Metal Saga is one of my favorite RPGs on the PS2.  A curious open-world structure that mixed the story-telling and gameplay aspects of Japanese RPGs with the ability to explore the world freely as in a western-style RPG, it's nothing if not unique, and depending on where you go and what you do, the challenge level can become intense from the outset.  It's really an underrated gem of a game.
 
Also, it is downright absurd.
 
Of course, with its open-ended nature comes a host of different ending possibilities.  You can become a famous hunter, get married, or, in quite possibly the greatest worst ending ever, just screw adventuring all together within seconds of starting the game:
 
 

the text noise is so incredibly annoying 
that is an awesome thing to do tho

Wow. I'm truly flabbergasted.

" Wow. I'm truly flabbergasted. "

Wait, JRPG with Western influences, Saga in the title? Oh shit. Also, what the hell is Gluteus Maximism? Is it the worship of the ass or something? Sounds like a Persona sidequest or something :P.

" Wait, JRPG with Western influences, Saga in the title? Oh shit. Also, what the hell is Gluteus Maximism? Is it the worship of the ass or something? Sounds like a Persona sidequest or something :P. "

Awesome find. Self-aware epilogue text FTW?

I didn't think it was that bad

I love awful cheesey endings some times. In fact Fahrenheit's made it just that much more special.

That's pretty good.

This seems to obvious, sorry 
 
  

  I don't know why but the title of this thread reminded me of an old school PC game called Dark Seed II. It didn't have a bad ending instead it was more on the lines a disconcerting ending. So you spent the entire game investigating the murder of your high school sweetheart, only to find out that it was your evil doppelganger from an alternate dimension that originally posed as a friend to you. At the end of the game the doppelganger ends up stabbing you in the back and killing you as well as framing you for the murder of your sweetheart. The game ends with your character saying that "Too bad real life doesn't always have a happy ending." Then the credits roll. 

 
I'm not kidding that was it. That was the real ending of the game. There were no other "alternate endings. Everything in the game that you worked hard for was negated at the end of the game. All of your time and effort meant diddly. YOU LOST REGARDLESS OF HOW QUICKLY OR EFFICIENTLY YOU COMPLETED THE GAME.
 
The reception for the ending was so bad that the official guide/walkthrough had an FAQ that confirmed that this was the actual ending. Before that no one really believed that that was the real ending to the game. Everyone thought that there had to be an alternate ending where things turned out better for the protagonist we came to care for after two games, but it turns out that wasn't the case. 
 
So here it is, and yes the game is weird right from the start. And yes that is her face:
 

" @ZombiePie: It sounds more like Chrono Cross.
 
 

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" @ZombiePie:   Oh god.  What were they thinking when they ended Quest for Glory III like that?  Did they expect people to just accept that the first two games never happened?