[mag]

Originally Posted by dave_minall

has everybody forgot about full throttle???

OH MY GOD!

sheer brilliance.

Again, I have to say that it was a good game, but the ending didn't seem particularly outstanding.

mag

[Richard]

Originally Posted by mag

However, judging from your responses, I really don't think you're that interested in having an adult conversation. So I'm just going to take the same tactic I've taken with Aj_ in the past and start ignoring you now.

You do that, sweetie.

[ragnar]

I must say that I find that very few AG:s have good endings (and games in general for that matter). There have been a few decent ones (Syberia 2, BS1, Grim Fandango, MI1 and a few more), but generally I find the endings to be disapointments unfortunately.

[Fairygdmther]

I like the ending of TLJ -

Spoiler:

I was glad April didn't get stuck there for a thousand years keeping the balance in check - what a drag that'd be!

Many times the endings are just predictable, and that makes them less than great, but few games have really terrible endings, at least the ones that I've played.

Lynsie

[Melanie68]

Originally Posted by Fairygdmther

I like the ending of TLJ -

Spoiler:

I was glad April didn't get stuck there for a thousand years keeping the balance in check - what a drag that'd be!

Many times the endings are just predictable, and that makes them less than great, but few games have really terrible endings, at least the ones that I've played.

Lynsie

I second that (what's in the spoiler) and it definitely makes me want to get Dreamfall to see what happens to her. That journey was such a life altering experience for her.

[saucyminx]

I vote for The Last Express and TLJ.

[Kurufinwe]

Originally Posted by Fairygdmther

Many times the endings are just predictable, and that makes them less than great, but few games have really terrible endings, at least the ones that I've played.

I completely agree with both statements: that's exactly how I feel about endings in adventure games. Although... well, sometimes big predictable endings can be nice. I mean, when the game takes the time to bring together all the characters to thank the hero (as in QG2 or KQ6), I know it's just bad and cheap, but I like it.

More seriously, I'm very fond of the ending of The Last Express (well, I love the entire game, really). It had an unexpected surprise (the discovery of how Tyler had died caught me completely off-guard), it showed history and the motions of the world shaping the fates of the characters, it was sad (and, much more importantly: melancholic, giving the impression that a blissful age was coming to an end), it opened on an untold story (but not as in "look for the sequel in two years", but as in "that's life, there is always another story to tell, even though this one has to end here") and it even had a train and a few words in Russian: my ideal ending!

[Jeysie]

I'm with Ragnar on this one.

I did enjoy the endings of King's Quest 6 and A Mind Forever Voyaging (do text adventures count?).

For the most part, though, none of the games I've personally played that I would consider to have a truly excellent ending are adventure games.

I suppose it depends somewhat on whether you want to consider the entire endgame, or just the ending itself after all the actual play is done. There are several adventure games that have very enjoyable *endgames*, with Gabriel Knight 1 and Curse of Monkey Island coming to mind off-hand, but not necessarily great after-play end scenes.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[mag]

Originally Posted by Fairygdmther

I like the ending of TLJ -

Spoiler:

I was glad April didn't get stuck there for a thousand years keeping the balance in check - what a drag that'd be!

Really? Because I was kind of annoyed by that. It just seemed like a really huge cop-out.

mag

[Fairygdmther]

Originally Posted by mag

Really? Because I was kind of annoyed by that. It just seemed like a really huge cop-out.

mag

I'm not at all surprised you don't agree - I haven't seen eye to eye with you on anything so far, why should it change now?

Lynsie

[Melanie68]

Originally Posted by mag

Really? Because I was kind of annoyed by that. It just seemed like a really huge cop-out.

mag

How would you have ended it?

[mag]

Originally Posted by Fairygdmther

I'm not at all surprised you don't agree - I haven't seen eye to eye with you on anything so far, why should it change now?

I do what I can, baby.

Originally Posted by Melanie68

How would you have ended it?

Spoiler:

If you're going to make such a big deal about her being the next Guardian, you can't end it with her NOT being the next Guardian. The hero's journey has to have some consquences. In The Longest Journey, they established quite firmly what the consquences of April's journey would be--her becoming the Guardian. If she then doesn't become the Guardian, it's like they're just avoiding that consequence.

So you really have two options. You can not spend the whole game talking about how April is destined to become the next Guardian, or you can actually make her become the next Guardian. But the way they did it just seemed like a huge cop-out. It's like they're trying to have their cake and eat it too.

mag

[MiklCraw4d]

What about SQ3? That cracked me up way back in the day. I loved when those old Sierra games would go self-referential...

Also any game where choices you have made along the way affect the final cutscenes. I think QFG did this in a few games...

[Kehe]

I am absolutely for the ending of GK3. I loved the first game and couldn't wait for the second and third...I dream of a fourth, but know it's out of my control.

I remember crying in the end, and that doesn't happen to me very often after completing a game.

I also loved the ending of Syberia the TLJ.

Sounds like I need to check out the game Grim Fandango.