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What Game Had The Best Or Most Shocking Ending?
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Gojiira
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MGS1, excellent finale with rising stakes. Cemented the iconic Stinger at the end of the credits with a subverting twist to close the game.
The Last Guardian, just a really beautiful ending, music is beautiful. Just super sad.
Journey, just super emotional..Just play for yourself and see.
GoW3, Kratos killing himself after causing the apocalypse was fitting but really shocking to see the first time.
The Last Guardian, just a really beautiful ending, music is beautiful. Just super sad.
Journey, just super emotional..Just play for yourself and see.
GoW3, Kratos killing himself after causing the apocalypse was fitting but really shocking to see the first time.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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Not shocking but the the beautiful sad song a dramatic conclusion of Xenoblade 2 was kind of a big deal
StreetsofBeige
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Maybe not the best ending credits (not plot) but simple and elegant.
Shocking: Diablo 1 where you became the bad guy.
Shocking: Diablo 1 where you became the bad guy.
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Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
I’ve heard great things about Soma in terms of endings. I feel like it was at least partially spoiled to me by Nexpo’s Petscop video, but I still want to play it someday.
OGM_Madness
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ICO has my favorite ending of any game. SotC has a cool ending, but even though it is a better game, ICO has a better ending. Same with The Last Guardian.
ICO >>> TLG > SOTC
All great games.
I went blind with the endings of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom and I really loved those endings. Tears of the Kingdom had a surprisingly great story!
Most Zelda’s have good endings, I still remember being shocked by The Wind Waker’s ending back in the GameCube. I find the game somewhat slow for my taste nowadays, but that ending was *chef kiss
ICO >>> TLG > SOTC
All great games.
I went blind with the endings of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom and I really loved those endings. Tears of the Kingdom had a surprisingly great story!
Most Zelda’s have good endings, I still remember being shocked by The Wind Waker’s ending back in the GameCube. I find the game somewhat slow for my taste nowadays, but that ending was *chef kiss
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March Climber
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To me it is only terrible if you pick anything other than the ending where you kill the reapers.
They all deserved to die, so I got the ending I wanted.
Unknown Soldier
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This final screen that you can read after you watch the ending is still one of the most wild explanations of what happened during the story of any video game ever
Vlodril
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Red Dead Redemption
Marston getting out of the barn and being greeted by a posse of lawmen and what happens afterwards shocked me. I did not see that coming at all and it was pretty ballsy to end the main character like that. Added to that the epilogue where you play as his son and i went out found this guy and his family and murdered them all. 10/10.
Codes 208
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I will always remember this one. I beat it for the first time with my buddy (who had already beaten it) and as we dueled at the very end, i managed to beat him and in his dying breath he said “enjoy your princess”
And then pink weasels. Pink weasels and penguins everywhere
Crew511A
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I had never played ANY Halo games before. My first experience with the franchise was when MS gave it to us for Games with Gold.
cash_longfellow
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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
You mean super generic cliche ending?
Angry_Megalodon
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Not only one of the best endings but one of the most original stories.
What Remains of Edith Finch.
Other honorable mentions:
The Talos Principle
Journey
What Remains of Edith Finch.
Other honorable mentions:
The Talos Principle
Journey
Johnny Concrete
Member
Silent Hill 2's ending surprised me as a young dude playing it in 2001.
I felt bad for the main character the whole playthrough, but he turned out to be a selfish asshole pretty much.
DelireMan7
Member
Most shocking because of how unbelievably retarded it was:
Man this is hilarious and so true.
I played this game several times and each time the ending get me like "WTF is happening ?!"
That whole scene with Big Boss, it's so bad it's good xD
gunstarhero
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Phantasy Star 2.
Blew my teenage mind in 1990.
Blew my teenage mind in 1990.
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Bulletzen72
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It is a carbon copy of the last scene in the movie "The Road" released 5 years prior
Ends with the same doubt facial expression and "OK" It actually annoyed me at the time! lol!
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Grizzled Ghost
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I don't actually remember what happens, but I remember being totally shocked b the ending of the original Nier.
Also Assassins' Creed 2 when you realize Minerva is talking to Desmond, not Ezio.
Also Assassins' Creed 2 when you realize Minerva is talking to Desmond, not Ezio.
Topher
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Good to know. Never saw that movie so the end of the game wasn't diminished at all for me.
Bulletzen72
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You should check out the movie. Or read the book! They are great and knowing what I wrote doesn't diminish that!
If we're doing "oldies" I could point out the end to Cosmic Fantasy 2.
Oh and Dungeon Explorer on the Sega-CD. Be careful what you wish for.
Basically you spend the entire game trying to save your girlfriend from the big baddie. In order to kill him you end up killing your girlfriend
Oh and Dungeon Explorer on the Sega-CD. Be careful what you wish for.
Vindicator
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FF7: Crisis Core
Interfectum
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SOMA
more recently: Mouthwashing
When you figure out what the game is about... yeeesh!
more recently: Mouthwashing
When you figure out what the game is about... yeeesh!
Topher
Identifies as young
Just looked it up and yeah....I can see some influence just by looking at the movie poster. lol
Kumomeme
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Crisis Core has amazing ending. great cutscene, music and song. the protagonist fight to the end and lost but it set up the beginning for the main hero of the main game. didnt play the Reunion version yet.
Persona 3 has the best ending for me. the rooftop scene and how it make me feels empty afterward. didnt play the remake yet. bummer cant get the deluxe edition due to the Atlus Asia stupid mistake of releasing chinese version for south east asia lol.
also MGS4. that scene after credit.
Persona 3 has the best ending for me. the rooftop scene and how it make me feels empty afterward. didnt play the remake yet. bummer cant get the deluxe edition due to the Atlus Asia stupid mistake of releasing chinese version for south east asia lol.
also MGS4. that scene after credit.
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Dr. Samuel Hayden
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ME3. Shocking in how hilariously bad it was.
hinch7
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Eh the Deus ex machina endings were lazy, poorly written and a cop out. It basically marred an almost perfect series. Lots of people hated that ending (myself included) and even with a patched extended ending it juist fell flat.
Zacfoldor
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TLOU1, because you just KNEW social pressure would not let Joel as the MC get away with what he did(protect his kidnapped and soon to be murdered adopted child from an evil murderous paramilitary outfit in a time with no laws).
They felt the need to correct this ending at the very VERY beginning of TLOU2, as soon as they possibly could, so you just know there were some that wanted to change TLOU1 ending but weren't allowed to do so.
I like to pretend that TLOU2 isn't canon and never happened. It really shouldn't have, because it changed one of the bravest and most thought provoking stories in gaming into an also ran about the evils of not sacrificing everything to society and how getting revenge when someone kills your father is somehow bad and instead you should forgive the motherfucker.
They felt the need to correct this ending at the very VERY beginning of TLOU2, as soon as they possibly could, so you just know there were some that wanted to change TLOU1 ending but weren't allowed to do so.
I like to pretend that TLOU2 isn't canon and never happened. It really shouldn't have, because it changed one of the bravest and most thought provoking stories in gaming into an also ran about the evils of not sacrificing everything to society and how getting revenge when someone kills your father is somehow bad and instead you should forgive the motherfucker.
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ForAcademicPurposes
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Doki Doki Literature Club
Mr Hyde
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I gotta chime in on Spec Ops the Line. I played it recently and it was a great ending that really took you by surprise. It was dark and depressing and fit the characters journey he made throughout the game. It was one of those endings where you just sat with you mouth open completely flabbergasted. What a game.
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