Guiness Names Top 50 Videogame Endings Ever

[Griking]

Their list was based on a whole 13,519 votes (with at least half of them out of high school).

Really? These games were determined to have the best endings of any other games in history?

I think I died a little inside reading this.



THE TOP 50 IN FULL
50. Resident Evil 4
49. Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic
48. Ratchet & Clank: a Crack in Time
47. Crysis 2
46. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
45. Call of Duty: World at War
44. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
43. Half-Life 2: Episode Tow
42. Super Metroid
41. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
40. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
39. inFamous
38. Fallout 3
37. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
36. Gears of War 2
35. Bioshock
34. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
33. Sonic Adventures 2
32. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
31. Kingdom Hearts II
30. Mass Effect
29. Super Mario Galaxy
28. Sonic the Hedgehog
27. Metal Gear Solid
26. Assassin's Creed II
25. Assassin's Creed
24. Shadow of the Colossus
23. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
22. Kingdom Hearts
21. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
20. Super Mario Galaxy 2
19. Mass Effect 2
18. Grand Theft Auto IV
17. Portal 2
16. Assassins Creed: Brotherhood
15. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
14. Halo: Combat Evolved
13. Halo 3
12. Pokemon Black and White
11. Super Mario Bros
10. Heavy Rain
9. Final Fantasy VII
8. Metal Gear Solid 4
7. Portal
6. Red Dead Redemption
5. God of War
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Halo: Reach
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops



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[old_skoolin_jim]

Just a few notable omissions from the top of my head:
Earthbound - For all the hype, it really does have one of the coolest & most "open" game endings
Lunar: Eternal Blue - EPILOGUE. 'nuff said.
Metroid - It had multiple endings!
Chrono Trigger - Again with the multiple endings... lots and lots of them
Bionic Commando - You get to see Hitler's face "EXPLODE" in slow-mo
Super Mario 2 - It was all a WHAT?
Super Mario 3 - Come on... it's the princess and she makes a funny.
L.A. Noire - Character you like less and less throughout the game redeems himself, and you realize how your hard work and sacrifice really was, essentially, in vain. Still sort of stirs my ire.

[Collector_Gaming]

list seems like a quick slapped together list mentioning most games that are new hot games or games even though a lil older are still generating a buzz

[LiquidPolicenaut]

Just a few notable omissions from the top of my head:
Lunar: Eternal Blue - EPILOGUE. 'nuff said.

Absolutely! Lunar:EB has one of THE best endings to a game ever imo. I would also add Snatchers' ending. SO many of the games on that list I would take away including the GTA games. I always felt the endings in all of them were like "Oh well. That's life....The End" and never felt like enough closure for me.

[Nebagram]

list seems like a quick slapped together list mentioning most games that are new hot games or games even though a lil older are still generating a buzz

Exactly this. A list like this you'd expect it to be more heavily populated with modern games because they're more cinematic, but for me FF7's ending was one of its weakest aspects, especially compared to VIII's or IX's. Only 2 Zelda games... wtf? And on a personal note, where the fuck is Wonderboy 3: The Dragon's Trap? That ending damn near made me cry when I was 9.

[Gameguy]

At least Super Metroid was included. Still I couldn't see any adventure games listed, it's hard to beat the ending to Secret of Monkey Island with LeChuck exploding into fireworks.

[sheath]

Final Fantasy 7 doesn't have an ending. 13,519+ people are, erm, hard of thinking.

[buzz_n64]

Great list... for me to poop on!

[jb143]

Super Mario 2 - It was all a WHAT? .

I know, no one ever saw that coming...

http://i39.tinypic.com/2rorkgj.jpg

[markusman64ds]

Maybe it's a little late for one of these.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

[Zing]

Super Mario Bros? Seriously? This just has to be a troll by Guiness.

I imagine Foxnews running a poll for the best work of literature would get similarly accurate results.

[kupomogli]

There are some games with good endings on there but I would say most aren't very good.

[The 1 2 P]

Why is KOTOR 1 on there and not KOTOR 2? KOTOR 1's big reveal happened in the middle of the game, not at the ending. KOTOR 2 had a much better ending. Atleast they didn't have Halo 2 on that list or the joke would have been that much more obvious.

[Collector_Gaming]

Super Mario Bros? Seriously? This just has to be a troll by Guiness.

I imagine Foxnews running a poll for the best work of literature would get similarly accurate results.

Well fox did have the Guinness Book of World Records Prime Time (remember that show?)

[Ryudo]

Can we go back the 90's when only real gamers played games please?

[Zama]

Those so-called list of best endings are the worse selections I have ever seen Whoever voted for that overall list didn't really have good taste in video games in general.

[G-Boobie]

Welp... There are better lists out there.