History TearJerker / UntilDawn

* If Chris is the SoleSurvivor, he gets additional dialogue about [[spoiler:Josh. The interviewer [[HopeSpot mentions Josh]], and Chris sniffles, looks away, and then looks back at the interviewer, asking "What about him?" in a painfully vulnerable way - keeping in mind that everyone else has died and despite the horrific "prank," Josh has been his best friend since childhood, Chris clearly had wanted to go back and save him, and it is hinted when Josh revealed the prank that while angry Chris, understands Josh is [[NoMedicationForMe not currently in his right mind]]. The interviewer says they haven't found his body and and Chris's face ''immediately'' crumples, realizing that he completely failed to save his oldest friend, they ''haven't'' miraculously found Josh alive, and in a very quiet voice, sadly concludes the wendigo must've dragged Josh into the mines for a CruelAndUnusualDeath.]] Talk about [[YankTheDogsChain yanking the dog's chain]].
* We learn in the game that Josh is being treated for depression - and has been since 2006 - yet he's ''not'' suffering from depression; he's suffering from Schizophrenia. So he's on medication for something he is ''not'' suffering from.

* If Chris is the SoleSurvivor, he gets additional dialogue about [[spoiler:Josh. The interviewer [[HopeSpot mentions Josh]], and Chris sniffles, looks away, and then looks back at the interviewer, asking "What about him?" in a painfully vulnerable way - keeping in mind that everyone else has died and despite the horrific "prank," Josh has been his best friend since childhood, Chris clearly had wanted to go back and save him, and it is hinted when Josh revealed the prank that while angry Chris, understands Josh is [[NoMedicationForMe not currently in his right mind]]. The interviewer says they haven't found his body and and Chris's face ''immediately'' crumples, realizing that he completely failed to save his oldest friend, they ''haven't'' miraculously found Josh alive, and in a very quiet voice, sadly concludes the wendigo must've dragged Josh into the mines for a CruelAndUnusualDeath.]] Talk about [[YankTheDogsChain yanking the dog's chain]].

* The game can essentially be described as "Josh's life being destroyed by Schizophrenia". Since he was 11 he's been passed around psychiatrists who have constantly misdiagnosed him as suffering from depression. The drugs were making his hallucinations worse, but he began self-medicating in desperation to stop the waking nightmares. He's passed out from an overdose or withdrawal at the beginning of the game... which leads to his sisters' deaths from a DeadlyPrank. [[spoiler: And his attempt at avenging them with a prank of his own? Only pushes his friends farther away, possibly getting himself and all of them killed by Wendigos.]] [[TheWoobie His life really sucks.]]
** Even though he faked his death it's still sad to see Josh panic and beg Chris to save him as he's facing the circular saw. He even states "what did I do?" multiple times before the saw gets him.
** And it's implied that he's either off his medication or has been misdiagnosed entirely, which has led him to genuinely believe that his prank, of invoking horror movie tropes to bring his friends closer together, was harmless and all in good fun. All of that happens at the point in time when he and his friends are LEGITIMATELY in the midst of a situation straight out of a horror movie.

* If Chris is the SoleSurvivor, he gets additional dialogue about [[spoiler:Josh. The interviewer [[HopeSpot mentions Josh]], and Chris sniffles, looks away, and then looks back at the interviewer, asking "What about him?" in a painfully vulnerable way - keeping in mind that everyone else has died and despite the horrific "prank," Josh has been his best friend since childhood and Chris clearly had wanted to go back and save him. The interviewer says they haven't found his body and and Chris's face ''immediately'' crumples, realizing that he completely failed to save his oldest friend, they haven't miraculously found Josh alive, and in a very quiet voice, sadly concludes the wendigo must've dragged Josh into the mines for a CruelAndUnusualDeath.]] Talk about [[YankTheDogsChain yanking the dog's chain]].

** And then she essentially causes her brother's transformation.

** Face it, Rami Malek's voice acting in the second act is sad to listen to especially in contrast of how he is in the first half.

* [[spoiler:Hannah causes her own transformation into a Wendigo by total accident]] - not by [[spoiler:eating her sister, but by moving from where they fell.]] The police said they searched the mountains - and if [[spoiler:she'd ''stayed'' where she was, she'd've been seen when they explored. But she didn't - she moved location and became Wendigo-fied.]]

* Late in the game when Sam and Mike are searching for Josh, they stumble upon a room where the Killer keeps their victims strung up like trophies. Depending on whether or not the players actions resulted in Jessica, Matt, Chris, Emily, and/or Ashley getting killed, 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 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 Josh and Mike walk through the room filled with bodies, Josh will exclaim "No...[[BigNo NO]]! [[spoiler:[[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. [[spoiler:And then he is ethier killed by his own sister or is spared but turns into a wendigo.

