Unsatisfactory Storyline Endings and/or Developments.

[kayisking]

Ever played KotOR 2?

Yeah, that takes worst ending ever.

It's strange how that even though there are only two games in that series, one has the most memorable videogame story's of all time, while the other has one of the most dissapointing ones.

I would argue that KOTOR II's story was just as well done as the first one, aside from the ending.

Anyway, I take your KOTOR 2 and up the ante with Neverwinter Nights 2. Good game? Yes. Horrible ending? Yes. Even if Mask of the Betrayer retconned some of it, it still was awful.

To be honest, I've never played any games in the Neverwinter Nights series. Do you think I should?

 

[mcattack92]

Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, it just ends. I was expecting more than what the ending actually was.

Spoiler

Season 5 ends with Tarn'Vedra being returned to the slipstream network and somehow, new systems commentwealth ships arive like straight after the Abyss being defeated. Then the ship powers down.

 

[AlternatePFG]

Ever played KotOR 2?

Yeah, that takes worst ending ever.

It's strange how that even though there are only two games in that series, one has the most memorable videogame story's of all time, while the other has one of the most dissapointing ones.

I would argue that KOTOR II's story was just as well done as the first one, aside from the ending.

Anyway, I take your KOTOR 2 and up the ante with Neverwinter Nights 2. Good game? Yes. Horrible ending? Yes. Even if Mask of the Betrayer retconned some of it, it still was awful.

To be honest, I've never played any games in the Neverwinter Nights series. Do you think I should?

Never played the first one, I've heard it either sucks or is amazing. Personally, I'd say get the first one off Good Old Games if you are interested, and get the second one off of Steam. The second one has a rather cliche storyline but the writing and characters are interesting and fun. The real reason why I'd recommend it though is probably for the expansion, Mask of the Betrayer which has one of the best storylines in any RPG I've ever played.

Lot's of options for creating your character as well.

 

[kayisking]

Ever played KotOR 2?

Yeah, that takes worst ending ever.

It's strange how that even though there are only two games in that series, one has the most memorable videogame story's of all time, while the other has one of the most dissapointing ones.

I would argue that KOTOR II's story was just as well done as the first one, aside from the ending.

Anyway, I take your KOTOR 2 and up the ante with Neverwinter Nights 2. Good game? Yes. Horrible ending? Yes. Even if Mask of the Betrayer retconned some of it, it still was awful.

To be honest, I've never played any games in the Neverwinter Nights series. Do you think I should?

Never played the first one, I've heard it either sucks or is amazing. Personally, I'd say get the first one off Good Old Games if you are interested, and get the second one off of Steam. The second one has a rather cliche storyline but the writing and characters are interesting and fun. The real reason why I'd recommend it though is probably for the expansion, Mask of the Betrayer which has one of the best storylines in any RPG I've ever played.

Lot's of options for creating your character as well.

Thanks, I guess I´ll give it a shot (god I love this site!!!).

 

[Ragsnstitches]

Oblivion:
Cool fucking deus ex machina, but where is my goddamn boss?
Fallout 3:
Are you fucking kidding me?

Bethesda, you trolls.

Ever played KotOR 2?

Yeah, that takes worst ending ever.

Hey, at least there was a boss in a non-recycled location.

At least you get a statue in Oblivion and a shiny set of armour. In KotoR:TSL you're treated to the space equivalent of your hero walking into the sunset... minus any form of closure or appreciation.

FFS Obsidian, at least kill off the hero heroically (or tragically) so we can have something to remember it by.

KOTORII: "Congratulations you have finished the game, would you like answers to all your questions?"

Exile: "Nope!" *flies away feeling his job is done (hers if you're going by Canon).
(Kreias vague responses are little consolation)

Me: "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Spoiler: Fable 2

Fable 2

All that build-up, one big beach fight that just feels like a particularly large enemy encounter, not a boss fight. Then you finally confront the big bad, hit him once and he falls to his death.

Spoiler: Fable 3

Fable 3

Big epic "build your army" story, then you just fight in and your brother just hands over the crown without a fight. Then the whole "get money before the Creeper attacks you" thing plays out in a flat way until the final battle... which is piss easy. Followed by the final boss... which is a possessed old dude who I beat first time without taking a single hit from him.

Lame...

 

[putowtin]

the end of Star Wars Return of the Jedi always got to me, "hey half the rebel alliance just got blown the fuck up, but lets party with these annoying mutated rats!" and then whe Lucas messed around with them and added the clips of the locations partying (even though it completley ruined the extended universe and it's stories of what happened next!)

And, what about when they rereleased it in 2004, replacing Sebastian Shaw with bloody Hayden Christensen in the final force-ghost scene. Absolutely cringeworthy... and that simpering grin of his, as though it's just inviting a punch.

ahh you too are in the club of "wanting to punch the guys lights out!?"

 

[Nightmare-Child]

Lost Season 6. That's all I got.

 

[SckizoBoy]

ahh you too are in the club of "wanting to punch the guys lights out!?"

As Anakin Skywalker?! Who isn't?! ^_^

But seriously, pasting him into RotJ was 1. sacrilege (don't worry, I'm not that big of a Star Wars nerd) 2. unnecessary and 3. an invitation for flaming from purists.

I understand David Prowse was a bit peeved when Hayden Christensen basically begged GL to be in the Darth Vader suit in Ep3...

