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What game had the most annoying ending? (Spoilers)

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Warning this post and the comments section are going to be chock full of spoilers, so if you haven’t finished Mass Effect, Call of Duty, Final Fantasy 10 or Halo Reach then you may want to ignore this post entirely.

So let’s start with the most recent one, Call of Duty: Ghosts, where at the end you shoot Rorke point-blank in the chest with a hand cannon and then barely make it out of the ocean alive. Then he just wanders up to you from the side and kicks you in the face before dragging you away.

Yes I realise they are setting you up for the sequels where you are now being tortured in the jungle but there is literally no way that guy could have survived that shot and then made it out of the water in the first place. Never mind that he is then strong enough to totally overpower you since he’s more injured than you are.

Mass Effect on the other hand had such an awful ending that the developers felt inclined to release a brand new ending more suitable to the series. After which the community was then split between which of the endings was actually the better one. Then you get the magical dream endings where you’ve played a game for hours and hours only to find out that it was all apparently a dream. Such a cop out by the story writers.

In fact most videogame endings are pretty poor but some of them really do get it spot on. For me right now the very best ending I can ever remember is for Halo Reach where you are stranded on the planet, left to fight off the oncoming horde in an impossible attempt to stay alive.. I loved that.

So tell us below which games had the absolutely worst endings and which had the best? And you don’t need to warn anyone about spoilers since this entire article is a spoiler.

Oh and who can forget the Portal ending song… so so good

Last Updated: December 2, 2013

107 Comments

  1. TiMsTeR1033

    December 2, 2013 at 12:31

    Hitman Absolution!

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  2. TiMsTeR1033

    December 2, 2013 at 12:36

    Farcry 3 endings were whack!

    Reply

    • Circuitflow

      December 2, 2013 at 12:42

      u actually finished this shit game?

      Reply

      • TiMsTeR1033

        December 2, 2013 at 12:42

        WAS A GREAT GAME! besides the endings!

        Reply

    • Willem Swanepoel

      December 2, 2013 at 13:50

      imagine if the Farcray 3 guy were shooting blanks and she realised it after a few weeks… UNLUCKY BIATCH!!

      Reply

      • Mark Treloar

        December 2, 2013 at 13:54

        But her magic would have told her if he wasn’t viable.

        Reply

  3. TiMsTeR1033

    December 2, 2013 at 12:37

    Mirrors Edge!

    Reply

    • Tim's Man <3

      December 2, 2013 at 13:05

      Hey my love. How are you doing? Been missing you!

      Reply

      • Kensei Seraph

        December 2, 2013 at 13:07

        Run Tim RUN!!!

        Reply

        • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

          December 2, 2013 at 13:07

          Faster than he has ever run before 0.o

          Reply

        • Vampyric Squirrel of the Sith

          December 2, 2013 at 13:08

          Run for your life!!!

          Reply

  4. Rags

    December 2, 2013 at 12:37

    Mass Effect 3. Only because that meant the end of the series :`(
    Otherwise I loved the ending.

    Reply

    • Ultimo_Cleric N7

      December 2, 2013 at 12:49

      Hated the original ending myself. The DLC corrected all my problems though.

      Reply

  5. TiMsTeR1033

    December 2, 2013 at 12:37

    Crysis 1 and 2!

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    • CodeName Tailgunner

      December 2, 2013 at 12:38

      Wow, did you actually manage to play that shit to the end?

      Reply

      • TiMsTeR1033

        December 2, 2013 at 12:39

        Indeed!

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    • That Tall Twit

      December 2, 2013 at 13:00

      Agree about Crysis 1.

      Reply

  6. TiMsTeR1033

    December 2, 2013 at 12:38

    Batman AA!

    Reply

    • That Tall Twit

      December 2, 2013 at 13:00

      The fight against Joker was a big let down.

      Reply

  7. HvR

    December 2, 2013 at 12:39

    AssCreed 3.

    Just fizzled out in the end.

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    • Circuitflow

      December 2, 2013 at 12:41

      i agree.

