Question about choices [Spoilers]

[Lynfinity]

From Ch. 5 onward, there's a multitude of choices being thrown at you. Will you take Shiro with you or not, will you use the Scales or not, will you spend you life with Anulis or not, etc.

My question is, do these choices affect the flow of the story and the ending? Or are you forced to take one specific path and every other choice simply leads to numerous "fake" mid-chapter endings?

Asking because I just reached Ch. 8 and honestly, things became a little too dark a little too fast, what with everyone becoming a food for the demons.

[superfid2006]

The only of those choices that has a big(ger) effect is taking Shiro with you or not during Chapter 5, which either causes her death or not. This changes chapter 6 as well. The only gameplay difference is you missing out on one "LOVE" item. You also get a tearjerker scene in chapter 6.

The other choices either let you continue the game, or lead to a bad ending that lets you resume from the choice again. The events of chapter 8 happen no matter what you do.

[Lynfinity]

Ah, so that's exactly what happened - use the Scales for your own personal benefir and get f***ed real hard as a result. Gotcha!

[AsianGirlLover]

I like to think that all those gotcha “fake” endings are just as legitimate. They’re different possibilities on the tree of parallel universes in this game.

While I absolutely love the “true” ending, I think a few of the ones in chapter 7 and 8 are just as nice/bittersweet.

[Lynfinity]

Originally posted by AsianGirlLover:

I like to think that all those gotcha “fake” endings are just as legitimate. They’re different possibilities on the tree of parallel universes in this game.

I haven't reached the true ending yet, but for now some of these choices are infinitely better than what happens in chapters 7 and 8.

What's funny is that somewhere in Ch. 7 (or 6? Can't remember) you can find a book page, which explicitly states that anyone who uses the Scales to satisfy their own desires will eventually face a tragedy. Just enough amount of subtlety to raise suspicion without outright telling you what happens next.

[AsianGirlLover]

Originally posted by Lynfinity:

Originally posted by AsianGirlLover:

I like to think that all those gotcha “fake” endings are just as legitimate. They’re different possibilities on the tree of parallel universes in this game.

I haven't reached the true ending yet, but for now some of these choices are infinitely better than what happens in chapters 7 and 8.

What's funny is that somewhere in Ch. 7 (or 6? Can't remember) you can find a book page, which explicitly states that anyone who uses the Scales to satisfy their own desires will eventually face a tragedy. Just enough amount of subtlety to raise suspicion without outright telling you what happens next.

Call me silly, but I see a common theme in this story with Thomas Sowell’s philosophy on choice: there are no solutions in life, only trade offs. You’re always giving up one thing for another…