Most satisfying ending to a video game?

[bernie]

What vid game has a great ending or celebration(lack of a better word) for beating it? I mean one that you really feel like you accomplished something to where the journey was worth the ending. I find many endings or final fights are just anti-climactic. Though sometimes getting there can make up for the lack of good endings.

My fave is still the final fight in TombRaider 2 with the dragon. That whole game was just a cool adventure.

An interesting ending was in Nam '67. Talk about an empty feeling, but somehow that kind of fit the story line.

I guess this could also pertain to certain fights 'during' a game. Something you feel you really had to work your ass off without any little 'cheat' tricks to beat a part.

Any ideas?

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[swede123]

I like the ending to the game Diablo. You finally capture the demon inside your own body...only to have him take over it and use you to continue the evil.

Cool stuff.

Swede

[Shajen]

Wow, it just occured to me that I can think of a single game ending.

Wait, I remember Mario Brothers. That's about it. I've beaten a lot of games. The really good ones I don't want to end though.

[istewart]

Max Payne. Took me a long time /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[handsome]

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Wow, it just occured to me that I can think of a single game ending.

Wait, I remember Mario Brothers. That's about it. I've beaten a lot of games. The really good ones I don't want to end though.

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These were dumb as hell. "Sorry Mario! Princess is in another castle!"

I remember liking the FF7 ending a lot, though I can't quite remember what it was.

[TheMainEvent]

Contra. Island explodes, you fly away. No scrolling text necessary. What more do you want?

[shakingspear]

I was satisfied with the ending of Metal Gear Solid. I also thought The Ocarina of Time was well done.

[bernie]

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Wow, it just occured to me that I can think of a single game ending.

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I think this is a good test. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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The really good ones I don't want to end though.

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Some games are just cool and written well. For me it was FF7. I can't really remember the ending, but it was a real fun game to travel around in. Suikoden was kinda cool in that way.

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[jgorham]

This sort of thing is what makes Half Life 1 and 2 great FPS. I also liked the ending to Knights of the Old Republic, as I got to take over the galaxy, thus proving my badassness.

[ElSapo]

Ghostbusters for the Comodore 64, though mostly b/c I've only completed two in my life and the other was SuperMario Bros.

[Shajen]

should of been can't. I obviously CAN'T type today.

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[Soul Daddy]

It doesn't hold up well, but I found the ending to Blades of Steel to be quite awesome when first accomplished. Other than that, Phantasy Star II and Ocarina.

[durron597]

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I remember liking the FF7 ending a lot, though I can't quite remember what it was.

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It was awesome, but I wouldn't exactly call it "satisfying"... they didn't really explain much...

[Cancer Merchant]

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[gumpzilla]

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I remember liking the FF7 ending a lot, though I can't quite remember what it was.

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They kill Sephiroth, stuff starts blowing up, Aeris's ghost appears and the world-saving spell gets cast. The credits roll, then the closing shot is supposed to be 500 years later, and consists of a pack of animals that look like Red XIII running up to a cliff and looking at the ruins of Midgar with all kinds of jungle growing through it.

[stabn]

Not halo 2.

[bernie]

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should of been can't. I obviously CAN'T type today.

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Funny thing is that's exactly how I read it even with the typo. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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[bernie]

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It doesn't hold up well, but I found the ending to Blades of Steel to be quite awesome when first accomplished

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That was pretty cool. Looked like snapshots of your team through the season. Blades of steel rocked!

Which reminds me of Tecmo Superbowl. When you won it went through your team roster showing the people's names on the championship team along with your team celebrating. Simple pleasure back then. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

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[dhaimon]

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I remember liking the FF7 ending a lot, though I can't quite remember what it was.

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They kill Sephiroth, stuff starts blowing up, Aeris's ghost appears and the world-saving spell gets cast. The credits roll, then the closing shot is supposed to be 500 years later, and consists of a pack of animals that look like Red XIII running up to a cliff and looking at the ruins of Midgar with all kinds of jungle growing through it.

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The end FIGHT and ending are pretty damn cool in that game though, especially if you haven't gotten omnislash before the fight.

Not as cool as when you follow the trail of blood inside the Shinra building, but pretty cool.