      Reply

    • Matthew Holliday

      December 2, 2013 at 13:23

      i disagree, killing off desmond was perfect.
      fresh start with a story that still has promise, rather than trying to save a sinking ship.

      i spent 4 games waiting to play a game with a modern day desmond assassin, they just refused to let us do it.

      Reply

      • HvR

        December 2, 2013 at 13:31

        They could still killed off Desmond, just do it with some kind of style.

        It was just boring dialogue followed by touch poof!! ergh.

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  8. TiMsTeR1033

    December 2, 2013 at 12:41

    Farcry 1 Trigens and bullshit just sucked balls

    Reply

  9. TiMsTeR1033

    December 2, 2013 at 12:42

    apparently supermario sunshine ending was beyond kak lol

    Reply

    • That Tall Twit

      December 2, 2013 at 15:42

      Reply

  10. El Capitan del Blade

    December 2, 2013 at 12:42

    The End Of Prince Of Persia Two Thrones, where The Prince is explaining Time to Farah, using the same line from the opening of Sands Of Time. Pure Gold.

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief of Souls

      December 2, 2013 at 12:43

      Agreed. Very epic come whole circle type ending!

      Reply

  11. El Capitan del Blade

    December 2, 2013 at 12:43

    Need I mention the Ending of Bioshock Infinite? 😛

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    • Circuitflow

      December 2, 2013 at 12:44

      what only to realize that you were the bad guy.in the end..kinda like being the good guy..im torn about this one, dont know if i liked it or dislike it.

      Reply

      • El Capitan del Blade

        December 2, 2013 at 12:45

        But you have to admit: still a better love story than Twilight. 😛

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        • Circuitflow

          December 2, 2013 at 12:46

          everything is better than Twilight.!

          Reply

    • Eric

      December 2, 2013 at 12:51

      I literally played through the whole thing on saturday. It was like wtf *mind explodes*. So sad.

      Reply

    • JHN

      December 2, 2013 at 13:08

      I loved the ending of that game, blew my mind!

      Reply

    • Milesh Bhana

      December 2, 2013 at 13:29

      i didn’t have an issue with the ending. I loved the epilogue where she shows you how all the parallel worlds are connected .Very cool.

      my only issue with the “big twist” was that it was really really predictable.

      Reply

  12. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    December 2, 2013 at 12:43

    Mass Effect 3
    Mass Effect 3
    Mass Effect 3
    Dragon Age 2
    Dragon Age 2
    ASSCREED 3
    Id software’s RAGE
    RAGE
    RAAGEEEE
    RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGEEEEE!!!

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    • Matthew Holliday

      December 2, 2013 at 13:21

      dragon age 2 doesnt belong on that list.
      dragon age 2 doesnt belong on any list.
      it didnt have the worst ending because the whole game was pretty much bad, i dont even understand the story, the whole main storyline of DA2 could have fit as a sub plot of dragon age inquisition.
      there was no blight, no arch demn, and not even a real antagonist.

      Neither does AC3, doesnt beling there, killing off whiney bitch Desmond Miles was the best move theyv made in the whole series.

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    • Willem Swanepoel

      December 2, 2013 at 13:48

      Dragon age 2 ending was not really annoying. I have to admit, it was not as epic as Dragon Age Origins’ ending …

      Reply

    • That Tall Twit

      December 2, 2013 at 15:42

      I sense a lot of rage.

      Reply

      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        December 2, 2013 at 16:20

        Rage… it was so… rage-less. :/ And that ending.. sigh!

        Reply

  13. Alien Emperor Trevor

    December 2, 2013 at 12:43

    Spec Ops The Line had an amazing ending for me.

    Finished Fear 3 over the weekend, it’s ending was not very impressive.

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    • Admiral Chief of Souls

      December 2, 2013 at 12:44

      SO TL had pretty epic ending(s) yes

      Which one did you choose?

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        December 2, 2013 at 12:50

        Blew the faulty brains out.

