Declined Doge's offer, did I miss content?

[Bejn]

Hello, I'd like to know if I have missed (or will miss) any important content (plot thread, quest line, etc.) by refusing to share personal information with Doge? The game doesn't have manual save and I was hoping he would give me a chance to change my mind but oh well... I'm still fairly early in the game (only got to "land" 2) so it's not too late to restart.

I'm not looking for spoilers, only for info whether is it worth restarting or not.

[TJ]

You missed a bunch. You were warned.

[Zaphod]

I declined doge's offer as well but then he told me there is someone else with the same moral standards as me, so I assume this is a roundabout way of accessing the same content?

[Coffee]

Probably some sort of data collection in game to how we play the game xD

[puddingtopf]

Would like to know the same. No spoilers, just info if there's a lot of missed content, if any.

[Ap2000]

Originally posted by TJ:

You missed a bunch. You were warned.

I understood that statement he made early on too as a direct nudge from the developers that you can safely say YES to accepting his initial offer.

He contacted me two or three times, but he didn't show me yet who his "friends" are.

[Magicturtle12]

feel sorta dumb now idk, on world 5. I thought declining doge was a form of 'hard mode' given how doge responded

[mreed2]

I wouldn't call it a "bunch" of content.

Declining the offer results in one (out of several options provided) NPC being added to some of the world 3 and 4 map and the resulting conversations. It certainly isn't nothing, but the story of the game will make sense without these interjections.

[👾]

I didn't decline it, but then didn't like the person who contacted me and told them to go away. It isn't very clear that it will end the storyline and the choice is either that or to go along with them.

[Ap2000]

Originally posted by lankaras:

I didn't decline it, but then didn't like the person who contacted me and told them to go away. It isn't very clear that it will end the storyline and the choice is either that or to go along with them.

It's incredibly clear.

[👾]

Originally posted by Ap2000:

It's incredibly clear.

Why would you even post this? No it is not. Incredibly clear would be a message which is not part of the game world. Something like "(JACK WILL REMEMBER THIS)".

While that might not be a great solution, anything WITHIN the game world does not inarbitrarily communicate to the player that a questline will be completely terminated because of a certain choice. Doge could have contacted me again for example, after I sent the first person away.

[Ap2000]

Nope, it was really clear that you'll refuse that "offer".
I did too when Doge's person contacted me and I found them shady. It was crystal clear that I was going to abandon that "questline".

[👾]

Originally posted by Ap2000:

Nope, it was really clear that you'll refuse that "offer".
I did too when Doge's person contacted me and I found them shady. It was crystal clear that I was going to abandon that "questline".

Whatever dude, you're not even providing any argument here. Good for you then, bye.

[Alcator]

it may be worth it to replay the game a bunch of times, choosing vastly different dialogue options, just to see the differences -- The Achievements 'spoil' that there is a Mayoral election happening at some point and that at least 3 different people may end up in that seat afterwards, so this reveals there are at least 3 'paths' through some parts of the game, mutually exclusive.

[TJ]

Do you want to get on the non cooperative path with me? Because this is how you get on the non cooperative path with me. It's not fun.

[SL128]

it felt incredibly clear that rejecting doge meant rejecting extra content, but it's actually made out to be much bigger than it is -- really it's just a few unimpactful conversations, and you eventually get a secret code phrase that never gets used.