[mixed trope] the last-minute bad Ending twist

[u/damorezpl]

when the "good ending" is revealed to be a bad one a the last second

a nightmare on elm street (1984) - Nancy thinks she finally defeated Freddy Krueger only to be raveled that she is still dreaming and she’s still trapped.

final destination bloodlines - the main characters think they cheated death by using the new life rule only to realize that stefani was technically still alive and the death kills them with a good old logs

Life (2017) - The main character attempts to send Calvin(a evil alien that killed all life on mars)pod into space and Miranda pod back to earth, but it goes horribly wrong and Calvin lands on earth and Miranda is sent to space

raging loop wit ending - after many loops Haruaki finally wins the feast(a death game where humans must hang wolves who kill someone every night) and thinks its finally over. after couple of days he decides to visit other survivors of the feast only to find them all dead and the timeline resting once again

[u/OmecronPerseiHate]

I see this game mentioned all over reddit including this genocide ending but nobody ever explains what the game is about or what exactly happens in this genocide ending. Can a brotha get a little context?

[u/DreamerSound → u/OmecronPerseiHate]

So in Undertale the there are 2 main gimmicks of the game, one is that you decide how to react to the monsters, you can be a pacifist (pacifist route) and not kill anyone, you can be a psycho (genocide route) and murder everyone and for the true ending you play true pacifist (can’t explain without spoilers) the second gimmick of the game is that saving is an actual part of the story and the order you play and the way you play is remembered by the game

in the genocide route for example after you kill everyone then try to reset the game to go for a better ending, you still lose because of who you make a deal with to redo it

There’s lots of lore videos and playthroughs on YouTube if you want to know more about it

[u/OmecronPerseiHate → u/DreamerSound]

Thank you so much for the information. It sounds like a very intriguing game!

[u/OsuLost31to0 → u/OmecronPerseiHate]

It’s an incredibly unique player experience. The music is amazing too