What game has the most anti-climactic or downright terrible ending? *SPOILERS!!!!!*

[Shushyne4np2ne]

I'll have to agree with Bioshock. Good lord, I am not the most avid gamer (I have to go to college and work and all that fun junk), and when I finished it, I was like "what the hell?" I mean, the last boss fight I could of done while building a soapbox derby car for crying out loud! I probably wouldn't of gotten through that last fight anyway else, but I did because I'm a terrible gamer and I know this. I suck at games, but I love playing the levels that I can get through.


EXAMPLE: I STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN PAST THE FIRST PLANET IN MASS EFFECT. I SUCK. HARD.

 

[dieseldub]

Fable 2 is a strong candidate for me as well. I am only somewhat looking forward to Knothole Island just so I feel like I get a bit more time with the game. If they don't have any more DLC after that...then it's getting traded. The boss scene I guess was the big triangle at the end, but it wasn't that big of a fight. For me the other dissapointment was the fact that if you didn't revive your dog you couldn't finish some of the side missions. For that reason I played it twice just to get Fido back. However it just felt like an empty ending both times.

My other choice though would be Halo 2. I felt like it was just all play and no story, and I like story telling in my games. When I got to the ending I thought "that's it, what a jip?"

 

[DarthHK]

Deus Ex's "join the Illuminati" ending. Morgan Everrett was planning on putting the world through the exact same B.S. that Page and Majestic 12 did, only without guns. (The Illuminati's resources are spread far and wide; politicians, government agencies, armies and the like) Fortunately, it was deemed non-canon by Invisible War. (One of the few things it did right.)

*EDIT* But, then again, I don't think I've played a new game in about 3 years. (Too cheap for a 7th gen console and all that.)

 

[gmer412]

Prince of Persia. I fought the final boss, saw the preliminary credits, then said "ok, game over... what? I'm still playing? WTF?" Then, in two minutes, I undid 12 hours of playing for one person. She even says "Why?". I agree. Pointless, aggravating ending.

 

[mikoyan]

Fallout 3. I even went back with a certain someone and he basically told me, "Piss off...do it yourself"

 

[Graustein]

Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. It goes through all this work and then the last mask does the final boss fight for you.

There's nothing forcing you to use that mask. It's just a little reward for collecting all the other masks.

On-topic, Neverwinter Nights 2.
Rocks fall, everybody dies.

 

[Reep]

LITTLE BIG PLANET PEOPLE


Nah, probably CoD4. What a bullshit ending, mirite?

What? I loved the COD 4 ending. It gave me a sense of satisfaction shooting him in the head after he executed Gaz and killed the rest of the squad.
An end boss type ending where you go 1v1 with a tank or something wouldn't have worked with the story.

If anything im disappointed with Halo 3. For an event that would save countless lives and was such a pivotal event for the galaxy, it didn't feel as epic.

 

[StickManRampage]

Turning Point Fall Of Liberty... Wtf since when does a main character die?

Oh and Portal... I want my damn cake!! lol

 

[PurpleRain]

Another vote for Fable 2. Not because I killed the guy with a single shot from my rifle, oh no. I actually loved that. It was because the end was so dissatisfying and left me clutching the controller waiting for the credits to end. It was a "So, what? What happens now?" type ending. All my hard work for naught it seemed like.

 

[Born2Hula]

Breakdown. Because it was part of a trilogy, and by the end I was SO looking forward to another one, but then BAM, noone buys it and I don't get closure.

Sweet mother o' mercy, I honestly thought I was the only person to ever play that game. It takes a game of truly amazing quality to survive the first 12-15 hours of gameplay being more or less a dream. Thank god it really was one (even if the controls feel shocking by today's standards, and I never managed to do a wall-run once).

Plus I never finished it thanks to the room that vomits enemies until you die or boredom or, more likely, several alien fists to the faceparts.

 

[Jumplion]

LITTLE BIG PLANET PEOPLE

Even though you were obviously sarcastic, I'd actually have to agree with you there.

I mean, I know the focus of LBP isn't the story at all, but I laughed so hard at how horrible the ending was

 

[Zetona]

Metal Gear Solid 4. It's not a bad ending at all, but it does feel anticlimactic because of the cutscene-heavy epilogue and refusal to kill off the game's characters. It manages to be a good ending, but it's not what you expected for better and for worse.

 

[pixiejedi]

Fable 2 really just made me sad. I liked the fact that there was no nice convenient way to achieve everything for the people who play on the good side. If I actually cared I might go back through to get the ending that brings everyone back, but I don't.

Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask was a major bummer that might actually top my list though. I pretty much just wanted Ocarina of Time with new puzzles but the little touchy friendly thing where they kick you out of the town just blew.

Fallout 3 felt appropriate for its really depressing tone and message, war never ends, no matter how many awesome big gun totting chicks you throw at it.

 

[SMOKEMNHALO2001]

MIRRORS EDGE! The first half of the game was awesome, you know when you were actually running?
But the second half blew so hard when I beat the last level and saw the ending I felt cheated. It was worse than Halo 2s ending!

 

[pixiejedi]

I don't honestly understand what you guys expected from Halo 2. It was the middle of a distinct trilogy. The Empire Strikes back and the Two Towers had kinda sudden(if you can call anything in the lord of the rings movies sudden) endings. It wasn't super but it was meant to keep you wanting more.

Bioshock on the other hand gave no such promises. The fact that they advertised it with any form of morality system is a joke. The game was fun but the end felt tacked on and disappointing.

 

[Mister Benoit]

I did not enjoy the last chapter of Dead Space, Dragging a rock around for about 15 minutes then fighting a very lame boss. Rest of the game was a pleasure though.

 

[megapenguinx]

Final Fantasy X, all that just so he can turn to espers? Pointless, least Sin is gone

 

[Hydrus]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned KOTOR 2 yet. The first one was so satisfying to finish, but number 2 has the most anti-climactic ending ever. That game could have been so good, they totally screwed it with all the stuff left out.


Also, one of the endings to Jade Empire is pretty lame. The sort of 'middle' ending, where instead of killing the final boss and freeing everyone, or killing the final boss and enslaving everyone, you just sort of surrender, and don't fight anyone. Game ends. Lame.

 

[buggy65]

Gears of War 2

I loved every part of this game... except the final boss.

WTF! The point of bragging rights on Insaine dificultly was how ungodly hard RAMM was! But this piss easy rail shooter where all you do is hold down one button for 30 seconds is not a boss fight... That doesn't even qualify as a minigame!

It made me sad... but yay for improved multiplayer