{"id":66631,"date":"2014-07-13T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=66631"},"modified":"2014-07-14T09:14:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T07:14:58","slug":"video-game-endings-that-let-us-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/66631-video-game-endings-that-let-us-down","title":{"rendered":"Video game endings that let us down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video game ending is not the first thing you think about when buying a game, but it is what comes to mind when your recommend the title to family and friends. A great story, stunning visuals, and solid gameplay can all be ruined by a terrible ending &#8211; a fate which befell the games in this article.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the worst endings in video games. Obviously,<strong> spoilers ahead<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Bioshock Infinite<\/h3>\n<p>The worst ending in the history of gaming must go to Bioshock Infinite &#8211; it took a simple, uncomplicated storyline and set it on fire. Bioshock is one of the greatest games ever made, but when the ending came I didn&#8217;t know whether to throw myself off a building or go straight to Google and decipher what exactly just happened.<\/p>\n<p><em>[If we were talking about the Burial at Sea DLC for BioShock Infinite, then we would agree to a certain extent. But we both know that&#8217;s not what you&#8217;re referring to,\u00a0so\u00a0I must challenge you to a duel!\u00a0Pistols at dawn! -Ed]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MhjKW1S1xvk?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed (most of them)<\/h3>\n<p>I have not played an Assassin\u2019s Creed game and been thankful for its &#8220;reality&#8221; part. At the end of every game things get seriously complicated with women wearing over-the-top headdresses, Gods, and cheesy dialogue. So now I play the games for their main story in the animus, and pretend that the real world scenarios are not there.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fu42CF4oMj0?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Mass Effect 3<\/h3>\n<p>Some endings are so bad that the developers have to release DLC to fix it &#8211; like the ending of Mass Effect 3. Commander Shepard makes his decision, you are treated to a short clip that shows hardly anything about the world of the reapers, and you are left more disappointed than Charlie after he found out he did not win a lifetime-supply of chocolate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y5ebN1dW9CA?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Crysis<\/h3>\n<p>You know when you predict a massive boss battle is about to happen, and then it doesn&#8217;t? Well, that is how Crysis ends. There was supposed to be something more, something epic, like a giant alien, but instead all we got was a ship crashing into the ocean and we flew away.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ruGZi8M3R6M?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Borderlands<\/h3>\n<p>After about 50 hours of looting, shooting, and recruiting, you would really expect more from the ending of Borderlands. Instead, you are treated to a lengthy boss fight against the vault creature, and a short dialogue explaining that you had to be there to stop the creature. This ending just felt a bit flat, it needed more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E06jF0Q7JO0?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Final Fantasy XIII \u2013 2<\/h3>\n<p>I loved the Final Fantasy series when the endings made sense, or the stories even made sense. In Final Fantasy XIII-2 we are, as usual, presented with a beautiful CG scene where we learn that Lightning is alive, and evil, or something. The darkness starts to spread, and Sarah dies for some reason &#8211; it was unexplained and complicated, even for a JRPG.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V94d4jidVag?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Which games left y<span style=\"color: #000000;\">ou disappointed upon completion? 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