10 Video Game Ending Tropes That Need To Die

ABRUPT OR UNFINISHED ENDING

You’re in the heat of the action, sprinting toward an epic showdown at breakneck speed, and the stakes have never been higher. Things are coming to a head, the pieces of the story are about to fall into place, mysteries are going to be revealed, aaaand…. the end. It’s not even a cliffhanger. It’s just abrupt. It’s like someone cut the game off while it still had so much left to say.

Metal Gear Solid 5 comes to mind once again (it was, in fact, very literally cut off while it was still being developed. RIP Chapter 3). There’s also Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, a game that just stopped after that final boss, when it felt like it was moving towards a proper conclusion. And sure, this ending might make more sense if and when we ever get a sequel- but then again, who knows when that might happen, eh? Yet another cliffhanger with no conclusion. For now, at least.