bda276 No.14849727
What are some videogame endings which make you reflect on everything you've been through and come off feeling it was all worth it?
I just finished Unreal, and even though the actual story is as simple as one can get, the whole journey of the game combined with the music in the ending sequence made me feel in a way no other game in recent memory quite could. It made me feel exhilarated, melancholic, and hopeful all at the same time, and I felt glad for having finished the game. Not in a "I finally beat it" kind of way, but "I'm glad to have been through all of this" kind of way.
59551c No.14849786
>>14849727
>What are some videogame endings which make you reflect on everything you've been through and come off feeling it was all worth it?
Deepest ending i have ever felt.
82dfc2 No.14849945
661942 No.14849982
The good ending of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. CoP had me feel happy for each character I met and helped throughout the game
d92497 No.14849998
51d6c5 No.14850019
>>14849954
I like how the writers took the opportunity to remind the audience that Balthier was intended to be the main character all along.
7a06ea No.14850044
>>14849982
Doing all of the good things and quests felt very fulfilling.
1f8c68 No.14850155
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A Link to the Past, which shows all the characters you've met along the way and what's they're doing now (sick bug-catching kid gets better, is now chasing butterflies, old man still lost on Death Mountain, etc).
Here's a nice piano rendition of the credits theme.
6d6c58 No.14850157
Well certainly nothing comparable to one of Tomino's shitty fucking endings. The best vidya feels come after overcoming a hard arcade challenge.
51d6c5 No.14850173
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>>14850157
Turn A Gundam's ending is fantastic you pleb.
793a82 No.14850332
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>>14850157
Tomino endings are more hit than miss and ∀ was wonderful.
Also I would say New Vegas for sure. You can JUST the entire Mojave and everyone in it.
a9a593 No.14850450
MGS 2, 1 and 3, in this order. To this day MGS 2's ending really makes me think. Dog bless hackeo kojimbo.
3458cd No.14850481
>>14849786
I always thought that Doomguy ripped the rabbits head off
696076 No.14850566
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Terranigma ending wasgoodas fuck, i'll never forget it.
>>14849945
>Bastion, evacuation with Zulf alive
ftfy
7df9d1 No.14850662
>>14850613
gets me every time
c2f2f4 No.14850666
I always think about RDRedemption when this kinda thread comes around. Not because of the actual story, but just the music that comes with it. The story isn't grand by any means, but the music hits me with a moment of emotional retrospect. I recall thinking the story was great, but that being said I can't remember any of it. I remember the songs though. And if it weren't for the music, I probably would've forgotten about this game entirely.
8dbcb8 No.14850733
>>14849727
no ending will touch me the way your mom does OP
8dbcb8 No.14850756
>>14849727
MoH:RS, It was the first historical war game I played after I fully developed empathy, so know that this war happened and seeing you friend get his throat slit after rescuing you is burned into my memory.
884358 No.14850790
I know I'm going to catch flak for this, but I liked the ending of FO3 if you sacrifice yourself. I'm fully aware that it doesn't make any sense in context, but It feels like a nice conclusion to the lone wanderers story and the visuals of the water cleaning up, revealing the Jefferson statue was pretty powerful. I should add that I was a pleb who didn't know too much about Fallout when I played it.
I also liked the ending to Dragon Age Origins, meeting everyone in the throne room, the slideshow and even the song at the end served as a nice capstone to an epic adventure.
59e930 No.14850791
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>>14850666
RDR had a fantastic soundtrack, it never gets the recognition it deserves in soundtrack threads.
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2997d5 No.14850871
>>14849998
Let's get this out onto a tray
8b339f No.14850881
samurai warriors spirit of sanada.
i need more vidya with the fight of the osaka campaign man
793a82 No.14851583
>>14850666
John Marston had a hard life.
3458cd No.14851593
>>14850666
I actually liked the bit where you played as Jack, it just felt right to end the game where Jack became the man that John tried to prevent
909377 No.14851610
Metroid 2, and by extension, AM2R did this really well. After this huge journey you finally meet the last metroid and you have a beautiful walk back to the surface. I love it.
