Tell Me Why

Tell Me Why

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A New Chapter

A New Chapter

Started writing a new chapter with Alyson

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How to unlock the A New Chapter achievement in Tell Me Why - Definitive Guide

To get this one you need to choose all the bad options in the playthrough (ones that will give you the separating icon):

I had to do a full replay of ch3 to get this after my first playthrough was to get the strong bond

WARNING: There is a small chance that if you went with all "good" choices in previous chapters, you might have trouble meeting the requirements for this achievement (same goes for making bad choices and getting the Tyler ending). This, plus Tyler ending and both bond achievements, are extremely vague and this guide is going based on how I unlocked the achievement after 2.5 playthroughs of Chapter 3.

-Fail the panic attack app on your phone
-Don’t tell Eddy you were the one that killed your mom (this seems to be the other important factor)
-Tell Michael you are too different
-You can break open the chest or entered the code to the chest (Leo) - just don’t solve all the main (3) puzzles

And most important, Choose to keep your memory that Mary-Anne was going to kill you.

(It’s possible there are some extra steps in there, but I don’t want to take any away and have you not get the achievement and do another playthrough. Choosing the left memory and lying to Eddy seem to be most important though) These should get you the ending where Alyson is at the house at the end. Go into Mary-Anne’s old room (room on first floor next to the phone) and sit at the desk, then choose to finish the story.

Achievement pops after some dialogue.

Edit: Here is some extra info from StealFrmWork - "During my playthrough, I chose all the options to strengthen the twins’ bonds, passed the anxiety test, didn’t tell Eddie the truth, and originally accepted Tom’s version of events to get the ending with Tyler.

I restarted from “Veni, Vidi, Vecchi” (not in isolation mode) and sped through to making the decision again, this time choosing to keep the twins’ memory. This got my the Alyson ending."

Thank you Erinx212 for the help
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The steps you mentioned for the achievement are correct but out of order.

1. Panic attack app
2. Don’t tell eddy about you being the one to kill your mom
3.Tell Michael you are different
4. Brake open chest
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By FlollyLF on 11 Sep 2020 00:47
Fixed, thanks.
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By SquiSquiSquidio on 11 Sep 2020 00:50
I mentioned this in the other solution, but I didn't have to physically break the chest to get credit for it. I simply inputted the code first thing and still got credit for "breaking it" since I didn't do the clue hunt.
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By The Cherished on 11 Sep 2020 02:53
I went ahead and added that you could enter the code or break it. Thanks for the suggestion
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By SquiSquiSquidio on 11 Sep 2020 12:46
Can i do it in skip mode or reset the whole chapter???
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By R0CKER88 on 11 Sep 2020 15:21
Personally, I would suggest resetting the whole chapter since these achievements depend on decisions you make.
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By SquiSquiSquidio on 11 Sep 2020 16:27
It worked for me, but I do think chapters 1 and 2 choices are important for this Achievement.
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By AllysonDuck on 11 Sep 2020 17:11
Strong Bond - More than 50% good choices (whole game)
Weak Bond - More than 50% bad choices (whole game)
The Alyson vs Tyler ending may only be related to chapter 3 choices though, thats what im not sure about.
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By Maka91 on 11 Sep 2020 17:57
Can i do it in skip mode or reset the whole chapter???
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By R0CKER88 on 11 Sep 2020 18:08
@Rocker88 - answered you above, but I'd say go with resetting the whole chapter since the choices you make matter for this achievement.
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By SquiSquiSquidio on 11 Sep 2020 18:19
Thanks
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By R0CKER88 on 11 Sep 2020 18:32
The way more flushed out, and meaningful ending tbh. The last quote, is very powerful
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By Christopher2123 on 11 Sep 2020 21:40
Seems like that’s the best way to go (though as part of the conversation above, depending on how you played the first two chapters, there’s a chance one of the bond achievement requirements aren’t met)
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By SquiSquiSquidio on 11 Sep 2020 23:42
I did a full replay and chose every separating option. I did not lie to Eddie and did not get this ending. Lying to Eddie seems to be vital
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By rustyoldtunes on 12 Sep 2020 13:51
Nope did not workangry
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By IRL Games X on 13 Sep 2020 01:15
I got this achievement by replaying the whole game (unfortunately). I chose every option that benefited the twins being together. At the end, choosing "Mary Ann threatened Tyler" gives the ending of Alyson in the house to write the last chapter, along with the "Twins4Life" achievement. Choosing the other option has Tyler in the house at the end of the game instead.
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By Soul Umbreon on 13 Sep 2020 17:35
In theory that should be correct.

