"And they actually didn't live happily ever after"?
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This may seem very cold-hearted of me but.......in games, I dont really give a damn about happily-ever-afters
Xenosaga 3
Most of humanity, along with a huge part of the universe has been exploded/disappeared, the UMN(think super bad ass version of the internet), which is absolutely crucial to life has been destroyed preventing FTL travel, the hero/love interest blew itself up and is floating in space, the protagonists brother is just flat out dead, the protagonist has to travel to Lost Jerusalem despite the loss of FTL travel and not having much of an idea where in space it actually is, and as the final punch to the player's stomach the rest of the universe has an extremely good chance of kicking the bucket as well in a few thousand years(you killed the person who was trying to stop that from happening).
Nobody has mentioned FF: Crisis Core? That game had a sad ending, that you KNEW was coming, but I'll be damned if I didn't spend 40 minutes at the end trying to fight fate lol. As the final battle went on, my heart kept slowly falling as I realized I couldn't cheat the game and get an uncanonical ending. Regardless of seeing it coming, by giving you pseudo-control of the final moments I believe the ending was masterfully executed. Nothing gives you a connection to something like that like putting the futility of the situation into your own hands. Especially since by then you are virtually a planet wrecking god if you did all the extras.
And just a side note... Zack is by far a better character than Cloud.
And just a side note... Zack is by far a better character than Cloud.
Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords, has a very similar ending to Planescape: Torment. Mostly because they were written by the same guy.
Neither of the endings in KOTOR 2 are very happy. Despite all your efforts, all you have managed to do is prepare the galaxy for the next Sith onslaught. And judging by the events in the upcoming Old Republic MMO, it looks like even that failed.
In Kreia's own words. "Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, some information that eluded you, that would make things clear, define your purpose. No, there is only you."
It has such deep meaning, but at the same time it undermines all of your "accomplishments", by instilling a sense of futility. All your actions in an attempt to save the galaxy were only tools in Kreia's plan to show you who you really were.
Neither of the endings in KOTOR 2 are very happy. Despite all your efforts, all you have managed to do is prepare the galaxy for the next Sith onslaught. And judging by the events in the upcoming Old Republic MMO, it looks like even that failed.
In Kreia's own words. "Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, some information that eluded you, that would make things clear, define your purpose. No, there is only you."
It has such deep meaning, but at the same time it undermines all of your "accomplishments", by instilling a sense of futility. All your actions in an attempt to save the galaxy were only tools in Kreia's plan to show you who you really were.
agreed, even on the side note =PDeeDoubleOhEhm said:Nobody has mentioned FF: Crisis Core? That game had a sad ending, that you KNEW was coming, but I'll be damned if I didn't spend 40 minutes at the end trying to fight fate lol. As the final battle went on, my heart kept slowly falling as I realized I couldn't cheat the game and get an uncanonical ending. Regardless of seeing it coming, by giving you pseudo-control of the final moments I believe the ending was masterfully executed. Nothing gives you a connection to something like that like putting the futility of the situation into your own hands. Especially since by then you are virtually a planet wrecking god if you did all the extras.
And just a side note... Zack is bar far a better character than Cloud.
What about a bad good ending?
I.E., saying your character committed suicide by a bomb he/she strapped onto his/her body, then ran up to the villain, killed him/herself and the villain?
I.E., saying your character committed suicide by a bomb he/she strapped onto his/her body, then ran up to the villain, killed him/herself and the villain?
Probably said by now, but Half Life 2 Episode 2.
Halo 3 and Halo Wars both had a "Victory with a price" theme going on
Fallout 3 without Broken Steel;
Those are a few
Halo 3 and Halo Wars both had a "Victory with a price" theme going on
Fallout 3 without Broken Steel;
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Not really a video game, but there will be only 3 possible(cannonical) ending for the WH40k unniverse:
-Chaos completely takes over, and all hell breaks loose(literally)
-The Necrons seperate the materium from the immaterium, litterally destroying every soul in the galaxy. And then they harvest everyone to feed their Gods.
-The Tyranids completely wipe everything out, turning the Milky Way into a lifeless void of barren rocks.
No matter what happens, the "good guys" (and I use the term very loosely in 40k) will be dead.
-Chaos completely takes over, and all hell breaks loose(literally)
-The Necrons seperate the materium from the immaterium, litterally destroying every soul in the galaxy. And then they harvest everyone to feed their Gods.
-The Tyranids completely wipe everything out, turning the Milky Way into a lifeless void of barren rocks.
No matter what happens, the "good guys" (and I use the term very loosely in 40k) will be dead.
Aw man, The Darkness . . . I completely forgot about that one, talk about sad . . . that shit sucked hard, but he still managed to do what he set out to, so he still conquered the situation at hand, even though he has a "TRAGEDY TO OCCUR IN 10 . . ." hanging over his head.steeltrain said:
Really there is ONE exception, there was a happy ending I found truly sad.
Anyone here ever played Klonoa? either version, Wii or PS1 . . . seriously though. 25+ hours into that game, hit the end with every possible collectible . . . FINALLY kill the last boss, the ending rolls, he saved the world, congratulations, and leaves off for his house.
Sun rises . . . he wakes up with the ring next to his bed (the ring he uses throughout the game) and the spirit inside badmouths him for sleeping so late and he says (at least in the PS1 version) "oh wow . . . it was all a dream?" I seriously fell to the ground.
Damn you!DeeDoubleOhEhm said:Nobody has mentioned FF: Crisis Core? That game had a sad ending, that you KNEW was coming, but I'll be damned if I didn't spend 40 minutes at the end trying to fight fate lol. As the final battle went on, my heart kept slowly falling as I realized I couldn't cheat the game and get an uncanonical ending. Regardless of seeing it coming, by giving you pseudo-control of the final moments I believe the ending was masterfully executed. Nothing gives you a connection to something like that like putting the futility of the situation into your own hands. Especially since by then you are virtually a planet wrecking god if you did all the extras.
And just a side note... Zack is by far a better character than Cloud.
...I was going to mention Crisis Core...
That scene at the end was the ultimate form of controllable helplessness in my eyes, I mean, you've slain the most powerful summons known to man in one-on-one combat, captured said summons to do your bidding, and on top of that, slain a facking God, and regardless, Zack is still utterly defenseless against those three Shinra troops that come out from behind those rocks...
Damn you SquareEnix for making such an unbelievably awesome character! Damn you to hell! *insert Manly Man Tears of Manliness*
Damn you SquareEnix for making such an unbelievably awesome character! Damn you to hell! *insert Manly Man Tears of Manliness*
That was kind of the premise for FFX-2. In fact, I think some of the early dialogue had Yuna commenting on how boring the Eternal Calm was. Same with FFVII: Advent Children.Amethyst Wind said:
Not necessarily to endorse FFX-2 or anything, I haven't played that game, but I think the fact that they were able to make a whole game out of that premise shows that, happily-ever-after or not, people are always going to have problems.
I prefer a sort of sad/happy ending. As in a ending that is happy, with sad elements mixed in. Anyone who's finished Lost Odyssey knows what I'm talking about. Or Kingdom Hearts (1st one) for that matter...
