Comments on: Difficulties With Awesome Endings for Video Games: Why So Many Game Endings Suck

By: Android66

Android66 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:29:22 +0000

I can think of several last-generation games with a satisfying (to me, anyway) ending–Primal, The Mark of Kri, Beyond Good and Evil, God of War, Jak III, Gun, Okami, ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, etc. Note, however, that none of these games are first-person shooters, and most of them weren’t followed up with a sequel. I think those are the main reasons so many games have endings that suck. The developers want to leave open the possibility of a sequel, or else the game is in a genre where story isn’t considered important. I note that I rarely see an RPG on a list of games with endings that suck, for instance.

By: Joelteon7

Joelteon7 — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:12:06 +0000

Now that you mention it, I can’t really think of a recent game that had a satisfying ending and that WASN’T a cliff-hanger. I think it’s to do with the new age of being able to game on-line with other people and the focus of attention away from any sort of single player towards online play and yeah, playing Halo, UT04 or BF2142 online is killer-fun, it’s not quite matching the off-line modes of other games (gah, include Halo too) which the consoles tend to have a little better. When games HAD to have good single player, they were great. Now…well…it’s kinda meh.