2dd9c2 No.14851634
Alternatively, can you give advice on what makes a memorable ending?
I'm working on an RPG right now which is very bleak but it has a few different endings, of which each ending is a different shade of bleak with only one being arguably a good fate for humanity.
In each of them the main idea for emotional impact is a mix of several concepts:
Surreality and batshit insanity hitting even hard in an already surreal and grim game.
Character deaths of the very few actual recurring NPCs in the game.
The idea that you personally fucked up whilst having existed to fuck this up from the very start on a multi-universal godly scale. There was nothing you could've possibly done to fix the situation but it was still your fault.
And, last but not least, completely unprecedented designs that hit from left field as well as total failure.
The original version of the game supposedly managed to have a somewhat memorable ending due to the surrealist nature of it which was induced through memorable design.
d4e1e7 No.14851860
>when there's an option for self sacrifice
and or
>when everyone's fucked anyway
gets me every time
696076 No.14854160
>>14851634
I'm afraid we can't help without knowing the story, a memorable ending can't be made half-assed, with just the basics of the game background.
>The original version of the game supposedly managed to have a somewhat memorable ending due to the surrealist nature of it
Are you making a fan sequel/alternate version of OFF or Barkley:Shut up and Jam Gaiden?
c9f4ac No.14854183
>>14851634
any ending that isnt Mass Effect 3 ending works
never boilt it down to binary meaningless choices
dont deus ex human revolution me either by giving me a stupid lever
basicly New Vegas/Call of Pripyat endings are the best
bd91cb No.14854229
Undertale pacifism ending was really fucking satisfying. Genocide too, but for different reasons. mostly getting to laugh at fags who didn't have the balls to break the cycle and erase everything
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse has the first truly good ending in the series. And the game itself is so much better than first 2.
Freedom Planet has a massive difficulty spike near the end. Finally landing the last hit after like 30 tries felt incredible.
aa0677 No.14854244
>>14850332
>720 hours and I've only beat it twice without doing a whole lot
>have competed the majority of quests in my latest playthrough and towards the end of Lonesome Road.
I still don't know all the different outcomes because I refuse to look em up.
10a02a No.14854293
>>14851634
I'm not going to give you advice here because we can discuss this privately. But >>14854160 is right on the account of
>a memorable ending can't be made half-assed
We're just going to have to make an ending that works with the arc, something that makes sense. You probably shouldn't have spoiled your intentions for the plot/themes here, but whatever.
>>14854160
>Are you making a fan sequel/alternate version of OFF or Barkley:Shut up and Jam Gaiden?
No, he's talking about a game we made, that we are using as the basis for this one (the first one was more or less an abridged and incomplete realization of the vision).
6d6c58 No.14854333
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When you've experienced overcoming a true challenge, this is all you need to conclude a game.
34c9ab No.14854340
Rain World. None of you fucks will play it though.
9548dc No.14857653
>>14854340
>still trying to shill rain world
good, it's some quality creature stuff, if the gameplay is a bit lacking
39a5c6 No.14859048
e8a7d7 No.14859067
>>14854340
I played it for a while but stopped for some reason. It's really well made, I should give it another try.
309145 No.14859079
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>>14849727
Tsukihime hands down, but it's a visual novel so I'm not sure if that's what you are looking for :^)
Anyway you can grab it off torrents and give it a shot.
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1344bb No.14859278
The ending of BTSX was the best I had felt about any ending in years, and it's a fan made project.
9d5d77 No.14860817
One of the newest games that actually gave me a strange feel of nostalgia.
Could be the music. Could be the childhood I never had.
Or It could just be me wanting to be the school girl.
It certainly is stuck with me and I would have it no other way.
