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TIL that Far Cry 4 had a hidden ending; at the beginning the main villain leaves, asking the player to stay. If they leave, it sets the events of the game in motion. If they stay for 15 minutes, the villains returns and they go off as friends to shoot some guns, cutting straight to the ending.

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