drthekay
Since: May, 2013
May 18th 2016 at 10:55:03 PM
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Theres not a single example here that even remotely fits this trope. This page needs a purge
I'm going to argue that this is not an example, and here's why: it's true that the game does end with everything the same as before the player started trying to fix things, but it's not true that the player's efforts were pointless. It's established that without the player's efforts, things would have ended up much worse.
"At least you stopped things getting worse" is a disappointing outcome for a player hoping for "yay! you fixed it!", but it's not Shoot the Shaggy Dog.