Favourite endings?
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FFVIII -
FFIX -
BOFV -
FFX/X2 - Very well done endings that I could watch over and over again.
Raine
I like this best simply because it's from my favorite game. Very long and complete, everyone gets some camera time. I did not care for the distorted timezone part though.
I like this best simply because it's from my favorite game. Very long and complete, everyone gets some camera time. I did not care for the distorted timezone part though.FFIX -
Vivi
BOFV -
Sunlight! Short but quite exciting. I don't remember clearly if Ryu died or not?
FFX/X2 - Very well done endings that I could watch over and over again.
Tabris said:Yeah, and the ending is so much better for it. Since Sakaguchi didn't make AC, I'll consider it (and everything after it) to be a "What if they didn't actually die" scenario
Sorry no. For years I've been telling your kind that you were wrong, and I finally have proof. Accept it and move on.
Necroscope
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MGS 3.
mCACGj said:
My answer for this thread. I love how you basically get this
psuedo-ending, but then you're allowed to roam the land for a bit and talk to everyone whose life you've sort of had a part in and it's so awesome. And then the ending credits roll and you see all the images of the pictures that were taken of you during the course of the game.
Error Macro
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Mega Man 2
The season changes along with the ending theme were so beautiful.
The season changes along with the ending theme were so beautiful.
Wintermute
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My favourite ending was for Fade to Black. The ending sequence with the Conrad voice over and the stirring music - fantastic. I loved the original MGS ending as well - felt like you earned it after the battle with Liquid on top of Metal Gear Rex (decent twist as well). Recently I loved the ending to Skies of Arcadia - it was a nice way to wrap up the game by providing a brief epilogue for each character. I haven't finished MGS3 yet but I am expecting great things giving what I have read.
Earthbound and FFVI were especially good, I thought.
The Mario Bros. games' endings also felt like really momentous occasions.
Totally unrelated, but I was playing Mario All Stars for the first time in years today. I had forgotten Penny Heaven existed in Super Mario Bros.! We need to see that reinstituted.
The Mario Bros. games' endings also felt like really momentous occasions.
Totally unrelated, but I was playing Mario All Stars for the first time in years today. I had forgotten Penny Heaven existed in Super Mario Bros.! We need to see that reinstituted.
michael000
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J2 Cool said:
This is probably why the FF and MGS endings are always so well loved and memorable. I've played and beat all the MGS and FF games and even though it's been ages since i've played some of them i can remember exactly what happened. Worst of the bunch imo was FFVII, VIII- X-2 made up for it though.
tahrikmili
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How about Might & Magic: Clouds of Xeen / Darkside of Xeen ?
Anyanka said:
It sums up NOTHING. You see holy trying to destroy meteor. Then you see the lifestream gushing out. Then you jump 500 years later and see Red XIII running around a field with his kids/grandkids. How the fuck does that sum up ANYTHING? It was a fucking cliffhanger. No one understood wtf was going on, what the hell happened with Meteor & Holy. People were arguing about whether or not Holy wiped out the human race until last year, when AC was unveiled.
I just don't see HOW you can find FFVII's ending to be anything more than absolute crap. :/
Ninja Gaiden - for as hard as that game was back in the day, the ending is so worth it its not even funny. Too bad 2 and 3 basically repeated it.
Snatcher - holy shit, one hour ending! Just mentioning the game makes me want to play through it again. I seriously need to get some more graphic adventure games.
Megaman 3 - for some reason, the ending to this one sticks out more than the others. I'm torn between this and MM2.
Final Fantasy Tactics - I like the ending theme, and its also one of the few games that has an ambiguous ending that doesn't get on my nerves.
I'll think of more later.
Snatcher - holy shit, one hour ending! Just mentioning the game makes me want to play through it again. I seriously need to get some more graphic adventure games.
Megaman 3 - for some reason, the ending to this one sticks out more than the others. I'm torn between this and MM2.
Final Fantasy Tactics - I like the ending theme, and its also one of the few games that has an ambiguous ending that doesn't get on my nerves.
I'll think of more later.
Kung Fu Jedi
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I thought the ending to KOTOR I was very good, at least the suprise twist near the end anyway. One of the bigger story twists in games that I can remember.
