I am playing Tesla Effect through for a second time now. The first time I got the Chelsea Ending. I am curious about which are your favorite endings? How do they rank? Are there any endings that you love or hate? Trying to figure out if I want Taylor or Ariel this time around. I will probably avoid the bad endings ... or are they really bad? Opinions?

I love the Petrified Forest ending, it's over the top but I think it's very funny (very easy to reach, just be a jerk to all women)

How do you even get a good ending? I stayed true to Chelsee, letting down all other women gently, and still got Petrified Forest. Do my responses to other characters have got something to do with it? It's impossible to tell which ones are "evil" responses due to Tex's snarky sense of humour even if he means nothing bad.

I wasn't even aiming for the perfect ending; I wouldn've been satisfied with an average one. But getting the Petrified Forest after trying to stay true to Chelsee and treat everyone kindly leaves me with the feeling that I've been shafted. I've had a look at some Tex Murphy forums – it turns out that the second scene at the police station is the pivotal one. I happened to choose my responses in the wrong order, and that somehow doomed me to the worst ending. This is not good game design. The same issue was present in The Pandora Directive – you can only get the best ending if you select a specific sequence of responses during your first conversation with Chelsee. How are players supposed to know that without walkthroughs?

The names of the paths meant nothing to me since I was playing for the first time and without spoilers.

The Chelsee ending of course. ;) I got the Chelsee ending without a guide on my first playthrough. It's not that tough to figure out the path names. Just keep asking about Chelsee and reject the other two women at every turn no matter how hard they try to seduce you.