History TearJerker / UntilDawn

* Emily [[spoiler:possibly being shot by Mike in the basement]]. [[BaseBreaker Love her or hate her]], you can't help but feel sympathetic to her situation. She's finally made it back to what she think is safety after getting separated from Matt [[spoiler:who could have left her die]], doing a grueling run through the mine, where she finds [[spoiler:Beth's head]] and is chased and injured by [[spoiler:a wendigo]], only for [[spoiler:one of her friends to accuse her of transforming into a monster, have her ex-boyfriend point a gun at her head, and the one person who believes she is okay isn't actually doing anything to help stop it.]] By the end of the scene, she is curled up in a heap on a desk, tearfully begging [[spoiler:Mike]] not to kill her. [[spoiler:And if Mike does kill her, it's eventually revealed that the wendigo bites aren't infectious. [[ShootTheShaggyDog Emily died for nothing.]]]]

* Beth's fate is just as tragic! [[spoiler: She never did anything wrong. All she did was try to help her sister and she wound up dead at the bottom of a mine, with her sister who was slowly starving. Then to add insult to injury her sister was forced to EAT her body to sustain herself. Like she hadn't already given up enough for her sister. Made especially worse by the fact that if she hadn't gone after her not only would she have survived but in all likelyhood either her sister would've died a swifter, more peaceful death or at the very least not turned into a Wendigo. Heck, she might've even made it! If only she had grabbed onto the branch off the ledge it might not have broken and they might've both lived! In fact even if Hannah had fallen she survives in the original scenario (with injuries), so as long as she was found in time....and with Beth alive maybe she would be more likely to be found (can't see Beth quitting on searching for her easily) and the group as a whole found more evidence than the police ever did ]]
** And to make it worse Beth very nearly avoided said fate, It happens in the space of a few seconds and is easily missed but watch carefully the segment after she and Hannah have just crossed the bridge (where the phone gets dropped) : [[spoiler: While neither can see the cliff edge through the snowstorm or even seem to realise its there until it's too late, by co-incidence Beth initially swerves to the right-AWAY from the cliff , but Hannah, possibly not expecting her sister to suddenly change direction and scared out of her mind doesn't notice in time and continues straight (towards the cliff edge). Beth glances over, realises they're about to get separated, and quickly changes direction again to follow her. If Hannah had followed Beth rather than vice versa, they wouldn't have ended up on the cliff edge and might both have lived :( Also just before they both run you can see them reach for each other and briefly hold hands but they almost immediately let go when they start to run, if they'd just kept hold of each others hand while running Hannah would have been pulled in the direction Beth was going and likely automatically followed her lead. ]]

* Beth's fate is just as tragic! [[spoiler: She never did anything wrong. All she did was try to help her sister and she wound up dead at the bottom of a mine, with her sister who was slowly starving. Then to add insult to injury her sister was forced to EAT her body to sustain herself. Like she hadn't already given up enough for her sister. Made especially worse by the fact that if she hadn't gone after her not only would she have survived but in all likelyhood either her sister would've died a swifter, more peaceful death or at the very least not turned into a Wendigo. Heck, she might've even made it! If only she had grabbed onto the branch off the ledge it might not have broken and they might've both lived! In fact even if she had fallen she survives with injuries, so as long as she was found in time... ]]
** And to make it worse Beth very nearly avoided said fate, It happens in the space of a few seconds and is easily missed but watch carefully the segment after she and Hannah have just crossed the bridge (where the phone gets dropped) : [[spoiler: While neither can see the cliff edge through the snowstorm or even seem to realise its there until it's too late, by co-incidence Beth initially swerves to the right-AWAY from the cliff , but Hannah, possibly not expecting her sister to suddenly change direction and scared out of her mind doesn't notice in time and continues straight (towards the cliff edge). Beth glances over, realises they're about to get separated, and quickly changes direction again to follow her. If Hannah had followed Beth rather than vice versa, they wouldn't have ended up on the cliff edge and might both have lived :( Also just before they both run you can see them reach for each other and briefly hold hands but they let go when they start to run, if they'd just kept hold of each others hand Hannah would have been pulled in the direction Beth was running and likely automatically followed her lead. ]]

* After Josh [[spoiler:reveals himself to be the Psycho,]] he slips into his usual jokey emcee humor-except now he's [[spoiler:gloating about what a great puppetmaster he is]]. It's almost hilarious how confident he is about the whole thing, until [[spoiler: Mike yells that he killed Jessica]]. Rami Malek's acting just sells his [[LittleNo shaken, quiet little "...What?"]] perfectly. From there on out, Josh seems more and more unstable, giving the implication that [[spoiler:thinking he really did kill one of his friends]] pushed him off the edge completely.