Someone mentioned Thief: The Dark Project, and I agree with that one completely. That game was so ahead of it's time but got a little lost behind Half Life at the time. The ending was excellent, especially the cryptic "beware the coming of the metal age" line.
Another one that come to mind are Homeworld, which I thought had a great storyline, especially for a startegy game.
KFJ
Someone mentioned Thief: The Dark Project, and I agree with that one completely. That game was so ahead of it's time but got a little lost behind Half Life at the time. The ending was excellent, especially the cryptic "beware the coming of the metal age" line.
Another one that come to mind are Homeworld, which I thought had a great storyline, especially for a startegy game.
KFJ
GaimeGuy said:
It's not a cliffhanger at all. Holy is summoned but it is too late and Meteor powers through it. However, just when it looks like all is lost the lifestream(including Aeris, or perhaps even lead by her?) comes and saves the day. In other words in the end it is the power of nature and life itself that saves the day. 200 years later the planet is alive and well. Isn't that fitting of FF VII's story?
A lot of people understood what was going on. Sucks for those who didn't. I never had any trouble understanding it or doubt that humanity survived.
I REALLY wish Square wouldn't have included Bugenhagan making an offhand remark that maybe Holy would decide to wipe out humanity. If that wasn't in this would be so much simpler.
Uh... even red xiii stated that Holywasn't working as intended. It was just making things WORSE. How the fuck do you explain that?Anyanka said:
and If FFVII wasn't a cliffhanger it would have had an ending like FF8. or 9. or 6, or 1, or 4, or 5, or pretty much any other FF. FFVII's ending was much more vague and confusing than the others, and it didn't sum up that much. I mean, in every other FF, i've gotten SOME sense of closure. All FFVII provided me was a sense of "what the fuck? So why the hell did holy work WITH meteor? Wtf happened after the lifestream came out? was midgar destroyed? Was the whole damn human race destroyed? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED? AND WHY WERE SOME CHARACTERS MISSING FROM THE ENDING?!"
Having red and his grandchildren on the cliff where zack died overlooking midgar 500 years later doesn't wrap up shit.
Like I said, it was too late for Holy. They had brought this possibility up in the game earlier, so it's not like it just came out of no where either. Holy isn't helping Meteor, it's just not strong enough to stop it. The only part about that I could see as being confusing is that Red says it's "having the opposite effect". You can clearly see tha Meteor is just pushing through Holy though, so I don't see why so many people are fixated on that.
After the lifestream comes out it destroys Meteor. You can see it hit it and chunks start to spread.
Midgar was destroyed, you can see this in the 200 years later part. Nature has returned! YAY FOR NATURE!
Humanity is fine. The only reason Humanity would be destroyed is if Holy had decided they were a threat and that isn't the case. It was just something Bugenhagan brought up as a possibility. In the ending you see Holy go right past humans(Cloud and co. chilling in the airship) and it does them no harm. Instead it heads right for meteor. Sadly, it is too late and it fails.
The reason it doesn't show what happened to everyone is because it isn't needed. They already wrapped up each character's arc in the scene where Cloud gives everyone the day off the night before the final battle. Everyone's personal story is estentially over heading into the fight with Sephiroth. What more do you need to know about their fates? That Barrett ended up settling down and raising Marlene? We already knew that. That Cloud is now at peace with his past? We already knew that. The big issue left is the fate of the planet and that's settled perfectly.
I think it has great closure. Life is the theme of the game and in the end life is what saves the day. I thought the 200 years later scene was great. The children laughing is enough shown of humanity. We already know how the characters will deal, just hearing that life went on and the world is a much nicer place is enough. And as I said before, the visuals are great. I love the shot where you can see the meteor from as far away as Cosmo Canyon and all the scenes where it's destroying Meteor with it's nuke like force are really cool looking. THe ending being remade with modern CGI would be so awesome.
I don't know what else to tell you. I always found it to be pretty clear. I don't really consider it subtle at all. Maybe if you watched it again after reading what I have said you'd see it differently?
After the lifestream comes out it destroys Meteor. You can see it hit it and chunks start to spread.
Midgar was destroyed, you can see this in the 200 years later part. Nature has returned! YAY FOR NATURE!
