A good, happy one |
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9.7% (9) |
A bad, sad one |
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6.5% (6) |
I like to be given a choice |
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33.3% (31) |
One that is open to interpretation |
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29% (27) |
A mixture of good and bad |
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I dont care |
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BANNED  Posts: 599 Joined: 10 Oct 2008     | Ones with some input from players actions are good, and also explosions never hurt anyone. User was banned for: Your.Name.Here Presents: Perma-Ban, the Thread!. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2663 Joined: 20 Jul 2008     | Multiple endings based on your choices are always winners for me, unless they are really crappy endings. |
Paperboy  Posts: 14 Joined: 8 Nov 2008     | I prefer games with several possible endings, and you usually don't get one that you'd expect. Unfortunately I've never played a game like that. Go figure. |
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Exactly. I wouldn't have wanted the first Spyro the Dragon game ending with Spyro having his wings ripped off by a giant sandwich. That wouldn't fit right. User was banned for: Banning poems from schools in the UK. (Permanent) |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 358 Joined: 28 Aug 2008    | I love bittersweet endings. They carry so much more emotion with them for me. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 603 Joined: 3 Jul 2008  |
What is the bad ending? I only got the good one :( |
Time Lord  Posts: 10098 Joined: 13 Feb 2008     | Depends on the game, a happy ending on an FPS would just be naff. RTS however deserves one. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 128 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 | I think the ending of Braid was incredible because it combined the story with the gameplay so well. And it was also a pretty good plot twist that I shall not spoil because if you haven't played Braid yet, you should. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1554 Joined: 10 Sep 2008   | as long as it isn't a cliffhanger to get you to buy the next game, most game ending I'm pretty happy with. |
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A well fitting one.
However, I'm sick of these endings which try to avoid appearing cliche'd and want to be deep and meaningful, so they kill of their lead characters at the end.
The same thing happens in books, films and T.V. It's like script writers just want to have their shows be remembered, so they decide to whack a tragedy onto the end of it and hope it'll go down as a "shocking.. moving.. ending".
I'm not saying that every time this happens in a video game it's bad, there are endings where the lead characters death, or similar tragedy is the right choice, but there are 10x more where it's just a cop out to avoid having a good plot.
I'm sick of it. It's not deep and meaningful, it's cheap and tacky.