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What are some games that "spin" failure states? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by bermuda@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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What I mean by this, is instead of when you fail and are met with a game over, the game finds some way to keep it going. Instead of being forced to reset to a previous save or an autosave checkpoint, the game's story continues in an interesting path. Are there any games like this?

Asking because in IRL TTRPG's, a lot of DM's will find reasons to keep the story going, no matter how ludicrous because I mean.. that's why you're there. Do games do this? What are some that do?

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[โ€“] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of the comments focus on death states, as far as I recall you can totally beat TES 3 Morrowind after an essential npc dies. The game will tell you it's doomed and will prompt you to load a save, but you are largely able to continue, just have to live with the consequences, it might be a pain to do or rely on cheese, but apparently technically possible.

[โ€“] sandriver@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there's a "back path" that was originally intended to be found with a breadcrumb left if you went rogue and killed Vivec, but thanks to UESP's documentation, you can find your way there at any point. Very fun for roleplay.