endingtron 3000 

The final choice in any choose-your-own-adventure narrative which decides the ending of the story, disregarding all of the choices which it has had the user make prior to it.

Even though I treated everyone nicely: the endingtron 3000 gave me a bad ending for not sparing the villain at the end.

endingtron 3000 by T3llling Th3 Truth (Kokomo) December 26, 2020

endingtron 3000 

Popularized by Ben Croshaw. Refers to an ultimate, overly simplistic/binary choice at the end of a narrative game which determines the actual ending; holds the implication the player's many supposed choices during the game were actually superfluous by comparison. See also ludonarrative dissonance.

I slaughtered tons of nameless goons five levels ago but the endingtron 3000 gave me the bad ending when I wouldn't shoot my boss during the quicktime event.

endingtron 3000 by oshkeet December 22, 2023