Endings Guide

A guide to getting all 5 endings

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If anything is wrong in this guide, please let me know. I didn't use any unnessesary speech options other than the ones needed to get through the game, so I am unsure if those affect the outcomes of the paths at all.

A Double Life (Taylor ending)

Day 1: Don't spam 1st option during first Louie visit
Day 2: Don't spam 3rd option during first Police encounter
Day 3: 3rd option during Taylor event in office (bonus area: Resort)
Anything for Days 4-5-6
Day 7: During Ariel/Taylor in resort, spam 1 (true to Taylor)
Anything for Days 8-9-10-11-12-13

Out of the Past (Ariel ending)

Anything for Days 1-2
Day 3: 1st option during Taylor event in office
Anything for Days 4-5-6
Day 7: During Ariel/Taylor in resort, spam 2 (true to Ariel) (bonus areas: Sewers and Blue Dragon)
Anything for Days 8-9-10-11-12-13

Somewhere I'll Find You (Chelsee ending)

Day 1: Spam 1st option during first Louie visit
Day 2: Spam 3rd option during first Police encounter
Day 3: 2nd option during Taylor event in office (Bonus item: Shrine Room key)
Anything for Days 4-5-6
Day 7: During Ariel/Taylor in resort, spam 3 (True to Chelsee)
Anything for Days 8-9-10-11-12-13

To Have and Have Not (Jailed/Shootout ending, Chelsee message between)

Day 1: Don't spam 1st option during first Louie visit
Day 2: Spam 3rd option during first Police encounter
Day 3: 2nd option during Taylor event in office (Bonus item: Shrine Room key)
Anything for Days 4-5-6
Day 7: During Ariel/Taylor in resort, spam 3 (True to Chelsee)
Anything for Days 8-9-10-11-12-13

Petrified Forest (Jailed/Shootout ending, no Chelsee message):

Anything for Days 1-2-3-4-5-6
Day 7: During Ariel/Taylor in resort, break up with all 3 girls (options are different depending on your previous choices, just make sure you deny all 3 females)
Anything for Days 8-9-10-11-12-13

[doctorhibert]

What the hell did I do wrong to get the petrified forest ending? I stayed true to chelsee all the way.

[kjb]

On day 7, it doesn't seem to matter much what you say to Ariel, as long as "Stay true to your girl" or "don't commit" is the last one you pick before Taylor arrives.

And once she does, you can pick anything (even "Prepare to break up") and then navigate carefully, and still end up with Taylor (or Ariel.)

Also, in terms of bonus areas, you can actually follow the Taylor path until the above scene, and then choose Ariel, thus getting access to the resort, the sewers, and the Blue Dragon all in one play-through.

There might also be a way to instead get the Chelsee shrine but end up with Taylor, by switching at the above scene.

[Futa Sorceress]

Great guide, exactly what I was looking for!

[kjb]

Hilarious, I got the Petrified Forest ending due to a single misclick on Day 7 :) Nice guide

[leisureX]

By the way, there seems to be a bug (for lack of a better term) in the Petrified Forest ending (SPOILERS following) - in every other ending, right after the Day 12 title, there's a scene in which Tex says he takes the elevator and makes a few calls, followed by a video showing Margaret as Tex explains what she did. In the Petrified Forest ending, this scene is completely skipped and it goes directly to the next scene (with Danwicz) after the Day 12 title. Anyone can explain this?

[leisureX]

Actually, this guide is better than an ending guide, because it helps you get on the desired path as early as possible, and stay on that path till the ending. This way, you don't only get the desired ending, but also path-specific locations and dialogs.

For just the endings, you can switch from almost any path to any other path during the Day 7 Ariel+Taylor encounter, with the following exceptions -
1. Any path (except Somewhere) --> Somewhere
2. Somewhere --> To Have and Have not
3. Out of the Past --> To Have and Have not
While the reason for the first two "limitations" is clear to me, I don't know why it should be impossible to switch from Out of the Past to To Have and Have Not during Day 7, but I've tried every possible dialog option and it didn't happen.

[catric]

Great one!

[eddra1]

How do you know you have spammed the key? f I press and hold 1 the dialogue starts right away, If I hold L mouse the game just waits until I release the key.

[mike the wino]

Once again, I learned something today, which is a good thing! You CAN teach an old dog new tricks! Thanks for the tip.

[REBCART]

@mike, if you press the number on your keyboard, it will choose the option needed for the guide. The left one is 1, the top is 2, the right is 3.