Humanity is fine. The only reason Humanity would be destroyed is if Holy had decided they were a threat and that isn't the case. It was just something Bugenhagan brought up as a possibility. In the ending you see Holy go right past humans(Cloud and co. chilling in the airship) and it does them no harm. Instead it heads right for meteor. Sadly, it is too late and it fails.
The reason it doesn't show what happened to everyone is because it isn't needed. They already wrapped up each character's arc in the scene where Cloud gives everyone the day off the night before the final battle. Everyone's personal story is estentially over heading into the fight with Sephiroth. What more do you need to know about their fates? That Barrett ended up settling down and raising Marlene? We already knew that. That Cloud is now at peace with his past? We already knew that. The big issue left is the fate of the planet and that's settled perfectly.
I think it has great closure. Life is the theme of the game and in the end life is what saves the day. I thought the 200 years later scene was great. The children laughing is enough shown of humanity. We already know how the characters will deal, just hearing that life went on and the world is a much nicer place is enough. And as I said before, the visuals are great. I love the shot where you can see the meteor from as far away as Cosmo Canyon and all the scenes where it's destroying Meteor with it's nuke like force are really cool looking. THe ending being remade with modern CGI would be so awesome.
I don't know what else to tell you. I always found it to be pretty clear. I don't really consider it subtle at all. Maybe if you watched it again after reading what I have said you'd see it differently?
Did you forget that Bugenhagen's Red's "grandfather" so his statement can actually be taken quite seriously?
you have no idea if humanity lived or died and the ending didnt state shit.
and barret never "settled or raised marlene". AC directly states this. So your assumption that we already know everything is null and void.
you have no idea if humanity lived or died and the ending didnt state shit.
and barret never "settled or raised marlene". AC directly states this. So your assumption that we already know everything is null and void.
Bugenhagen's statement should be taken seriously, but you have to keep in mind it was nothing but speculation. He didn't say Holy would go after humans, he just said it's a possibility. Well it was a possibility, it just didn't happen. It was also a possibility that it'd be too late for Holy. This did happen.
Holy doesn't hurt the humans it passes right by. Lifestream destroys Meteor. 200 years later the Earth is fine and you hear children laughing. What more do you want, a giant flashing neon sign that says "PEOPLE ARE FINE" on the cliff Red roars on?
What does AC say about Barrett? All I know is he's in the movie.
Holy doesn't hurt the humans it passes right by. Lifestream destroys Meteor. 200 years later the Earth is fine and you hear children laughing. What more do you want, a giant flashing neon sign that says "PEOPLE ARE FINE" on the cliff Red roars on?
What does AC say about Barrett? All I know is he's in the movie.
It explains that the planet is now healthy and full of life again, which was pretty much the major point of the game.
Barrett doing that doesn't really contradict FF VII though. At the end of FF VII he decides to fight for her so she can have a better world to live in. Unless he's doing that so he can go out and bet on the Chocobo races at the Gold Saucer I don't see the problem.
Barrett doing that doesn't really contradict FF VII though. At the end of FF VII he decides to fight for her so she can have a better world to live in. Unless he's doing that so he can go out and bet on the Chocobo races at the Gold Saucer I don't see the problem.
Anyanka said:
Ok, it's obvious that thep lanet is healthy. But that's all we know. we don't know wtf really happened, and the REAL shape of the planet. That's all teased at and left on a cliffhanger. Basically, it's a crappy done version of the "All is well!" ending that games used in 8 and 16 bit eras.
and yes, it DID contradict FFVII. Even YOU agree with me.
Anyanka said:
Knowing this forum... I can't BELIEVE no one mentioned Grim Fandango. Not that I'm trying to be cool... but it is one of my faves.
MGS and MGS3 are superb. (You save before the ending in MGS3 for crying out loud!)
FFIX made me smile.
And ALttP was especially enjoyable if and only if it meant a lot to me when I finally finished it. One of my favorite overall gaming experiences of all time. And yes... I know the game is dated now
MGS and MGS3 are superb. (You save before the ending in MGS3 for crying out loud!)
FFIX made me smile.
And ALttP was especially enjoyable if and only if it meant a lot to me when I finally finished it. One of my favorite overall gaming experiences of all time. And yes... I know the game is dated now
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