What games had the most/least satisfying endings, and why?My favorite is EarthBound. It's one thing to see a bunch of kids kill off evil itself. It's another thing to have the game make YOU (yeah, you, holding the controller!) inflict the final blow.Also, Chrono Trigger, for the fact that it has over 10 endings, and the only bad ones are if you lose, or the one with the monsters running around, but that's only three in total. The rest are good and/or funny.Worst? Fable II. You just fought off tons of spire guards, found a relic, and killed the most evil guy in the world in one hit! Now, pick to be a rich evil tyrant, a normal guy with your dog and sibling, or just leave yourself with nothing but a sacrifice. There was nothing satisfying about this to me.
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, Apr 09 2009 03:31 AM
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Posted 09 April 2009 - 03:37 AM
I don't dislike a games ending unless it is one of those situations where you are in an area you cannot leave and you cannot save the clear data afterward. The game that comes to mind most clearly would be Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean. You spend all game getting great cards and getting strong only to not be left with any of it if you win. No clear data no continuing. Just a lantern and a wing picture. Lame. Other than that, I have little problem with the ways that games end nowadays.
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Posted 09 April 2009 - 01:44 PM
The most satifying ending would be in Shadow the hedgehog 1 of the endings is with u almighty,alpowerful and in control of the world.The most un-satisfying would be in DBZ:sagas,it was horrible after u beat the final boss,the game shows the credits and then thats it no more!
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Posted 09 April 2009 - 01:48 PM
Chrono Cross has my vote for best ending. It had many endings, but I'm referring to the main one. It was nice to see things come full-circle in this game, and the scenes you see in the credit feel hauntingly beautiful. Worst ending ever would have to be in Neverwinter Nights 2, the original campaign. It really caused my ears to grate hearing the narration by some random person, and the ending itself really made me want to hunt down the person who wrote it. It was just plain anti-climatic on many levels, and just lazy writing.
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Posted 10 April 2009 - 12:13 AM
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Posted 10 April 2009 - 04:22 AM
My favorite ending would be Lunar Silver Star Story, it was a really touching ending when Alex doesn't even care about anything else just to rescue Luna/ Athena even at the cost of his power and his life. And The dialog was also quite good 
Worst ending, I guess that would be Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe. I mean, seriously, just a static picture with a voice talking....
Worst ending, I guess that would be Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe. I mean, seriously, just a static picture with a voice talking....
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Posted 10 April 2009 - 07:44 AM
My best game ending was probably kingdom hearts 2. It was pretty epic, and after all that hard work u felt satisfied. Then if u met the right conditions u could see this intese ending with the three knights and the keyblade wars. That game made me crave more. Also i just wanna also say that mass effects ending was pretty epic too. Especially since u can always go back and totally change it.Worst ending, Halo 3. Master Cheif goes to sleep after years and i mean years of battling the covenant. BUST! I wanted to see his face or see him prepare for some new war. Not take a nap.
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Posted 13 May 2009 - 09:21 AM
worst ending would be in my own oipinion: ShadowHeart 2 : The covenant... how the hell Karin suddenly turned out to be Yuri's mom!!! and oh yeah of course FFX !!! after all that and he died in the end!!!!Best ending, well so many but i had to go with FFX-2 Good Ending: lol kinda funny regarding my mention above, well they finally got to be together again, after two long games....
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Posted 16 May 2009 - 05:57 PM
My favorite would have to be paper mario, the first one. I actually had myself killed several times unlike some games where the final boss is just too easy. The endings for the tales games bother me though because you have to fight the boss at least three times before they stay dead and then the last boss is NOT the hardest monster in the whole game!
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Posted 16 May 2009 - 06:18 PM
favorite ending is the mario 64 ending, the music is so funny and the worst ending is that from legacy of cain, the game was great but it had a bad ending, one of the two main characters from the whole saga dies 
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Posted 17 May 2009 - 04:36 AM
The medal gear solid ending was awesome. For all three parts.