[Freakin]

Most Satisfying: Fallout (Every way you can beat it)
Least Satisfying (or most annoying): Metal Gear: Acid or Halo2

Freakin

[durron597]

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The end FIGHT and ending are pretty damn cool in that game though, especially if you haven't gotten omnislash before the fight.

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wtf?? What a waste of 80 hours or whatever to play the whole game without getting omnislash.

[coffeecrazy1]

I was always exceptionally pumped about the two endings in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out(the newspaper article after Super Macho Man, and the screen when you actually beat Tyson...which, btw, is one of the most rewarding video game experiences in the world, especially if you didn't use a code to get to SMM).

[Soul Daddy]

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It doesn't hold up well, but I found the ending to Blades of Steel to be quite awesome when first accomplished

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That was pretty cool. Looked like snapshots of your team through the season. Blades of steel rocked!

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I definitely thought this was the case until I finished it the second time.

[Al P]

Zork (the text version).

[Dantes]

The correct answer is ff8.

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The correct answer is ff8.

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[SL__72]

I liked the endings to the old Space/kings quest games...

[davelin]

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The correct answer is ff8.

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This is probably one of the better ones, however I never liked any of the endings to the FF series (albeit I've only played FF7 and onwards).

[Klepton]

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I remember liking the FF7 ending a lot, though I can't quite remember what it was.

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It was awesome, but I wouldn't exactly call it "satisfying"... they didn't really explain much...

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world was dying, going to explode or erode or just basically end, and then the green stuff came and saved the earth...the same green stuff you see aeris collecting in the first cutscene of the videogame

hence aeris, being dead, came back to save the world.

also killing sephiroth made me just yell really loud - "YES! BITCH!"

fallout 1 was also awesome, i almost cried.

any zelda game is usually very satifying.

[Luzion]

Btw, since you guys mention FF7, there is going to be a sequel FF7 CGI movie being released this September. It takes place 2 years after the first FF7. Check the trailers out... It looks REALLY nice!!!



http://www.square-enix.co.jp/dvd/ff7ac/

[dhaimon]

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The end FIGHT and ending are pretty damn cool in that game though, especially if you haven't gotten omnislash before the fight.

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wtf?? What a waste of 80 hours or whatever to play the whole game without getting omnislash.

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even if you don't get omnislash in that fighting arena game you get it at the end "fight" sequence when cloud's limit bar increases. makes the scene even more awesome when you haven't seen omnislash before /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[wonderwes]

Beating the story mode of GTA: San Andreas gave some satisfaction. More of just being able to complete all the missions.

One horrid ending, Burnout3. One of the best racing games I have ever played but you get no big ending once you beat the game.

[bernie]

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also killing sephiroth made me just yell really loud - "YES! BITCH!"


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I love that feeling.

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[Jack of Arcades]

MGS. MGS3.

FF8. FFX.

[Terrabon98]

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Contra. Island explodes, you fly away. No scrolling text necessary. What more do you want?

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This is clearly the correct answer.

[Jezebel]

Mike Tyson Punchout

[yoadrians]

Mike Tyson's Punchout and Ninja Gaiden, only b/c those two games took me the longest to finish.

BTW, the code to Tyson is 007 373 5963 /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Hamish McBagpipe]

Star Strike, 1982, Intellivision. If you kill all 5 aliens their world blows up. The best. If you fail, the earth blows up equally as satisfying. Plus, Zaxxon had a cool ending.

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[mike4bmp]

Zelda's Ocrina of Time

[imported_CaseClosed326]

Killing Hitler in Bionic Commando was sweet.

[Vince Young]

GTA: SA, all the Dooms.

[bugstud]

chrono trigger

all, what, 12 of them?

[Phoenix1010]

The correct answers have already been stated. MGS and Zelda OOT are head and shoulders above the rest. FFVIII has the most "satisfying" ending in the series, presumably as a result of people's disappointment with the ending of FFVII. However, the the most satisfying RPG ending belongs to Lunar the Silver Star and it's sequel.

[KDawgCometh]

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FFX.

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I was pretty underwhelmed with the entire ending scene and fight sequence. The ending was as underwhelming as FFIII(which really pissed me off after a really tough final fight sequence).

