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| Author: | Rodahn [ Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Endings in Video Games Preference |
The StarCraft thread got me thinking: What kind of video game endings do you generally prefer? I generally teeter between mostly happy and whatever fits the game's events. |
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| Author: | darksiege [ Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:57 pm ] |
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I really think whatever fits the game is the best. Except for that bullshit Halo 2 ending. |
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| Author: | Rorinthas [ Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Endings in Video Games Preference |
As long as you don't completely feel railroaded and like your efforts are wasted (I'm looking at you, Baldur's Gate!) then a less than happy ending is fine. Also Game endings pretty much peaked with FF6 |
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| Author: | Darkroland [ Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Endings in Video Games Preference |
Personally, I enjoy any ending that's satisfying and fits the game. However, lately WAY too many games have decided to bank on getting a sequel, and have had crap cliffhanger endings. |
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| Author: | Raltar [ Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:47 pm ] |
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As long as there is closure, I don't mind good or bad endings as long as it fits. FF7 had a really shitty ending because there was no closure until they released a movie a billion years later. |
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| Author: | Rorinthas [ Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:35 pm ] |
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Raltar wrote: As long as there is closure, I don't mind good or bad endings as long as it fits. FF7 had a really shitty ending because there was no closure until they released a movie a billion years later. Thanks for pointing this out. Isn't it just cool how you can compare FF6 to FF7 in pretty much every way and find out how the modern thought surrounding what makes a good video game just isn't right? |
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| Author: | Nevandal [ Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:51 pm ] |
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i liked ff7's ending...haha |
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| Author: | Dash [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:57 am ] |
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Ending just has to give me something. You can go with Starcraft and have a unexpected/dark/bittersweet/controversial ending or you can go Portal and have a satisfying if expected ending but throw in a really catchy song for the end credits! |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:37 am ] |
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I avoid singleplayer games that have storylines and endings. They always make me feel lonely. |
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| Author: | Vladimirr [ Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Endings in Video Games Preference |
Rorinthas wrote: Also Game endings pretty much peaked with FTFY |
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| Author: | Hopwin [ Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:33 am ] |
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Most video games end like anime series nowadays. Very sad. |
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| Author: | Screeling [ Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:39 am ] |
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Hero has to die. No other outcome is acceptable. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:00 am ] |
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Screeling wrote: Hero has to die. No other outcome is acceptable. I guess you won't be playing any of the Harry Potter games then? |
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| Author: | Aizle [ Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:38 pm ] |
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Harry dies. So does Dumbledore. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:33 pm ] |
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Aizle wrote: Harry dies. Well... sorta. |
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| Author: | Screeling [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:00 am ] |
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Lex Luthor wrote: Screeling wrote: Hero has to die. No other outcome is acceptable. I guess you won't be playing any of the Harry Potter games then? I have never read a Harry Potter book nor seen any of the movies. I definitely will not play the games. I prefer to keep it that way. |
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| Author: | Talya [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:42 am ] |
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Generally, whether in movies or games, if the hero dies, the entire story was a pointless waste of time. |
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| Author: | shuyung [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:49 am ] |
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I disagree entirely. I think more movies and games should end with the hero's death. We could avoid all the ridiculous sequels. Just think if Tom Brady had died at the end of Super Bowl XXXVI. Maybe we could have avoided all the Maddens since then. |
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| Author: | Talya [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:54 am ] |
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shuyung wrote: I disagree entirely. I think more movies and games should end with the hero's death. We could avoid all the ridiculous sequels. Just think if Tom Brady had died at the end of Super Bowl XXXVI. Maybe we could have avoided all the Maddens since then. You make a compelling point with the madden line. Though sometimes the sequel is a good thing! (And on sequels, what about stories like Mass Effect 2 where the hero dies...at the beginning?) |
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| Author: | shuyung [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:41 am ] |
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I haven't played the Mass Effect series, but wouldn't that make him not the hero, then? At least, of that installment. |
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| Author: | Talya [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:56 am ] |
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shuyung wrote: I haven't played the Mass Effect series, but wouldn't that make him not the hero, then? At least, of that installment. S/He got better. |
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| Author: | Numbuk [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Endings in Video Games Preference |
I don't always think happy is best. I think that if the game's ending completes a well-told story and maybe helps drive home a point, then it can be just as good (if not better) than a "Happily Ever After" ending. The same goes for movies. Some really great movies didn't end on a happy note. Spoiler: |
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| Author: | Screeling [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:50 pm ] |
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I kind of look at it from the perspective of what happens to the hero after the story. Okay - he (generally speaking) saved the world. Now what's he gonna do? Go lead a quiet life on a farm? Maintain a desk job and live out a life where their renown slowly dies because they're not doing anything important anymore? |
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| Author: | Raltar [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 1:57 pm ] |
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Red Dead Redemption's ending made me feel like the entire game was a waste. Thank god for the zombie addon or it would have been a complete waste of a game. |
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| Author: | Numbuk [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:03 pm ] |
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Raltar wrote: Red Dead Redemption's ending made me feel like the entire game was a waste. Thank god for the zombie addon or it would have been a complete waste of a game. Really? You must have missed the whole over-arcing story then. Fantastically written with a 100% consistent theme and point throughout, including and especially the very end. |
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