@MaraJade I believe that if you chose to bed Chen early on it is considered a hookup whereas in the final chapter when you get the three notes from your coworkers you get to ‘lock-in’ the romance. Hence no fallout. It would be interesting to see if there is fallout in the sequel.
I ended human, not skeleton. I can’t recall how though. I had lots of friends and I’d been really nice so had plenty to draw from.
I liked that you could hook up with the others early and it didn’t lock you into a romance. Just as I liked that Wakefield was kept until the end.
I agree, joining Wakefield’s firm seemed like a really bad idea. No benefit to it and losing out on the relationship. I just chose to stay working at my own firm.
I loved that the interactions with the Goddess allowed me to save her, or not. When I’d been playing that section I’d been convinced that I’d have to work against her and it just seemed morally wrong, so it was great to be able to give her Wakefield’s card and give her a chance. It also made me like Wakefield all the more.
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That’s exactly the way I played it as well - Goddess and Wakefields card I mean. You end human if you have support, so if you use your friends, the goddess, or the demons you will succeed in defeating the demon. Other options have you turn Lich. At least insofar as I have tried. Really this a very fun story. Just hoping for another installment.
I was really nice to everyone and ended up having the goddess’s support, friends, and the demon. I used the friends choice at the very end, and I ended up as a lich.
Who’s the third romantic option? Vega? I’ve been so focused on Wakefield that I only saw him and Chen as romantic interest.
@Ryocchi Yup, Vega!
Hey I hate to ask, but does anyone know how to get the early romance achievement? I’ve gotten most of them, this is one of the ones I have no idea how to get.
Yep, Vega as well. Who you can have a one night stand with, or something more.
Mhm, being a skeleton doesn’t rely on the ending, I’ve had all of the endings without ending up that way. but I do think it does depend on how much support you have…I just can’t figure out the specific trigger, I wish you could view the code for this one but even on the crome version I can’t.
I got the early romance achievement by taking everyone out drinking after the casino night, and then taking Cass home with me. (I was playing for maximum early Charm.) Score!
On that note, has anyone successfully deposed Ajaia? Last time my cunning and craft were pretty high and I still failed- what’s the missing piece?
I can’t seem to not end up a skeleton. I wasn’t friends with the goddess, but I was nice to everyone else. So does the goddess have to be on your side?
@YaoiBloodhound Nope, I wasn’t friends with the goddess and I ended up human. Try rallying the demons at the end. That’s what I did and other people seem to say that that has worked for them.
@Keledeine I was able to depose her with a high charm and by taking all of the good cop options.
Still, I wish you could see the code on the chrome version like you used to be able to.
@YaoiBloodhound Interesting that you seem to have the opposite problem I do, I wonder what we’re doing differently.
@Keledeine I managed it with high cunning (80+) by catching her in a logical impossibility, then meeting her the next night and telling her my game plan but lying about it, then laying false trails in the second round.
I try all i can but i always end like skeleton, im friend every one i choose being help by friends but nope 6 playthroughs ending like bare bones.Its because i save always as from demon making him leave ash alo ne? :(( i dont wanna be a skeletorn lol :((
Okay, I finished this one. Little disappointed that I ended up a a skelly thingy, but, hey, if it means I’m some immortal lich, and my boyfriend is surprisingly cool with it, I guess it doesn’t matter.
Although I felt the whole romance thing somewhat fast, and you didn’t get that much build up (especially having only met Wakefield twice before in - game.) But what was ridiculously awesome was the grammatical sex scene. Honestly, I was considering booting Wakefield out when he asked to kiss me, but I’m very glad I didn’t. It was one of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time. Grammar is so desperately unsexy and it just had me cracking up.
Fun game to play, the best CoG has done in a while.
@Red_Reaper I’m sure you can meet Wakefield more than twice before. There’s the dinner, then the casino night (admittedly the same day), there’s the conference where you give your speech and can save Wakefield’s life. Then after that I think you can talk to Wakefield too? You can call Wakefield up to help with the Goddess. Then Wakefield shows up before your final mission?
@Marajade I wish I could remember how to help you.
No problem @FairyGodfeather 
this game is so funny to replay even Being a Cog, normaly HG have a lot more replay value.
I’ve finally figured out the trigger for the skeleton thing I think (yes I am that obsessive occasionally, why do you ask?), its based on a combination of what you’ve done through the game (how consistent your problem solving is) and your choices in the segment where you pull yourself back together, and to a small extent the ending (heroic self sacrifice or calling in the firm triggers it more while the power of friendship or calling on the goddess it occurs less or possibly never.)
The easist way to avoid skeletondom is to make sure you pick your two highest stats when you choose what kind of story you told, then play consistantly enough that when you answer the other questions the narrator agrees with you more than disagreeing with your picks.
If you get the achivement for putting yourself back together, you should be safe from skeletondom, though I’m not totally positive of that. This is only a theory at this point, need to test more before I’m sure.
Makes sense. Intuitively players would chose their highest stats, but not necessarily
I just want to say that this game’s “sleep-difficulty” code is one of the most ingenious pieces of work in CoGs.
Though I wonder if it should be a bit more upfront about how debt affects your difficulty ratings. I would never have guessed that it did before I went code-diving.