endings help (spoilers)

[mutantbeth]

How to keep paul from being arrested? Im pretty sure I threw most if not all evidence of him being admitted into a insitution but he still ends up getting arrested. Also how to put the true culprit behind bars? Im assuming its neither of the three considering I got that ending and didnt get the secret achievment of finding the true culprit

[Gav]

the women ended up in jail and there was no mention of paul in my ending. not sure what has to change to get another.

[BrattyPhoebe]

Originally posted by Gav:

the women ended up in jail and there was no mention of paul in my ending. not sure what has to change to get another.

Let me explain my ending.

If you throw away all evidence of three parties, what happens is Sophie taken to prison for Obstruction of Justice, but she is shortly freed afterwards and all of them end up happy. Also Bernard's gay brother takes over the Hotel again. So to me this is best ending. Like you even see Sophie is freed and Police has no idea who did the crime and have they no easy target, so win-win.

[StrangeAK47]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3068511421

[Avalanche]

For me, its too long winded to get the best ending, i just picked the generic one, i got it, now i am moving on to another game.

[epsilon828]

Originally posted by mutantbeth:

How to keep paul from being arrested? Im pretty sure I threw most if not all evidence of him being admitted into a insitution but he still ends up getting arrested. Also how to put the true culprit behind bars? Im assuming its neither of the three considering I got that ending and didnt get the secret achievment of finding the true culprit

With regard to Paul, did you throw away the diary found near the ice box at the end of the hall? That's probably the easiest one to miss, IMO.

For the "true killer":

You need to open the safe in Room 509 and read the newspaper clipping found in there. Finding the combination involves examining the scrap of paper in the tray in the laundry room when you're down there for the candle, and also reading the note at the bottom left of the fuse box when turning the power back on.) That will unlock a different achievement, and provided you wiped all evidence of the other three suspects, that should result in him being the only one arrested.

[maqira]

Originally posted by PaladinQuinn:

Originally posted by Gav:

the women ended up in jail and there was no mention of paul in my ending. not sure what has to change to get another.

Let me explain my ending.

If you throw away all evidence of three parties, what happens is Sophie taken to prison for Obstruction of Justice, but she is shortly freed afterwards and all of them end up happy. Also Bernard's gay brother takes over the Hotel again. So to me this is best ending. Like you even see Sophie is freed and Police has no idea who did the crime and have they no easy target, so win-win.

there is a better ending, all that minus sophie jailed
to get it, you must do what you said plus cover your tracks perfectly. removing photos, not stepping in blood, and i think if you explore 504 fully you can get the true killer arrested

[cpoce2007]

Ok, I just finished the game with the other ending. How do I get the ending mentioned above?

[P4wn4g3]

Trashing the notebook at the end of the hall lands you in jail 100%, unless the women are arrested instead. Not sure that you can get an ending where the real killer is caught and Sophie doesn't go to jail.

[KillingArts]

I thought I removed all the evidence, but Paul still got convicted. So I must have missed something. Can I just throw away every item I find? I don't need to leave any stuff behind (except the content of the safe in 509, of course).

[Ds9trek]

Originally posted by epsilon828:

Originally posted by mutantbeth:

How to keep paul from being arrested? Im pretty sure I threw most if not all evidence of him being admitted into a insitution but he still ends up getting arrested. Also how to put the true culprit behind bars? Im assuming its neither of the three considering I got that ending and didnt get the secret achievment of finding the true culprit

With regard to Paul, did you throw away the diary found near the ice box at the end of the hall? That's probably the easiest one to miss, IMO.

For the "true killer":

You need to open the safe in Room 509 and read the newspaper clipping found in there. Finding the combination involves examining the scrap of paper in the tray in the laundry room when you're down there for the candle, and also reading the note at the bottom left of the fuse box when turning the power back on.) That will unlock a different achievement, and provided you wiped all evidence of the other three suspects, that should result in him being the only one arrested.

That doesn't work for me. If I look in that last safe in 509 and wipe the evidence for the other three Sophie gets arrested for tampering with evidence.

[alliecat☭Ⓐ]

Originally posted by PaladinQuinn:

Originally posted by Gav:

the women ended up in jail and there was no mention of paul in my ending. not sure what has to change to get another.

Let me explain my ending.

If you throw away all evidence of three parties, what happens is Sophie taken to prison for Obstruction of Justice, but she is shortly freed afterwards and all of them end up happy. Also Bernard's gay brother takes over the Hotel again. So to me this is best ending. Like you even see Sophie is freed and Police has no idea who did the crime and have they no easy target, so win-win.

Agreed. It sucks that Hector got killed, but there's no reason to think Paul poses any further danger to anyone, so reinstitutionalising him in the context of the 50s mental health system would just be carceralism and torture for no reason, and I certainly wasn't gonna let Marcela and Anne get scapegoated. I was alarmed to see what was presumably Anne's real full name in the paper, given the earlier revelation that Beaumont was an alias she used because she was scared her abusive husband would come looking for her, but given the image of her and Marcela on the beach together, it looks like it didn't cause any insurmountable problems :)

[alliecat☭Ⓐ]

Originally posted by maqira:

Originally posted by PaladinQuinn:

Let me explain my ending.

If you throw away all evidence of three parties, what happens is Sophie taken to prison for Obstruction of Justice, but she is shortly freed afterwards and all of them end up happy. Also Bernard's gay brother takes over the Hotel again. So to me this is best ending. Like you even see Sophie is freed and Police has no idea who did the crime and have they no easy target, so win-win.

there is a better ending, all that minus sophie jailed
to get it, you must do what you said plus cover your tracks perfectly. removing photos, not stepping in blood, and i think if you explore 504 fully you can get the true killer arrested

Oh it didn't even occur to me to avoid stepping in blood! I'm so used to blood on the floor in games just being environmental storytelling and not something you can actually interact with :o