* The entire game is a tearjerker for [[spoiler:the Washington family]]. Since [[spoiler:the remaining child, Josh is either killed or turned into a wendigo, the family is destroyed over the course of a single year, all because of a prank]]. To make it worse; at least Beth had a chance to [[spoiler:save Hannah. Imagine how Josh would've felt knowing he was so close to the action and he could've helped! Hannah even tried to wake him! Imagine the guilt he must've felt.]]

** And to make it worse Beth very nearly avoided said fate, It happens in the space of a few seconds and is easily missed but watch carefully the segment after she and Hannah have just crossed the bridge (where the phone gets dropped) : [[spoiler: While neither can see the cliff edge through the snowstorm or even seem to realise its there until it's too late, by co-incidence Beth initially swerves to the left -AWAY from the cliff , but Hannah, possibly not expecting her sister to suddenly change direction and scared out of her mind doesn't notice in time and continues straight (towards the cliff edge). Beth glances over, realises they're about to get separated, and quickly changes direction again to follow her. If Hannah had followed Beth rather than vice versa, they wouldn't have ended up on the cliff edge and might both have lived :( Also just before they both run you can see them reach for each other and briefly hold hands but they let go when they start to run, if they'd just kept hold of each others hand Hannah would have been pulled in the direction Beth was running and likely automatically followed her lead. ]]

** And to make it worse Beth very nearly avoided said fate, It happens in the space of a few seconds and is easily missed but watch carefully the segment after she and Hannah have just crossed the bridge (where the phone gets dropped) : [[spoiler: While neither can see the cliff edge through the snowstorm or even seem to realise its there until it's too late, by co-incidence Beth initially swerves to the left -AWAY from the cliff , but Hannah, possibly not expecting her sister to suddenly change direction and scared out of her mind doesn't notice in time and continues straight (towards the cliff edge). Beth glances over, realises they're about to get separated, and quickly changes direction again to follow her. If Hannah had followed Beth rather than vice versa, they wouldn't have ended up on the cliff edge and might both still have lived :( Also just before they both run you can see them reach for each other and briefly hold hands but they let go when they start to run, if they'd just kept hold of each others hand Hannah would have been pulled in the direction Beth was running and likely automatically followed her lead. ]]

** And to make it worse Beth very nearly avoided said fate, It happens in the space of a few seconds and is easily missed but watch carefully the segment after she and Hannah have just crossed the bridge (where the phone gets dropped) : [[spoiler: While neither can see the cliff edge through the snowstorm or even seem to realise its there until it's too late, by co-incidence Beth swerves to the left -AWAY from the cliff , but Hannah, possibly not expecting her sister to suddenly change direction and scared out of her mind doesn't notice in time and continues straight (towards the cliff edge). Beth glances over, realises they're about to get separated, and quickly changes direction again to follow her. If Hannah had followed Beth rather than vice versa, they wouldn't have ended up on the cliff edge and might both still have lived :( Also just before they both run you can see them reach for each other and briefly hold hands but they let go when they start to run, if they'd just kept hold of each others hand Hannah would have been pulled in the direction Beth was running and likely automatically followed her lead. ]]

** And to make it worse Beth very nearly avoided said fate, It happens in the space of a few seconds and is easily missed but watch carefully the segment when she and Hannah first run from the Wendigo: [[spoiler: While neither can see the cliff edge through the snowstorm or even seem to realise its there until it's too late, by co-incidence Beth swerves to the left during the chase-AWAY from the cliff , but Hannah, possibly not expecting her sister to suddenly change direction and scared out of her mind doesn't notice in time and continues straight (towards the cliff edge). Beth glances over, realises they're about to get separated, and quickly changes direction again to follow her. If Hannah had followed Beth rather than vice versa, they wouldn't have ended up on the cliff edge and might both still have lived :( Also just before they both run you can see them reach for each other and briefly hold hands but they let go when they start to run, if they'd just kept hold of each others hand Hannah would have been pulled in the direction Beth was running and likely automatically followed her lead. ]]