9d5d77 No.14860867
>>14860817
Tho the gameplay feels unfinished. The only good things were the bossfights.
f50912 No.14860913
at the risk of getting called a faggot for bringing up FFTA and not the original FFT/WotL, i thought the story in advance was really good. the ending, while not at all challenging from a gameplay perspective, was nice because it showed those NEETs-in-the-making that using what they learned in ivalice to improve their lives in reality was better than leaving their entire world behind to stay there forever. or maybe i'm just a nostalgic retard, who knows.
also the ending of pokemon gold/silver when you fight red at the end, that was legit.
f50912 No.14860932
>>14860913
sage for doublepost, sorry. the other very amazing ending that i recall is the ending of majora's mask, when skullkid is rid of majora's influence and he and link become sort-of-friends, before link goes away again.
4d386c No.14861417
Not the ending to the main story, but the ending to this sidequest made me put down the controller for a little bit
>Played through PW
>Played through GZ and listened to Paz's diary tapes and Chico's interrogation tapes
>Went to Mother Base with a snide attitude, only wanting to complete her mission
>Slowly but surely, starts realizing how peaceful her life on Mother Base is
>Bonding with the soldiers, fishing with Chico, making a song with Kaz, and getting felt up by Strangelove
>Cries the day her cover is blown and the magic breaks away
>Refused to give Skull Face information on Mother Base despite being beaten, raped, and then raped by Chico
>Everyone thought Paz was the leaker but it was really blabbermouth Chico
>Dies protecting Big Boss
>Found her by accident in TPP
>Listened to diary tapes and her 5th tape farewell
>Realize the whole sidequest is both Venom coping with his guilt of failing to save her and realizing that he and Big Boss are two different people
>Even if it's in his head, Paz's 5th tape was probably an accurate depiction of how she really felt about Mother Base
>In a game about revenge and men becoming demons, Paz's sidequest is about the acceptance of loss and remembering her as an angel of peace
This was the best written part of that whole clusterfuck of a game.
09c0af No.14861427
>>14860817
god the atmosphere in that game was so good. it's a shame that gust has been shitting the bed with sequels lately
4a0167 No.14861511
>>14861427
It's getting a sequal? I wanted to get the game, but it's a shame about the censorship. Thank god for piracy.
117609 No.14861742
Nehrim. Sometimes you just have to let go.
The entire plot centers around some dead guys who were resurrect by the big bads because they did not achieve the goals they had in life - and became so stupidly fanatical in trying to achieve them that they remained oblivious of how their actions would lead to an extinction event
The same mistake has been repeated for untold past ages
079e93 No.14861808
>>14860817
The music is any Gust game is top tier
So yeah, that plays a big part
079e93 No.14861809
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Also, reposting because vols are retarded kikes
bce98d No.14861833
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There are three different endings to Killer7, but they all take place one after the other, and none of them really matter to the others.
The first ending has Garcian realizing that he killed the previous Killer7, and instead of them being actual people, he transforms into them, to the point where they were practically 1:1 likeness of the originals
When he encounters himself in a previous life, Emir Parkreiner, as it commits suicide, his suit is covered in blood, which means he's a traitor like Kaede
He opens his briefcase and the player sees the different weapons the Killer7 uses, with only Garcian's gun missing
Ending 2 is him deciding whether to kill the man that could cause WW3. Garcian's entire upbringing as Emir Parkreiner made him loyal to Japan, yet his reincarnation makes him loyal to the US. Either way, he kills the final Heaven's Smile and his story is over.
Many years later, his master, Harman Smith, and his enemy, Kun Lan, are fighting each other in Hong Kong. Nothing has changed.
And don't get me started on Lisa's endings. That shit hits hard as can be.
Embed is the song for Killer7's ending. It always makes me freeze up a little.
7e22f9 No.14861847
>>14849945
Bastion had a really interesting ending. Even if it really boiled down to pick X or Y it made you wonder what alternative would be better in the long run
a25818 No.14861918
>>14861417
Paz, Quiet and Venom convince me the game was meant to be about pain, not revenge. Revenge is simply one possible consequence; peace is another.
It's the most poignant thing I take away from the game; helps me keep my head up sometimes.
5f190e No.14862150
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Might as well get the obvious out of the way.
