Games you loved but hated the ending

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#1  Edited By nickux

Has there ever been a game you absolutely loved, put lots of time into, and then feel like it fell apart at the end? I recently got a chance to finally play Borderlands and had a similar reaction to the way it played out in the final set of missions. 
 
 First let me just say I loved this game- it satisfied so many things I enjoy in games. It channeled elements of Fallout 3, had good shooting, loot drops, tons of quests, etc. But what the hell was with that ending? 
 

  

In the end, I still really enjoyed the game and am looking forward to diving into some of the DLC. Have you ever had a similar experience? If so, what game?
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#2  Edited By N3onThr33

Fable 2. The ending was just so lame.

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#3  Edited By zombie2011

The Darkness. 
 
You didn't even get to play the ending it just showed you this awesome shit, but you never got to control anything.

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#4  Edited By SpiralStairs

Nocturne's neutral ending is awful. The game even tells you that you could have chosen a better one. 
The first two metal gear games solid have pretty lame endings, but 3 and 4 make up for that. 
Also, System Shock 2's ending was way too cliched.

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#5  Edited By Yummylee

KOTOR 2 strikes me first. MGS2's was pretty lame aswell leaving far too much in the open or to perception.

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#6  Edited By salad10203

Although I didn't have great expectations for the ending, Borderlands' was still so dull.

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Fallout 3, MGS4 (the after the credits ending), and, yes, FUCKING BORDERLANDS.  Nothing could describe my rage after that ending.  I expected essentially what was Knoxx's ending.

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#8  Edited By I_love_Eva_Braun

Limbo,last one I can remember

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#9  Edited By Vorbis

GTA4.
 
I spent the whole game trying to get Kate to be normal, doing stupid bowling and dart minigames, always answering her calls, then just when things were going well and she looked like she was having fun, the ending happened. Either she dies or she never speaks to you again, I got so annoyed and wished I had never bothered with her like most people.
 
Ive never hated a game because of its ending, but GTA4 came very close.

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@MancombSeepgood said:
" Indigo Prophecy. Surprised someone else hasn't said that yet. "
Surprised I didn't think of that.  That wasn't necessarily the ending, though...more like the last 1/3 of the game.
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#12  Edited By LegalBagel

Fallout 3.  The logical inconsistency was bad enough, but their attempt to retcon it was worse.  Plus the actual ending sequence was a pale imitation of the ending montages from Fallout 1 and 2 - ones that actually  showed you how your choices throughout impacted the world, instead of a generic good or bad ending.

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#13  Edited By SpiralStairs
@InfamousBIG said:
" Fallout 3, MGS4 (the after the credits ending), and, yes, FUCKING BORDERLANDS.  Nothing could describe my rage after that ending.  I expected essentially what was Knoxx's ending. "

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#14  Edited By MancombSeepgood
@InfamousBIG said:
" @MancombSeepgood said:
" Indigo Prophecy. Surprised someone else hasn't said that yet. "
Surprised I didn't think of that.  That wasn't necessarily the ending, though...more like the last 1/3 of the game. "
Yeah I thought that when I was getting the hyperlink but hell, for a game that started so strong and ended (even if we extend the ending over the last third of the game) so horrifically, it had to go in this topic.
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#16  Edited By Xtrememuffinman

*SPOILERS FOR THE LISTED GAMES*
 
Persona 4 - The true ending was hella Deus Ex Machina, and Adachi had absolutely no motivation. The twist that it was him all along was good, but his reasoning was lame. No Catharsis... there's my literary vocabulary for the day.
 
Sly 3 - Probably the worst ending possible ending. It left a bad taste in your mouth.
 
Star Ocean: 'Till the End of Time - I, like many people, stopped playing after the twist. The game wasn't good until that point, but I just gave up after the "OMG ITZ DA MATRIX!!!11".
 
Indigo Prophecy - For a game that relied entirely on story, it wasn't that great. Well, it was until the whole "Orange Clan" "Purple Clan" thing. The story just took a turn south way too fast, without explaining anything. Does Heavy Rain do anything similar, because I'm debating whether or not to get it. I was interested, and got Indigo to test the waters.

