20 Video Games That Secretly Reward You For Failure
1. Run Away (Into An Old Lady In A Wheelchair) - Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium is an RPG in which you play as an amnesiac and deeply depressed cop who lost all of his memories after he drank himself into a stupor (oh yes, he's also a raging alcoholic).
If all of this sounds like the worst person to handle police business, it's probably because it is. However, failure isn't actually that bad in Disco Elysium.
In fact, sometimes Harry's botched interactions can give better results than successes.
There are plenty of situations in the game where failure unlocks a new route or gives you bonuses. The most evident case of turning your mistakes into miracles is an early interaction in the Whirling-In-Rags hostel.
When the hostel's manager, Garte, asks you to pay 130 Reál for your room and the damages caused by your drunken escapades, you get the option to flee from the scene.
The success simply allows you to leave Whirling-In-Rags mid-conversation, but if you fail, Harry will slip and launch himself straight into an old lady in a wheelchair.
The accident, though embarrassing, will make Garte pity you and offer to lower his demands to only 100 Reál.
It's not being pathetic, it's being pathetically persuasive.