Taking a Third Option in Scarlet Hollow
25Scarlet Hollow is a lovely episodic visual novel that contains a pivotal choice for each episode that has you pick between options that contain bad outcomes or good outcomes at a cost. However, if you have the right trait you can take a third option to have a better outcome. So, here's the current trait options you can take in the four available episodes.
It seems pretty clear that with seven intended episodes taking place across seven days with seven available traits that each episode will likely continue this formula, so Mystical, Talk to Animals, and Street Smart will likely get their time to shine. However, since a playthrough only allows two traits to be chosen you might avert some bad outcomes but you can't prevent having to make a number of difficult choices.
You can still pick the bad options with the right trait which gives the "Ya Blew it" achievement.
Episode 4 changes things up a bit from two bad choices as you normally either pick between letting Reese kill Dr. Kelly and escape or have her sedate Reese to keep him locked up, but if you call Tabitha when given the option she will show up and shoot Reese which allows for the additional option to kill him. With Hot you can have Reese leave without killing Dr. Kelly although the scene plays out differently if you called Tabitha or not. It also is more ambiguous in how good doing so is.
0:00 Episode 1 with Powerful Build (Save Both Duke and Gretchen)
2:25 Episode 2 with Keen Eye (No One is Injured or Trapped in the Mines)
12:08 Episode 3 with Book Smart (The Ghost Moves On without You or Tabitha Sacrificing Years of Life)
16:31 Episode 4 with Hot/Tabitha Not Called (Reese Leaves without Killing Dr. Kelly)
18:54 Episode 4 with Hot/Tabitha Called (Reese Leaves without Killing Dr. Kelly)
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