more innocent people and killed most, if not all of the Crying Lions terrorists, most of the SCAT team is dead, and the leader of the team Danniel Stewart, turns out to have been the brother of Kenneth Coleman, the Crying Lions leader, and a traitor, who Jean-Luc is forced to kill, and only himself, Lisa and Keith are the only three people to survive.


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* ''VideoGame/WorldOfHorror'': A successful run ensures the survival of humanity and the world... at least, for now. But the player character can easily end up in such a state that returning to a normal life is impossible, the eldritch monstrosities will inevitably have caused a lot of damage, and the Old Gods are only temporarily stopped.
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* The final ending of ''VideoGame/NoOneHasToDie''. The four people people who were trapped in the building at the start all survive thanks to your efforts. However, Christina goes back into the Tempest Machine to try to save her mother, believing that there is no reality where her mother and her love, Steve, can both survive. In addition, everyone might survive in your reality, but the ending in no way cancels the preceding deaths in the alternate worlds.

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* The final ending OmegaEnding of ''VideoGame/NoOneHasToDie''. The ''VideoGame/NoOneHasToDie'' ends with the four people people who were trapped in the building at the start all survive surviving thanks to your efforts. However, efforts, but Christina goes back into the Tempest TEMPEST Machine to try to save her mother, believing that there is no reality where her mother and her love, Steve, can both survive. In addition, everyone might survive in your reality, but countless other versions of the ending in no way cancels main cast have been killed off across the preceding deaths in the alternate worlds.multiverse.
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** ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon'' ends with one third of the story's principal LoveTriangle dead and another mentally scarred and wandering the world alone.

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** ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon'' ends with the world saved from TheEmpire and the GodOfEvil...but one third of the story's principal LoveTriangle is dead and another mentally scarred into a tyrant and only the third showing recovery by wandering the world alone.alone with the titular dragon god. Then again, UnreliableNarrator is at play...



** The Imperial China chapter ends this way. Ou Di Wan Lee is defeated, the legacy of Earthen Heart is preserved, and the surviving disciple is hailed as a hero by the people, but the Earthen Heart Shifu and the two other disciples are all dead.
** The Near Future chapter ends this way. TheConspiracy and Odeo are defeated, and Akira has inherited Lawless' taiyaki stand and his motorcycle, but Lawless and at least 2,000 other people are dead because of the Conspirators' plan, the [[HumongousMecha Steel Titan]] is once again dormant, Watanabe presumably doesn't know of [[ReforgedIntoAMinion his father's fate]], and it's left unclear if [[DelicateAndSickly Kaori]]'s condition ever improves.
** The Distant Future chapter ends this way. OD-10 is defeated and the Behemoth is killed, but Cube, Kato, and Darthe are the only survivors of the chapter's event, with the rest of the ''Cogito Ergo Sum'''s crew having been killed. Notably, this chapter's credits are accompanied by the song "Cry A Live", a somber song usually played over the game's sad moments, making it the only chapter where that's the case.

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** The Imperial China chapter ends this way. with Ou Di Wan Lee is defeated, the legacy of Earthen Heart is preserved, and the surviving disciple is hailed as a hero by the people, but the Earthen Heart Shifu and the two other disciples are all dead.
** The Near Future chapter ends this way. with TheConspiracy and Odeo are defeated, and Akira has having inherited Lawless' taiyaki stand and his motorcycle, but Lawless and at least 2,000 other people are dead because of the Conspirators' plan, the [[HumongousMecha Steel Titan]] is once again dormant, Watanabe presumably doesn't know of [[ReforgedIntoAMinion his father's fate]], and it's left unclear if [[DelicateAndSickly Kaori]]'s condition ever improves.
** The Distant Future chapter ends this way. with OD-10 is defeated and the Behemoth is killed, but Cube, Kato, and Darthe are the only survivors of the chapter's event, with the rest of the ''Cogito Ergo Sum'''s crew having been killed.dead. Notably, this chapter's credits are accompanied by the song "Cry A Live", a somber song usually played over the game's sad moments, making it the only chapter where that's the case.
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* ''VideoGame/BuckshotRoulette'': {{Downplayed|Trope}}. If you win the game and get the tens of thousands of dollars, the player drives off into the night with the money and the shotgun. Despite all the prizes however the music sounds slightly melancholic, as if the character is reflecting on whether it was worth it or not.