 

[Dizeazedkiller]

Repo Men The ending made the last half of the movie completely pointless. If they cut the last two minutes off of the movie the ending would have been just perfect.

OMG YES. This, right here. Yes. I wondered for a long time why they didn't make it work in the opposite direction. It should have been... oh and sorry if spoilers don't work for some reason they only work when they want to

Spoiler

Everything should have been going downhill and then when it shows it was all a dream the shittiness of his dream world is actually the whole thing degrading, he wakes up, fast track onto a happier ending.

OT: Thought of another few. The ending to Shutter Island. It was trying for a sort of you-don't-know-what-really-happened-you-imagine-the-ending ending but dicaprio's (if i spelt it wrong i don't care) last lines are way to vague and not hard-hitting at all. It was lack-lustre, really.

Also 1408. The depressing ending. I feel like a hypocrite saying the book ending was worse but i'm a sucker for moments like in the happy ending. I wouldn't know how to describe it, but you guys know what i mean right? when...

Spoiler

The guy is unpacking the stuff from the fire and he plays the recording of the little girl speaking to him. For me i guess, since the wife was witness to the recording, it proved that the whole scenario wasn't just him going insane under pressure.

 

[Mallefunction]

How about Firefly? I find the ending of that show to be totally inconclusive and-

Oh right...thanks studio execs...

 

[Dizeazedkiller]

Basically the entirety of Starcraft 2.

I didn't notice? Why? All i cared about was if Kerrigan was going to become normal again or stay evil.

Spoiler

And thank god she turned human or else i would have had to find some sort of closure in the rest of the storyline which i didn't pay attention to

 

[Dizeazedkiller]

Basically the entirety of Starcraft 2.

I didn't notice? Why? All i cared about was if Kerrigan was going to become normal again or stay evil.

Spoiler

And thank god she turned human or else i would have had to find some sort of closure in the rest of the storyline which i didn't pay attention to

You didn't notice what?

As for why, let's just say that the whole thing was incredibly and pathetically cliche and severely underdeveloped. The characters - all of them - cardboard cutouts at best and non-existant at worst, the villains - complete jokes (one of them - literally), the lore is really shallow and they make no attempt to expand it, and last, but not least, retcons and plotholes galore.

Shut up i don't want to know >.< I was planning to go back and read the overview of the storyline to know whats actually going on but now i realise that would just ruin it all for me. Also, retcons and plotholes are nothing new to blizzard. They did it with their other massively popular title and now they are doing it with Starcraft 2. For shame

OT: Also, Inception. I swear to god Dicaprio doesn't know how to finish a movie, which is why he likes all of these vague endings.

 

[Tharwen]

Borderlands! It was such a let down...

Spoiler: Spoilery stuffs here

They didn't even let me into the vault! Surely they could have shown my character walking in before the end, even if they didn't want to show the inside!

Otherwise, it's a fantastic game.

[ spoiler="this is a warning" ] What happens to the Master Cheif? [ /spoiler ]

Well that proves I can't do bugger all with this spoiler thing.

Write it like this:

[spoiler="Write anything you want here"]Put the stuff you want hidden here[/spoiler]

It should come out like this:

Spoiler: Write anything you want here

Put the stuff you want hidden here

 

[Dizeazedkiller]

snip

You asked why, so I assumed you did want to know.

Also, retcons and plot holes being abused over and over by a company can't reflect well on them. Out of curiosity though, which game did you mean?

WoW. I loved the storyline of the original warcraft 3 and frozen throne, but when i played WoW i was thinking "oh nice, nostalgia, nostalgia, WTF that didn't fucking happen!" etc. I hate when a storyline i love just gets deleted or overwritten.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Ever played KotOR 2?

Yeah, that takes worst ending ever.

I take your KotOR 2 and raise you with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2...as a whole.

Spoiler: cannon ending of FU1 and premise of FU2

Starkiller has defeated Darth Vader and held Emperor Palpatine at bay long enough to ensure the survival and escape of Organa and the rest of the forming members of the Rebel Alliance. This costs him his life though, sacrificing his life so that the Rebel Alliance may take a firm root and eventually rise up to overthrow the evil Empire. In honor of the fallen Jedi...Sith...person, Starkiller's family crest is used as the Rebel Alliance's symbol...Starkiller however, is cloned by Vader to...I dunno...rush out a shitty, unneeded sequel to a game nobody really asked for to begin with

Seriously Force Unleashed 2; F-U!!!

 

[Smertnik]

Well, for one there're all the anime TV shows which got their endings butchered either because of the lack of money or because the manga hasn't ended yet (I'm looking at you, Gantz, Kare Kano, Hellsing, Claymore & co).

I can't say I was entirely satisfied with the ending of the Witcher saga -

Spoiler

Everything is at peace, then a fight breaks out, Gerald gets stabbed, then Ciri comes out of nowhere and takes him away

It felt kinda off.

As far as games are concerned I was extremely pissed at the ending of Persona 4.

Spoiler

Then I found out about the normal ending which left me just a little bit confused. Then I found out about the true ending

Oh, and the ending of the Dark Tower series, of course. I was like, WTF? That's it, seriously? But the quality of the story started to decline around the forth or fifth book already, so it wasn't such a big disappointment as it could have been.