Even fun video games can have unsatisfying and even bad endings. Game developers and writers don’t always get it right. Here are the 10 Worst Video Game Endings:
- Mass Effect 3. The ending of Mass Effect 3 was widely criticized for being unsatisfying and nonsensical. Players were given three different choices at the end of the game, each of which resulted in the same outcome: the destruction of the Mass Relays, which would effectively isolate the galaxy and make interstellar travel impossible.
- Dragon Age: Inquisition. The ending of Dragon Age: Inquisition was also criticized for being unsatisfying. Players were given three different choices at the end of the game, each of which resulted in the same outcome: the destruction of the Breach, which would effectively isolate Thedas from the Fade.
- The Last of Us. The ending of The Last of Us was criticized for being too ambiguous. Players were left to wonder whether Joel had made the right decision in saving Ellie from being turned into a vaccine.
- BioShock Infinite. The ending of BioShock Infinite was criticized for being too confusing. Players were left to wonder what was real and what was a simulation.
- Spec Ops: The Line. The ending of Spec Ops: The Line was criticized for being too depressing. Players were forced to confront the reality of their actions in the game, which had resulted in the deaths of countless innocent people.
- Final Fantasy XIII. The ending of Final Fantasy XIII was criticized for being too long and drawn-out. Players had to sit through hours of cutscenes before they finally got to see the ending.
- Duke Nukem Forever. The ending of Duke Nukem Forever was criticized for being too anticlimactic. After spending years in development, the game ended with Duke Nukem killing the final boss and then walking off into the sunset.
- No Man’s Sky. The ending of No Man’s Sky was criticized for being too underwhelming. After spending hours exploring the vast universe, players were greeted with a simple text message that said “The End.”
- Watch Dogs. The ending of Watch Dogs was criticized for being too predictable. Players who had played the game’s predecessor were able to predict the ending with ease.
- Grand Theft Auto V. The ending of Grand Theft Auto V was criticized for being too divisive. Players were divided on which ending they preferred, and many felt that the game’s ending didn’t do justice to any of the three protagonists.
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