Game where you lose in the end?

I got to thinkin, they have movies where the protagonist dies in the end and all hope is lost blah blah

but would a game where you ultimately lose in the end be a good idea?

SPOILER

in dead rising one of the endings you get which was the ultimate Frank died.... but that was just one of the endings...

GTA 4 doesn't exactly have a happy ending. Some of the charecters in Dynasty Warriors games die in the end. Call of Duty 4 had a pretty unhappy ending aswell.

you die at the end of mafiaspliffstar12

Oh yeah, how could I forget Mafia!? I loved that ending, you thought everything was fine and okay and that guy you played as was going to live happily ever after. Then BAM, Don Salleri sends his regards.

I'd love one of those Halo/Gears type games, where it's humans vs. impossible alien odds. And humans get completely annihilated. It'd be a nice change of pace from "OMG WE SOMEHOW WON!!!".locopatho

Kinda like, win the battle but lose the war?? I like that idea, but then again some one could make a game let you play as an alien. and win so that would be a good ending :P ..

Stalker... the money ending. OMG. organic_machine

I'd love one of those Halo/Gears type games, where it's humans vs. impossible alien odds. And humans get completely annihilated. It'd be a nice change of pace from "OMG WE SOMEHOW WON!!!".locopatho

They are never going to do that if they want to make a sequel, and lets face it what developer doesnt want to make a sequel to a successful game....

P.S. I am pissed with a lot of you for ruining the ending of games I have yet to play (STALKER, Bioshock and Mafia).

Shadow of the Colossus kinda had one of those endings... almost...

at least, it was far from a happy ending...

[QUOTE="organic_machine"]Stalker... the money ending. OMG. thegoldenpoo

but yea, the games that have those endings are mainly ones with multiple endings, those dont feel like they count

Shadow of the Colossus kinda had one of those endings... almost...

at least, it was far from a happy ending...

Toki1776

:shock: How could I forget? Awesome ending!

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Shadow of the Colossus kinda had one of those endings... almost...

at least, it was far from a happy ending...

locopatho

:shock: How could I forget? Awesome ending!

Awsome yet kinda depressing.

Spoilers for a certain xbox live arcade platformer where time happens to play an important part ahead!!

[spoiler] Braid definitely. You find out that you were the bad guy the whole time, due to your overwhelming obsession with the princess, and the princess escapes in the hands of a knight in armor. Of course that's only the surface story. If you bother to dig a bit deeper there is a whole other meaning to the whole game, which might blow your mind. [/spoiler]

[QUOTE="locopatho"]I'd love one of those Halo/Gears type games, where it's humans vs. impossible alien odds. And humans get completely annihilated. It'd be a nice change of pace from "OMG WE SOMEHOW WON!!!".Oroin

Kinda like, win the battle but lose the war?? I like that idea, but then again some one could make a game let you play as an alien. and win so that would be a good ending :P ..

Exactly. Like you have fought so hard, killed so many enemies, but in the end the odds are just too great. Like I had an idea for a game, where an alien ship attacks Earth. It'd have a totally epic 20 hour campaign, with every nation on Earth hurling absolutely everything at it. Eventually winning after taking horrific casualties and damage. Everyone is standing around smiling, saying "We did it!". Then, whoom! Hundreds more ships appear in the sky. Shot of everyone despairing. THE END!

I think it's good :P

super mario bros. 2

idk, just finding out, oh! none of your efforts mattered cause it was all a dream! you accomplished nothing accept helping mario sleep a little better for the next few nights yayyyy!! that was pretty lame i thought back in the day

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locopatho

Exactly. Like you have fought so hard, killed so many enemies, but in the end the odds are just too great. Like I had an idea for a game, where an alien ship attacks Earth. It'd have a totally epic 20 hour campaign, with every nation on Earth hurling absolutely everything at it. Eventually winning after taking horrific casualties and damage. Everyone is standing around smiling, saying "We did it!". Then, whoom! Hundreds more ships appear in the sky. Shot of everyone despairing. THE END!

I think it's good :P

How about winning the war but being the last man/woman alive. :P might as well have lost the war

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Oroin

Exactly. Like you have fought so hard, killed so many enemies, but in the end the odds are just too great. Like I had an idea for a game, where an alien ship attacks Earth. It'd have a totally epic 20 hour campaign, with every nation on Earth hurling absolutely everything at it. Eventually winning after taking horrific casualties and damage. Everyone is standing around smiling, saying "We did it!". Then, whoom! Hundreds more ships appear in the sky. Shot of everyone despairing. THE END!

I think it's good :P

How about winning the war but being the last man/woman alive. :P might as well have lost the war

Well at least you get lots of dead bodies to play with if you get what i'm saying ;)

How about winning the war but being the last man/woman alive. :P might as well have lost the war

Oroin

That works too :D

Also for aliens winning, see Destroy All Humans :P

FEAR Extraction Point carried a good ending.

STALKER did too. The wish to make the Zone disappear and the other wish to control humanity.

Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway says devs are WAY ahead of you.

I got to thinkin, they have movies where the protagonist dies in the end and all hope is lost blah blah

but would a game where you ultimately lose in the end be a good idea?

SPOILER

in dead rising one of the endings you get which was the ultimate Frank died.... but that was just one of the endings...

supermechakirby

It's called DEAD RISING. All endigngs lead to failure.

I have an idea about a game where the protagonist dies at the end of the trilogy...

I'm really proud of the idea. It's a pretty original concept, and would maybe be controversial. But yeah, I'm not telling anybody. I would really like to copyright it and sell it someday, lol. That would be sweet.

Phantasy Star II.

Hellfire S and Robotech: Battle Cry also come to mind.

Stalker has lot's of ending were you loose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcO3gtcOeio

Even when you win you loose lol

Oblivian you lose 244 Hrs of your life in the endwukepingu

if you want to play that game then WoW, youll lose years of your life :P

I'd love one of those Halo/Gears type games, where it's humans vs. impossible alien odds. And humans get completely annihilated. It'd be a nice change of pace from "OMG WE SOMEHOW WON!!!".locopatho

Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway says devs are WAY ahead of you.

Shadow_of_Kirby

yes I was gonna mention that game, not a lot of wwii games if any where you lose in the end

Heavenly Sword

[spoiler] Nariko dies [/spoiler]

Well with Braid, if you didn't get all the stars and just beat all the levels and put together the puzzles, then you don't really win. If you get all the stars then you seemingly have won, but following the story, winning isn't a good thing in this case.MuffinPunk

STALKER, "I want to be rich!" One of the worst endings (tied with a few others in that game). You lose in all of them but two, and one you're [spoilers] essentially helping the antagonist(s). [end spoilers]Saturos3091

I liked the blind ending alot, good but bad.

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I got to thinkin, they have movies where the protagonist dies in the end and all hope is lost blah blah

but would a game where you ultimately lose in the end be a good idea?

SPOILER

in dead rising one of the endings you get which was the ultimate Frank died.... but that was just one of the endings...

Phazevariance

It's called DEAD RISING. All endigngs lead to failure.

cept the endings where frank flies to safety in a helicopter :|