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Posted 17 May 2009 - 04:54 AM
Bioshock.I don't consider the ending cinematic to be the ending, more or less the entire last level. Becoming a Big Daddy while Fontaine taunts you is classic... especially since you know you have to fight this guy and it's not going to be easy.
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Posted 17 May 2009 - 06:55 PM
The newer Final Fantasy games have good endings like FF7 crisis core, that was the saddest game ever in the end, even though i knew it was going to happen it was still hugely sad because of Cloud's reaction.
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Posted 17 May 2009 - 08:23 PM
Persona 4 has the best endings I believe. Simply because it ranges between whether you epic failed the investigations, or if you saw through it and sought out the true evil behind it all.
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Posted 17 May 2009 - 08:39 PM
My favorite ending has to go to Kingdom Hearts, both of them. I'm a really emotional person so it kind of affected me. the worst ending... probably Fable 2, it was so lame the way it ends, the first one had it better then that but it wasnt much better.
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Posted 23 May 2009 - 05:01 PM
mass effect's ending was amazing it was like watching a blockbuster movie.
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Posted 30 May 2009 - 11:36 AM
the most unsatisfying ending for me would be halo because you don't know what's going to happen next, you know something's going to happen and you really want to know but you can't and it kills you inside because you don't know
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Posted 30 May 2009 - 06:01 PM
You basically described all RPG's up to around 2004. and still many do that, just accept that you can't save afterwards and do a "harder mode" as some games do ex. FFX-2. Have you ever played the shadow hearts series? there are 2-3 endings per game, the game doesn't let you save afterwards so that you can see the other endings (if you can get the other requirements) If you want clear data then then you ought not be playing RPGs...but speaking of Shadow Hearts, I loved the endings for those games. Despite discrepancies of what endings are "true" to the series. (i usually get the true ending anyway, except in SH, i lacked a requirement) Koudelka has a very confusing ending sequence, where the bad ending is the true ending and the good ending is the false and the fail ending is the player just sucks.I don't think i've encountered an ending I hated for a game, maybe A series of Unfortunate Events. I still wonder why my mom wasted a Christmas present for my brother on a 4.5 hr game that was 50 bucks...I don't dislike a games ending unless it is one of those situations where you are in an area you cannot leave and you cannot save the clear data afterward. The game that comes to mind most clearly would be Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean. You spend all game getting great cards and getting strong only to not be left with any of it if you win. No clear data no continuing. Just a lantern and a wing picture. Lame. Other than that, I have little problem with the ways that games end nowadays.
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Posted 30 May 2009 - 10:18 PM
The best ending for me would be for kingdom hearts 2.The worst would be for resident evil 5- They killed Wesker he should rule the world because he is so kick@$$
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Posted 30 May 2009 - 10:30 PM
Best ending: Zelda Twilight Princess or FFXII. (FFXII, I like how they were reunited)Worst Ending: Baten Kaitos. Complete letdown...Nothing happened but a picture. /:
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 09:16 AM
I loved the ending of pokemon mystery dungeon red,blue,time and darkness. I liked theese best.
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 02:26 PM
ye i started to play all parts and i'm at part 2 atm :)i was glad i had all parts so i could play them asap :foldarms:so i agree 100% with you ._.best ending: golden sun, and newer ff games ;Dthe most unsatisfying ending for me would be halo because you don't know what's going to happen next, you know something's going to happen and you really want to know but you can't and it kills you inside because you don't know
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Posted 07 June 2009 - 01:50 AM
Best ending for me would be Metal Gear Solid 4. The planned ending would have been good but would have turned me into a pile of tears.
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Posted 08 June 2009 - 02:01 AM
I love all of the Fire emblem endings. Although that could be because Fire emblem is awsome. My favorite ending though was FF8, such a great game.I don't like the endings of Ninety-nine nights though. After slaying things for an hour or so straight, it shows you a great thirty second ending. Wasn't to impressed =/
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Posted 08 June 2009 - 02:25 AM
Mine would be KH1 its really sad because he's so close and it gives you a wonder of what happens next
