Poll: Can a bad ending ruin the game? *Spoilers*

[McNinja]

Fallout three, Halo 2... Both games with endings that sucked, and ruined the game. Well, not ruined, persay, but deffinitely did not go over well.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

Borderlands, Halo 2 are examples of when a bad ending really cheapens the experience as a whole.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Pretty simple question: Can a bad ending ruin the game?

Borderlands Spoiler:

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I'm not really talking about replay value, I mean can an ending make you wish you never played the story campaign? All the games I have played have never pissed me off enough to wish I had never played the game, but Borderlands came damn close to it. You work you way towards a goal to open a vault said to be full of money weapons etc. but when you open it you fight a giant squid boss that I found embarrassing easy, that dropped a useless weapon. I thought to myself that I don't need anything good from a final boss aslong as what to comes next makes up for it. There was nothing but a small xp bonus!

If you believe a bad ending can ruin a game, please include an example.

Please for love of decency put some clothes(spoiler tags on).

OT: The ending of Final Fantasy X did it for me

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you are a dream you disappear everything is fine but you wake up swimming in an ocean that looks like the one near Bikanel Island. It was also very unconclusive and didn't give me closure.

 

[malxmusician212]

Pretty simple question: Can a bad ending ruin the game?

Borderlands Spoiler:

I'm not really talking about replay value, I mean can an ending make you wish you never played the story campaign? All the games I have played have never pissed me off enough to wish I had never played the game, but Borderlands came damn close to it. You work you way towards a goal to open a vault said to be full of money weapons etc. but when you open it you fight a giant squid boss that I found embarrassing easy, that dropped a useless weapon. I thought to myself that I don't need anything good from a final boss aslong as what to comes next makes up for it. There was nothing but a small xp bonus!

If you believe a bad ending can ruin a game, please include an example.

i agree with you 100%,well not completely because i still absolutely love borderlands but the ending ruined so much for me, i also think a great ending/story can make an ok game great but the game can't be bad with a great story that just doesn't work