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        • Admiral Chief of Souls

          December 2, 2013 at 13:01

          😉

          Reply

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      December 2, 2013 at 12:44

      Spec Ops the Line – Game of the Decade!

      Reply

      • Gavin Mannion

        December 2, 2013 at 13:06

        Easily one of the best endings…

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief of Souls

          December 2, 2013 at 13:07

          Which one? Or all of them

          Reply

          • HvR

            December 2, 2013 at 13:33

            Definitely all of them.

            But I enjoyed the “Welcome to Dubai” one the most.

      • HvR

        December 2, 2013 at 13:37

        Best ending of the 90’s I give to C&C’s Nod ending,

        Cheezy cyber space hacking followed by you choosing a Ion satellite target for all your hard work.

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      • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

        December 2, 2013 at 15:28

        I almost bought this. But bought Burnout Paradise and Prototype 2, which i’m firing up this afternoon!

        Reply

  14. Admiral Chief of Souls

    December 2, 2013 at 12:45

    Portal ending song = MOST EPIC

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    • Kromas

      December 2, 2013 at 13:15

      I prefer…

      Reply

      • CaptainNemo42

        December 2, 2013 at 16:23

        No… This

        Reply

  15. Milesh Bhana

    December 2, 2013 at 12:47

    Assassin’s Creed 3 – terrible ending. 5 games leading up to that!!!!

    Reply

    • Circuitflow

      December 2, 2013 at 12:51

      at least AC4 saves the day! Ending was good

      Reply

      • Matthew Holliday

        December 2, 2013 at 13:08

        actually thought the ending was pretty shitty, some nice touches with the daughter and haytham, but the rest was pretty underwhelming, it all just felt like more setup.
        a prolude to the real game.
        granted the beginning to 3/4 through the game I was totally in love with the game, just the story could have used more content.

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    • Matthew Holliday

      December 2, 2013 at 13:04

      Desmond Miles zzzz
      i think AC3 had the best ending yet, no more bullshit trying to make a flawed story work around the animus, killing him off and starting something new with a clear image of where they want it to go is the best move they ever made.

      Reply

  16. Circuitflow

    December 2, 2013 at 12:48

    DARKSIDERS 2, what a kak game. it was an edning to a fantastic franchise

    Reply

    • El Capitan del Blade

      December 2, 2013 at 12:50

      meh, it was average, I finished It, was like, okay, so that took some time…. Can’t remember the ending though :P…

      Reply

  17. Ultimo_Cleric N7

    December 2, 2013 at 12:48

    Is this even a contest? Original Mass Effect 3 ending.

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    • Matthew Holliday

      December 2, 2013 at 13:09

      the ending is made up for by the rest of the game getting an A+ though.

      Reply

      • Ultimo_Cleric N7

        December 2, 2013 at 13:55

        The rest of the game is brilliant, no doubt. Even the MP was amazing. But those last 10 minutes…..

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  18. ToshZA

    December 2, 2013 at 12:51

    Gears of War 1 was the worst ever for me. It just came up, and I was like, “Is that all? Seriously?”.

    ME3 wasn’t so bad really, I do enjoy an anticlimax. It wasn’t epic, it wasn’t like the first 2, and I think it was fitting. I loved the ending, and don’t really care for any other additional ones. Which reminds me, I actually want to play the ME series again.

    DAMMIT,

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  19. That Tall Twit

    December 2, 2013 at 12:51

    I enjoyed the Halo Reach ending. It was one I didn’t see coming.

    Reply

  20. El Capitan del Blade

    December 2, 2013 at 12:52

    THE ENIDING TO HALF-LIFE 2 EPISODE 2 IS THE WORST, Kill off Eli Vance, and then leave it hanging for how many years now….. shame on Valve…

    Reply

    • ToshZA

      December 2, 2013 at 12:53

      You realise of course that its easier, cheaper, and way more profitable to focus on Steam than it is to make a new game, right?

