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*** {{spoiler|Well, you don't ''have'' to let him go. [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|You can just let him see his civilization and then leave him there]], [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|forever knowing it's just out of reach]]. It depends on how much of a [[Jerkass]] you think Saavedro is, and [[What the Hell, Player?|how much of a jerkass you are]]. In fact, [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|you'll even get called out on leaving Saavedro in the ending if you do this]].}}
** In ''Myst 4: Revelation'', you're confronted with Yeesha strapped to a chair, asking to be freed by pulling a silver-colored lever. {{spoiler|Her brother Achenar}} is also in the room, and claims that Yeesha {{spoiler|is actually Sirrus, his brother, transferred into her body}}, and demands that you pull the amber-colored lever instead. Taking a third option by {{spoiler|refusing to act is ''not'' the correct solution in this case (subverting the trope); in fact, this is one of two ways to get a bad ending (the other one is pulling the silver lever). The correct choice is to trust Achenar and pull the amber lever, which transfers Sirrus out of Yeesha's body.}}
* ''[[Messiah]]'' is a game with ''lots'' of areas where there are multiple solutions to solve a problem. For example, if Bob needs to get into a restricted area which his current host is not allowed in, he might have two choices: Find another host who is allowed in, find another host who can fight his way past the guard, or maybe even take the guard as a host. Either way has the same outcome although each has different disadvantages.
* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', there is a quest of sorts presented to you on Dantooine by a Twi'lek jedi named Bolook, who is investigating a recent murder. The two suspects, Rickard Lusoff and Handon Guld, must be questioned in order to determine which one actually killed the victim, a farmer named Calder, in addition to corroborating evidence with an information droid. After 4 rounds of questioning, and calling both parties on false testimony and possible motives, you find that {{spoiler|they were both guilty, and that Calder was sleeping with Handon's wife and had a business deal with Rickard which went sour. This gets you the more than double the XP of just naming one murderer.}}[http://www.gamebanshee.com/starwarskotor/locations/grove.php Full Details]
* ''[[Legacy of Kain]]: Soul Reaver 2'' sees (and deals with the results) of this exchange:
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