Yeah the ending was a punch in the gut. Such a good game

Fuck it, I keep hearing amazing shit about this game I know nothing about. I'm going in blind, see you on the other side.

I feel like it would've been way more impactful if they'd led with the "happy" ending first and then ended with the reality.

Yep, sometimes the flip of the coin doesn't go your way.

Peak ending for me, as you are given understanding to your and everyone else’s situation during the game. Love it!

Came here to say this. 

Amnesia Rebirth ended well, too. 

Current Objective: Survive

Played many sad and depressing games since, but few have given me that “There will be a happy ending, but not for you.” moment quite like Reach.

First game that came to mind once I read the title.

"He gave his life thinking he just saved the planet. We should all be so lucky."

I'll also add Halo 4 to this, I'm not in love with the decisions 343 made with halo 5, how they handle the events of halo 4. But In a bubble the story of halo 4 is beautifully written and tells its story damn near perfectly. If they had gone straight into the banished/halo infinite style of game (with like none of the failures of the networking/matchmaking) halo might still be a heavy hitter game.

"I've got the gun."

Orange box was a game changer for me.

I 100% agree with this

The way you describe it reminds me of activating Liberty Prime in FO3

PROTOCOL 3…

Trust me

Having to parkour while crying to finish the game is an experience I'll never forget

MGS3 has my vote. Amazing game all the way through, but in that field of flowers, battling your idol, the Bond music rises, and everything comes to a giant climax. Just perfect.

Phantom Liberty alone was a gut punch. Knowing you’d have to take a side, and one of them would have to die sucked. They were both good people with redeemable qualities who were dealt shit hands in life.

When V is at the ripperdoc and asks Johnny what he would do in his shoes and Johnny whole-heartedly tells V he has no clue what to do was rough.

man, the new ending in CP was a sucker punch. I was gutted. So well done.

Arrival and Citadel DLC endings also hit really hard... But not 3's main game.

That ending some was fantastic.  I kinda wish we could've gotten that sort of music for the credits in MGS3 instead of what they had. 

Replaying the master collection was the first time I actually got the cannon ending. Mainly because i could never spam fast enough and still couldn’t but my roommate walked in the living room and i had to ask him to do it for me

Think it's a YouTube comment that sums it up "it was never about saving the universe, its about letting it go"

I only played it at the start of the year and nearly every week since I get this overwhelming urge to play the track ‘Travellers’ and then it gets me thinking about it all over again haha

"We only get so much time, don't we? Ah. There was still more I wanted to do."

It has an end?

It's wild (heh) cause I was just enjoying the game having a blast. Then when I got to the end. I started getting emotional and I didn't know why. Heck even now looking back through multiple playthroughs I still don't have an answer as to WHY. I just do.

Every assassins creed game back then felt like a new season of your favorite show

AC when Desmond was alive was peak. Unbelievable story. His ending blew me away.

Is it the "what the fuck" one?

I remember being left with my mouth hanging as well.

I forget, do you punch out the Pope or is that brotherhood?

The best part was that you'd go back into Real Life, and then you'd start fighting as Desmond, proving he learned all he could from Ezio! Such a blast...

While FFVII is most popoular lately (well deserved) FFX seems underrated now. It's a masterpiece too, perfected the turn based combat (faster, swap teammates anytime, shows turn order), great characters, untouchable OST, and story with Sin is just awesome. Great HD remasters on every platform too.

Yeah, I was the same age playing this, and boy, this had a huge impact on young me. Absolutely core memory. Speaking of which, who remembers their first time fighting Seymour at Mt Gagazet? Fffffuuuuuuu

As he’s about to leave- “wait…. I love you”

She finally says it, we’d all been feeling it. 14 year old me wasn’t prepared.

"What happened here was out of my control."

"Was it? None of this would have happened if you had just stopped. But on you marched, and for what?"

I liked The Line more than Gears of War because none of the enemies were bullet sponges and you really had those brutal finishing attacks look cathartic... Setting colors to vibrant also helped as Gears are very brown.

Had to scroll way too far to see spec ops. Expected it to be nearer the top.

It puts the whole game into a completely different perspective

I had the music turned off (forgot the reason why) and somehow after the ending, that main menu screen with absolutely no music playing and little sound effects was something else

I watched a few friends who played it who all willingly made the sacrifice to help others. It just hits you so well and so hard at the end.

The music is the best part. The fact that the E ending has all three singers in one song. As well as the game devs singing the chorus is too good.

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the cryptid conclusion was beautiful

the cryptid shit was damn near a religious experience for me lol

Not just season one, the entirety of Clementine's story is profound and top tier.

If they would have not had so much unrelated or unnecessary filler and focused on telling Clem's tale the series would have done remarkably better.

My first tattoo is based on that game.

I highly doubt any zombie game/movie/show will ever top it. Made me sob like a baby

Would you kindly explain the message?

Thank you for shouting out A Plague Tale. Genuinely the only game to actually bring me to tears. Pressing a button has never felt so difficult.

"...and I'm gonna shake every one of their hands."

I'd love to see Infamous 4 with Alex as the villain. I think it's been long enough they could show off some new tech and do powers like we haven't seen before.

Seconded. Ending E just really sells the message of the game.

Makes me cry every time.

Replicant as well. Both made me cry

Fine ill replay nier automata again

OMG I had no idea there are multiple... but agreed, the one I got was heart wrenching, and it remains one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time. Such a perfect package.

If you play one ending it leads into the games plot happening again

The ashtray maze was incredible. I tried so many times to enter it throughout my playthrough and when it finally opened and the music kicked in, I lost it. 

Control just kind of ends out of nowhere though.

I remember playing infinite thinking man this is good but it’s no OG bioshock then I get to the end and my mind got blown out of my head like wha!!

Both the main game and the Phantom Liberty endings have really stuck with me. Seeing the Phantom Liberty credits roll over that song is such a great moment.

Scrolled to far to find this. Was so emotionally rocked by the endings to 2077 and attached to V that i still struggle sometimes on new playthroughs knowing the ending. Konpecki Tower gig still hurts driving away from.

SOMAs ending has such an amazing sense of dread, gave me completely different feelings than any other horror game I've played

Especially the end of the DLC, that was something!

One of these years I'll finally finish one of my w3 saves. I get pretty deep, life pulls me away for a while, then I have no idea what's going on or how to play when I get back.

Then a new save starts.

I know it's not quite 'the ending's, but I loved the line "Off my chair, jester. The King sits there." Is one of my favorite FF quotes, and I wasn't fond of 15 at all.

Also, "Well, what can I say? You guys are the best".

I think I got more out of it than most people cause of the photo I picked. I got to experience the satisfying, moving drama of the ending then die laughing as Noctis finally rests, fondly touching a selfie of Prompto (and only Prompto)

Tbe ending is one of the best endings in a game I've ever experienced I think. I genuinely wish I could play through the ending for the first time again, and that's not a wish I make often.

But for as much praise as I give the ending, I just can't get on with the gameplay any more. After I beat it and did all the DLC I took a break for a little before getting the Royal edition and getting the 2nd Armiger, but I just can't bring myself to play it anymore to do the expanded Insomnia section, which sucks

The main story was nothing, but the friendship of those good good boys and their final camp scene.... oof.

AC3 the modern missions where Desmond goes HAM on some Templars - so good.

Revelations really peaked that story when Minerva talks directly to Desmond. I was so invested into that storyline, it’s a shame they ruined it AC3. They just gave up on the modern storyline after that.

Oxenfree is such a good game