I didn’t do it that way, I played through normal just choosing the decisions that felt best to me, and got the achievement. There are certain triggers needed for this one (seems lying to Eddie and choosing the left ending) and I’m guessing the same for life tears us apart.
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By SquiSquiSquidio on 16 Sep 2020 00:23
Also, after "Telling Michael you are too different" (which is never actually worded exactly like that - so just pick the option that sounds similar), he says something about Alyson, and one of the options is something like "Yeah I never really thought about that." I picked this and it brought the twins' connection back together - so I would AVOID this option. It didn't effect me badly though because I still popped the achievement in the end. I just wanted to add this comment just in case it's a tight race for breaking twins' connection under the hood, you might not want this positive connection.
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By skittlebiz on 16 Sep 2020 00:28
I’ve been trying to remember what that dialogue option was, but haven’t had any luck. If anyone remembers, I’ll add it to the solution.
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By SquiSquiSquidio on 16 Sep 2020 13:06
Have replayed chapter 2 and 3 with only options that seperated the twins, didn't get the scene, still there was Tyler at the house (though I got the achievement for a weakened bond). I guess I will have to replay the WHOLE game now... omg... Takes some time for just one achievement.
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By XBU Philippe on 17 Sep 2020 18:52
Thanks for this. Was praying I wouldnt have to go back through Chapters 1 and 2 again to do this and thankfully I only had to follow this simple guide and got both the "new chapter" achievement and the "broken bond" too at the same time.
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By GazzaLadd on 17 Sep 2020 22:53
Weird. I did all of these negative options and I got the Tyler ending somehow...
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By ImiltheWinged on 19 Sep 2020 04:11
Did you choose the left ending on the dock?
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By SquiSquiSquidio on 19 Sep 2020 15:07
This Guide helped me out perfectly thank you!!
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By UnlockWizard on 21 Sep 2020 10:29
So I did some experimenting. I replayed the entire game and only selected the choices that broke the twin's bond. Once I got to the conversation with Eddy in the third chapter I told him the truth, but otherwise followed this guide. I got the achievement for breaking the twin's bond, but got Tyler's epilogue.
I replayed from the "Paternity Test" section of Chapter 3. This time I did not tell Eddy the truth, but otherwise kept the rest of my choices the same. This triggered the epilogue with Alison.
Hopefully this info can help anyone trying to get this achievement or to at least make it quicker for them to pick it up.
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By DeusZERO on 04 Oct 2020 01:20
I played through my first time and got this ending while doing the complete opposite, I beat the breathing game, told Eddy, bonded with Tyler, and beat the puzzles. The only thing I did was choose to stick with the story that their mum tried to kill them. For anyone willing to experiment this may be a final choice only trigger, as I reloaded from the choice outside of isolation mode and chose to believe Tom and got the other ending.
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By Etifuloper on 27 Oct 2020 17:40
During my playthrough, I chose all the options to strengthen the twins’ bonds, passed the anxiety test, didn’t tell Eddie the truth, and originally accepted Tom’s version of events to get the ending with Tyler.

I restarted from “Veni, Vidi, Vecchi” (not in isolation mode) and sped through to making the decision again, this time choosing to keep the twins’ memory. This got my the Alyson ending.
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By StealFrmWork on 01 Feb 2021 21:39
I can confirm what StealFrmWork said: After making all "strengthen" options for the twins, I had to replay from Paternity Test choosing to stick to the cover up story and choose to stick with the original memory in order to get the achievement.
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By BobWings on 10 Dec 2021 17:00
I went ahead and added the info from StealFrmWork as an edit to the solution.
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By SquiSquiSquidio on 10 Dec 2021 17:36
Muito bom ,funcionou direito.
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By natanael2019 on 26 Jun 2022 04:26
Worked like a charm
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By Sejeste Reje on 11 Aug 2022 21:34
Worked great! Thanks
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By LSK ArcAziel on 14 Mar 2024 05:49
@AllysonDuck I was messaging with Maka last night and he seemed to have that issue. Just seems weird that you can get both following progress from 1 & 2, but some people have been having issues with choosing all bad choices and still getting strong bond.
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By SquiSquiSquidio on 11 Sep 2020 17:30
Shame you can't have multiple saves…
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By ttfp saylow on 14 Sep 2020 07:17
I’m happy to play this game through again as I enjoyed it.

