Crappy video game endings...

[Jackskeleton]

You know, you spend hours and hours playing and the pay off of the ending is worth CRAP! what video games to you had crappy endings? Mine? well i just suffered one...

Half-life: Opposing forces.

I loved the first one, great ending you make the choice given by the man in the suit. but in this one, you are phucked plain and simple not a decent ending. was not worth the pay off.
You are shepard, a miltary officer, the ending is they place you in a isolated area so you can never speak of the horrors that happened in the black mesa labs so the man in the suit simply takes you to some place in outerspace (or atleast it looks like it from the view you have inside the plane) and he leaves. the end.


so what games had crappy endings to you.

[Tigger]

MEDAL OF HONOR & MEDAL OF HONOR:UNDERGROUND

You know I give props anytime I can to this series. But it, in my opinion has the worst ending for a videogame of all time. NO ENDING. ONce you complete all your missions. They show the end of the mission movie (Which they do for all 7 missions) and then take the player back to the Main Menu in the barracks. No Credits role. No Completed Assignment movie whasoever. I was horribly disatisified. :( The only bad part about this series.

[einTier]

MDK. All that work, all the time spent playing, and I got a stupid French music video. WTF??

[DavePack]

Jack, can you tell me what happens at the end of Half-Life in more detail (i.e. "spoilers")? I could never beat the final boss (well, I assume it was the final boss) at the end of Half-Life. After several months, I wiped the game from my hard drive. I always wondered who the suited man was, and now that I hear he's a part of the ending, I've got to know what happens!

Thanks,

[HN]

Originally posted by DavePack
Jack, can you tell me what happens at the end of Half-Life in more detail (i.e. "spoilers")? I could never beat the final boss (well, I assume it was the final boss) at the end of Half-Life. After several months, I wiped the game from my hard drive. I always wondered who the suited man was, and now that I hear he's a part of the ending, I've got to know what happens!

Thanks,


dude, impulse 101 :D

(that's cheat code by the way)

--HN

[HN]

oh, and to answer the original question...

RYGAR for the NES.

@#$%@#$^@#%^$%^....you throw that bigass yo-yo around over and over trying to power up (ok, so i used the Advantage controller, but still); you listen to those holyer-than-thou monk type fellas talk from their high pillars saying the same useless crap over and over again; and what do you get for all your troubles?--> http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/rygar.htm

@#$%@#$%@#$^#@$^@#%
"The warrior of Argus--You are really a true hero"
yeah, that really made my day :rolleyes:

--HN

[Josh H]

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Play all that time just to get a short cliff hanger

Nearly every fighting game has lame endings.

[ShoeBoy]

Syndicate for the PC.

When you beat the last level, you got the same damn movie that you got when you beat every other level. Sucked big time!!

[DVDKrayzie]

man i cant remember a good ending since Street Fighter 2. Maybe it's because games look so good now, seeing an ending is just like another cut scene. I liked Street fighters because the stories intertwined and there were a ton of possible endings and bonuses depending on how you beat it.

[Jackskeleton]

its been a while since i past the original Half-life, i wiped it out of my hard drive months ago for an upgrade on my machine and when i re-installed it, i didn't bother going at it again. well here is what i can remember

You appear in one of the cabs/trolly cars you started the game with. the suited man is there aswell. and he talks about how he has been watching you and how he is a survivor himself. he is offering you a job with them, to become one of them himself since the company wants people who can survive through thick and thin. you have two choices. stand there and he will send you to a place were not even you can get out of, or go through the portal and join the work force.
i have done both. if you stand there, he waits and then tells you the make your choice already and then waits a bit longer, if you don't go through he simply says "very well" and then the portal closes and you get teleported to this dark room and when you begin to see things the room is covered with monsters, the screen fades to black gives the report that Freeman failed in his choice
If you step into the portal its a simple report that says your new status as a new "man in the suit" and plays some cool ambiant music. :)

now that is an ending i like. :)

