A Way Out saved its best idea for the last 20 minutes
The smartest thing about Hazelight Studio’s otherwise dopey prison-break thriller A Way Out is something its director…
To The Bitter End
Games are often left unfinished. Sometimes they’re too difficult, too vast, or too repetitive to see all the way through to the closing credits. To The Bitter End is our look at those endings that are worth fighting for—or at least worth reading about.
With one final death, Nier: Automata's ending redefines the meaning of life
2B dies a lot. For Nier: Automata’s fetish-maid-android-samurai, death is just another occupational hazard of waging an…
Dracula might be dead, but life goes on after Castlevania III’s bittersweet ending
Three things happen at the end of Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse in quick succession. First, you unclench your anus,…
Without its deleted finale, Metal Gear Solid V has no ending at all
They say that before you embark on a journey of revenge, you should dig two graves. This is why Metal Gear Solid V: The…
After a deadly serious quest, Altered Beast’s ending let us in on the joke
Altered Beast asks the impossible from the second it starts when a pixelated Zeus commands players to “Wise from your…
Fantasy Zone’s daddy issues twist drags it back to bleak reality
I often try my best not to think about my absentee dad, a man who hasn’t tried to contact me since I was 11 years old.…
Crackdown’s cartoon police state feels more real in 2016
Crackdown’s ending scene is less than 90 seconds long. The player’s character overlooks the metropolis of Pacific City…
Shadow Of Mordor proves revenge is shallow by whiffing its final battle
Contrary to popular belief, one can simply walk into Mordor—at least, if you’re an unkillable badass possessed by a…
Pulling Noby Noby Boy apart only brought people together
She broke through Earth’s atmosphere twice. The first time, on February 19th, 2009, she was little more than wonder and…
Knights Of The Old Republic’s endings provide more proof that good is dumb
If you rush through it, finishing Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic takes just about the same amount of time as…
Brothers embodies the best of siblinghood when it breaks your control
Gabe’s head fell right off his body. From the top of the basement stairs, I tossed him a miniature basketball, and when…
The tragedies of Telltale’s The Walking Dead give meaning to the game’s final choice
Lee Everett is a dead man walking. In the finale of Telltale’s The Walking Dead: Season One, he is tasked with tracking…
The truth is more wondrous than the mystery when Professor Layton’s on the case
At the detective’s request, the suspects are gathered in the parlor. The dowager, the duchess, the vicar, the…