You can probably guess why I'm bringing this up. In case you can't though...
So, with all the hoopla over Mass Effect 3s ending, many people seem to think people are upset over it because it's a sad ending. Most say they hate the ending not because it was sad, but because it was bad. It's been pointed out that sad endings can still be good endings (most often Red Dead Redemption is used as a prime example of this). So I'm wondering; what sad endings do you consider to still be good? Can be from anything really, not just games.
One I can think of right away is Black Hawk Down (yes, I'm well aware it's a real event, but bear with me). The results of the Battle of Mogadishu led to a Pyrrhic victory, with 18 Americans killed, 73 wounded, and one captured, the mission was supposed to last an hour at most but dragged on for a day, and the political fallout forced the U.S. to withdraw from Somalia. While this is sad, it's still a good ending to both the excellent movie and book (yes, I'm well aware the book does continue a bit after the battle, but still).
Saving Private Ryan ends with the entire squad dying save for Private Ryan, which leaves him emotionally scared for the rest of his life, trying to make his life mean something in order to repay the men that died trying to save him. Sad, but still very good.
F.E.A.R. 2 has Beckett's whole squad die (at least one by his own hand), most of whom went insane and/or died in horrific fashions. Beckett himself is captured by Alma and is raped by her, and ends up becoming the father to her child. As bad as this all is, I still consider the ending good.
So, what about you?
So, with all the hoopla over Mass Effect 3s ending, many people seem to think people are upset over it because it's a sad ending. Most say they hate the ending not because it was sad, but because it was bad. It's been pointed out that sad endings can still be good endings (most often Red Dead Redemption is used as a prime example of this). So I'm wondering; what sad endings do you consider to still be good? Can be from anything really, not just games.
One I can think of right away is Black Hawk Down (yes, I'm well aware it's a real event, but bear with me). The results of the Battle of Mogadishu led to a Pyrrhic victory, with 18 Americans killed, 73 wounded, and one captured, the mission was supposed to last an hour at most but dragged on for a day, and the political fallout forced the U.S. to withdraw from Somalia. While this is sad, it's still a good ending to both the excellent movie and book (yes, I'm well aware the book does continue a bit after the battle, but still).
Saving Private Ryan ends with the entire squad dying save for Private Ryan, which leaves him emotionally scared for the rest of his life, trying to make his life mean something in order to repay the men that died trying to save him. Sad, but still very good.
F.E.A.R. 2 has Beckett's whole squad die (at least one by his own hand), most of whom went insane and/or died in horrific fashions. Beckett himself is captured by Alma and is raped by her, and ends up becoming the father to her child. As bad as this all is, I still consider the ending good.
So, what about you?
