Bittersweet? BITTERSWEET!? Did you not get all of the endings or something!? Any of the endings are pretty bleak, and the last one renders everything you've done almost entirely meaningless!malestrithe said:Nier has a sad ending. Actually, bittersweet.
Well aware of the 4 endings, guy.Metalix Knightmare said:Bittersweet? BITTERSWEET!? Did you not get all of the endings or something!?malestrithe said:Nier has a sad ending. Actually, bittersweet.
Not only have you managed to ninja me with my suggestion, you also described exactly, no really EXACTLY, why I found the ending so sad. I was almost brought to tears at the ending for this game, and it's the only game that's ever happened with.The Critic said:Sad Endings? I don't think it gets much sadder than the end to Red Dead Redemption....
John Marston ends up getting killed for his past, even though he's done his best to redeem himself and to settle down and start anew. He manages to save the lives of his son and wife, but Abigail dies a couple years after he does, and Jack does what his father most certainly did NOT want him to do: follow in his footsteps.
It's really sad. from just the hopelessness of John's last playable sequence to the sadness of seeing his grave, and then seeing his wife's grave right next to it. But perhaps the saddest thing is going through the game's final quest, leading Jack to finally avenging his father, and just finding out about Edgar Ross (John's killer), and then finally killing him. Even as he falls in the duel, the victory seems hollow, and you don't really feel like you've won, just like you've led Jack to becoming what his father desperately wanted him to avoid: an outlaw, just like dear old dad, back in the day.
Are we talking about games where the ending is sad because you didn't perform 100% in the game and so you got a "Bad" ending like Heavy Rain, or are we talking about a game where the only ending is a sad ending.pilouuuu said:OK, there has been a lot of talking about endings recently thanks to Bioware. What do you think about sad endings? As much as I believe in having an artistic vision I think that games are not movies and the whole point is that you can get a different ending according to your performance in the game.
I hope that after this turmoil developers will pay more attention to game endings. In the past I could understand developers not expecting anyone to reach the ending, but nowadays games are so easy that they have to make good and multiple endings!
What's your opinion on the matter? Do you remember many games with sad endings? Another World was pretty bittersweet if I remember correctly.
P.S.: captcha: dog's breakfast. Maybe that's what endings are in games nowadays.
"Am I dreaming?"kman123 said:I might as well pull my Darkness example out again. I slather all over this as much as Yahtzee does with Silent Hill 2/Prince of Persia.
In the end you kill the bad guy, but the Darkness consumes you and you basically go to hell. You've lost your one true love, and get to spend a few moments with her in some sort of purgatory before you're swallowed up into hell. It's dark man.
that is a sequel grab man, don't worry, that'll be resolved... IN 3 YEARSSSSSSSkman123 said:I might as well pull my Darkness example out again. I slather all over this as much as Yahtzee does with Silent Hill 2/Prince of Persia.
In the end you kill the bad guy, but the Darkness consumes you and you basically go to hell. You've lost your one true love, and get to spend a few moments with her in some sort of purgatory before you're swallowed up into hell. It's dark man.