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* ''Injustice'':
** ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': The Regime's rampage through Metropolis and Gotham is put to a stop, and many of the members of the Regime (as well as Superman) were imprisoned. However, [[spoiler: Lex Luthor and Shazam, both considered good guys, are killed by Superman, and the Injustice-verse is in ruins, allowing Brainiac to invade earth with no fuss in the sequel.]]
** ''VideoGame/Injustice2'': Absolute Justice ending. [[spoiler: Batman defeats Aquaman, Black Adam, Wonder Woman, and defeats Superman. He also depowers Superman before Superman goes back to Phantom Zone. Brainiac is also defeated too and spared, but his fate remains unknown. But the cities that were captured to Brainiac are still lost. However, Batman offers Supergirl to form a new Justice League, which would protect people instead of governing them, thus welcoming her to the circle of trust.]]



** The ''Aftermath'' DLC of ''Mortal Kombat 11'' takes it a step even further, [[spoiler:as the neutral ending where Liu Kang defeats Kronika at the dawn of time is the canon ending.]] At the beginning, Shang Tsung (alongside Nightwolf and Fujin) appear, telling Liu Kang that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero in defeating Kronika, he destroyed her crown]], so, without it, the hourglass will shatter. When Liu Kang sends the three into the past, he has to watch many of his friends and his loved ones (especially Kitana) suffer due to Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Sindel's actions. Afterwards, when Shang Tsung kills Shao Kahn and Sindel, he kills Kronika. When Liu Kang appears, he stops Shang Tsung, and choosing Liu Kang will result in Liu Kang killing Shang Tsung by erasing him and taking his crown, wherein he resets the timeline, in which the rebooted trilogy is no more. Moreover, [[YouWillBeBeethoven Liu Kang chooses Great Kung Lao as his champion]].

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** The ''Aftermath'' DLC of ''Mortal Kombat 11'' takes it a step even further, [[spoiler:as the neutral ending where Liu Kang defeats Kronika at the dawn of time is the canon ending.]] At the beginning, Shang Tsung (alongside Nightwolf and Fujin) appear, telling Liu Kang that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero in defeating Kronika, he destroyed her crown]], so, without it, the hourglass will shatter.shatter, and all realms will be lost. When Liu Kang sends the three into the past, he has to watch many of his friends and his loved ones (especially Kitana) suffer due to Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Sindel's actions. Afterwards, when Shang Tsung kills Shao Kahn and Sindel, he kills Kronika. When Liu Kang appears, he stops Shang Tsung, and choosing Liu Kang will result in Liu Kang killing Shang Tsung by erasing him and taking his crown, wherein he resets the timeline, in which the rebooted trilogy is no more. Moreover, [[YouWillBeBeethoven Liu Kang chooses Great Kung Lao as his champion]].
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* ''VideoGame/BrownDustII'':
** [[spoiler:The first Story Pack "Knight of Blood" ends with Lathel killing the wicked sorcerer who posed as his parental figure and performed unethical experiments in secret, but his surrogate sister Misha is dead. However, he joins Justia in her journey after he became friends with her]].
** In the ''Nightmare Winter'' story, [[spoiler:Morphea gets killed, ending her rule of the city but Ember gave her life ensuring her rule is stopped and a sidestory to the event reveals that there are Morphea loyalists who are still out there]].
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* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'':
** The Babylonia Singularity ends on this note. [[ArcVillain Tiamat]] is defeated, the Singularity is corrected, and [[BigBad Solomon]]'s domain has finally been located, allowing the heroes to take the fight to him. However, most of [[PlayerCharacter Ritsuka]]'s allies from throughout the chapter are dead, those who aren't are still heavily damaged (with Quetzalcoatl having burned away most of her divinity and the First Hassan sacrificing his [[OlympusMons Grand]] status), and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Mash]] is [[YourDaysAreNumbered nearing the end of her lifespan]]. It's also noted that, even with the Singularity corrected and that era of time restored to normal, the Sumerian civilization the heroes spent the whole chapter fighting to save is still [[EndOfAnAge on its last legs per the events of history]].
** The Solomon Singularity, and by extension, the first arc of ''Fate/Grand Order'' as a whole, ends on this note. Goetia is defeated, Mash is granted a normal lifespan, and the timeline and the world have been restored. However, defeating Goetia required Dr. Roman, aka [[GodWasMyCopilot the real King Solomon]], to sacrifice [[CessationOfExistence his existence in the Throne of Heroes]], making it impossible to bring him back, saving Mash required Fou, aka [[AnimalisticAbomination Cath Palug]], to sacrifice his [[BroughtDownToNormal power and sentience]] (though doing so also neutralizes any future threat he could provide as a [[BeastOfTheApocalypse Beast of Humanity]]), and as da Vinci points out in TheStinger, an entire year has passed while the world was incinerated, meaning society will be in disarray for a while trying to figure out what happened. That, combined with the methods Chaldea took to save humanity breaking all sorts of laws in the mage world, means that the [[MagicalSociety Mage's Association]] will likely be knocking on their door soon. Also, previous Singularities had both Sherlock Holmes and Gilgamesh theorizing that another Beast is currently making its own moves, [[SequelHook so the heroes aren't quite out of the woods yet]].
** The Atlantis chapter of the 5th Lostbelt ends on this note. All three of Olympus' main defenses are defeated, including two gods, and Chaldea makes it to Olympus with a newly upgraded ship and the prospect of Musashi and several other Servants waiting there to help them. However, ''all'' of the Servants Chaldea allied with over course of the chapter [[AnyoneCanDie have been killed]], and Chaldea still has to deal with [[TheArchmage Kirschtaria Wodime]], the Dioscuri, and the remaining Olympian gods that wait for them in Olympus, and given Wodime's [[CurbStompBattle previous showing against Chaldea]], things do not bode well for them. TheStinger for the chapter also reveals that the other half of Hephaestus that's in Olympus is still alive and is working on something with Muramasa.
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* ''VideoGame/UndertaleYellow'': In the True Pacifist Ending, Clover refuses to kill Ceroba, who apologizes for everything she did, and is forgiven by Clover, Starlo and Martlet. But Clover sacrifices their SOUL in order to the help the monsters break the barrier and dies.

