Cliffhangers you want to see resolved.

[AzrealMaximillion]

I've been posting more topics and I think I may as well keep going.


There are plenty of games that have ended in an obvious "To Be Continued" fashion.

Half-Life 2
Beyond Good and Evil
Zeno Clash (hurrah for a sequel being made!!!)

etc.

I'd like to ask the Escapist Community to share a few games that need to have their stories resolved after a lengthy stay in limbo.



I nominate Anachronox. Seriously, that game NEEDS its sequel bad. It's story was way to unique to leave unfinished.

 

[Spectrum_Prez]

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

Spoiler: The ending of the game was truly depressing. Spoilers underneath.

Of the two main characters, one is injured, chucked into a swamp, presumed dead or nearly so, while the other is in a coma.

 

[putowtin]

I don't want a game (cause everyone knows how bad the last one was)
but I'd love a conclusion to the force unleashed.

I mean seriously FU2 finishes with the rebels having captured Darth Vader, Starkiller not knowing if he's a clone or the actual Galen Marek!

 

[Kopikatsu]

FFXIII-2. It ends with the universe and all timelines being destroyed, and Sarah dies. So Noel is trapped in nothingness for the rest of eternity as the last living thing in existence.

 

[blaze3114]

to all my knowing they need to resolve the ending of star wars republic commando

 

[Applejack]

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

Spoiler: The ending of the game was truly depressing. Spoilers underneath.

Of the two main characters, one is injured, chucked into a swamp, presumed dead or nearly so, while the other is in a coma.

Yeah and you left out a lot of other really bad things that happened at the end...I loved that game so much but the ending is so sad and what makes it worse is we were promised a part 3 to complete the series but it never happened. The characters fates were permanent it seems.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

Bulletstorm is just goddamn tragic.

Only because it'll never get a sequel

Neither will Shenmue 2...

 

[shrimpcel]

to all my knowing they need to resolve the ending of star wars republic commando

Actually it was a pretty closed ending. Besides, they've probably covered that topic in the X books loosely based on the characters from that game. But since I do not read books based on video games, and the first game was not bad for a Star Wars, I also want a sequel!

 

[SajuukKhar]

Half-Life 2

Damn, ninjad by the OP.

Well anyways, this, the ending of Episode 2 was such a giant kick in the balls cliffhanger.

Besides that, I want the cliffhanger that is the entire Elder scrolls series to end, seriously they have been building up this giant meta-story and end up making eery next game seem like it will resolve but but they keep finding more ways t o extend it.

 

[Baralak]

FFXIII-2. It ends with the universe and all timelines being destroyed, and Sarah dies. So Noel is trapped in nothingness for the rest of eternity as the last living thing in existence.

Actually, after all of that, Lightning wakes up in the future, which looks just as bleak as the future Noell came from.

I seriously hope Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII resolves this.

 

[Innegativeion]

Metal Arms: Glitch in The System. I know the creators have already pretty much revealed what Glitch is, but it would've been nice to see it in a game. Also who the morbots were and the purpose of iron star, plus what Dr. Exavolt was planning to do next.

So yeah I want a Metal Arms sequel

Veutiful Joe: What the hell was the black film/V watch? And what about the third threat we were promised? Don't go and promise a trilogy in your first game if you're not going to deliver :*(

Man, Capcom's got plenty of these;

Mega Man Legends: You know what? Fuck it. It's just too painful.

Mega Man ZXA: Obvious sequel teaser at the end... no sequel as of yet.

 

[Tanis]

Viewtiful Joe:
Two games, of a planned trilogy.
Got killed by Crapcom.

:/

 

[OctoH]

to all my knowing they need to resolve the ending of star wars republic commando

Gah. Feel that.

I also would like to a continuation to the Magnificent Seven tv series from the 90s. But that probably won't ever happen.

 

[CPunchMaster]

KotOR 2 had an open ending. Not a cliffhanger, but a proper sequel would have been nice.

 

[Pebkio]

I can't wait to see what Strong Bad will cover in his 206th email...

 

[AnotherAvatar]

Shenmue

As far as I can tell Ryo gave up his quest for revenge when things started getting weird (floating sword and what not), and now he runs some bar in Yakoska with Nazomi while Lan Di as we all know went on to run Sega's post Dreamcast era (which is why Shenmue hasn't been spoken of since).

 

[Squilookle]

What? Beyond good and evil is a cliffhanger? Ugh- that just sapped a lot of my desire to play it now. Games should never do cliffhangers on fisrst games for an IP- they just can't guarantee they'll be able to finish the story.

Same thing happened to XIII

 

[katsabas]

God Of freaking War III.


I mean,

Spoiler

I just killed the entire greek pantheon (except for the slutty part), brought forth the apocalypse, stabbed myself in the gut and somehow, I am still alive ?

What is next ? Stop giving me origin stories and family stories and crap. I want the next chapter !

 

[Darmy647]

Terranigma. Im sorry I can't talk more about it but it would be a large spoiler to anybody who has yet to experience that masterpiece.