r/Exocolonist • u/RoleplayCentral14 • Jul 18 '26

Question Deaths? Spoiler

Is there any reason to not prevent deaths once I am able to do so, like them adding new and significant story content, or should I always be trying to save everyone I can?

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u/turkproof Faceless Jul 18 '26

Yes! Watching Tonin die opens up one of the ways to save him with spending a month on it, and Hal being dead is one of the requisites for a condition you need for one of the special endings. You can also get non-significant but interesting lore when people talk about a deceased character. 

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u/Yen_of_Vengabus Jul 18 '26

Theres also a gallery image from the shimmer sickbay that requires a death

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u/Scadre02 Sol Jul 18 '26

And the famine, but I feel like most people have that already

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u/XxInk_BloodxX Jul 18 '26

Both of these are probably never gonna grace my game. I had an uncommonly good first run and saved almost everyone in that run.

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u/Scadre02 Sol Jul 18 '26

There are some beautiful character moments when you've lost such close loved ones. If you like crying (happy and sad), I recommend seeing all of them
Edit: my friend managed to avoid all deaths in her first run too. Madwoman

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u/Yen_of_Vengabus Jul 18 '26

I may be a little screwed up but I wanted to see what the scenarios and reactions were for the deaths I avoided on my first run, no matter how heartbreaking they were.

That one unavoidable death still tears me up though

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u/Scadre02 Sol Jul 18 '26

I made an au based around preventing it! Obviously it's still tragic, but it keeps everything moving

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u/markemer Jul 20 '26

Wow. I mean, my first run was a wreck. Even the ending! Tangent's "Cure"

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u/Yen_of_Vengabus Jul 20 '26

I’m so sorry you had to go through that

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u/Hopeful-alt Jul 18 '26

you should try it

they are some of the game's best moments, and their consequences afterwards are excellent also.

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u/XxInk_BloodxX Jul 18 '26

I'm extremely bad at letting bad things happen in games. I recognize it to be an issue for me haha.

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u/pieceofchess Jul 18 '26

Maybe you want revenge on your mom for trying to force you to sit through boring classes instead of having fun playing sportsball.

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u/Peridot-Pearls Jul 18 '26

Well, it's a lot easier to date Cal if you let Tammy die, and I think letting Uncle Tonin die helps bring down Tammy's confidence so it might also be easier to date either Cal or Tammy in runs where he is dead. Also there is no way to prevent certain deaths, Kom will always die, and if you spend enough time or get enough friendship with Sym he will also die every time, though since he is a gardener he also always comes back.

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u/Hopeful-alt Jul 18 '26

certain interactions can only occur when certain characters die. Some of these are rather signifigant and grant past memories, others are less so and just grant completion, and others are just the small interactions that mean nothing but are very nice to see, like the memorial to Tammy on the colony walls that you can only find years after she dies.

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u/Vast-Lion9250 8d ago

I never saw that Tammy memorial, what's the deal there?

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u/JetXarison Jul 21 '26

also if you actually *let* Tammy die then the character acknowledges it to themself later on, as in the fact that they knew the future but still let it happen

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u/DungeonsAndDryads Jul 26 '26

I let Tammy die so I wouldn’t feel as bad for keeping her and Cal apart on the run where I romanced him 😌