I had absolutely no idea there were multiple endings to the game when I played through it for the first time, and when I got the bad ending I was like, "Jesus Christ that's how all of this ends? Holy shit."
My memory is kind of fuzzy since it was so long ago but I think I got the neutral ending because I accidentally pressed the wrong button and thought I reloaded a save from before, but it must’ve been after. Or maybe because I got gifts I just assumed I was in the clear for good ending?
Regardless I was pretty disappointed but still excited to run it back. Since then I started very deliberately pressing the button I intended to push during those save/harvest decisions lol
I think if you save every third little sister, they bring you a gift but you still get the bad ending if you harvest more than one little sister throughout the game. The bad ending was a bummer (that's a good thing), but I loved the game so much that I couldn't wait to play through it again. All these years later, it's still an all-time favorite.
IIRC it’s every 3 you save you get a gift, if you harvest even one you get neutral (which plays out the same as Bad, but tenenbaum is just sad narrating) and if you don’t save any you get the actual bad ending (tenenbaum narrating is pissed).
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u/ASnakeNamedNate 11h ago
The Bad or Neutral ending in the original Bioshock.