* Late in the game when Sam and Mike are searching for Josh, they stumble upon a room where the Killer keeps their victims strung up like trophies. Depending on whether or not the players actions resulted in Jessica, Matt, Chris, Emily, and/or Ashley getting killed, 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 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 Josh and Mike walk through the room filled with bodies, Josh will exclaim "No...[[BigNo NO]]! [[spoiler:[[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. [[spoiler: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...]]

** Schizophrenia? No - ''feminism''. Women think they're better than men - because Emily doesn't treat Matt as her equal and she flip flops between Matt and Mike all the time - and each other and [[spoiler:it gets the girls killed and then (possibly) gets ''everyone else'' killed.]] The game is basically saying: "Obey men. They're always right."

** Even though he faked his death it's still sad to see Josh panic and beg Chris to save him as he's facing the circular saw. He even states "what did I do?" multiple times before the saw gets him.

* 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 [[spoiler: made it as far as the cliff and fallen she still survives even in the original scenario (with injuries), so as long as she was found in time before hypothermia or starvation got her....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 a year later found more evidence than the police ever did ]]
** 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 who is running slightly ahead, 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. ]]

* The game can essentially be described as "Josh's life being destroyed by Schizophrenia". Since he was 11 he's been passed around psychiatrists who have constantly mis-diagnosed him as suffering from depression. The drugs were making his hallucinations worse, but he began self-medicating in desperation to stop the waking nightmares. He's passed out from an overdose or withdrawal at the beginning of the game... which leads to his sisters' deaths from a DeadlyPrank. [[spoiler: And his attempt at avenging them with a prank of his own? Only pushes his friends farther away, possibly getting himself and all of them killed by Wendigos.]] [[TheWoobie His life really sucks.]]

* Emily, meanwhile, [[spoiler:can be utterly heartbroken if she believes Matt is dead, and nearly breaks down wondering if she could've saved him.]]
* Mike and Sam might hold it together better, but [[spoiler:the way they can blame themselves for Jessica and Mike's deaths respectively make it clear how much they're hurting inside at that point.]]

* With Ashley, if [[spoiler: Chris dies after his relationship with her has gotten much better, with her kissing him for good luck as he ventures out into danger, she will be devastated. In the interview at the end, in her grief, she will say that maybe they never really had a chance.]]

* Hannah's fate. [[spoiler:Left at the bottom of a mine for over a month with her twin sister's dead body, freezing, injured, and starving, she has no choice but to eat Beth's corpse to survive, unknowingly starting the process of turning into a Wendigo. All the poor girl wanted was for her crush to like her back.]]
** Face it, Rami Malek's voice acting in the second act is sad to listen to especially in contrast of how he is in the first half.

* The game can essentially be described as "Josh's life being destroyed by Schizophrenia". Since he was 11 he's been passed around psychiatrists who have constantly mis-diagnosed him as suffering from depression. The drugs were making his hallucinations worse, but he began self-medicating in desperation to stop the waking nightmares. He's passed out from an overdose or withdrawal at the beginning of the game... which leads to his sisters' deaths from a DeadlyPrank. [[spoiler: And his attempt at avenging them with a prank of his own? Only pushes his friends farther away, possibly getting himself and all of them killed by Wendigos.]] [[TheWoobie His life really sucks.]]

* Depending on your choices, you might get some heart wrenching scenes with Ashley and Chris. If you don't do anything when Chris [[spoiler: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 [[spoiler: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 [[spoiler: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.]]

* 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.]]]]

* Chris and Ashley watching the prank video. Ashley even notes that Hannah looks "so excited." It's tragic to see this shy, introverted young girl beaming hopefully at the prospect that her crush has reciprocated her feelings, only to be humiliated by the people she considered friends. To make matters worse, the final shot of the video is a still frame of Hannah smiling, and the camera lingers long enough to make you feel ''really, really bad'' about what happened to her.

* Chris and Ashley watching the prank video. Ashley even notes that Hannah looks "so excited." It's tragic to see this shy, introverted young girl beaming hopefully at the prospect that her crush has reciprocated her feelings, only to be humiliated by the people she considered friends. To make matters worse, the final shot of the video is a still frame of Hannah smiling.

* Poor [[spoiler: Josh]] waking up from a drunken blackout to find [[spoiler: both of his little sisters are gone. Just like that, he wakes up to a totally different reality.]] Worst hangover ever.

** 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, running slightly ahead, 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. ]]

** 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. ]]