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#18  Edited By SpiralStairs
@S_M_S: You should have played the others first, it makes it so much better
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#19  Edited By blazerx9x

The ending of assassins creed 2, it sucked

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#20  Edited By Kyreo

Majoras Mask 
 
Limbo

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#21  Edited By SpiralStairs
@InfamousBIG:
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@S_M_S:  
@SpiralStairs
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" @S_M_S: You should have played the others first, it makes it so much better "
Yeah, MGS4 was the first MGS game I played too, but I loved it so much I went through and played Metal Gear 1 (not even MGS) all the way through and replayed 4.  Only ones I haven't played are Portable Ops and Peace Walker (which I hear a PS3 port is a possibility). 
 
It's worth going through and playing them all, certainly.
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#23  Edited By MancombSeepgood
@blazerx9x said:
" The ending of assassins creed 2, it sucked "
I was considering putting that too. I mean really...
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#26  Edited By blazerx9x
@MancombSeepgood:
I didn`t like it because I felt that the ending ended the wrong way
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#27  Edited By SpiralStairs
@InfamousBIG:
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#28  Edited By Spoonman671

Batman: Arkham Asylum (last boss sucked)
Oblivion (lacked impact)
R6: Vegas 2 (so all this shit happened because I was too nice to somebody?)
MGS4 (I wouldn't say I "loved" it, but I think they really kind of botched the ending)
FFX-2 (this is really more about how they ruined the really good ending of the first game)
Star Wars: Republic Commando (ending set up a sequel that hasn't happened still)

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@SpiralStairs: Agree 100%.
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#30  Edited By Deusoma

I'm gonna bring up Rebel Without a Pulse here. 
 

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#31  Edited By Synthballs
@blazerx9x said:
" The ending of assassins creed 2, it sucked "
This. But, I didn't think it sucked, I just wanted to play more and I couldn't. So I hated it so fucking much.
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#32  Edited By Milkman

BioShock, for sure.
 
Oh, and MGS 4's ending was awful.

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#33  Edited By gingertastic_10

I didn't care too much for the ending in Bad Company 2.

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#34  Edited By jim_dandy

Red Faction: Guerilla's last mission.
 
What the fuck.

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#35  Edited By paradox121
@blazerx9x said:
" The ending of assassins creed 2, it sucked "
YES. And everyone seemed to applaude it like it was a masterpiece. No. Just non-sensical. 

I'd vote for Fable 2

Singularity

And Crackdown. 
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#36  Edited By Phantom63

Red Dead Redmption
Bioshock
God of War III

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#37  Edited By dubios451

Borderlands, definitely. I mean I didn't expect much, but giving the player absolutely nothing was sort of lame. 

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#38  Edited By Extreme_Popcorn

STALKER, oh my god! Fighting through that last level of death and annoyance only to get some shitty cut scene that makes no sense and answer none of the questions you may have about anything that happens in the game. 
 
Metro 2033, another Russian game with a terrible ending, why bother with a story when you make the ending so so bad

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#39  Edited By meteora

Assassin's Creed 1 & 2 
Fable II (what a lame ass ending; I didn't even love the game) 
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

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#40  Edited By recroulette

MGS4.

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#41  Edited By Vital

I am surprised no one said Borderlands.. 
 
I mean the gameplay was fine.. but the story was so awful, not to mention the ending, which made no sense at ALL.

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#42  Edited By Andorski

Batman Arkham Asylum.  From a story perspective, it felt cliche and rushed.  From a gameplay perspective, the last encounter missed an opportunity to utilize all the power-ups you got throughout the campaign.

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@Andorski: Because everyone wanted to fight Bane again. Rocksteady sure knows what the fans want.
 
Really makes you keep the faith for Arkham 2.
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#44  Edited By nexas

Persona 4. The true ending felt really tacked on, and didn't really add much of anything.

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#45  Edited By turboman

Indigo Prophecy 

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#46  Edited By HandsomeDead

I can't even think of a game with a good ending apart from Red Dead Redemption and even that's far from perfect.

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#47  Edited By Jeust

.Hack Infection had a lame ending, without any closure.  

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#48  Edited By Vlaphor

The Longest Journey 2:  Dreamfall 
 

 

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#49  Edited By Andorski
@LordXavierBritish:  The boss fights were lame, but the rest of the game felt well paced and thoroughly detailed.  Hopefully criticisms of Batman: AA was narrowly focused and loud enough for Rocksteady to watch for such pitfalls in the sequel.
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#50  Edited By jasta
@doublezeroduck said:
" Fable 2, Mass Effect 2, Borderlands, RE5 "

What was it you didint like about Mass Effect 2's ending? I'm not saying your wrong Im just curious.

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Fable 2

F.E.A.R 2 was a little odd.