I do agree that FFVIII's ending was nice. what was the ending to IX, cause I never bothered to finish it in like the 5 times I tried to get through it /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[MrTrik]

The day I handed over control of my guild in Everquest and called Verant/Sony same day and cancelled my account. I felt free like I hadn't felt in a long time. Sweet ending. Said my good byes and poof I was gone. Never to return to such an addictive game that's for damn sure.

[StevieG]

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What vid game has a great ending or celebration(lack of a better word) for beating it?

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Definitely, Tyson is perhaps the hardest thing to beat in all of video games. Orginial Final Fantasy is tight for the NES, and don't forget TMNT 2 for NES or arcade. Beating M. Bison too.

[Reef]

chrono trigger .. like 12 different endings

[durron597]

TMNT 1 for NES was sooooooooooo much harder than TMNT 2...

[gumpzilla]

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Definitely, Tyson is perhaps the hardest thing to beat in all of video games.

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I don't think this is close to true.

[Eurotrash]

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However, the the most satisfying RPG ending belongs to Lunar the Silver Star and it's sequel.

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the original Sega CD games, or the remakes for Playstation?

[Edge34]

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TMNT 1 for NES was sooooooooooo much harder than TMNT 2...

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TMNT 1 was the hardest of the entire series, and (to use the cliche) its not even close.

It was also the best.

[Clarkmeister]

It's probabaly the happy ending had by all the guys who downloaded the porno scenes in the GTA series.

[bernie]

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the the most satisfying RPG ending belongs to Lunar the Silver Star and it's sequel.

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I've heard that that was a pretty cool game. At one time, I almost bought it but got sidetracked.

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[bernie]

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It's probabaly the happy ending had by all the guys who downloaded the porno scenes in the GTA series.

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lololol. Yeah, now THAT'S a good one.

I saw that thing and just shook my head. God it was just sooooo, stupid to watch.

Although it did put ataris old 'beat 'em and eat 'em' to shame. But not by much. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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[cdxx]

it's obviously tetris.

what, you couldn't finish it? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[pokerdirty]

i just beat God of War 2 days ago.

I found it very satisfying because you have to beat the fucker at the end not once, but 2 times ( with the surprise in the middle ). I couldn't beat this mother fucker for like 2 hrs, and once I finally beat his ass, *insert noise where you act like you are eating pussy and shaking your head back and forth quickly (you know that noise, right?)*

Halo:CE was pretty satisfying as well.

*keep in mind that i play on legendary, not that pussy normal mode*

[Vavavoom]

IMO, FF8 has a fantastic ending...FF7 wasn't too bad either...

[oreogod]

Zelda a Link to the Past. what a great game that was.

[johnnybeef]

How the original Splinter Cell has not yet been mentioned is totally beyond me. That was the most difficult game I have ever played, and the ending was solid as well.

[AngryCola]

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

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[nicky g]

I can't be bothered to read through this but I'll say the ending to the first Command and Conquer game was pretty awesome if you played as the bad guys. You got to blow up a world monument of your choice.

[Bulldog]

I loved it when Tenpenny died.

Also, Sega Genesis, NHL '94, the moment the horn sounds, your center instantly has the Cup in his hands. That is the coolest!

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Zelda a Link to the Past. what a great game that was.

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Still my favorite Zelda...oh and the ending was good. Oh and to the person who mentions FFIII. That ending sucked so bad exscpeically after you fight the god state Kefka at the end and it looked like it was going to be all dramatic.

[davelin]

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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

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Good lord no! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[grouchie]

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BTW, the code to Tyson is 007 373 5963 /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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much like up up down down ..... (i'm sure everyone can fill it in from here), that tyson code will aways be engraned in my head.

[CollinEstes]

Don't know if it has been mentioned but......

Silent Hill. or Final Fantasy 7 would be my votes.

[ucfryan]

I'm gonna have to go with Metal Gear Solid.

[AncientPC]

FF7

[miajag81]

I always really liked the song at the end of Super Mario World on Game Boy.

[rory]

mike tyson's punch out was easy.

ninja gaiden was difficult.
rad racer was almost impossible.
blaster master was extremely difficult.