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* ''VideoGame/AsgardsWrath'': The New God survives Loki's treachery but he escapes none the less and leaves them in his place within the god of mischief's prison. However, Heimdall assures you all is not lost by handing you an [[SequelHook Ankh.]]



* ''VideoGame/AsgardsWrath'': Loki escapes and leaves you in his place within his prison, but Heimdall assures you all is not lost by handing you an [[SequelHook Ankh.]]
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*''VideoGame/AsgardsWrath'': Loki escapes and leaves you in his place within his prison, but Heimdall assures you all is not lost by handing you an [[SequelHook Ankh.]]
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* ''VideoGame/DontShitYourPants'': Any ending that doesn't involve soiling yourself, dying, or using the toilet counts, since you didn't soil yourself, but you now have a mess to clean up.
* ''VideoGame/DontWetYourPants'': Like its [[VideoGame/DontShitYourPants predecessor]], all the endings count except for the ones that involve wetting your pants, dying, using the toilet, or [[NatureTinkling peeing out the window]] -- you didn't wet your pants, but you left a mess.


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* ''VideoGame/LivingBooks'': If you click on the lollipop at the end of "Arthur's Computer Adventure", the player character opens a candy store and becomes very popular, but then starts getting cavities, ostensibly from eating too much of the leftover candy.


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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' licensed games:
** If your meter is in the yellow when the game ends in ''Clean-o-Clock'', it will be marked as a successful day, and Rita and Lynn Sr. won't be unhappy, but on the other hand, they won't be impressed either.
** Depending on how long you took to complete ''Lights Out'', Lincoln may miss some of his show but be able to watch the rest of it.


