How to get the good ending

This guide provides information on obtaining the good ending for the game.

Walkthrough

In the first chapter your goal is to find survivors. Just follow the path and you'll meet them eventually. Right after the achievement ("They Live") shows up, press Alt+F4, open game's properties, tab "Local Files", choose "Delete local game content", confirm.

Congratulations, you made the right choice and didn't murder your squad, a lot of civilians and the 33rd Infantry Battalion.

[RIP Bozo]

I was gonna come in here all snarky, but I have been outsmarted - should have seen it coming. Kudos!

[ZiggyZagga]

@Water-Gate Yeah, I can tell from your profile picture!

[Philly Wonken]

I laughed at this until I cried. I cried because this game loves me I swear!

[Water-Gate]

This game fucked me up.

[Crow]

v bidoof law

[Short]

it is successful because US troops should be imprisoned and murdered for their many war crimes

[Seeker296]

Your mission is to recon. We don't get the exact parameters, but surrendering to a group of 4 violent insurgents is certainly not a "mission successful"

Considering you are given explicit instructions to radio back to command, you can't just "quit". You would have to at least backtrack outside the storm wall (which the game doesn't allow)

It's hard to say if dying is the "right" choice (having established it would be a mission failed state), since the game asks you that exact question at the end and players are still split on the question

[Chonkems]

Walker isn't surrendering in the (sort of) better ending.
He's literally being rescued because he's a Delta Force operative with knowledge of important ops that shouldn't fall into the wrong hands.

[LQ]

everyone ignore wickeD's typical comment for false claim of "heart of darkness book"cause there only 3 endings you can pick accept you're faith to die or surrender or kill like you usually felt better as you see yourself become the villain like martin walker. there no such thing as "unpleasant and harsh situations" he know it damn well that is not what people on the comments are about. due to their opinions

[WickeD]

Those who say you should stop playing it at a certain bla-bla point certainly don't know that the aim of this game is to put you in those unpleasant and harsh situations in order to display you dark sides of war, the agony of the soldiers who thought are legends in the eyes of all. Therefore, I think you must play it 'till the end. I don't say killing is pleasant and makes you feel good. I just like you all to live inside the mind of a soldier. To conclude, please read the book Heart of Darkness, as well.