Am I right in that if I just choose all the bad choices for all 3 episodes I’ll get this achievement and the “life tears us apart” achievement?
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By Dylan XBA on 15 Sep 2020 21:43
FYI to break the chest in the loft, you have to go back down the hatch to the garage and pick up the crowbar which is on the floor where the fire was by the back door. Then go back up the ladder, and you should be able to break open the chest, just below the dials is the option. (you might have to play with the first puzzle a little bit first, which I did before going down the hatch.)
And like the other commenter says, closer to the end you should choose "Mary Ann threatened Tyler" (it's not as specific as "Mary-Ann was going to kill you"). Then you have to sit through a load of nonsense dialog with Tom, where you keep thinking "ugh, is this achievement going to pop soon?" But it's ok, just bang through the dialog and keep pressing skip. Then I finally got the achievement pop after sitting at Mary-Ann's desk and choosing "Write the last chapter" on the book on the desk.
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By skittlebiz on 16 Sep 2020 00:19
Thanks, this worked for me as well.
I'd already done a mostly good blind playthrough and gotten the 2 "positive" achievements: the twins having a strong bond and the ending with Tyler leaving the empty house.
Took me another pass where I started from the beginning of chapter 2 and did all the bad choices, but without having looked at this guide I passed the panic attack phone app (didn't even know you could fail it tbh) and told Eddie that Alison was the actual killer (because I wanted the weak bond and confessing to Eddie felt like it would do more to stir up trouble between them, even though you don't get the bond icon either way). Doing this got me the twins weak bond achievement but I still got the ending with Tyler.
So I started again from the beginning of the police station in chapter 3 and did exactly what you outlined here. I can't say for sure whether that would have worked if I'd been totally bonded throughout chapters 1 and 2 but I can certainly confirm that what you tell Eddie certainly seems to count for a lot.
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By Catatonic Nali on 21 Sep 2020 19:16
FYI, StealFrmWork's method doesn't work. I did everything to strengthen, then tried his method and still got Tyler's ending.
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By Shadow XBL on 27 Dec 2023 04:09
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Currently it is still unclear what exactly is needed but so far it turns out that you have to choose mostly negative, lie to Eddy in Chapter 3 and choose at the end Alyson's memory. I recommend to do this achievement together with the
Tell Me WhyLife Tears Us ApartThe Life Tears Us Apart achievement in Tell Me Why worth 114 pointsComplete the story with the twin's bond weakened

on your second playthrough. You need 2 playthroughs to get all achievements.

There is no indicator in the game how many negative choices you needed, so for the safe side I recommend to replay! the game from chapter 1 (not isolated mode!) and be negative as possible. You can skip a lot of cutscenes and save a lot of time.

Here is a list of all my negative choices during my playthrough. The remaining choices should not be any effect to any achievement in the game (as example Tessa at Graveyard)

Chapter 1
Ferry
- I don't care cn_A
Ronan House - Puzzle Door
- Examine the door
- Open (door handle)
- Break down the door cn_Y
Ronan House - Balcony
- Must be nice to forget cn_X
- Is something wrong cn_X
- That book changed everything cn_X
- Couldn't find the time cn_X
- Stop making it about you cn_Y
Store
- Choose Alyson's memory
Store - Talk with Tessa (don't get any clues)
- We remembered details cn_A
- It's time to talk now cn_Y
- April 2004 cn_A
- You were mad she bailed on you cn_X
Police station
- Eddy did his best for me cn_Y

