History VideoGame / GodsWillBeWatching

* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler: What exactly Burden is, and why he's stuck in the GroundhogDayLoop are never explained.]]

* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler: In ''The Last Chapter'' DLC, it was revealed that the choice of ending Xenolifer's plague on Gactus VII was a bad idea since the destruction of Xenolifers later paved the way for TheEmpire nature of Constellar Federation that it even enslaved 800 Billion Humans after the extinction of many enslaved species. On the other hand, Liam's resolution through creating GroundhogDayLoop to let the plague destroy Gactus VII was not positive since it led to an ongoing ForeverWar between the "freed" alien species and Constellar Federation.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Burden]] can only remember [[spoiler: that he's going through a time loop in the final chapter against Liam.]]

* MortonsFork: [[spoiler: Both of the possible outcomes of chapter 7, as pictured by the DLC. If Burden refuses to work with Liam, the Constellar Federation turns into a full-blown tyrannical empire which enslaves every sentient race in the known universe, including humans. If he lets Liam win, the Xenolifers turn into LaResistance and keep fighting for liberation of enslaved species, although their struggle against the Federation turns into a bloody one which is still at a stalemate after 20 years. Either way Liam repeats the cycle of searching for Burden to convince him to pick the other option in the following loop.]]

''Gods Will be Watching'' is a point-and-click game made by Deconstructeam and published by Devolver Digital, released on July 24th 2014. It was originally a Ludum Dare 26 game where you controlled Sergeant Burden and his crew: a soldier, a psychiatrist, a doctor, an engineer, a robot and a dog. The goal was to survive for 40 days and to repair a broken radio, while at the same time making sure that the crew had enough food, medicine, warmth, ammunition and sanity. The game was later very popular and an expanded version was crowdfunded, until it was picked up and published by Devolver Digital.

** BlackAndBlackMorality: What Burden considers the events of chapter 6 to be.

In the expanded game, you follow the story of Sergeant Burden and the aforementioned crew through six chapters, ranging from hostage situations to torture scenarios to ''just'' wilderness survival, on an alien planet filled with dangerous wildlife of course. The backdrop is one of struggle between the terrorist group, or freedom fighters depending on who you ask, Xenolifers and the Constellar Federation. There is no karma meter, and whether you value the lives of your crew over long-term consequences is entirely up to you.

* TheStinger: [[spoiler: At the end of the credits, Sergeant Burden is finally devoured by what looks like some kind of black hole. After that, we skip to the epilogue ''Broken Hourglass'' where we find Sergeant Burden waking up in the middle of the Legin (probably) desert, at which point he picks up a scarf and a rifle and begins walking to the east, and then we're promptly treated to a flash through of all the games chapters again in the space of half a second. By the looks of it, Burden wasn't actually able to escape his ''curse''.]]

** Sergeant [[spoiler:Abraham]] loses his leg some time before the events of Chapter 5, which slows the entire group down. He begs you to leave him behind so the group has a better chance at surviving. [[spoiler:If you don't, he is DrivenToSuicide thirty hours later.]]

* TheLoad: In survival situations, anyone can be this, depending on your strategy. However, Sergeant Abraham is unambiguously this in Chapter 5, being too injured to fight and slowing everyone down with his peg leg. [[spoiler: If you don't get rid of him, which is a bad idea because his men will rebel, he [[HeroicSuicide offs himself]] after about thirty hours.]]

* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler: In ''The Last Chapter'' DLC, it was revealed that the choice of ending Xenolifer's plague on Gactus VII was a bad idea since its destruction later paved the way for TheEmpire nature of Constellar Federation that it even enslaved 800 Billion Humans after the extinction of many enslaved species. On the other hand, Liam's resolution through creating GroundhogDayLoop to let the plague destroy Gactus VII was not positive with the ongoing ForeverWar between the "freed" alien species and Constellar Federation.]]

* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler: In ''The Last Chapter'' DLC, it was revealed that the choice of ending Xenolifer's plague on Gactus VII was a bad idea since it marked the end of the organizations that later paved the way for TheEmpire nature of Constellar Federation, which it even enslaved 800 Billion Humans after the death of many enslaved species. On the other hand, Liam's resolution through creating GroundhogDayLoop to let the plague destroy Gactus VII was not positive with the ongoing ForeverWar between the "freed" alien species and Constellar Federation.]]

* TheExtremistWasRight: [[In ''The Last Chapter'' DLC, it was revealed that the choice of ending Xenolifer's plague on Gactus VII was a bad idea since it marked the end of the organizations that later paved the way for TheEmpire nature of Constellar Federation, which it even enslaved 800 Billion Humans after the death of many enslaved species. On the other hand, Liam's resolution through creating GroundhogDayLoop to let the plague destroy Gactus VII was not positive with the ongoing ForeverWar between the "freed" alien species and Constellar Federation.]]

** In chapter 5, one of the federation soldiers is SeriousSam.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted. Sarah can perform "group therapy" sessions on Burden's crew to increase morale, and Burden himself can act as one by talking to the crew about their troubles. [[spoiler:Burden also goes to see a therapist named Amber about his lost memories.]]