You ever happened to play a really good (or bad) game only to find the Game was completely let down by its ending?
For me the most disappointing one I've come across is Medal of honor allied assault. I feel ripped off by the ending to it.
Jump onto a train, a ranger says something. The end.
WHAT!!!
Made perhaps even worse by the timing of the last save point, take about frustration at where you have to start.

The Area 51 levels in Deus Ex were pathetic compared to rest of the game, ending videos were OK though.

Read Alert 2: see a fat gut getting caught in his underwear?
Quake 2: see the development team?

Doom 2: see the monsters die one by one?

as i was saying...

Wasn't this already a thread or a subject ? Seems like we just covered this last week ?? Anyway, Even though I liked the game, I thought the ending to Wolfenstein was a bit lame. They could have done better. Doesn't it seem as though some game makers put all their effort into the meat of the game then they must get burned out and put a bad ending in. I also disliked the ending to Half-life.

Yeah that was the "worst game" thread.
Half-Life, yeah bit of an iffy ending there too.
The best thing about the Area 51 levels I thought were the vats. I kinda freaked out when I noticed one was empty, for a while I wa a bit nervous about going further into the level as I assumed I'd have to face the guy, then I realised that I was the guy

I have rarely finished a game..I lose interest way to quick most of the time.

Concurr... there were a large number of games I never got to the end of because I got bored after a while.....

I guess one of the bad ones was Tomb Raider IV - Lara dies..... But she's in the movie!!?!?

I had Janes ATF a long time ago, never did play it except on rare occations. It was dang hard to fly any mission. I still have the floppies and manual for it. Anyone want it. It reeks !!

IMO, most of the FPS endings are really horrible. Having finished MOHAA, C&C Renegade and RtCW recently, all 3 really blow at the ending...

Now that I think back...Tony Hawk Pro Skater had a weak ending. A video of a few tricks that went wrong and that was basically it.

Amazing! You actually finished that game! I got stucked at the 2nd or 3rd level where you have to skate around in a school... Grr....

The school does stink..The wall grinding to hit the bell had me hung up for awile but I struggled through it.

Any game that basically results in a list of credits....that's about as lame as it gets:
MOHAA
RTCW
Deus Ex

I liked the dual ending in Half-Life. I can't really think of ANY other games with a good ending...

Wow, even Deus Ex's ending is that bad eh? Sad, really sad. Those game devs must have spent their time from the beginning till the middle of the game and then from there on, they started to rush to finish the games and ended up with half baked endings...

RPGs should have decent endings, since they're story based...

True enough. All 3 FPSes which are apparently story based cannibalised their endings...

Baldurs Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal presumably has a great ending - fitting a truly epic trilogy. BUT I can't tell as I'm stuck in the really tough ENDBOSS fight. And that is my problem with games - I despise übertough endings. Usually I switch to GOD-mode (first time I played Quake II etc) which isn't fun. Or I just don't bother, which is frustrating in it's own right as I've put in days/weeks into the game and stop just short of the end (System Shock II etc).
It's like going to see a really long great film, but the end is just impossible to watch so you leave the theatre 10 minutes before it ends.
An endboss is just a pathetic excuse for a smart and thoughtout closure.
MOHAA had it all - a frustratingly tough endfight followed by a really lame ending.

Metal Gear Solid 2 with lots of "You should live your life to the full"
"Life is what you make of it". And this sort of rubbish goes on with video and game footage for about 15 minutes :zzz:
The rest of the game is sheer class, just the ending lets it down

Endbosses...eugh. I have disliked the concept my entire life... Too bad i cant think of an alternative. THe way i see it, the only ways to make an enemy tougher, is to make it stronger/faster/deadlier or to make it smarter. Now smarter isnt really gonna happen for a long while. AI isnt upto standards to be able to emulate the difference between rookies and masters. so the only option left is to make a really huge guy that can survive hit upon hit of an RPG...

It does make for a spectacular ending, though. If there werent any, a game would just kinda end. and that would be no fun.

Worst ending i have encountered:
Half-life: The whole ZEN bit, IMHO ruined it completely
Deus EX: The very last bit, with the choices, was a bit silly. An interesting idea, but completely pointless
RtCW: This is not boasting, but i killed the endboss in my FIRST GO and i was on nearly 100% health too. it was possably the easiest boss i've ever fought. The first ubersoldat was waayyy harder.
STV:EF: THis was a complete dissapointment from the start

Endings i liked:
Quake3: Ok, it didnt really have a storyline, but the last cinematic make me smile.
Max Payne: the way the ending is the beginning was cool

I'd forgotten about that one...it was pretty cool.