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Paperboy  Posts: 21 Joined: 13 Dec 2008     | |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 535 Joined: 10 Feb 2008     |
Of the many words that can be used to describe COD4's ending, anticlimactic certainty isn't one of them. Unless you want to try to make the case that it is because the game has so many climaxes, but even then it's not like the ending was dull. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 535 Joined: 10 Feb 2008 | I'm gonna go with Dreamfall. Mostly because it doesn't really have an ending. Rather, there's a series of cliffhangers with only one or two plot points actually resolved. God knows when/if the conclusion will be released. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 113 Joined: 5 Nov 2008     | Oblivion last boss While he's still sitting on his chair, I shot him with an arrow in the head while in stealth, which hit him with X8 damage. Then I hit him with another to the chest. *Boss dies* |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2335 Joined: 5 Nov 2008   | Quake 4 and Halo 1 for being cliffhangers. I really liked the ending to God of War 1. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 979 Joined: 12 Dec 2008     | The ending of Gears of War 2 made me so mad. What a crappy boss. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 575 Joined: 21 Jun 2008     |
Play DDS2, the games basically link together seemlessly. I personally view them as one game, since that's basically what it is. Anyway, the forced cliffhanger at the end of Too Human got my goat, why couldn't they just make the game a 30 hour dungeon crawling epic? I really hate all this trilogy bullshit nowadays. Final Fantasy VIII had a very good ending, I was really happy and proud of what I had accomplished after watching that (made me teary eyed) and the after-credits skit was hilarious. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 534 Joined: 10 Jul 2008   |
It was so lacklustre that I don't even strive to finish the main quest anymore. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2030 Joined: 7 Sep 2008   | Hmmm, no one mentioned Soul Reaver yet? Seeing all the DDS comments here, I think I really need to go out of my way and hunt for them. |
BANNED  Posts: 3486 Joined: 25 Aug 2008    |
Autumn isn't a boss. I'll admit that the ending was a bit of a slap, but the rest of the game makes up for the discrepancy. User was banned for: The Second Annual Escapist Election: Part 1: Presidential Primaries. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1318 Joined: 19 Dec 2008   |
That actually makes it even worse, since the game basically has no boss, and a poor ending on top of that. Yes, the rest of the game makes up for it and I loved the game, but as far as Anticlimactic endings and end sequences go, FO3 rates high. |
Muckraker  Posts: 242 Joined: 10 Jul 2008 | Anyone play Haven: Call of the King? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3263 Joined: 3 Aug 2008   |
I completely agree. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 665 Joined: 9 Jun 2008     |
Agreed on all counts. I have do disagree with the other posters about Dead Space. I kinda likes what they did at the end. Not as epic as the games listed above (except that turd known as Fable 2) but still a good one in my book. |
Paperboy  Posts: 29 Joined: 17 Nov 2008  | the original zelda for the NES... hard to beat that |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 731 Joined: 12 Dec 2007    | In response to the title of the thread: Yeah, that's what SHE said... But yeah, if any game I've played is anticlimactic, it'd have to be Assassin's Creed. In fact, it wasn't climactic, or even anticlimactic. There WAS no climax or anticlimax, no ending, no solution. Just...if you've played it you'll understand. |
Paperboy  Posts: 25 Joined: 22 Dec 2008     | KOTOR 2 with it's non end |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 920 Joined: 24 Oct 2007  | Karnov for the NES: "Game Over, Thank you for playing"; on a black screen. I almost quit gaming after that one. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 357 Joined: 10 Sep 2008  | I agree that Fable 2's ending was kinda bad, but i thought the whole Utopia sequence was cool and the DLC looks promising when the get the bugs worked out. I thought fallout 3's ending was also pretty bad, and the fact that you can't keep playing after is just... well it makes me mad And what else would you expect for an ending of Dead Space? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1168 Joined: 13 Aug 2008   | I couldn't believe Fable 2's ending... Alot of things in that game ruined it for me, the ending is high on the list. Fable 2 is what it took for me to lose faith in Lionhead... |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2030 Joined: 7 Sep 2008 | Do we have a clone in our midst? (referring to above poster)