now for Opposing forces. once you beat the last boss, which was fairly simple the room starts to grow bigger with a huge teleport portal, it eventually consumes you and you are in the plane that you originally came in. the man in the suit is infront of you, you can't move. he talks about how he has to cut the loose ends of the accident, which you are part of. but he has some sympthy since he has taken a fancy to survivors, much like himself. so he is just going to take him to a part were you can not talk to anyone about the events that took place at the mesa labs. you can see out the window, the desert turns into the alternative universe, then it teleports you to a black place that seems like a vast emptiness. he then says that you will be there intill they decide what to do with you. the end

notice how in the first one, you are a new professor who has the choice to become one of them in the end and your name is FREEMAN.

in opposing forces, you are part of a miltary uniform, and named SHEPARD. :p

[tsohg]

Any NBA/NFL sports game :grunt: all that work playing an ENTIRE 82 game season for a crappy picture of the trophy and some fireworks

And even though I love the game itself, Kid Icarus ending suck donkey balls

[Edited by tsohg on 05-15-01 at 06:51 PM]

[Giantrobo]

Originally posted by joshhinkle
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Play all that time just to get a short cliff hanger

Nearly every fighting game has lame endings.


I HATED THIS ENDING!!!!

I rarely play games all the way through, lack of time, lack of patience....whatever.


This ending was SUCH a BIG let down :mad:

[RJainMJ]

The games mentioned previously are mostly fighting games or shooters, which don't have good endings in general. How about strategy/RPG crap endings?

I loved this game, it was incredibly fun, but the ending sucked .... Chrono Cross (I beat it the right way btw)

If I remember correctly, it was just some text that Kid wrote to Serge. Nothing at ALL special. Didn't do this great game justice. Or maybe I'm forgetting/missing significance of?

[DrJag]

phantasy star online - basically no ending

[wildcatlh]

RJainMJ...

The thing you're missing is that there are (I think) 8 or 9 different endings for the game.... that ending is only for the first time you play through it.

[DarthMaul420]

Any game that just says Winner! at the end.

[RJainMJ]

Originally posted by WildcatLH
RJainMJ...

The thing you're missing is that there are (I think) 8 or 9 different endings for the game.... that ending is only for the first time you play through it.

Oh thats right, I remember now. I think you have to use the Chrono Cross at various spots on a 2nd (even third) play through. Can anyone tell me what these are like? As compared to the first play through? I don't want to know what happens though! Or at least use the spoiler tags.

[wildcatlh]

Basically, there are 8 or 9 (I forget) endings, depending on which point you end the game.

To get the "best" ending, you've gotta go and face the last boss right at the beginning.... which means you need to have played through 3 or 4 times to get Serge real powerful. I've got a list of the various points and endings somewhere around here.....

[RJainMJ]

Originally posted by WildcatLH
Basically, there are 8 or 9 (I forget) endings, depending on which point you end the game.

To get the "best" ending, you've gotta go and face the last boss right at the beginning.... which means you need to have played through 3 or 4 times to get Serge real powerful. I've got a list of the various points and endings somewhere around here.....

OK, now I'm pissed! I didn't beat this game! And I loved it! I KNEW I was missing something! Thanks! 3 or 4 times?? That much? All you need to do is that combination (don't know it off the top of my head). Well, I'm sure its hard since all you would have is Serge. I'll probably try once before going through the whole game again.

[Dragon Fly]

7th Saga for SNES, now that... that was the worst ending I have ever seen for an RPG.

Todd

[THX 1138]

Contra had a dumb ending. All the hell you went through.... it was too short.

[Eplicon]

For me, one of the biggest letdowns I ever had was playing the original Hardball! back in 1987. I actually pitched a no-hitter, which was quite hard and nerve-racking to do! I remember that it took me almost twice as long than if I had been playing the game normally under any circumstance because I was very carefully deliberating on what pitches to use, whether to intentionally walk a batter or not, etc.

So after a lot of sweating and getting the final out in the 9th inning...the game ended. No fanfare, no congratulatory message, nothing! I should've snapped a photo of the final scoreboard.