** And to make it worse Beth very nearly avoided said fate, It happens in the space of a few seconds and is easily missed but watch carefully the segment when she and Hannah first run from the Wendigo: [[spoiler: While neither can see the cliff edge through the snowstorm or even seem to realise its there until it's too late, by co-incidence Beth swerves to the left during the chase-AWAY from the cliff , but Hannah, possibly not expecting her sister to suddenly change direction and scared out of her mind doesn't notice in time and continues straight (towards the cliff edge). Beth glances over, realises they're about to get separated, and quickly changes direction again to follow her. If Hannah had followed Beth rather than vice versa, they wouldn't have ended up on the cliff edge and might both still have lived :( Also just before they both run you can see them reach for each other and briefly hold hands but they let go when they start to run, just if they'd kept hold of each others hand Hannah would have been pulled in the direction Beth was running and likely automatically followed her lead. ]]

* Beth's fate is just as tragic! [[spoiler: She never did anything wrong. All she did was try to help her sister and she wound up dead at the bottom of a mine, with her sister who was slowly starving. Then to add insult to injury her sister was forced to EAT her body to sustain herself. Like she hadn't already given up enough for her sister. Made especially worse by the fact that if she hadn't gone after her not only would she have survived but in all likelyhood either her sister would've died a swifter, more peaceful death or at the very least not turned into a Wendigo. Heck, she might've even made it! If only she had grabbed onto the branch off the ledge it might not have broken and they might've both lived!]]
** And to make it worse Beth very nearly avoided said fate, It happens in the space of a few seconds and is easily missed but watch carefully the segment when she and Hannah first run from the Wendigo: [[spoiler: While neither can see the cliff edge through the snowstorm or even realise its there until it's too late judging by their reaction when they get there, by co-incidence Beth swerves to the left during the chase-AWAY from the cliff , but Hannah, possibly not expecting her sister to suddenly change direction and scared out of her mind doesn't notice in time and continues straight (towards the cliff edge). Beth glances over, realises they're about to get separated, and quickly changes direction again to follow her. If Hannah had followed Beth rather than vice versa, they wouldn't have ended up on the cliff edge and might both still have lived :( Also just before they both run you can see them reach for each other and briefly hold hands but they let go when they start to run, just if they'd kept hold of each others hand Hannah would have been pulled in the direction Beth was running and likely automatically followed her. ]]

** And to make it worse Beth very nearly avoided said fate, It happens in the space of a few seconds and is easily missed but watch carefully the segment when she and Hannah first run from the Wendigo [[spoiler: while neither can see the cliff edge through the snowstorm or even realise its there until it's too late, by co-incidence Beth swerves to the left during the chase-AWAY from the cliff , but Hannah, possibly not expecting her sister to suddenly change direction and scared out of her mind doesn't notice in time and continues straight (towards the cliff edge). Beth glances over, realises they're about to get separated, and quickly changes direction again to follow her. If Hannah had followed Beth rather than vice versa, they wouldn't have ended up on the cliff edge and might both still have lived :( Also just before they both run you can see them reach for each other and briefly hold hands but they let go when they start to run, just if they'd kept hold of each others hand Hannah would have been pulled in the direction Beth was running and likely automatically followed her. ]]

** And to make it worse Beth very nearly avoided said fate, It happens in the space of a few seconds and is easily missed but watch carefully the segment when she and Hannah first run from the Wendigo [[spoiler: I don't think either of the can see the cliff edge through the snowstorm or realise its there until it's too late, but by co-incidence Beth turns to the left during the chase-AWAY from the cliff , but Hannah, possibly not expecting her sister to suddenly change direction and scared out of her mind doesn't notice in time and continues straight (towards the cliff edge). Beth glances over, realises they're about to get separated, and quickly turns back to follow her. If Hannah had followed Beth rather than vice versa, they wouldn't have ended up on the cliff edge and might both still have lived :( Also just before they both run you can see them reach for each other and briefly hold hands but they let go when they start to run, just if they'd kept hold of each others hand Hannah would have been pulled in the direction Beth was running and likely automatically followed her. ]]