      Reply

      • El Capitan del Blade

        December 2, 2013 at 12:54

        I do, but that doesn’t quell my fanboy rage levels :P.

        i mean, jirre.

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        • ToshZA

          December 2, 2013 at 12:59

          Fair enough. 🙂

          Reply

    • Tarisma

      December 2, 2013 at 12:55

      that ending was so bad

      Reply

    • Admiral Chief of Souls

      December 2, 2013 at 13:00

      Epic ending, epic fail on the suspense!

      Reply

  21. Kyle 'Monki' Diffenthal

    December 2, 2013 at 12:55

    Also Homeland was kind of a let down in the end to be honest… Great game and play through but Wow the ending was like huh? Is that all im going to get?! HUH!

    Reply

  22. Xelus

    December 2, 2013 at 12:55

    Truth be told, I find it funny to see how gamers moan about game endings, we moan and groan if a franchise is milked, but when it ends, they bitch and moan why it ended. Or they don’t like the way it ended. Truth be told, I’d rather have a poor ending than a milked franchise, far worse.

    Reply

    • Mark Treloar

      December 2, 2013 at 13:58

      So Borderlands, you are chasing this epic event that only happens every couple of hundred years and you expect to be rewarded with entry into the vault. Does this happen?

      Reply

      • Xelus

        December 2, 2013 at 14:20

        Well, did Gearbox Games announce that it would be the last Borderlands game to be developed? If you did enter the vault it would mean the end of the franchise, seeing as borderlands revolves around the story of the vault.

        If they did announce it to be the last game in the franchise, and you didn’t enter the vault, it is still better than having a franchise that lost its meaning a long time ago but is still kept alive due to a fan base that can’t come to grips with the fact that the franchise does not have a solid story that could follow up to make it worth their time and effort to create a sequel to it, and thus resulting in a good franchise being destroyed because it was never meant to go further than the original story.
        If the series had to carry on after the vault event, the chances that the franchise might be spoiled is far greater, rather end on a good note than having a franchise we all wish would just die out. Need for speed is a good example of this event happening.

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        • Mark Treloar

          December 2, 2013 at 15:00

          I just bet you just loved fight club

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          • Xelus

            December 2, 2013 at 15:03

            No, but I don’t fuss about a game’s ending, it is a game, and in the end, it is still a business developing games, no matter how much a game sucks or how good it was.

          • Mark Treloar

            December 3, 2013 at 07:31

            Well if that’s the case all creative people whether they be authors or scriptwriters should just take your advice and write whatever they want because its just a business so why should the conclusion make sense? Why should they care that people may want a decent story?

          • Xelus

            December 3, 2013 at 12:37

            Exactly, because unfortunately, the world we live in, is more concerned about money than actually any value for anything. You’re not obligated in any way to read an article or buy a game, if you’re gullible enough to believe all the marketing bs, and you buy the game, that is your problem, they got what they wanted from you, your money, and that my friend, is why I hate the industry.

            Welcome to the real world, where the world can’t give a s**t about you, they just want your money.

  23. VinTaco

    December 2, 2013 at 12:55

    Wait what? ME3 ending showed that it was a dream?

    Reply

    • Matthew Holliday

      December 2, 2013 at 13:02

      No, thats only with the indoctrination theory, which was never confirmed, and ruins the whole premise of the story.

      Reply

      • VinTaco

        December 2, 2013 at 13:04

        OK cool, thanks for confirming.

        I must be one of the 4 people who actually liked the original version of the ending. Playing through it again now to see the extended ending.

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  24. oVg

    December 2, 2013 at 12:57

    Fcuk this game

    Reply

    • HvR

      December 2, 2013 at 13:46

      Crap especially compared to the classic Duke Nukem 3D ep2 ending:

      Reply

    • That Tall Twit

      December 2, 2013 at 13:49

      This is a pretty kak way to end every stage!

      Reply

  25. Hammersteyn

    December 2, 2013 at 12:58

    ME3 hands down

    Reply

  26. Admiral Chief of Souls

    December 2, 2013 at 13:00

    THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!