On the other hand, a game that had a cool "alternate" ending was in Karateka. In the finale, if you approached the girl in attack position, she would deliver a lethal kick to your head. The game was over anyway, but you didn't get to see the happy ending (where the guy kisses the girl).

[Static Cling]

Oh my GOSH... <b>Karateka</b>! Memories! That freakin' bird... AAAAARGH, I hated that thing! And the girl killed me the first time I beat the boss... I was SHOCKED.

[young]

Originally posted by WildcatLH
RJainMJ...

The thing you're missing is that there are (I think) 8 or 9 different endings for the game.... that ending is only for the first time you play through it.

i just finished it once. is it just the ending that's different or are other parts of the game different? i noticed that it allowed me to play again but it seemed the same except i had the same amount of hitpoints.

[RJainMJ]

Originally posted by young
Originally posted by WildcatLH
RJainMJ...

The thing you're missing is that there are (I think) 8 or 9 different endings for the game.... that ending is only for the first time you play through it.

i just finished it once. is it just the ending that's different or are other parts of the game different? i noticed that it allowed me to play again but it seemed the same except i had the same amount of hitpoints.

I think I've got it all figured out. First, there are 2 first time play through endings. The "good" one and the well, none at all. The none at all ending tells you nothing about the story, but the good one does. If you aren't sure how to complete it, check GameFAQs.

After you complete the game, you can save it and start at the beginning. Everything remains the same, except you are without your summons, the Mastermune, the Chrono Cross, and you're party is gone (you can later recruit them again, so if you can get new characters going in different paths, go that route). HP and equipment remain the same. The game is the exact same the 2nd time through, meaning you will completely destroy the game with your characters. You get the extra endings by going to Opassa Beach at various times through the game (again, this info's probably available at GameFAQs) and going to face the final boss. Since you are without the Chrono Cross, you have to defeat him the hard way to get the new endings. From what I've read, these endings are strange, but I still want to see them! :)

[young]

well, that's kind of a crappy ending in a different way... i really enjoyed the game but the first ending was a letdown. now i have to play many many more times to see the better endings? i'll do it but they had better be the best damn endings! :)

[stingo]

Though a computer game, Myst has one of the worst endings in gaming history. What a let down - it was probably the only time I got ticked off for FINISHING a game.

[RJainMJ]

Originally posted by young
well, that's kind of a crappy ending in a different way... i really enjoyed the game but the first ending was a letdown. now i have to play many many more times to see the better endings? i'll do it but they had better be the best damn endings! :)

Well, I think I may have misled you a bit. I checked GameFAQs (this page specifically --> WARNING: SPOILERS http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/chrono_cross_ending.txt). The other endings seem to be just strange/fun endings. The good ending the first time play through is the only one that seems to finish (well, more than the others anyway) the story. The others aren't related to the story it seems. If anyone has beaten one or several, could you please verify?

[~~ PAL ~~]

Originally posted by michael_sharma
Oh my GOSH... <b>Karateka</b>! Memories! That freakin' bird... AAAAARGH, I hated that thing! And the girl killed me the first time I beat the boss... I was SHOCKED.

Believe it or not, there's a good ending in Karateka. The problem was, you forgot your manners in front of the lady...-ptth-
(You have to bow before walking up to the Princess, then you get the good ending.)

I can't beleive I still remember this stuff from an Apple II game. -rolleyes- :)

PAL

[ChrisKnudsen]

I played Friday the 13th for like 2 months straight and I perfected every action and every move and all I got was a stupid text screen!! What a b*tch. Also the most boring ending was D2. Holy crap! It was the first video game ending that I got too bored to sit down and watch the whole thing to turn it off (unless you count the stars in FFVII, but I kept on waiting for about 2 hours, seriously).

[awmoore]

for people who didn't like the soul reaver: legacy of kain ending, I remember reading that they never really finished that game. It was rushed out the door and that they couldn't put in the real ending because it wasn't finished and that was the reason for the ending the way it was.