When I thought of the thread name, there were no "dirty" thoughts going through my head... Why did you have to bring it up? I wish I could check out Fable 2 and see how unfulfilling the ending really is (can't cuz I don't have any of the current-gen consoles). |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1146 Joined: 27 Aug 2008   | The ending of Prince of Persia is depressingly anticlimactic, although my housemate opined that they may be setting up for a sequel, in which case Ubisoft may squeak by with a pass on that one. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1044 Joined: 13 Dec 2008 |
Interesting, have never looked at it in that way. Hadn't actually thought of the Xen aliens being under the control of the Combine. Could explain the nature of the Combine, they must be one of those races that travels between dimensions, either taking over or destroying whatever other forms of life they find. Anyway, not to turn this topic into an analysis of Half-Life... I liked the good ending to Bioshock as well, though again it was just a little short for my liking. If Bioshock 2 is indeed a sequel, I wonder if it is the good ending they are choosing to follow on from. Granted a short trailer showing a woman standing on a beach who may be a grown up Little Sister isn't much to go on, but it's just a thought. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1086 Joined: 23 Dec 2008   | GTA 4, the ending was quite a disappointment, despite the rest of the game being an incredible piece of work. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2381 Joined: 6 Mar 2008  | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1809 Joined: 8 Nov 2008    | Fable 2 and Gears 2 (the last bosses) |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 608 Joined: 13 Dec 2008  | Bioshock's ending(s) could have been great had they not taken the form of a rushed, 10 second FMV. Oblivion's ending didn't bug me too much - but the fact that nobody tried to rebuild the imperial city after it got wrecked did (same with Kvatch - none of the mods I found really did it for me, unless Kvatch is supposed to be filled with big-breasted goth chicks?) The ENDING of Dead Space wasn't a bad thing (in a game filled with formulaic scares, what more could I expect?) but the final boss Hivemind was far, FAR too easy. All it did was wriggle a bit and growl at you, I'm pretty sure I could have gone off, had dinner, taken a bath, gone to bed, got up, come down stairs and the thing would still be wiggling menacingly at me. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 58 Joined: 15 Dec 2008   | Ending of Fallout 3 was pretty pathetic. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2585 Joined: 27 Sep 2008   | Assassin's Creed. 'Nuff said. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 648 Joined: 17 Sep 2008  | Definatly Halo 2. For some reason, I got really involved in the storyline, and the way it just fizzled out was awful. It looked like just another standard cutscene to set up the next level. AND THEN THE NEXT LEVEL NEVER CAME :< :< :< Also, at the end of the Wind Waker (these are both old games, so I'm assuming spoilers wont be neccessary) during the final fight with Ganon. The actual cutscene ending was sort of ok, but to finish the boss fight, all you had to do was a standard dodge --> counterattack (done by hold the left trigger and pressing A at the right time). I thought I was just going get a cheeky hit in, and the fight would continue. Instead I ended up doing an insane backflip and sticking a sword in his head. I was so not expecting that. It was kinda awesome, actually...I sense I have gone off the main point of the thread :< |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 51 Joined: 21 Sep 2008  | Halo 3. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 447 Joined: 29 Nov 2008   | one anticlimatic boss battle I will never forgive is from "Prince of Persia -The Sands of Time" for the Ps2 it was so easy compared to the other battles along the way. It was basically a Jafar wannabe using magic to create one Jafar clone at a time for me to battle and it was in that "wait for the enemy to attack slowly, block and hit back" kind of fight that feels like poorly choreographed ballet |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 731 Joined: 12 Dec 2007 |
Yeah, sorry about that. Despite my usual wit and sophistication, that's one of the jokes which I can't pass up. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1172 Joined: 29 Jun 2008   | The end of the dead space demo. It's not really anticlimactic it's more like " What, That's not fair! That cant happen in games, let alone demos. I can't believe EA made that happen!". |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 123 Joined: 13 Feb 2008 |
End. Of. Discussion. |
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Really there are only 3 types of endings,
1.happy
Yay we defeated (main EVIL) let's all have pie.
2.Sad
Oh no I or my friends are dead this wasn't worth it...
3.Cliffhanger
I donno Halo 2, you think of one.
(this can actually be many different things)
Although some do it quite better than others...
I just recently beat COD4 that felt like a justified ending. I think that another thing that drives your thoughts for a good ending is that sometimes you like a game a lot, so when it ends you are unhappy about it.