What games totally nail the ending? (Gaming)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Monday, February 08, 2016, 16:43 (2993 days ago)

With Firewatch launching tomorrow, reviews are all praising it as a fantastic game, with the only noticeable nitpick being that the game's ending was not what some folks were expecting, which got me thinking about other great games held back by their ending [Mass Effect 3 ending haters nod here] (Oxenfree has similar complaints, if I recall).

I remember having a talk with some DBO folks about how, of all of the pieces that make up a game, the absolute most difficult (yet vital) part to get right is the ending. So what games have avoided this pitfall and totally nailed their ending?

The most obvious one that comes to mind for me is The Last of Us, which haunts me to this day (and hits me every time I replay the game).