Yeah I totally ripped the title off from that other guy's thread buuuuuuut since the last 3 bioware games have all had pretty weak endings I think it is time to remind everyone what a good ending is.
Which endings do you think were well done in Video Games?
Personally I think Far Cry 4's ending would have been brilliant if it weren't for the weak story in the middle act
Made even more awesome by the hidden easter egg ending
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQbOHzwTY60
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you know what, i'll go with ME3's synthesis ending, i love it and im not ashamed 
Baldur's Gate II - Throne of Bhaal
Sadly it is necessary to underline that by ending, I mean the very end; things that happen after last boss goes down. Story&villain of the expansion as a whole were anticlimatic and dumb bullshit.
But what a long story BG 2 is! I'm sure you can make like 200 hours disappear in the game with ease. It took me almost 10 years to finish the game. Mainly due to story of expansion always just driving me away.
....Yet it makes an awesome game as a whole, and I never forgot about it. When story remains on-going and untold for a decade, it grows larger than life in your headspace by default. Made a very emotional and powerful thing to finally finish it some years back.
Very honorable mentions that, unlike ToB, shine bright entirely with their own merits:
The Last of Us
Walking Dead S1
More I think of Last of Us, greater value it has in my eyes. Awesome story and narrative in perfect marriage with awesome gameplay. In TLOU, story that gets told actually fits and compliments the gameplay you are exposed to. And other way around. This is a surprisingly rare thing.(Example, In SW:TOR your story is of a Jedi Sage who means to save his master from a grave ilness. Gameplay and what you actually - do- in the game revolves around being a mass murderer who kills few dozen people for irrelevant reasons. Story and actual game fit together like dollar bills to a slot machine.
Like TLOU, Walking Dead comes with awesome story and characters. Yet, it makes a game that sacrifices literally everything else on altar of narrative and story. Playing it is a powerful, awesome experience. Yet, there is barely a game in there to speak of. Comparign the two makes me think even more highly of TLOU. In terms of emotional attachment and great characters, it worked for me just about as well as Walking Dead did. Unlike WD; it actually comes with an awesome game to boot.
Mass Effect 3. I have never seen a game ending impact it's community like Mass Effect 3.
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^This along with Vangrant Story, Shadow of The Colossus and TWD S1.
Mass Effect 3. I have never seen a game ending impact it's community like Mass Effect 3.
Pity it wasn´t for it´s good quality.
Golden Axe, in a time when endings were mostly of the "a winner is you" variety, it was surprisingly original.
Hmm... Recently, and off the top of my head, I liked this one a lot:
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Hmm... Recently, and off the top of my head, I liked this one a lot:
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The Last of Us.
Walking Dead Season One.
Walking Dead Season Two - well... one of them, at least.
Red Dead Redemption.
Mass Effect 2.
FFVIII had a very touching ending.
FFIX (thanks for that Kefka, gotta play it again soon.)
Mask of the Betrayer - again, one of them.
And last, but not least...
^
Best. Game. Ever.
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ME1 had a terrific ending if you ask me.
ME1 had a terrific ending if you ask me.
I agree.
Also:
The Last of Us
Red Dead Redemption
FFX
I remember the ending of Shadow Hearts: Covenant on the PS2 got a pretty good emotional response from me but I can't recall much about it.
*shrug*
MGS 3 is the best one I can think of atm but it's already been mentioned several times.
I thought highly of Final Fantasy VIII's ending.
I think the way they handled Dragon Age: Origins was really good, too (although it obviously depends on whether the player was happy with how things turned out.)
Mass Effect 2.
Easily. That is the best ending to a game, I have ever played.
Also, Spec Ops the Line. Metal Gears solid games have always had great endings. Also, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 had a great ending. Dat..... Knife throw. Soap FTW!. Max Payne 3 had a great ending as well. So did RDR. And GTA5's suicide option or whatever (where Franklin chooses to not kill Micheal or Trevor) was great.
Bioshock's ending was spectacular. HALO 4 had a great and surprisingly very emotionally ride throughout but specifically it's ending was very, very good. Resident Evil 4 had a great ending and final boss fight. God of War 2 had a great ending. Gears of War 3 had a very well done ending as well.
There's more but that's right off the top of my head.
But Mass Effect 2's ending was incredibly. The suicide mission is the single greatest implementation of player agency in video game history.
Which ending part of Mass Effect 2 was better?
Baby Reaper death and stuff or Illusive Man's last conversation.
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