Couple of questions about plot branching...

stoxy on 18/6/2002 at 18:59

How many possible branches are in the 747? I'm under the impression there are 2, whether or not you kill the NSF guy. I actually knocked him unconscious, and avoided Agent Navarre completly, but it counted as if I had killed him. I left him unconscious on Manderley's desk :)

Also, is there any way to avoid sending out the NSF distress signal? I tried finding the evidence and aligning the dishes, but then running back to the 'Ton. I told Paul I wasn't going to do it, but my goals didn't change, I had no choice but to send the signal?

armcommander on 18/6/2002 at 19:11

[SPOILER]You can shoot Lebedev, have Anna shoot Levedev or you can kill Anna and then kill or not kill Lebedev. Then it mAKES NO DIFFERENCE.[/SPOILER]

stoxy on 18/6/2002 at 19:33

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Then it mAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

I was told it was the first of several things you needed in order to [SPOILER]get the best ending.[/SPOILER]

HVD on 18/6/2002 at 20:16

There is no "best" ending. And what you do during the game has no effect on what ending you get. It all depends on what you do during the last few minutes of the game.

stoxy on 18/6/2002 at 20:21

As far as I am aware, there are 3-4 possible endings depending on what you decide to do on the last level. However, I was under the impression that there was another ending, that required you make the right set of choices during the game?

Cyborg on 18/6/2002 at 21:07

There are 3 possible endings and one "cheat" ending, no less, no more.

Agent Monkeysee on 18/6/2002 at 22:34

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Originally posted by stoxy
However, I was under the impression that there was another ending, that required you make the right set of choices during the game?

Someone has lied to you, my friend. As sad as that sounds, <i>nothing</i> you do in the game affects the possible endings except the very last level.

Illuminatus on 18/6/2002 at 22:41

This was probably implemented into the game so that the player wouldn't regret having done something earlier on when he or she had not been aware of the long term consequences.

ICEBreaker on 19/6/2002 at 00:43

On this forum, we always hear about people who have been tricked. Where do these people get the false information from? Who is making stuff up? Why lie?

Illuminatus on 19/6/2002 at 00:48

Your last question is truly an intelligent one, ICE, and it can be asked on a much larger scale. Which prehistoric ape decided that running from the truth is easier than facing it? What a lot of followers it now has...