What was your choice? [SPOILERS]

[WolfPad]

What did you guys choose at the end of your first playthrough and why?

[Violet-111]

Originally posted by BoopyNooby1:

can you still play if you destroy the sun? i try to launch the game and it says savior not found. is there a way to fix that and do the stolstice thingy ive heard tons about despite destroying the world?

You can still play. Try checking that clover file again, maybe it's changed? :)

[asmetics]

I saved Niko.
It says in the notes
"Your goal is to save Niko. Keep your eyes on the goal"
Judging on that I decided to save them as that's the right thing to do.
The world is already dead. Returning the sun won't stop an inevitable death.

[Dreyfus0414]

Returned the sun: The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.

[RustyLeaves]

return home

[ps]

i decided to save the world because of the greater good but it wasn't an easy decision. then i replayed the game and saved niko and now imma replay it again

[DevinGlock11]

As mentioned by several people in every region, delivering the Sun to the Tower would not save their world from the mass of corrupted code manifested by the World Machine. It would merely hinder an inevitable shortage of Phosphor from transpiring and provide light; gaining more time for the inhabitants of every indefinite area. Strictly speaking, returning the Sun is only delaying the destruction of their world. Calamity will happen, regardless.

With this in mind, I let Niko shatter the Sun and return home. Otherwise, Niko would be condemned to perish alongside everyone else ─ for nothing. The only thing you would achieve from returning the Sun, is the moral excellence of enabling the characters to view the Sun one last time ─ merely out of courtesy or pity. In the end, you would all simply die. I know that if I were in Niko's position, I would've done the same thing.

Although, you will have to acknowledge that Niko is a mere child. They will have to live with the guilt of not delaying the cessation of all life in that world. But ─ hey, at least they are alive. You also have to remember that Niko mentioned that they did not yearn to remain in that world, nor to feel fulfilled in the pilgrimage to the Tower. Niko's main goal was to return home, they did not know that there would be no other option.

So, it is a matter of whether you consider every given circumstance and save Niko, or save the world out of compassion for everyone living there. You would either put Niko's life on the line to delay the definite destruction of their world for an indefinite amount of time, or cut ties and save Niko.

This, of course, has no relation with the Solstice ending. Thank God for that, though.

[Supernoxus]

I was split. I didn't want to force Niko to bear the responsibility of being the messiah of an already doomed world. I also didn't want Niko to bear the guilt of killing a world worth of people, even if some of them would have appreciated a quick end.

In the end, I viewed it similar to the trolley problem. Do you let a bunch of people die, or will you divert the trolley to kill just one person?
Except that in this scenario, one option is to kill everyone except one person, and the other option just makes one person's life substantially worse.
Thinking about it like that, I took the option that kills no one over the option that kills just about everyone. Niko put the sun back.

[Petit Citrus]

I saved Niko. It’s just a child we forced into this world. She wants to see her mother again. For a destroyed world where these citizens have little hope. I don’t want to sacrifice a child for that.

[Ren232]

save niko

[Retro Dude]

I shattered the sun, niko didnt deserve to leave all of his family behind just because some poor planing done by clover (or the author, depending on how you call him), Yes I did feel bad for "killing" everyone but niko didnt even ask to be there, he ended up there without knowing what was gonna happen, but willing to help everyone and get home, not knowing both were incompatible, clover should have thought twice before doing this kind of stunts.

[ChekinNooget]

Originally posted by Sheepless Ram:

I chose to save the world, because I didn't trust the World Machine and I thought Niko would die with this world when I shatter the sun.

same but i felt really bad after i found out what really happened...

[EeveeMaster8540]

As TWM said
"NIKO IS THE ONLY THING WORTH SAVING HERE"
It's right.
As much as i care for the world, i care for Neeks more.

[pixelfoxy]

I choose to save Niko, he was brought there against his will, the world was already falling apart and they didn't even know If the sun can save it, computer sugested somthing that this world is not real , I wasn't Sure who to belive, but I just hit the button, also they all seemed programmed and Niko world was like earth meaning that maybe he is real , too mamy possibilities. So after my decission I started to panic that maybe it was wrong choice xd because I rememebred Niko dream with shuttered bulb and couldn't understand what that meant. And now I feel bad because I brought him back. It seems Computer wasn't lying. Tho we all wanted to Check no mater what it was to short to end just like that. On the other hand we never saw Niko joining his Familiy. Also not sure but Niko says he is Not a cat so maybe is just his avatar ? Like other "humans"there

[silph]

Shattered the sun. Niko wanted to go home. I could tell partway through playing this was probably going to be the way it ended so I'd already decided: I would not force Niko to shatter the sun, if they made a firm choice on their own to do that, but if they didn't and they wanted to go home, I'd choose that. Niko's crying in the cafe right before the tower saying "I want to home go home". Niko never says "I want to save the world, even if it costs my life" ever, they only say "what should I do?" I didn't have to think about it at all really.

I thought about "Niko having to live with knowing a world was destroyed" but it's not my place to decide what's "best for them" despite the game saying I'm god. But this is also why I wouldn't have forced Niko to shatter the sun if they were clear that they didn't want to.

I dunno what the Author was doing but if they wanted to save their world they ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up.

[Pauzeman]

I ran through the game with the mindset of "no matter what, you may always choose to be kind". As such, I was PISSED at the final choice. I chose to return the sun, as I didn't trust the world entity, and I got a kick making their pleads worthless. I also figured that a second chance for the world was better than none, and I would just have to have faith I bought them the time needed to fix the anomalies, or at least live a happy remainder of their lives. Since I played this only very recently, I booted up Solstice immediately after the ending though. I came here to save everyone, with the mindset that I'll make the absolute most out of my OneShot. I would likely be a lot more sad of my choice, rather than angry at the situation, if I played this before the new ending was added.

Also I recognise the contradiction and saying you may always choose to be kind, but also feeling satisfied by sticking one to the world machine. I solved a good 3/4 of the tower puzzle before realising I needed to line up the windows with the clover, and I disliked the deceptive nature of the machine.