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* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'':
** It is possible to win the "Big Top Ballyhoo" mission but fail to give Captain Squirk his sandwiches he'd been wanting since the beginning back. However, the next mission mitigates it by him saying that he has the sandwiches back even if you didn't give them to him.
** "Sandy Drain Shenanigans" ends with First Officer Ooze rescued from Frau Nau Brownkau, but still out of sorts due to her [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals abuse]] to him.
** At the end of "Super Weapon Showdown", the eponymous weapon is destroyed, but Elder Furi is missing.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Stray}}'' ends with the Cat finally making it outside of the City they spent the game trapped within. However, not only are they still separated from their family, they had to leave behind all the companions they've made along the way. Of the Outsiders, only Clementine and (possibly) Zbaltazar have a realistic chance of heading Outside via Midtown's subway station--Doc, Momo and the rest of the Slum dwellers are unable to take the elevator up there as it was decommissioned previously due to the Zurk infestation. While many of the Zurks themselves have been killed off by the [[CueTheSun sun's sudden appearance]], at least one of their major nests still lurks deep within the Sewers making passage through them to Midtown risky. Finally and most poignantly, the Cat's closest companion B-12 has sacrified their drone body to open up the City in the first place; the final scene implies they might still be alive within the city's systems, but nothing concrete is spelled out about their fate.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Stray}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Stray|2022}}'' ends with the Cat finally making it outside of the City they spent the game trapped within. However, not only are they still separated from their family, they had to leave behind all the companions they've made along the way. Of the Outsiders, only Clementine and (possibly) Zbaltazar have a realistic chance of heading Outside via Midtown's subway station--Doc, Momo and the rest of the Slum dwellers are unable to take the elevator up there as it was decommissioned previously due to the Zurk infestation. While many of the Zurks themselves have been killed off by the [[CueTheSun sun's sudden appearance]], at least one of their major nests still lurks deep within the Sewers making passage through them to Midtown risky. Finally and most poignantly, the Cat's closest companion B-12 has sacrified their drone body to open up the City in the first place; the final scene implies they might still be alive within the city's systems, but nothing concrete is spelled out about their fate.
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* ''VideoGame/MadRatDead'': Mad Rat had defeated the Rat God, but he is inevitably going to die. However, Heart has been saved from the operation, and helps the people the he and Mad Rat met along the way (teaching the black cat not to eat mice, saving the little girl from the truck). At the end of his journey, he returns to the lab to comfort Mad Rat in his last moments.

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* ''VideoGame/MadRatDead'': Mad Rat had defeated defeats the Rat God, God and overcomes his insanity, but he is inevitably going to die. However, Heart has been saved from the operation, and helps he uses his newfound freedom to save the people the he and Mad Rat met along the way (teaching the black cat not to eat mice, saving the little girl from the truck).way. At the end of his journey, he returns to the lab to comfort Mad Rat in his last moments.
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* ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecroDancer'': Aria destroys the Golden Lute, but dies because its magic can no longer reanimate her. However, she dies with a smile on her face knowing she has saved her family and put an end to the Lute's curse.
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*** The ''Aftermath DLC'' takes it a step even further, [[spoiler:as the neutral ending where Liu Kang defeats Kronika at the dawn of time is the canon ending.]] At the beginning, Shang Tsung (alongside Nightwolf and Fujin) appear, telling Liu Kang that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero in defeating Kronika, he destroyed her crown]], so, without it, the hourglass will shatter. When Liu Kang sends the three into the past, he has to watch many of his friends and his loved ones (especially Kitana) suffer due to Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Sindel's actions. Afterwards, when Shang Tsung kills Shao Kahn and Sindel, he kills Kronika. When Liu Kang appears, he stops Shang Tsung, and choosing Liu Kang will result in Liu Kang killing Shang Tsung by erasing him and taking his crown, wherein he resets the timeline, in which the rebooted trilogy is no more. Moreover, [[YouWillBeBeethoven Liu Kang chooses Great Kung Lao as his champion]].

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*** ** The ''Aftermath DLC'' ''Aftermath'' DLC of ''Mortal Kombat 11'' takes it a step even further, [[spoiler:as the neutral ending where Liu Kang defeats Kronika at the dawn of time is the canon ending.]] At the beginning, Shang Tsung (alongside Nightwolf and Fujin) appear, telling Liu Kang that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero in defeating Kronika, he destroyed her crown]], so, without it, the hourglass will shatter. When Liu Kang sends the three into the past, he has to watch many of his friends and his loved ones (especially Kitana) suffer due to Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Sindel's actions. Afterwards, when Shang Tsung kills Shao Kahn and Sindel, he kills Kronika. When Liu Kang appears, he stops Shang Tsung, and choosing Liu Kang will result in Liu Kang killing Shang Tsung by erasing him and taking his crown, wherein he resets the timeline, in which the rebooted trilogy is no more. Moreover, [[YouWillBeBeethoven Liu Kang chooses Great Kung Lao as his champion]].
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** The ''Aftermath DLC'' takes it a step even further, [[spoiler:as the neutral ending where Liu Kang defeats Kronika at the dawn of time is the canon ending.]] At the beginning, Shang Tsung (alongside Nightwolf and Fujin) appear, telling Liu Kang that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero in defeating Kronika, he destroyed her crown]], so, without it, the hourglass will shatter. When Liu Kang sends the three into the past, he has to watch many of his friends and his loved ones (especially Kitana) suffer due to Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Sindel's actions. Afterwards, when Shang Tsung kills Shao Kahn and Sindel, he kills Kronika. When Liu Kang appears, he stops Shang Tsung, and choosing Liu Kang will result in Liu Kang killing Shang Tsung by erasing him and taking his crown, wherein he resets the timeline, in which the rebooted trilogy is no more. Moreover, [[YouWillBeBeethoven Liu Kang chooses Great Kung Lao as his champion]].

