Which GAME ENDING gave you the most satisfaction?

We have all been there...

You spend hours upon hours working, dying, trying again; Only to be disappointed by the horrendous rolling of credits which is supposed to be your reward for a "JOB WELL DONE"

But there are those rare gems that not only draw you in emotionally as a game, but also give you a calm, peaceful, sense of closure to your gaming experience. A feeling that your experience wasnt wasted and will not soon be forgotten. It can be something as simple as the right music, or a well thought out "text" based after story that allows you to know what happened to your characters, almost baiting you to look forward to a sequel yet, somehow, being happy enough with the ending, you wouldnt wanna degrade the experience by looking too far ahead.

Those games pull you into the moment and allow you to just be "satisfied" with how it turned out & yet somehow become engrained in your psychy so much so that it rivals a "religious" experience equivalent for a gamer.

Which games, past or present, stick out in your mind in this manner and how did it effect your life as a gamer?

I may be in the minority here but the first Bioshock ending ( I got the good one :)) Really gave me some pretty good satisfaction. Just something about it really capped off the whole overall experience.

metal gear solid 3 and 4.

As silly as it sounds, with all the new "CG" endings of the last 10-15 years, my fondest memories came frm some of the most simplest of game endings.

Original ZELDA(NES) was such a fabulous combination of music, gameplay, and accomplishment, you couldn't help but love it when you defeated Ganon the first time (& the second).

NINJA GAIDEN(NES) was such a difficult and tightly controlled game that was so "driven" by its "subtitle" like sequences, you felt like you were a part of a game manga. Dont even get me started about how hard the final level was when you faced your father being controlled by that "clown-nose" looking thing on the wall. I almost felt more satisfaction just figuring that out than beating the game itself.

SUPER MARIO 2(NES) was basically a different game with a MARIO "veneer" added to it for US consumption. But something about that soft subtle music at the end as you watched Mario fast asleep in his bed, letting you know it was all JUST A DREAM gave you that "warm-fuzzy" feeling that many guys wouldnt admit to unless you were being recruited for the next epiosode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy".

FFVII was one of the most memorable RPG endings in the newer gen of CD-ROM systems that really got me back into RPG's. Nothing beats spending more hours a week playing a game than working & then getting an ending that truly makes ya feel it was worth it. Never did anyone know the names "CLOUD" & "SEPIROTH" so well as when FFVII was released for the original Playstation.

Mass Effect really got me. In a sense, it was a simple, yet powerful scene. Both Uncharted games had good endings also.

Chrono Trigger (One of the endings atleast...)

Metal Gear Solid 1 3 and 4

God of War 1 and 3

Persona 3 for the PS2. One of my favorite games of all time. The end actually got me choked up a bit. Metal Gear Solid 1 also had an amazing ending.

Persona 3 and Metal Gear Solid 1

FFIX. It was all sad then Bam! Amazing.

Call of Duty WAW ending was pretty epic for me

The most satisfaction? :x There's so many...

Okay, for me it's Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.

Those games pull you into the moment and allow you to just be "satisfied" with how it turned out & yet somehow become engrained in your psychy so much so that it rivals a "religious" experience equivalent for a gamer.cybrdestroyr

There is quite a few, can name a lot of Squaresoft Japanese RPG games which are probably listed already but they tend to put a lot into their endings. Someone always says Portal although I hated that crappy cheap game. The secret endings to Silent Hill 2 and 3. Dragonage Origins, although has multiple endings pretty much any you pick gives you a proper finish.

Can't think what my favorite is. Maybe it will come to me later.

Throne of Baal ending was extremely satisfactory for me.

Deus Ex also.

And Planescape Torment.

EDIT: I forgot Quest for Glory 4 and the "Ultimate Joke". Sweet!

I totally agree, Foxhound_Fox. The new Prince of Persia had an amazing ending. Everything you worked for the entire game, gone in an instant and by your own doing. Awesome ending.

Metal Gear Solid 4's ending was perfect. It gave me chills.

Infamous' ending was awesome and super intense. It also gave me chills.

I like when an ending gives me chills- that's when I know it worked :P.

Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, Deus Ex, Call of Duty World at War and Final Fantasy VI are the only games in recent memory that actually made me go. 'Wow, its actually over.'

Metal Gear Solid 4. I was glad when it (finally) ended.

No, but seriously, everyone knows Metal Gear Solid 3 has the best, most satisfying ending of all time. It was so good that not even Guns of the Nanomachines could ruin it (and believe me -- it TRIED.)

A distant second would be Shadow of the Colossus. Such a beautiful, haunting ending that says a lot without saying a word.

I really liked Lost Odyssey's ending. Though I didn't want it to end, it wrapped everything up nicely and left a pleasant after-taste. It's one of those games that I can look back at fondly and really appreciate the video game medium. The whole game had great presentation all the way through so by the time you got to the end you had a strong connection to the characters. Thinking about it now makes me want to play it again.

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - an immensely powerful and emotionally charged ending that really felt like everything had been wrapped up nicely
• Mass Effect 2 - I saw the "good" ending and I was incredibly satisfied not only with how part 2 of this series concluded but also with the foreshadowing of how part 3 might go and the direction of the series in general. It gave me goosebumps.
• Final Fantasy XIII - was just an all around good ending that capped off an excellent game sufficiently.

When Ninja Gaiden ended I was both satisfied and relieved.. It was a great game, but boy was it difficult at times..

Legacy of Kain: Defiance.

Dragon Age definitely springs to mind. In a time when everyone is pushing a sequel down your throat before you've even played the original, Dragon Age just goes all out and offers a true ending.

Then, of course, there's Portal with its absolutely sublime ending. I also love Half-Life 2's ending to death. Even once the credits rolled, I just kept staring at the screen in sheer awe and disbelief.

Other notable mentions include Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, The Witcher, Fable II (A Perfect World sequence) and Mafia.

Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn. Getting to blast a famous monument as Nod or seeing Kane get buried by the Ion Cannon beats any ending by far.

metal gear games and final fantasy games :)

Mafia by far.

Mass Effect 1, mainly thanks to the epic music.

Metal Gear Solid 4

Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn. Getting to blast a famous monument as Nod or seeing Kane get buried by the Ion Cannon beats any ending by far.

Desulated

All three S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games (good endings ofc). I was happy when I saw those


And I like Call of Cthulhu ending, even if main character died. It's cool ending

And I like Call of Cthulhu ending, even if main character died. It's cool endingZombieNoob

Oooh, yeah. A very unconventional ending. Great game. It's too bad that only like 5 people played it. :P

[QUOTE="ZombieNoob"]And I like Call of Cthulhu ending, even if main character died. It's cool endingUpInFlames

Oooh, yeah. A very unconventional ending. Great game. It's too bad that only like 5 people played it. :P

Well in anything tied to the Old Ones (games, books, w/e) the ending always has a grim sense of inevitability, so I wouldn't say it was unconventional.

Starcraft

Mass Effect 1 & 2

Ninja Gaiden Black

Uncharted 2

MGS4

The Saboteur. The guy in the end was like "Wait, we're just getting started". And of course, Bad Company 2 - Russia takes over the world, rofl rofl.Crimsader

Theres no good game endings because if it was a good ending you wouldn't have wanted it to end. (just to sound smart)

Bionic Commando (NES): This is still one of my all time favorites, I can still remember how cool that explosion looked, and that bad guys face getting ripped apart was just brutal.