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* Similarly, ''[[The Matrix Online]]'' simply closes the game if you pick the wrong pill. At least one player, who had mis-remembered the film and obstinately did not read dialogue, thought he had some sort of crash bug the first time he played.

* ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''

 

 

* An interesting example turns up in the MMORPG ''[[Phantasy Star Universe]]'''s Story Mode. Up until 'Episode 3', the plot has given, occasionally, a chance for a player character to express an opinion which is then summarily ignored. However, as of Episode 3's fourth mission, the developers have begun to go back through the story mode missions and edit things so that many of the responses, and player's actions during missions, can lead into entirely new branches of the story, as well as adding these conditional branches to newly released missions as well.

** However, the trope is played straight in the prelude to the Episode 3 story mission Ambition's End 2: After some boring chatter, you're given the option of taking one of four different [[NPC]]s. Now, the AI being what it is in ''PSU'', they're all useless to a variety of degrees, but each one is at least capable of soaking up some damage and dealing some in return, or providing you with some decent support to help keep you alive. No matter which you pick, you're forced to take a little girl with no damage potential, no useful support abilities, and who has proven herself to be an utter moron by, among other things, {{spoiler|1=chasing after her brother when he chases a thief, loudly announcing her presence to said thief and his two thug brothers after said brother has caught up with them, telling him off when he tells her to run, and then meandering away when the biggest of the brothers comes to grab her. Later on in the same mission, when threatened by the [[Big Bad]], she opts not to take the smart of option of fleeing, she skips over the option of using her (admittedly worthless) TECHNICs, and instead stands there and lets him beat her down}}. "Liability" doesn't even begin to cover her uselessness.