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** *** The ''Aftermath DLC'' takes it a step even further, [[spoiler:as the neutral ending where Liu Kang defeats Kronika at the dawn of time is the canon ending.]] At the beginning, Shang Tsung (alongside Nightwolf and Fujin) appear, telling Liu Kang that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero in defeating Kronika, he destroyed her crown]], so, without it, the hourglass will shatter. When Liu Kang sends the three into the past, he has to watch many of his friends and his loved ones (especially Kitana) suffer due to Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Sindel's actions. Afterwards, when Shang Tsung kills Shao Kahn and Sindel, he kills Kronika. When Liu Kang appears, he stops Shang Tsung, and choosing Liu Kang will result in Liu Kang killing Shang Tsung by erasing him and taking his crown, wherein he resets the timeline, in which the rebooted trilogy is no more. Moreover, [[YouWillBeBeethoven Liu Kang chooses Great Kung Lao as his champion]].
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**The ''Aftermath DLC'' takes it a step even further, [[spoiler:as the neutral ending where Liu Kang defeats Kronika at the dawn of time is the canon ending.]] At the beginning, Shang Tsung (alongside Nightwolf and Fujin) appear, telling Liu Kang that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero in defeating Kronika, he destroyed her crown]], so, without it, the hourglass will shatter. When Liu Kang sends the three into the past, he has to watch many of his friends and his loved ones (especially Kitana) suffer due to Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and Sindel's actions. Afterwards, when Shang Tsung kills Shao Kahn and Sindel, he kills Kronika. When Liu Kang appears, he stops Shang Tsung, and choosing Liu Kang will result in Liu Kang killing Shang Tsung by erasing him and taking his crown, wherein he resets the timeline, in which the rebooted trilogy is no more. Moreover, [[YouWillBeBeethoven Liu Kang chooses Great Kung Lao as his champion]].

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* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'':
** ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'': This one is a doozy. The big plot is resolved, the stolen ten billion yen recovered and a corrupt psychopath of a politician brought down. However, Kiryu has lost ''everyone'' during this plot. His best friend, his foster father, his sweetheart, his main bar's owner and his most trusted subordinate are all dead. The only thing that keeps his from completely sliding across the DespairEventHorizon is a reminder that [[TheCutie Haruka]] is still alive and he is the closest thing to family she has.
** ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'': The rights to the Empty Lot go to Sera, allowing him to foil ''everyone's'' power grab and clear Kazama's name while catching the actual Empty Lot killer, Majima is freed from his GildedCage in Sotenbori, and Makoto Makimura gets out alive and even recovers her eyesight. However, Tachibana and Oda are dead, Kiryu's decided to return to the Dojima family despite everything Sohei Dojima did to him, and Majima cuts all contact with Makoto so that she can have a normal life.
** ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'': Kiryu is still alive, but to protect Haruka and those closest to him, he fakes his death; they will be safe, but he can never see them again. Daigo Dojima is also released from prison and the Tojo Clan is saved from destruction, but the road ahead for them will be fraught with peril.
** ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'': Masato's plans have been stopped, his allies arrested, and Ichiban has clawed his way up back to the top. However, both Arakawas have perished (even if Ichiban was the real one instead of Masato), and the impossible has happened: Both the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance have been officially disbanded. Fifteen years have been spent defending the Tojo, only for it to amount to nothing in the end. In addition, while the Ijin 3 have lost most of their resources and will likely never be as strong as they once were, they are also on the road to rebuilding. Ichiban and his friends have also chosen to stay and act as its protectors, so the situation isn't completely hopeless. As one story with the Tojo clan and the traditional Yakuza way ends, another begins with Ichiban and his group. And while the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance are both now disbanded, Daigo and Watase have joined together to form a legitimate security company staffed by former members of both groups, which can give them all an honest living, if nothing else.
** ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'': Even when tempted with promises to be able to return to see his children in Okinawa, he keeps his promise to the Daidoji, the government faction that helped fake his death, and plays a key role in helping the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance officially disband, even though it means being party to the end of the organization to which he had dedicated the near-entireity of his adult life. Even though he gets to see his old friends, like Daigo Dojima and Goro Majima, along the way, he is forced to maintain his {{Kayfabe}} as simply hired muscle with no relation to the legendary Dragon of Dojima. As part of his deal with the Daidoji, he also cannot return home to Okinawa, nor make contact with his children -- something that hits him especially hard when his handler shows him footage of his children visiting his grave to show how well they were getting by in his absence. For a mercy, though, his exemplary work with the Daidoji earns him a boon: the privilege of taking a vacation wherever he wants (except for Kamurocho or Okinawa). Kiryu decides to take advantage of the opportunity and travel the world, saving the place he had once hoped to marry the love of his life, [[VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth Hawaii]], for last.



* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'':
** ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'': This one is a doozy. The big plot is resolved, the stolen ten billion yen recovered and a corrupt psychopath of a politician brought down. However, Kiryu has lost ''everyone'' during this plot. His best friend, his foster father, his sweetheart, his main bar's owner and his most trusted subordinate are all dead. The only thing that keeps his from completely sliding across the DespairEventHorizon is a reminder that [[TheCutie Haruka]] is still alive and he is the closest thing to family she has.
** ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'': The rights to the Empty Lot go to Sera, allowing him to foil ''everyone's'' power grab and clear Kazama's name while catching the actual Empty Lot killer, Majima is freed from his GildedCage in Sotenbori, and Makoto Makimura gets out alive and even recovers her eyesight. However, Tachibana and Oda are dead, Kiryu's decided to return to the Dojima family despite everything Sohei Dojima did to him, and Majima cuts all contact with Makoto so that she can have a normal life.
** ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'': Kiryu is still alive, but to protect Haruka and those closest to him, he fakes his death; they will be safe, but he can never see them again. Daigo Dojima is also released from prison and the Tojo Clan is saved from destruction, but the road ahead for them will be fraught with peril.
** ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'': Masato's plans have been stopped, his allies arrested, and Ichiban has clawed his way up back to the top. However, both Arakawas have perished (even if Ichiban was the real one instead of Masato), and the impossible has happened: Both the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance have been officially disbanded. Fifteen years have been spent defending the Tojo, only for it to amount to nothing in the end. In addition, while the Ijin 3 have lost most of their resources and will likely never be as strong as they once were, they are also on the road to rebuilding. Ichiban and his friends have also chosen to stay and act as its protectors, so the situation isn't completely hopeless. As one story with the Tojo clan and the traditional Yakuza way ends, another begins with Ichiban and his group. And while the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance are both now disbanded, Daigo and Watase have joined together to form a legitimate security company staffed by former members of both groups, which can give them all an honest living, if nothing else.
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* ''VideoGame/DetectiveGrimoire'': "Tangle Tower": Grimoire and Sally solve the murder, and Penny doesn't get the golden beetle, but Penny gets away and possibly came close to killing Grimoire and Sally before Fitz, Polly, and Fifi rescued them.
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** The original Evil Runi route before the update in October 2023 is even more bitter, since Runi mind wipes herself out of despair due to Edgar's death and Akira's rejection, both Kael and Virgo/Rosie are killed, and Akira parts on a more bitter note with the archdemons, blaming them for all the tragedy. However, the process of rebuilding Zeta, Vulcanite, and Pon Pon continue as normal.

