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| From | Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action |
| Subject | Re: The worst endings... |
| Date | 2026-01-29 10:40 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <2dvmnkd8a3cn0bkc2k15k2vc8ce99ojaip@4ax.com> (permalink) |
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:20:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote: >Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:25 this Tuesday (GMT): >> On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:59:36 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >>>On 1/20/2026 8:43 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >> >> >>>> [Their list included, for those of you too lazy to click >>>> the link: Ghosts 'n Goblins; Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's >>>> Revenge; Fable II; Mass Effect 3; and Assassin's Creed >>>> III. There, I saved you some reading. ;-)] >> >>>I don't remember ME3's ending which is the only one of those I've played >>>to the end. >> >> In its essence: fight your way to the Crucible, and make a choice for >> one of three endings (although you may get fewer options depending on >> your 'military readiness' score. These included: >> >><ROT13> >> - Qrfgebl gur Erncref naq nyy NV (raqvat gur 50,000 lrne plpyrf bs >> qrfgehpgvba) >> - Pbageby gur Erncref (tvivat Furcureq gur novyvgl gb gryy gur erncref >> jung gb qb), be >> - Zretr jvgu gur Erncref, jurer NV naq betnavp yvsr shfr gbtrgure va n >> arj sbez bs yvsr. >> - Ershfny Raqvat (ninvynoyr va gur rkgraqrq irefvba cngpu) unf >> Furcureq ershfr gb pubbfr, juvpu zrnaf gur Erncref jva naq gur plpyrf >> pbagvahr >></ROT13> >> >> In the original game, regardless of your choice, you got a nearly >> identical ending cinematic, with the primary difference being whether >> the lights were red, blue or green. The patched extended edition added >> a few tweaks. >> >> The similarities between the endings were... not well received. >> Myself, I didn't mind the endings themselves, but the lack of effort >> to diffentiate them was rather a let down. > >I sure do love games where your choice of ending is down to a clear >signposted choice at the end. > >>>> What game do you think of first when it comes to 'bad endings'? >> >>>The original ending of Fallout 3 before they fixed it with a DLC is what >>>comes to mind. It didn't ruin the game, but it was definitely >>>disappointing you died to make safe water. >> >> Mostly because your sacrifice was predicated on your entering a >> high-radiation area and you had a party member who could easily >> survive that. It was such an obvious oversight that it angered a lot >> of people. >> >> Not me, though. I didn't have Fawkes in my party so it was never an >> option. What, allow one of those murderous abominations to travel with >> me? I think not! I left him in bloody gibbets in Vault 87!!! ;-) > > >I believe FO3 got a patch to change the patch later. Also, apparently >FO3 wasn't a very good Fallout game anyways (not speaking as a FO fan) That depends on whom you ask. It's a very /different/ Fallout from the first two games, and that offended some of the hardcore Fallout fans. You could make the argument, too, that it's just "Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion" with a post-apocalyptic skin; there are a lot of similarities in the gameplay. And were you to argue that if Bethesda really wanted to make a game so different from the first two games, they should have created an entirely new IP (an argument I would whole-heartedly agree with, but mostly because I'm always in favor of creating new intellectual properties rather than milking an existing fanbase ;-). But the game itself? It was fine. It wasn't without its issues; the NPCs were stiff, the quests fairly rote, world-map comparatively tiny. But I personally found that "Fallout 3" combined the interesting bits of the "Fallout" universe with the exploration of Bethesda CRPGs in a fun mix that made the game greater than the sum of its parts. And given how popular the franchise remains, it would seem the majority of players agree with that assessment.
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The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-20 11:43 -0500
Re: The worst endings... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-01-23 16:00 +0000
Re: The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-23 14:00 -0500
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Re: The worst endings... "Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> - 2026-01-25 18:23 +0000
Re: The worst endings... Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-01-26 12:08 +0200
Re: The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-26 10:09 -0500
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Re: The worst endings... Gottfried Neuner <kyonshi@wilderland.ovh> - 2026-01-24 23:58 +0100
Re: The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-25 10:48 -0500
Re: The worst endings... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-01-26 16:50 +0000
Re: The worst endings... Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2026-01-28 09:56 -0800
Re: The worst endings... ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-01-25 00:38 +0000
Re: The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-25 11:13 -0500
Re: The worst endings... ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-01-26 01:07 +0000
Re: The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-26 10:17 -0500
Re: The worst endings... ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2026-01-27 07:31 +0000
Re: The worst endings... Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2026-01-26 15:59 -0800
Re: The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-27 10:25 -0500
Re: The worst endings... Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2026-01-28 10:05 -0800
Re: The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-28 13:42 -0500
Re: The worst endings... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-01-28 21:20 +0000
Re: The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-29 10:40 -0500
Re: The worst endings... Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2026-02-05 10:44 -0800
Re: The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-02-06 10:09 -0500
Re: The worst endings... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-02-06 07:30 -0800
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Re: The worst endings... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2026-02-06 17:45 -0800
Re: The worst endings... Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2026-02-06 13:05 -0500
Re: The worst endings... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-02-07 13:04 -0500
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