What game endings have appealed to you?

[xDarkspawnx]

I was recently playing infamous and thought that the ending while sequel bait, was still very substantial. So I ask you, what endings in a game have appealed to you and why?

Also first post so yeah. Hooray I guess.

 

[Valagetti]

congrats. Bioshock was great, then they said hey lets spin money on this game. MGS3 was the only MGS I liked.

 

[Sacman]

Deus Ex... Why? it gave you the option to party...<.<

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

inb4 Portal 2!

and on that note: Portal 2.

 

[Medallish]

One that blew my mind recently was Red Dead Redemption, one of the best endings I've experienced in a game, especially if you didn't expect it.

 

[Smertnik]

SotC. The ending was really awesome, partly because of the interactivity. It made me cry, too.

 

[MetalMaz]

Dirge of Cerberus. Brilliant ending, although it got my hopes up for a sequel with the not-so-hidden 'hidden' ending.

 

[Randomspike]

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, it was nice seeing what happened to all of the characters that you meet throughout the game.

 

[razor343]

Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned. Great ending in my opinion, manly tears were shed.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Halo Reach. It was a fitting end to Bungie's involvement with the franchise they created. To be honest, I wish Microsoft would just let the series end with Reach because of its satisfying conclusion.

The Neverhood Chronicles also had a great ending (the good ending, that is).

And who could forget the climactic end to KOTOR?
Wait...what?

 

[plugav]

I've given the same answers in a topic about "best endings," or something like that, but here we go:

Planescape: Torment - probably the only game ending that ever moved me.

Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines - for the whole game, you're looking for a thing called the Ankaran Sarcophagus, while people keep telling you not to open it [http://lparchive.org/Vampire-The-Masquerade-Bloodlines/Update%2071/vamp2204008.JPG]. Well, there are a few options in the end but the most appealing, of course, is to look inside the damned thing. I will say no more.

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 - an obvious sequel tease, but a well executed one. Although I'd played Defiance first, so I already knew how it would play out (and it made much more sense now).

Portal - that one's pretty obvious, isn't it?

 

[AlternatePFG]

KOTOR's good ending was pretty damn good, it felt like a perfect Star Wars ending.

Also, yeah Portal 2. That was great.

 

[Gaiseric]

I agree with you OP. I liked the good inFamous ending better. Cole's fear of failing the people and his loneliness struck a cord with me.

MGS4's ending is probably my favorite. Too many reasons to list though. SNAKE!!!!!!

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

Portal, Portal 2, Halo 3, Halo Reach, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Assassins Creed Brotherhood.

 

[xDarkspawnx]

Wow.Didn't prepare for such a huge response. Haven't played most of those games so ill reply to those i have played. Portal 2 had a great ending.Halo Reach was pretty good.SotC was unforgettable and tearbringing.MGS3 was an ending that i felt was a bit rushed but I didn't really like that game and as for Bioshock the good ending was good. Bad ending was just a tad more entertaining to me.Heh never replyin like this again.

 

[SwimmingRock]

Terranigma, son! Ending got me all choked up. More people need to play that game, I tell you. Also, Deadly Premonition, Nier, Xenogears and FF7+X. I'm sure I'm forgetting something, though.

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 - an obvious sequel tease, but a well executed one. Although I'd played Defiance first, so I already knew how it would play out (and it made much more sense now).

Hmm. I thought Defiance had a better ending. Then again, I'd played the entire series from the start, so that ending had a magnificent feeling of completion to it when everything came full circle after about a decade. God, I love the LoK series.

 

[Pinstar]

Ico. Perfect ending to a perfect game.

 

[Still Life]

On principal, I'm not a fan of sequel-bait endings. Modern Warfare 2 and Crysis immediately come to mind.

On that note:

Two games which I thought had great endings were COD4 and Mechwarrior 3.