Road 96: How to Save John

With all the possibilities to be made and all people with whom different characters of players can interact during a seven -hour run Journey 96It may be difficult to find out exactly what way to rescue any of the main characters that can fulfill their extinction in the last moments of the attack on the day of the election.

John, or Papa Bear, as he likes, is a truly amazing character who has a dark past with black brigades, a warm protective role with Alex and the growing romance with Fanny. However, if you do not make the right decisions in multiple chapters, it may encounter a terrible end of the elections. This way you can save it from this fate.

Updated 29 January 2025 by Emily Stander: With the road 96 on the Xbox Game Pass, this guide needed a little repeating and some other details about how you could ensure that John survived.

Warning: The main spoilers for road 96 lie ahead of us!

How to save John

The first important choice you will save John in the mission is to ensure that you support the change by voting. All over Journey 96You will have several chances to choose a dialog that affects the end of the game. Either you can decide to keep from the events, incite the violent revolution against Tyrak, or express your support for Florres. In general, the best option is that this leads to the best end.

You can also take advantage of the chance and vandalize Tyrak's election posters to support your chances of ending the elections. Make sure no one can see you when you do it because you can get into trouble if you catch you.

The end of “ignoring” and “revolution” results in John's death in the hands of Fanny. Only the (relatively) end of peace elections sees how John goes through. Influencing John, as the game progresses towards peace, especially the turn of the black brigades towards Peace, if there is a possibility, is the best way to ensure its survival or at least a chance.

The second important thing to be ensured during your game is to influence Alex positively. For John's survival, it is essential that Alex does not build a bomb; Otherwise, Fanny will eventually shoot him, even if you end up the elections. It is also possible that Alex will die in this scenario, but you can make sure that the young teenage does not meet the bad end.

How to save Alex

If you want to save Alex, and therefore save John, it is necessary to ensure that he does not build a bomb for black brigades. You will receive the opportunity to talk from it in the chapter “too young to die” where you meet John angry on someone over the phone. Before you can talk to him, you will have to communicate with other people around the petrol station and then you get a call to listen to John's conversation.

When you play on the cut, you will find him sitting on a bench near the store. It offers you some food and will also offer your car after a little conversation to take a nap. As soon as you woke up, you will find him sitting down in his truck and facing his CB radio. John explains that Alex has been backed on the position of the black brigade bombs, and he does not feel that it is right. From there it is up to you to call Alex on CB and convince him not to build a bomb.

How to prevent Alex from building a bomb

If you want to prevent Alex from building a bomb, you have to choose the correct dialog options while chatting on CB. If you fail at this point, John unfortunately does not survive the end Journey 96It is therefore important to stop young teenagers if you want to save John. Here are the correct dialog options (in the order of how they appear) to ensure that Alex does not build:

1. Uh … Hi?

2. Someone who knows John.

3. Yes, he's

4. Can we talk a second?

5. Because John takes care of you.

6. Remember!

7. Can't you see Robert uses you?

8. You have so much potential, Alexi.

9. John, tell him about your parents!

10. Start with their names!

11. It works! Continue!

12. But what about Robert?

As soon as the chat is over, Alex resigns not to build a bomb. This is confirmed in the chapter “Short circuit”, where you can find that Alex is trying to deactivate the smaller bomb of its production – but only if you get this chapter after meeting John in too young to die.

Despite the beliefs of Alex, so that he does not build a bomb, the black brigade inevitably creates a bomb and will bring it to the border on the day of the election. There is no way to avoid it because Robert has been set to it from the beginning.

End

If you have constantly selected the “election” options during the game, you should achieve the right end to save John. However, it is a few more steps because you will be captured and held until the election day in any of the end. After escaping, watch John and find that Alex will try to defuse the bomb.

John will be prompted to use a code that could destroy the bomb and successfully stop it in launching. This method prevents Fanny from shooting John when he arrives, and instead accepts him and prevents Alex from escaping. At this end, three characters will join as a new family while deciding whether to fight for freedom in Journey 96 or flee and save yourself. If you also want to save Zoe – and therefore all the main characters faced with uncertain fate – you have to decide to join the fight.