Chapter 2
Ronan House - Outside
- Choose Alyson's memory
Car Stop (Telephone conversation with the realtor)
- Let's do it cn_Y
Police station (After Archive Room)
- Are you kidding me?! cn_Y
- She was struggling! cn_X
- So you called child services cn_X
- That's bullshit, Alyson! cn_Y
- No, its not that easy cn_X
Store (After the plushie Battle)
- You're swell too cn_Y
Graveyard - Totem
- Choose Tyler's memory
Ronan House - Docks
- Even after what I did for you? cn_X

Chapter 3
Eddy's House - Talk with Michael
- Don't tell Michael about the Memories cn_X
- Won't do any good cn_X
Police station
- I wanna forget cn_X
- I can't move on cn_X
Fishing with Michael
- We're too different cn_X
- I was the kid who killed his mom cn_X
Ronan House - Barn
- Break the Box with the crowbar and don't solve any puzzles
Ronan House - Dock
- Choose Alyson's memory (Marry-Ann threatened Tyler)

If you need a visual guide I have create a 100% video guide for this game with all achievements, all collectibles and all choices. The second playthrough / bad choices start at 35:32 (Timeline in spoilers)

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Second Playthrough
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Spot on guide for getting the Alyson ending as well as driving the twins apart. Second playthrough with skipping cutscenes took around three hours 👍
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By The Reverend JC on 19 Sep 2020 00:00
Thank you so much! This was my last attempt before restarting the whole game again, I was pulling my hair out. Worked perfectly!
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By oO CRAIGE Oo on 23 Sep 2020 21:43
Thank you very much! It helped me a lot. I only replay the Third Chapter doing exactly what you said to do and got this achievement and the Life Tears Us Apart achievement. Thank God I don't had to play the entire game again. In chapters 1 and 2 I think I got the most right answer but I don't know how much exactly I got.
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By Pandivis on 10 Mar 2021 18:41
- Very useful, +1 clap
- Muy útil, +1 clap
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By InviernoCero2 on 18 Feb 2021 10:03
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I have experimented a few times to get this achievement on different accounts. This achievement can be unlocked with either of the twin-related bond achievements. There are three dialogue options that affect this achievement.

1. You must not tell Michael about the memories.
2. Don't reveal to Chief Brown that Alyson killed Mary-Anne.
3. Stick with the Twins memory about how Mary-Anne wanted to kill Tyler.

If you do the first two but pick Tom's memory of Mary-Anne's death, you will get the epilogue that involves Tyler.

Hope this helps.
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This is the best solution! Thumbs up!
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By Nonfatpack280 on 09 Feb 2022 13:42
Philosophy:


Progression:

Chapter: Inheritance
Scene: Paternity Test (Restart progress from this scene)
Required choice: Do not tell Alyson's uncle the truth.

Chapter: Inheritance
Scene: Chosen Family (Updated progression from Scene, Paternity Test on)
Required choice: Directly respond to Michael with,


Chapter: Inheritance
Scene: Veni, Vidi, Vecchi (Updated progression from Scene, Paternity Test on)
Required choice: After Tyler says to Alyson, Whatever you choose - you got to live with it, you will control Alyson's response. Hold RT, aim left, and focus on, Stick to your memory, press A.

Chapter: Inheritance
Scene: Epilogue: A New Chapter (Updated progression from Scene, Paternity Test on)
Required choice: Complete story.
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Story-related, but missable; unlocks for finishing the game as Alyson. This takes multiple steps to complete.

  1. In 'Paternity Test', you need to fail the panic attack app, just don’t do anything. Later in the same chapter, when talking to Eddy, don’t tell him that you murdered your mom.
  2. In 'Chosen Family', tell Michael that you and Alyson are too different.
  3. In 'Princess and Tiara', don’t solve the three wall puzzles in the barn loft. Either break open the box or put in the code, '[B]LEO[/B'].
  4. At the end of 'Veni, Vidi, Vecchi', choose 'Stick to your memory Mary-Ann threatened Tyler'. In the Epilogue, you will play as Alyson at the house and need to go into Mary-Ann's room to write the new chapter.

You can replay this section of the chapter (not in Isolation mode) so you can progress the story after making the necessary choices.

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