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Games with great, satisfying endings?
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OttoQuitmarck
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I didn't actually play it to the end I just wanted to make a joke about how bad it is.
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Kem0sabe
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Happily Ever After? All three brothers banging the same chic?The Faery Tale Adventure (1986)
Disco Elysium easily had the best, most satisfying ending I've experienced in years, but that was the specific product of my own choices. I would hate any other ending for it.
I'm surprised that nobody posted the ending for Baldur's Gate 1. After fighting Sarevok in the ancient temple of Bhaal in the ruined, sunken undercity:
... Which leads directly to some serious style with the credits:
Throne of Bhaal deserves a mention for the ending slides and soundtrack after taking your character all the way from Candlekeep:
Those are on my mind, having just finished BG1 again and currently playing through BG2.
The best endings in games usually involve the main character exiting the stage of his own volition, 'escaping'. KOTOR 2 and Witcher 3 (Where I accidentally told Yennefer and Triss that I wanted to keep them both and ended up with neither and broke, the true ending) did this well, as did the expansion for Dragon Age: Origins because, as Tweed once said concerning game 'waifus':
Even Blue Shift gave me that satisfaction, while the superior Half-Life and Opposing Force didn't:
I'm surprised that nobody posted the ending for Baldur's Gate 1. After fighting Sarevok in the ancient temple of Bhaal in the ruined, sunken undercity:
... Which leads directly to some serious style with the credits:
Throne of Bhaal deserves a mention for the ending slides and soundtrack after taking your character all the way from Candlekeep:
Those are on my mind, having just finished BG1 again and currently playing through BG2.
The best endings in games usually involve the main character exiting the stage of his own volition, 'escaping'. KOTOR 2 and Witcher 3 (Where I accidentally told Yennefer and Triss that I wanted to keep them both and ended up with neither and broke, the true ending) did this well, as did the expansion for Dragon Age: Origins because, as Tweed once said concerning game 'waifus':
Even Blue Shift gave me that satisfaction, while the superior Half-Life and Opposing Force didn't:
Beastro
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AlttP has a better ending.
The ending dungeon is a good, meaty one, the fight against Ganon is fun but challenging for a kid and it has fufilling, long but not too long ending that OoT imitated.
OoT's final dungeon and boss aren't nearly as good, especially the final dungeon.
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Beastro
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I especially like that they already settled on the ending being bad and then got pushed to shove in a choice, so they made a unsatisfying half-hearted good one that just screams at you which is the real, proper one to choose.
Beastro
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9ted6
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Bioware sure is great for that, I hope they don't completely lose their minds in the next few years.
destinae vomitus
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Thief 3, the game has its host of issues (including story related ones) but the ending definitely isn't among them.
I agree. The ending of Thief 3 provided closure to Garrett's story and did so in a tasteful way. BTW, the Sneaky Upgrade fixes a lot of issues with the game.
Jack Of Owls
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Black Mesa
Dragon Wars
Far Cry 3 (bad girl ending)
Dragon Wars
Far Cry 3 (bad girl ending)
The good ending* of Assault Suits Valken/Cybernator after winning the war against the European Union and burning its capital to the ground.
*In order to get the good ending you had to not fail three key objectives; preventing an enemy ship's completion, destroying the asteroid base's engines before it enters Earth's atmosphere and destroying a shuttle before it enters orbit. Otherwise you get the bad ending where your entire crew is dead, including your waifu.
An all around great SNES classic this is.
*In order to get the good ending you had to not fail three key objectives; preventing an enemy ship's completion, destroying the asteroid base's engines before it enters Earth's atmosphere and destroying a shuttle before it enters orbit. Otherwise you get the bad ending where your entire crew is dead, including your waifu.
An all around great SNES classic this is.
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Nutmeg
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One of my favorites. Brutal final stage. Also watch out for the softlock if going for a cheese strategy on the penultimate boss. Forgot the exact trigger.
Nutmeg
Arcane
From an old post of mine on another forum:
Basically, I decided to never touch the floor just booster back up on to the balcony and then spam laser. Don't do that. If you don't touch the floor, you won't trigger all the little dudes running away, and if you don't trigger the little dudes running away before you down the boss, he won't leave his mech and if he doesn't do that the game never triggers your boost crash through the upper floors and into to the president's office.
Basically, I decided to never touch the floor just booster back up on to the balcony and then spam laser. Don't do that. If you don't touch the floor, you won't trigger all the little dudes running away, and if you don't trigger the little dudes running away before you down the boss, he won't leave his mech and if he doesn't do that the game never triggers your boost crash through the upper floors and into to the president's office.
The Renegade + Council killed + Udina as councilor ending is pretty dope.
KörangarTheMighty
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What more do you need?
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Jack Of Owls
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It's bad form to call out a bro on the forum on his strange compulsions and spergy tendencies... unless we're in the heat of a bitch fight then all proper 'dex decorum is out the window. I know a guy here who played Fallout 3 + all 5 DLC and hated every second of it. Did I rudely say anything about it to him? Of course I did.
Atrachasis
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I'll second the mention of Ultima IV. You get to read the Codex, what could be more satisfying than that? But, seriously, that ending "cinematic" is the most powerful conclusion I've seen in an RPG.
On the other end of the spectrum, endings are probably where the modern breed of cinematic games can pull their strengths, so despite many misgivings about what came before, I actually did find the ending of Witcher 3 quite satisfying. It works better if you interpret the game's plot as being about parenting and guiding your child towards finding their own path and taking on responsibility for their own life. Not some silliness about space elves fighting climate change or something, which I've all but forgotten.
On the other end of the spectrum, endings are probably where the modern breed of cinematic games can pull their strengths, so despite many misgivings about what came before, I actually did find the ending of Witcher 3 quite satisfying. It works better if you interpret the game's plot as being about parenting and guiding your child towards finding their own path and taking on responsibility for their own life. Not some silliness about space elves fighting climate change or something, which I've all but forgotten.
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