* After Josh [[spoiler:reveals himself to be the Psycho,]] he slips into his usual jokey emcee humor-except now he's [[spoiler:gloating about what a great puppetmaster he is]]. It's almost hilarious how confident he is about the whole thing, until [[spoiler: Mike yells that he killed Jessica]]. Rami Malek's acting just sells his [[LittleNo shaken, quiet little "...What?"]] perfectly. From there on out, Josh seems more and more unstable, giving the implication that [[spoiler:thinking he really did kill one of his friends]] pushed him off the edge completely.

* Depending on your choices, you might get some heart wrenching scenes with Ashley and Chris. If you don't do anything when [[spoiler:Chris is forced to shoot himself or Ashley, the latter will later kiss him before he leaves with Flamethrower guy to get Josh. If you manage to get Chris killed by a Wendigo while he's running back to the cabin, the Wendigo will throw his decapitated head onto the porch for Ashley to see, causing her to fall to her knees in tears. In another scenario where Chris is still alive and you play as Ashley, if you fall for a Wendigo mimicking a human's voice it will lead to Ashley getting caught and decapitated. Chris may fall into the same trap later and, upon finding Ashley's beanie next to a pool of blood, he will break into tears and inconsistent blubbering, before the same Wendigo appears and gives him the same fate.]]

* Though he spends a lot of the game being a bastard (albeit not ForTheEvulz), it's rough watching Josh [[spoiler:having a psychotic break in his last non-credits scene]], thanks to how viscerally [[spoiler:out of his mind]] with fear and despair he is through the experience, plus potentially finding [[spoiler:his best friend's]] decapitated body (if [[spoiler:Chris was killed by a wendigo]]) in the mines.

** To make matters worse, it's impossible for Josh get so much as a bittersweet resolution to his story. He never gets the chance to try working through his issues again or make amends for his actions; he just either dies horribly while still hopelessly insane, or suffers a FateWorseThanDeath.
*** Even worse; [[spoiler: Josh dies thinking he is, at the very least, the reason Jessica is dead. He never learns that she makes it out (if she does). Josh ends up blaming himself, not only for the deaths of his sisters, but for Jessica's, too, and potentially the rest of his dead friends. Indeed, Josh really seems to lose the last vestiges of his sanity once he learns Jessica is "dead".]]

* The entire game is a tearjerker for [[spoiler:the Washington family]]. Since [[spoiler:the remaining child, Josh is either killed or turned into a wendigo, the family is destroyed over the course of a single year, all because of a prank]].
** To make it worse; at least Beth had a chance to [[spoiler:save Hannah. Imagine how Josh would've felt knowing he was so close to the action and he could've helped! Hannah even tried to wake him! Imagine the guilt he must've felt.]]
* When [[spoiler:Josh is revealed as the psycho and he explains his reasoning for pulling the prank, you get this line to make you wince:]]
-->[[spoiler:Josh: I mean, how does that feel? Right? How does it feel? Do you ''enjoy'' feeling terrorized? Humiliated? I mean, panicked? All those emotions my sisters got to feel once, one year ago? Only guess what? They didn't get to laugh it off! No! Nope! No, no, no, They're GONE!]]
** And if Sam finds all the clues that show that [[spoiler: Josh is the psycho]], you get this heart-wrencher:
-->'''Sam''': [[spoiler: Josh]], your fingerprints were all over this. It was obviously you.
-->[[spoiler:'''Josh''']]: Oh, really? Really, really, really?
-->'''Sam''': You're crying out for help, [[spoiler: Josh]]! Come on, you wanted to get caught, didn't you?
--> [[spoiler:'''Josh''']]: Oh, sure. I'm totally just crying out for help. "Help me! Oh, help me! Help, help..."