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** The original Evil Runi route before the update in October 2023 is even more bitter, bitter than the normal ending, since Runi mind wipes herself out of despair due to Edgar's death and Akira's rejection, both Kael and Virgo/Rosie are killed, and Akira parts on a more bitter note with the archdemons, blaming them for all the tragedy. However, the process of rebuilding Zeta, Vulcanite, and Pon Pon continue as normal. However, the update changed the Evil Runi ending to be an unambiguous defeat for the entire party.
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** The Evil Runi route is even more bitter, since Runi mind wipes herself out of despair due to Edgar's death and Akira's rejection, both Kael and Virgo/Rosie are killed, and Akira parts on a more bitter note with the archdemons, blaming them for all the tragedy. However, the process of rebuilding Zeta, Vulcanite, and Pon Pon continue as normal.

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** The original Evil Runi route before the update in October 2023 is even more bitter, since Runi mind wipes herself out of despair due to Edgar's death and Akira's rejection, both Kael and Virgo/Rosie are killed, and Akira parts on a more bitter note with the archdemons, blaming them for all the tragedy. However, the process of rebuilding Zeta, Vulcanite, and Pon Pon continue as normal.
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*** In "Myths of the Realm", [[spoiler:the Warrior of Light battles and defeats the Twelve in their FusionDance form, Eulogia, but their little ThanatosGambit comes to fruition, spreading their aether across the land so they can heal it from the damage done to it from various Calamities and other incidents and they decide to return to the Lifestream and be reborn anew. However, Oschon the Wanderer decides he isn't done with humanity and returns as his human form Deryk, now with a mortal lifespan and strength, so he can experience the world without the burden of being a god]].
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*** In "[=YoRHa=]: Dark Apocalypse", the White Androids are defeated, saving the First from their desire to destroy everything, but Anogg sacrifices herself to close the portal between the First and the world of ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'', but this also meant that 2B and 9S had to return to that world as well. Konogg is devastated to learn his sister is gone for good and runs off with the intent to find a way to bring her back. You ultimately discover a lead that he's been Eulmore and you go to find him, but he's not there -- before you arrived, Konogg suffers a HeroicBSOD in the belief he couldn't bring his sister back before Anogg shows up, claims he actually did and they walk off hand-in-hand. In true Creator/YokoTaro fashion, it's an AmbiguousSituation if he truly did it or something else was at play.

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*** In "[=YoRHa=]: Dark Apocalypse", the White Androids are defeated, saving the First from their desire to destroy everything, but Anogg sacrifices herself to close the portal between the First and the world of ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'', ''VideoGame/NieRAutomata'', but this also meant that 2B and 9S had to return to that world as well. Konogg is devastated to learn his sister is gone for good and runs off with the intent to find a way to bring her back. You ultimately discover a lead that he's been Eulmore and you go to find him, but he's not there -- before you arrived, Konogg suffers a HeroicBSOD in the belief he couldn't bring his sister back before Anogg shows up, claims he actually did and they walk off hand-in-hand. In true Creator/YokoTaro fashion, it's an AmbiguousSituation if he truly did it or something else was at play.
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** ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' has Sonic winning, but does so with a few saddening caveats: [[spoiler:Sonic and Sage team up to defeat THE END, saving the universe from the threat and avenging the Ancients. However, Sage sacrifices herself to do so, and Sonic and his friends end up disbanding--for the time being, anyway. TheStinger after the GoldenEnding lightens it to being more sweet than bitter, though, when Eggman manages to save Sage and upload her into his computer.]]

