The Best Video Game Ending

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slightly evil

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Portal 2.
Glossing over the end boss (I'm not even risking a spoiler on that one) GLaDOS kicks you out, basically; You win, now GTFO, I'm sick of nearly being killed by you. But then the lift stops and four turrets point at you. Istead of killing you, a hundred of the adorable little bastards sing you opera. And the icing on the bun? GLaDOS' final message to Chell. The song translates as 'goodbye my beautiful child'
Oh, and you get your companion cube back. It's burned so it's the same one from the first game, presumably some part of GLaDOS wanted to save it for you
 

Luthir Fontaine

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Prob mass effect one...Is he dead...yeah hes dead :-(.....wait....hes alive....and he has a bad ass theme with him!
 

karloss01

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Legacy of Kain series and the MGS series, love them both i do. though i love legacy of kain more.

 

Ytinasni

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Shadow of the Colossus and Windwaker take top spots for me, although special mentions to Metroid: Prime.


I pick these because of both gameplay and emotional depth. (anyone who tries to call me on prime should re-play the game and actually read the lore entries.)

edit: also Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss, they both somehow managed to grab me with their cheesy voice acting and dialogue.
 

Otterby

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let said:
non-cannon Secret ending to the Deus Ex series.
You mean the DX2 wrap party?

Personally my favourites are all three endings of the original Deus Ex. Though DX:IW got right the idea of the series that you can never really be sure if your choice was the wisest, they just somehow didn't manage awesome of the simplistic endings of the original, laced with great lines and quotes.
 

Mr. Eff_v1legacy

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James meets Maria on the roof of the hotel. After fighting her, he speaks with Mary one last time. The screen goes black as you hear James drive his car into Toluca lake. Mary reads her letter to James as an underwater view of the lake is shown.

It's very sad, and one that I think suits the game well. It shows James' desperation to be with his wife again, as well as his unstable mental state. It's refreshing to see an ending that shows nothing solved, but still offers a conclusion to the story. It's very sad.
 

universaltraveller

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OK, didn't expect to see so much Portal 2 on here, for which I totally agree, with Portal beating it. Also Half Life and Half Life 2: Episode 2 have awesome endings. One, I just love the fight in xen in HL, and HL2:E2 what can I say that you don't already know...

And yes special credit goes to Silent Hill 2 and Fallout 3, both great endings.
 

lumenadducere

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OhJohnNo said:
What, no mention of Halo: Reach's ending yet?

Even Yahtzee liked it, which is saying something, considering his usual thoughts on Halo.
Reach's ending was really good, but I hated the fact that at the very end it was a cutscene. I think it would have been so much more powerful if they had maintained the interactivity throughout that final scene.

In general I tend to like WRPG endings that tell you how your decisions and such impacted the world. Fallout:NV, The NWN series, Baldur's Gate, etc. My favorite though has to be Planescape: Torment. It's sobering, thought-provoking, and fits in so amazingly well with the themes and experiences you've had during the game that I think it's incredibly hard to beat.
 

BoogieManFL

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Fallout 1, 2, 3, and New Vegas are pretty good.

Final Fantasy II (US) was good especially for the time.

Mass Effect series.