KoopaTheCasual
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Megaman Legends 2 still hurts.
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GameTrailers Top 10 Unresolved Cliffhangers
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I guess you mean the part where the main character flew off in search of Revan. I'd accept that as being a decent ending.
If you mean any other part of the ending sequence, well, we'll have to disagree. Because the finale of KOTOR 2 was a big dump that somebody took and forgot to flush.
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
Mega Man Legends 2 should be #1, but I'll take #3.
That cliffhanger haunts me to this day.
That cliffhanger haunts me to this day.
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
i think he wants you to go into further detail. i do too.
Yeah, I mean, Darksiders did leave me all "give me a sequel NOW", but instead of a kind of desperate "noooo, don't stop there, continue the story", Darksiders 1 ending was more like "EFFFING YEAHHHH, BRING IT ON!"
You and me both, buddy.
The whole existence of this list highlights why I'm against the idea of cliffhangers in the first place. I understand it is to build hype for the next game, but things don't always pan out so your tease turns into torture if you don't follow up. What I did find interesting is that nearly all of the games were the second in their series. I guess this says something where perhaps the developers get the green light for a sequel and because of this they assume the series will go farther when that just isn't the case.
The latter is #1 in my eyes. Developers should be legally obligated to release sequels for games that end with a "To be continued" screen.
The Silver
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I'm getting depressed again thinking about how SWTOR completely destroyed everything KOTOR1/2 built up. Any story stemming from those characters is dead and buried, RIP old friends.
BattleMonkey
Member
The game should have never been a cliffhanger in the first place. Obsidian never were given the go ahead or hired to do a third game. There was a high chance the game might have been tossed back to Bioware or someone else especially after they didn't meet LAs original schedule and released the game in such a state.
The basic story of ToR with the emperor is what was planned for Kotor3. The execution was obviously changed to jump ahead in time to make room for the MMO characters, hence dumping the old cast.
Those comets coming down.....chills.....love that series...also great bad guy (Samael)
I agree with a lot of those. Number 1 and 4 mostly.
Sayyyyyy what.
What about Ecco the Dolphin 2? This thread title made me immediately think of Cheapy D of the CAGcast lamenting the lack of follow-up after Ecco
That was a thing, right? Third game in the trilogy never came out, instead there was Ecco Jr.
jumps into a time machine and disappears into a time portal.
That was a thing, right? Third game in the trilogy never came out, instead there was Ecco Jr.
"No. Not alone."
God damn it, Darksiders.
I was like, "FUCK YEAH!" Got excited for a sequel back then.
The Cowboy
Member
Wait the heck on here!, so your telling me Gordon and Alex didn't hook up, have a kid called Steven and move to Gordon's home away from home in Australia? - did I just dream that ending for HL2 EP2?.
Seriously though, hurry the heck up Valve and make EP3 or HL3.
Silver_DNA
Member
It's not a cliffhanger, but it is something greatly unresolved. Resident Evil desperately needs a reboot but not until they finally figure out what the big mystery behind Ada is.
They're making that shit up as they go along, there will never be a satisfying conclusion.
Otakumegane
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SatelliteOfLove
Member
I hear people bring it up plenty, but I don't really find
to be that bad of a plot hanger. I mean, all the plot threads are pretty much wrapped up, just leaving
The series already has a worse cliffhanger in
anyway.
Oh, and yeah, the Viewtiful Joe series is painful. Didn't the DS game even add a bonus little cliffhanger of its own in there?
Mega Man Legends 2
getting off the moon... and they show how that's going to happen anyway.
ZX: Advent
Oh, and yeah, the Viewtiful Joe series is painful. Didn't the DS game even add a bonus little cliffhanger of its own in there?
C.Olimar788
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Aquaria? Aquaria. It's such a shame the dev team apparently broke up after the game was made.
You don't remember Mega Man Legends 2's ending clearly. Getting Volnutt back from Elysium is the smallest of their problems. Yuna and Sera mention that now that Elysium has shut down, the "Elder System" is becoming active again on Terra (Earth), and that it could mean serious bad news to the people living there.
We get no explanation as to what this "Elder System" is, and what it could do.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Have the game and can't wait to play it. Beat the first game last year. I think that is one cliffhanger that becomes (if it's possible) even better unresolved.
The Last One
Member
Where's birth by sleep? =(
abstract alien
Member
That Conduit 2 ending is the stuff of legend. For anyone who hasn't seen it, just take a gander and be amazed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=W0Mdo0vy48w#t=628
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=W0Mdo0vy48w#t=628
instinct6142
Banned
are they hinting at something?
IdreamofHIME
Member
Why Darksiders 2? It's DS1 that set up the cliffhanger and THQ's greed that stretched the franchise out to make an interquel instead of a sequel.
ElectricBanquet
Member
This was the first thing I thought of as well. There really needs to be at least one more game to finally finish out the fantastic LoK story, but the fact that we're the only two posters in this topic so far who cared enough to even mention it is probably evidence of why it'll never happen.
Zombie James
Banned
"To be on this list there had to be an obvious intent to keep the story going."
doesn't really fit, imho. I always thought the ending mirrored the first
with
God of War III
God of War
Kratos jumping off the cliff.
I know man, it saddens me that apparently we are the only two person who actually remember this series exists. At least in this thread, a thread so fit for this series... =(
airmangataosenai
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With Half-Life we know with certainty we will be able to play a new game and get answers, not so with Shenmue. They should flip positions.
The first game that came to mind after seeing this list was Legacy of Kain. The f*** is up with leaving us like that after so much happened. I would even take a book with a continuation of story at this point. Had my hopes up when I read about the Nosgoth game only to be utterly disappointed with what they are making. I don't know whats worse, Breath of Fire VI being a phone game or Nosgoth.
Sapphire Dreams
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Holy shit I forgot Advent Rising existed !
And sucked hard.
I came in sort of expecting it to be on the list.
D
Deleted member 80556
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"No. Not alone."
God damn it, Darksiders.
Hurts more when we know it was going to have 4 player co-op.
Intheflorsh
Banned
I just wrapped up Bulletstorm, so you can imaging how I'm feeling. It could have had a satisfying denouement if just a few things were modified, but nope.
DrGonzo615
Banned
Its criminal that Legacy of Kain didnt make this list.