    Reply

    • Vampyric Squirrel of the Sith

      December 2, 2013 at 13:09

      NO! You are a LIE!!!

      Reply

  27. Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

    December 2, 2013 at 13:07

    I know you are all going to say I’m just trying to bash. But MW3’s ending was crappy. It didn’t feel epic or anything. No closure, no set up no nothing. Just an emotionless end because the game had to have an ending somewhere

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  28. Umar Seeker of Truth

    December 2, 2013 at 13:07

    Fall out 3 had the worse ending of any game I have ever played. Then I played Castlevania Lords of shadow and man….what a huge let down.

    Reply

  29. Umar Seeker of Truth

    December 2, 2013 at 13:11

    OH OH OH !! Final Fantasy 13-2

    Reply

  30. Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

    December 2, 2013 at 13:17

    Wait, I know how to settle this.

    Worst and most annoying game endings? Pretty much any game ending that isn’t Bioshock Infinite’s ending

    Reply

  31. Happy Hamster

    December 2, 2013 at 13:23

    Out of all the game endings Good or Bad the best one can only be “Tetris” lololololol

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  32. CodeName Tailgunner

    December 2, 2013 at 13:31

    Worst ending was battle chess when you lost.

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  33. Zubayr Bhyat

    December 2, 2013 at 13:36

    Republic Commando. WHY did they have to leave with such a cliffhanger?

    Reply

  34. Willem Swanepoel

    December 2, 2013 at 13:47

    Bad Endings: Mass Effect 3 and Assassins Creed 3. KOTOR 2 … it was a good game but the ending was FFS .. really.

    I do not mind an ending with a cliffhanger if they plan to bring out a part 2 or 3 … but ending the series with a shit ending just asks for a proper backhand smack.

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  35. Mark Treloar

    December 2, 2013 at 13:55

    Borderlands

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    • Weanerdog

      December 2, 2013 at 14:14

      Agreed, worst ending ever.

      Reply

    • loftie

      December 2, 2013 at 14:18

      ya, fack that vault lol, and some of the characters irritated the shit out me, but game was still fun though…

      Reply

  36. Rock789

    December 2, 2013 at 14:19

    Worst / most disappointing = id’s Rage. I mean, wtf?! During the game you fighting hulking behemoths, etc. And at the end, you fight a bunch of normal mutants (just lots of them) and then… Nothing?! It just ends… I was saving up my BFG ammo, ready for the HUGE mutant I thought they would throw at me… But alas… No. Argh!

    Best = (in recent times) Bioshock Infinite. It was a doozy – did NOT see that ending coming. But I thought it tied the game together quite nicely (hence why the DLC confuses me – the story ended! There is no need for DLC!).

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  37. Hendrik

    December 2, 2013 at 15:00

    I know I am going to be stoned for this, but I must say, I was a wee bit disappointing in The Last of Us’ ending. I don’t know why, I think I expected something more epic.

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  38. Mark Treloar

    December 2, 2013 at 15:09

    So best ending for me is for a pretty old game, and its kinda cheesy, but it has to be Full Throttle.

    Reply

  39. Johann

    December 2, 2013 at 17:07

    One of my favourite endings was Planescape: Torment… Stepping out to fight a never ending battle in the Blood War

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  40. Grimmy

    December 2, 2013 at 19:42

    Rome Total War 2

    Reply

  41. Gerhard Davids

    December 3, 2013 at 09:51

    I have much man love for that portal song <3 ???

    Reply

  42. Airyl

    December 3, 2013 at 10:40

    The Stanley Parable. End of story. Pack your bags and go home everyone.

    Reply

  43. B3ware_za

    December 3, 2013 at 14:48

    Borderlands 1 had a pretty awful ending. And HL2:EP2. Making us wait so long for an ending and all..

    Reply

  44. Kyoto

    December 4, 2013 at 15:19

    Monkey Island 2…. Carnival of the damned with Lil Chuckie…grrrrrr

    Reply

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