9e58b2 No.14862204
>>14861742
Hold on, can you elaborate? I've played through Nehrim, but I must have missed quite a bit of that.
6d17e4 No.14862251
>>14849727
Finally got around playing first pic related. I got to say I didn't really expect a full out armageddon fest at the end, to be so enraged of Onyx's bullshit, the bad endings, and was completely moved by the world being reborn again along with the little after credits scenes of like the Yygdrasil tree, and the picture of Ingway and Mercedes' flower. As for second pic related, all three PS2 games had that special moving cheesy charm to it especially the endings for each game.
dd9f7c No.14862299
Fighting 'til the end against this big guy.
665cce No.14862323
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>>14849727
>player sacrifices himself for everyone he's known
>everyone forgets what he did
>He gets to live one more day
>Everyone remembers him suddenly
>they rush to meet him only to find he's dying on the roof of the school in his robot waifu's arms
>credits
6aae1c No.14862345
>>14851860
so many studios have done the self sacrifice angle it's starting to wear on me, but it turns out you can do it without just outright killing a character which is almost more frustrating
665cce No.14862381
>>14851860
I felt Persona 3 did it well in that you're told that the antagonist is a cosmic entity that's going to destroy everything and you can't stop it. And the antagonist is offering you the choice to just let it happen quicker without you knowing about it. Or you can instead choose to fight the villain pointlessly. And what's interesting is most of the characters think murdering the villain to get it over with is the better option. It really ties into the general themes of suicide and accepting your own demise. The character Aigis says at the end that people make their own meaning when they are aware of their own eventual inevitable demise.
8b339f No.14862567
>>14862323
>>14862381
i dont know what you're on about. persona has always had predictable af writing with characters so intolerable, so insufferable that I constantly wish for their demise and deaths.
how you were able to get invested in such a cast and feel for them honestly baffles me.
90e74e No.14862921
The end of Wind Waker when you literally sail off into the sunset.
1ec1ce No.14862974
>>14849945
>FF6
>That point when they're all on the airship and wave, right when that classic FF medley kicks in
>>14850155
The way that ended was wonderful. Seeing how everyone ended up, and the final shot of Link returning the sword into the stone. Fuck I love that game.
>>14860913
FFTA was a really nice game though. Yes, FFT is a much heavier game comparatively, but FFTA was wonderful in its own right, the ending even moreso.
>>14862150
The way that game ended, I didn't quite understand it when I first played through it when it had just come out. I was a stupid 12 year old who didn't know shit. But I replayed it years later, it hit me a lot harder now that I've played it recently. Great game.
54c190 No.14862981
>Turn-A
good taste my man.
92d2dd No.14863516
>>14861918
>the game named The Phantom Pain is about pain
ya don't say
68a534 No.14865289
>>14850478
LOOK TO MY LEFT AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE I TRIED
d9a982 No.14865665
>got a Dreamcast in it's twilight days and got a bunch of games
>got SA2 new
>play it and really fucking love it
>work towards end game
>complete the final story where everyone works together to stop the planet from being busted
>Shadow is dead
>bat tats says she's going to give up her spy/thief life and spend her time with Knuckles & Knuckles
>Knuckles approves of that
>Eggman tells Tails that he always looked up to his Grandfather for the genius he was and wanted to be a great scientist he was but grew disillusioned when he found out he was totally bananas
>Tails doesn't know how to console him but tries to uplift him by saying that they saved the world by working together
>Sonic is lost thinking about someone going on about the concept of the "Ultimate life form"
>Accepts Amy's company as all six characters return to earth
>one final goodbye to Shadow
>bitching Live and Learn music kicks on and the ending seems pretty positive
>during a lull in the end
>remember that Sega is going under and this was the last sega-sonic game ever
>suddenly, webm related shows up on the screen
>sit in silence for around 10 minutes realizing a rather well liked chapter of my life was over
It was pretty intense and while we know now that "death" didn't stick, it's still some powerful words, since it was honestly an actual goodbye.