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** ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' has Sonic winning, but does so with a few saddening caveats: [[spoiler:Sonic and Sage team up to defeat THE END, saving the universe from the threat and avenging the Ancients. However, Sage sacrifices herself to do so, and Sonic and his friends end up disbanding--for the time being, anyway. TheStinger after the GoldenEnding lightens it to being more sweet than bitter, though, when Eggman manages to save Sage and upload her into his computer. "The Last Horizon" DLC introduces the real GoldenEnding that negates the sacrifice and Sage gets to go home with Eggman.]]
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** ''Final Fantasy XIV''[='s=] various raids, save for ''Heavensward''[='s=] "Shadows of Mhach" and ''Stormblood''[='s=] "Return to Ivalice" are rife with these.
*** In "Crystal Tower", the Warrior of Light and their comrades are able to stop the Cloud of Darkness and sever its connection to the star and save Nero, but Unei and Doga had to stay behind, sacrificing themselves. Furthermore, G'raha Tia decides to stay in the Crystal Tower to protect it from people seeking to use its power when they're not ready. Thankfully, he doesn't have to stay there too long.
*** In "[=YoRHa=]: Dark Apocalypse", the White Androids are defeated, saving the First from their desire to destroy everything, but Anogg sacrifices herself to close the portal between the First and the world of ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'', but this also meant that 2B and 9S had to return to that world as well. Konogg is devastated to learn his sister is gone for good and runs off with the intent to find a way to bring her back. You ultimately discover a lead that he's been Eulmore and you go to find him, but he's not there -- before you arrived, Konogg suffers a HeroicBSOD in the belief he couldn't bring his sister back before Anogg shows up, claims he actually did and they walk off hand-in-hand. In true Creator/YokoTaro fashion, it's an AmbiguousSituation if he truly did it or something else was at play.
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** As the Steam updates page states, it's impossible to save everyone in the game. In the normal route, [[spoiler:Pon Pon will be wiped off the map, one party member will sacrifice themselves to let the others escape from Vulcanite Mines, and the party will kill either Kael or Virgo/Rosie. However, the demons agree to let the party have five years to reform Zeta (now Utopya) and Vulcanite, as well as to rebuild Pon Pon]].
** The Evil Runi route is even more bitter, since [[spoiler:Runi mind wipes herself out of despair due to Edgar's death and Akira's rejection, both Kael and Virgo/Rosie are killed, and Akira parts on a more bitter note with the archdemons, blaming them for all the tragedy. However, the process of rebuilding Zeta, Vulcanite, and Pon Pon continue as normal]].

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** As the Steam updates page states, it's impossible to save everyone in the game. In the normal route, [[spoiler:Pon Pon Pon will be wiped off the map, one party member will sacrifice themselves to let the others escape from Vulcanite Mines, and the party will kill either Kael or Virgo/Rosie. However, the demons agree to let the party have five years to reform Zeta (now Utopya) and Vulcanite, as well as to rebuild Pon Pon]].
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** The Evil Runi route is even more bitter, since [[spoiler:Runi Runi mind wipes herself out of despair due to Edgar's death and Akira's rejection, both Kael and Virgo/Rosie are killed, and Akira parts on a more bitter note with the archdemons, blaming them for all the tragedy. However, the process of rebuilding Zeta, Vulcanite, and Pon Pon continue as normal]].normal.
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* ''VideoGame/DyztopiaPostHumanRPG'':
** As the Steam updates page states, it's impossible to save everyone in the game. In the normal route, [[spoiler:Pon Pon will be wiped off the map, one party member will sacrifice themselves to let the others escape from Vulcanite Mines, and the party will kill either Kael or Virgo/Rosie. However, the demons agree to let the party have five years to reform Zeta (now Utopya) and Vulcanite, as well as to rebuild Pon Pon]].
** The Evil Runi route is even more bitter, since [[spoiler:Runi mind wipes herself out of despair due to Edgar's death and Akira's rejection, both Kael and Virgo/Rosie are killed, and Akira parts on a more bitter note with the archdemons, blaming them for all the tragedy. However, the process of rebuilding Zeta, Vulcanite, and Pon Pon continue as normal]].

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* ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh'': Fang achieves their dream and manages to pull off an amazing concert, Worm Drama becomes the biggest band in town, they mend all their relationships, and they can potentially start a romance with Naomi... but none of it changes that the asteroid is still going to hit. Ultimately, Fang helps bring comfort and closure to everyone around them, and they won't be facing the end of the world alone.
** This ends up being true for the group's "Legends & Lore" tabletop sessions as well. The heroes manage to defeat Braxus, saving the world and allowing people to live in peace. But at the end of the fight, they are sucked through Braxus' portal into a black void of darkness and are pulled apart into space dust over millions of years, becoming constellations in the night sky, overlooking the world they saved.

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* ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh'': Fang achieves their dream and manages to pull off an amazing concert, Worm Drama becomes the biggest band in town, they mend all their relationships, and they can potentially start a romance with Naomi... but none of it changes that the asteroid is still going to hit. Ultimately, Fang helps bring comfort and closure to everyone around them, and they won't be facing the end of the world alone.
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alone. This ends up being true for the group's "Legends & Lore" tabletop sessions as well. well: The heroes manage to defeat Braxus, saving the world and allowing people to live in peace. But peace; but at the end of the fight, they are sucked through Braxus' portal into a black void of darkness and are pulled apart into space dust over millions of years, becoming constellations in the night sky, overlooking the world they saved.

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