What games totally nail the ending? (Gaming)
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).
Complete thread:
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Korny,
2016-02-08, 16:43
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-08, 16:49
- What games totally nail the ending? -
yakaman,
2016-02-08, 16:57
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-08, 17:13
- What games totally nail the ending? *Spoilz* - Korny, 2016-02-08, 17:21
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-08, 17:13
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Korny,
2016-02-08, 17:08
- What games totally nail the ending? - Cody Miller, 2016-02-08, 17:16
- What games totally nail the ending? -
yakaman,
2016-02-08, 16:57
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Ragashingo,
2016-02-08, 16:56
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Kermit,
2016-02-08, 17:00
- What games totally nail the ending? - Ragashingo, 2016-02-08, 17:07
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Kermit,
2016-02-08, 17:00
- Not "The Witness" [spoiler] -
Chappy,
2016-02-08, 16:57
- Not "The Witness" [spoiler] -
Xenos,
2016-02-08, 17:30
- Not "The Witness" [spoiler] - Chappy, 2016-02-08, 18:47
- Not "The Witness" [spoiler] -
Xenos,
2016-02-08, 17:30
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Kermit,
2016-02-08, 16:57
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Ragashingo,
2016-02-08, 17:09
- What games totally nail the ending? - Kermit, 2016-02-08, 17:28
- What games totally nail the ending? - Kermit, 2016-02-08, 21:43
- What games totally nail the ending? -
narcogen,
2016-02-09, 11:35
- What games totally nail the ending? - Kermit, 2016-02-09, 12:10
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Chewbaccawakka,
2016-02-09, 20:03
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Kermit,
2016-02-09, 20:23
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Chewbaccawakka,
2016-02-09, 20:32
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Kermit,
2016-02-09, 20:40
- What games totally nail the ending? - Chewbaccawakka, 2016-02-09, 20:54
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Kermit,
2016-02-09, 20:40
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Chewbaccawakka,
2016-02-09, 20:32
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Kermit,
2016-02-09, 20:23
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Ragashingo,
2016-02-08, 17:09
- What games totally nail the ending? - CyberKN, 2016-02-08, 17:05
- Halo 1, Deus Ex, Fallout 3 - nico, 2016-02-08, 17:08
- Sonic 2. I Couldn't Stop Crying. -
Morpheus,
2016-02-08, 17:50
- Sonic 2. I Couldn't Stop Crying. - Avateur, 2016-02-09, 02:16
- Now For My Others. - Morpheus, 2016-02-10, 00:45
- Tetris -
bluerunner,
2016-02-08, 18:07
- Tetris' REAL ending -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-08, 18:37
- /thread - CyberKN, 2016-02-08, 19:05
- Tetris' REAL ending -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-08, 18:37
- What games totally nail the ending? -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-02-08, 18:30
- On the topic of Limbo -
unoudid,
2016-02-08, 18:54
- On the topic of Limbo -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-02-08, 22:13
- +1 *spoilers* - Korny, 2016-02-09, 02:58
- On the topic of Limbo -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-02-08, 22:13
- On the topic of Limbo -
unoudid,
2016-02-08, 18:54
- What games totally nail the ending? -
unoudid,
2016-02-08, 18:51
- On the topic of Reach -
marmot 1333,
2016-02-08, 19:12
- On the topic of Reach - Kermit, 2016-02-09, 19:55
- On the topic of Reach -
marmot 1333,
2016-02-08, 19:12
- Halo 3 - Robot Chickens, 2016-02-08, 20:01
- What games totally nail the ending? -
CaneCutter,
2016-02-08, 20:31
- I agree, Ori ends Fantastically! - MacGyver10, 2016-02-09, 18:32
- Haaaaaaalo -
Leviathan,
2016-02-09, 00:56
- Haaaaaaalo -
Xenos,
2016-02-09, 01:46
- Agreed. Maybe the PS4 people will get them as exclusives :p - Ragashingo, 2016-02-09, 02:06
- Haaaaaaalo -
Ragashingo,
2016-02-09, 02:05
- Alan Wake! -
marmot 1333,
2016-02-09, 02:53
- Alan Wake! - Chewbaccawakka, 2016-02-09, 20:15
- Alan Wake! -
marmot 1333,
2016-02-09, 02:53
- Haaaaaaalo - Avateur, 2016-02-09, 02:26
- Haaaaaaalo -
Xenos,
2016-02-09, 01:46
- Lost Odyssey -
Avateur,
2016-02-09, 01:59
- Lost Odyssey -
Leviathan,
2016-02-09, 02:03
- Lost Odyssey -
Avateur,
2016-02-09, 02:11
- Lost Odyssey - Leviathan, 2016-02-09, 03:17
- Lost Odyssey -
Avateur,
2016-02-09, 02:11
- Lost Odyssey -
Leviathan,
2016-02-09, 02:03
- Thought about it for awhile - Xenos, 2016-02-09, 04:20
- Borderlands 1. - ProbablyLast, 2016-02-09, 16:55
- HL2e2 :-( - Robot Chickens, 2016-02-09, 17:24
- Microsoft Solitaire. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-09, 17:48
- That animation! OMG! - Kermit, 2016-02-09, 20:41
- SNES' Earthbound - MacGyver10, 2016-02-09, 18:35
- Firewatch ending was good. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-10, 15:31
- Firewatch ending was good. -
cheapLEY,
2016-02-13, 17:07
- Firewatch ending was good. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-13, 20:21
- Firewatch ending was good. -
cheapLEY,
2016-02-13, 21:03
- Maybe the daily horror that is my life colors my perception. - Funkmon, 2016-02-13, 21:06
- Firewatch ending was good. -
cheapLEY,
2016-02-13, 21:03
- Firewatch ending was good. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-13, 20:21
- Firewatch ending was good. -
cheapLEY,
2016-02-13, 17:07
- What games totally nail the ending? -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-08, 16:49