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Thoughts on Game Endings

06/03/2019 08:17 PM

I personally don't mind Big Choices at the very end of a game. Toymaker has one that's excellent. And if an ending's purely choice-based, the player's never going to get locked out of seeing the True ending. I think it feels cheap if the choice isn't meaningful, but weighty if it is and if each option gets followed through on.

Mass Effect 3's problem, I think, is with that last bit. For me, at least, none of 3's endings feel like a valid conclusion to the themes and design of the rest of the series. They just kind of happen. And the choice loses any real bite because it's not honestly much of a choice.

Thoughts on Game Endings

06/03/2019 03:48 PM

I've always had beef with the idea of a True Ending. If every ending isn't going to be True, the conclusion to the game is just a punishment for players that didn't make all the choices the devs wanted them to make.

Some endings can be happier than others, but, yeah, I am 100% on board with having all endings need to be a valid conclusion to the story.