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* Many of the other endings do have some sort of happiness for at least one of the characters, but the Lone Wolf ending is without question a DownerEnding. Sean decides to surrender at the border, but Daniel is having none of it and forces the car with Sean and him in it through the border. This ultimately gets Sean killed as he's hit in the throat by a stray bullet. Without his brother and unable to ever go back to America, Daniel is seen six years later as a 16-year-old with bleached hair and tattoos living out a lonely life on the beaches of Puerto Lobos. It is heavily implied he's been involved in multiple criminal activities, including a "spectacular" bank robbing and gang violence. He continues to mourn for his late father and brother, to whom he has dedicated a shrine. We then see him demonstrating his fearsome power by effortlessly dispatching three hoodlums who seem to have some business with him, almost forcing one of them to shoot himself with his own gun. All throughout this scene it's clear Daniel has no goal in life after losing everything and happiness has long since left him.

* [[spoiler:Mushroom getting killed. She became the boys' pet in just the last episode, and was one of the few things that was making Daniel happy. Her death is especially jarring if you were under the belief that she'd be the CuteAnimalSidekick throughout the game. And just the fact that it's a little puppy getting killed bloodily is enough to hurt. Especially when Sean picks up her little body...if he can pick her up, that is. Choose not to intervene and the cougar will flee with Mushroom’s body.]]
** [[spoiler:Letting Daniel kill the cougar arguably makes the scene worse, because Daniel seems more traumatized by his own actions than by Mushroom's death.]]

** If Arcadia Bay was sacrificed, David is left a widower after Joyce dies during the storm. While he makes peace with Chloe and their relationship is better than ever, David's trailer is full of memories of his late wife (including a framed Two Whales Diner receipt).

** If Chloe was sacrificed, David's marriage with Joyce falls apart. [[AmicableExes Although they remain on good terms and call each other occasionally]], David is left to live with the regret over how he verbally (and physically) abused his stepdaughter.
** If Arcadia Bay was destroyed, David loses Joyce, who died during the storm. While he makes peace with Chloe and their relationship is better than ever, David's trailer is full of memories of his late wife (including a framed Two Whales Diner receipt).
*** Sacrificing Arcadia Bay also means that Chloe is left with both of her biological parents dead. Considering how poorly she took the death of her father, one could only imagine how badly she took the death of her mother, especially after the week they went through, and how much she'd have to lean on Max for it.

* Sean's encounter with the racists. It's bad enough watching Sean get beat up, but it's even worse watching him give into their demands. It culminates in Sean having to sing a lullaby for their amusement, and there are visible tears in his eyes during the scene. But arguably the most heart wrenching moment is the aftermath of this scene, when Sean is all alone in his car and he lets out a ''massive'' AtomicFBomb. Gonzalo Martin's performance in that moment is truly powerful.
* Finding out that Daniel believed that Sean was dead. Daniel believed he killed his big brother. A large part of ''Wastelands'' is the growing division, jealousy and resentment between the two, with Daniel resenting Sean's rules, feeling frustrated at Sean making all the calls without him having any say and becoming increasingly jealous of the time Sean spends with Cassidy; Sean resents Daniel's aggression and apparent ungratefulness regarding how far he goes to keep him safe, feels frustrated with his disobedience and is increasingly jealous of Daniel looking to Finn as a big brother instead of him. If Sean remains opposed to the plan, Daniel is left believing that he spent his last days with his big brother angry, resentful and jealous, lashing out, showing off, getting him in trouble, and agreeing to a reckless, deadly plot partly to spite him... before killing him in a fit of rage. No wonder he was ripe for Lisbeth grooming him into a cult - his guilt over what happened is the prime method she used to control him, though thankfully seeing Sean get up every time he gets beaten down just to talk to him snaps him out of it in the climax of ''Faith.''

** If Chloe was sacrificed, David's marriage with Joyce falls apart. Although they remain on good terms and call each other occasionally, David is left to live with the regret over how he treated his stepdaughter.

*** Sacrificing Arcadia Bay also means that Chloe is left with both of her biological parents dead. Considering how poorly she took the death of her father, one could only imagine how bad she took the death of her mother.

* After you complete the game, the title screen now shows Seattle again only this time, in the middle of the day with Sean, Daniel, and their father Esteban relaxing in the front yard. This screen serves as a reminder to the player of what the Diaz family’s life would’ve been like if the events of the prologue never happened; they would’ve continued being a normal family. No matter what happens, the brothers can no longer go back to their old lives.

* [[spoiler:Mushroom getting killed. She became the boys' pet in just the last episode, and was one of the few things that was making Daniel happy. Her death is especially jarring if you were under the belief that she'd be the CuteAnimalSidekick throughout the game. And just the fact that it's a little puppy getting killed bloodily is enough to hurt. Especially when Sean picks up her little body...if he can pick her up, that is. Choose to intervene and the cougar will flee with Mushroom’s body.]]