Last game you played that had a happy ending

[Dalisclock]

Horizon Zero Dawn - Very happy ending, sure there is a small sequel hook at the end, but the bad guys plans are thwarted and Meridian is safe for the time being.
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I'm playing through the game for the first time and just finished the Gravehoard. Nice to hear it has a happy ending in the end because god the backstory is depressing. And I suspect it only gets worse from here, if my theory is correct.

I'm not that big a fan of HZD's storytelling, but the way that backstory unfolds is quite amazing. The way the despair and utter hopelessness creeps up through every hologram and voice tape is chilling.

Yeah, I just did the Zero Dawn Facility. When it's all laid out it makes the backstory it even more depressing, especially when they talk about the people recruited for the project and the choice laid before them.

And I thought the audiologs from the soldiers were bad.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

obviously going to be happy ending if there're multiple options.

Not necessarily. I believe there are games that have multiple endings and all of them are bad, just to varying degrees. Like I think Drakenguard is one of them although I've not played it personally. I've seen YouTube videos about how all its endings are bad though.

I guess, and Clocktower has like 14 different endings, none of them exactly "happy".
My point is multiple endings always feel like a bit of a cop out to me (story's got to be bland enough that it allows for a wide array of possible outcomes) so I wouldn't count one possible good ending in a game as an example of "game with a happy ending".

 

[Canadamus Prime]

obviously going to be happy ending if there're multiple options.

Not necessarily. I believe there are games that have multiple endings and all of them are bad, just to varying degrees. Like I think Drakenguard is one of them although I've not played it personally. I've seen YouTube videos about how all its endings are bad though.

I guess, and Clocktower has like 14 different endings, none of them exactly "happy".
My point is multiple endings always feel like a bit of a cop out to me (story's got to be bland enough that it allows for a wide array of possible outcomes) so I wouldn't count one possible good ending in a game as an example of "game with a happy ending".

I suppose. I think some games pull it off better than others.

 

[Satinavian]

I guess, and Clocktower has like 14 different endings, none of them exactly "happy".
My point is multiple endings always feel like a bit of a cop out to me (story's got to be bland enough that it allows for a wide array of possible outcomes) so I wouldn't count one possible good ending in a game as an example of "game with a happy ending".

And if all endings are good ? (Actual ending, not "Game over, you died and failed, try again ?"-endings)

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I guess, and Clocktower has like 14 different endings, none of them exactly "happy".
My point is multiple endings always feel like a bit of a cop out to me (story's got to be bland enough that it allows for a wide array of possible outcomes) so I wouldn't count one possible good ending in a game as an example of "game with a happy ending".

And if all endings are good ? (Actual ending, not "Game over, you died and failed, try again ?"-endings)

If all endings were uniformly "happy" then yeah, sure, "X game has a happy ending/s". Such as?