* Late in the game when Sam and Mike are [[spoiler: searching for Josh in the mines, they stumble upon a room where wendigo Hannah keeps her victims strung up like trophies. Depending on whether or not the players actions resulted in Jessica, Matt, Chris, Emily, and/or Ashley getting killed by the wendigoes, Mike and Sam can potentially discover the dead bodies of all of their friends. No matter what happens, their reactions are always devastating, with Sam screaming in horror, while Mike nearly throws up from the sight of his dead friends.]]
** There's also [[spoiler:Mike's reaction if he sees Jessica's decapitated head. All he can do is point and stutter out: "That's... that's Jessica..."]]
** And, when [[spoiler:Josh and Mike walk through the room filled with bodies, Josh will exclaim "No...[[BigNo NO]]! [[WhatHaveIDone I didn't want you to die..."]] For a guy who's already lost his sanity over the guilt and grief from his sister's deaths, seeing the dead bodies of his friends (especially if Chris has died, considering they've been best friends since third grade) is absolutely devastating. And while it was pretty irrational for him to blame himself for what happened to Hannah and Beth, considering he was physically unable to help, all of the other deaths that have happened up to that point ''are'' technically his fault...]]
* After [[spoiler: Josh reveals himself to be the Psycho,]] he slips into his usual jokey emcee humor-except now he's gloating about what a great puppetmaster he is. It's almost hilarious how confident he is about the whole thing, until [[spoiler: Mike yells that he killed Jessica. Rami Malek's]] acting just sells his [[LittleNo shaken, quiet little "...What?"]] perfectly. From there on out, [[spoiler: Josh]] seems more and more unstable, giving the implication that thinking he really did kill one of his friends pushed him off the edge completely.

** And, when [[spoiler:Josh and Mike walk through the room filled with bodies, Josh will exclaim "No...[[BigNo NO]]! [[WhatHaveIDone I didn't want you to die..."]] For a guy who's already lost his sanity over the guilt and grief from his sister's deaths, seeing the dead bodies of his friends (especially if Chris has died, considering they've been best friends since third grade) is absolutely devastating. And while it was pretty irrational for him to blame himself for what happened to Hannah and Beth, considering he was physically unable to help, all of the other deaths that have happened up to that point ''are'' technically his fault...]]

** There's also [[spoiler:Mike's reaction if he sees Jessica's decapitated head. All he can do is point and stutter out: "That's... that's Jessica..."]]

* Late in the game when Sam and Mike are [[spoiler: searching for Josh in the mines, they stumble upon a room where wendigo Hannah keeps her victims strung up like trophies. Depending on whether or not the players actions resulted in Jessica, Matt, Chris, Emily, and/or Ashley getting killed by the wendigoes, Mike and Sam can potentially discover the dead bodies of all of their friends. No matter what happens, their reactions are always devastating, with Sam screaming in horror, while Mike nearly throws up from the sight of his dead friends.]]

** To make it worse; at least Beth had a chance to save Hannah. Imagine how Josh would've felt knowing he was so close to the action and he could've helped! Hannah even tried to wake him! Imagine the guilt he must've felt.

-->[[spoiler:Josh: I mean, how does that feel? Right? How does it feel? Do you ''enjoy'' feeling terrorized? Humiliated? I mean, panicked? All those emotions my sisters got to feel once, one year ago? Only guess what? They didn't get to laugh it off! No! Nope! No, no, no, They're GONE!]]

* The entire game is a tearjerker for [[spoiler:the Washington family]]. Since [[spoiler:the remaining child, Josh is either killed or turned into a wendigo, the family is destroyed over the course of a single year, all because of a prank]].

* Depending on your choices, you might get some heart wrenching scenes with Ashley and Chris. If you don't do anything when [[spoiler:Chris is forced to shoot himself or Ashley, the latter will later kiss him before he leaves with Flamethrower guy to get Josh. If you manage to get Chris killed by a Wendigo while he's running back to the cabin, the Wendigo will throw his decapitated head onto the porch for Ashley to see, causing her to fall to her knees in tears. In another scenario where Chris is still alive and you play as Ashley, if you fall for a Wendigo mimicking a human's voice it will lead to Ashley getting caught and decapitated. Chris may fall into the same trap later and, upon finding Ashley's beanie next to a pool of blood, he will break into tears and inconsistent blubbering, before the same Wendigo appears and gives him the same fate.]]