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If a game has a true/secret ending do you try to get it?
- Thread starter AnimaRize
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Depends on how much work it is. If it's nothing more than making certain choices instead of others, I'll usually go for it. If it's a fairly minor extension off the main plot, I'll usually go for that as well. If it requires replaying the game or a great amount of busy work, then I'll ignore it
The one "spoiler" that I sometimes like to know while going through a game is if there are multiple endings and what the requirements are since I can't guarantee that I'll want to replay it anytime soon. My wife will usually do this for me so I can avoid spoilers. If it's a choice at the end, I'll just save before it and re-load. If it requires events throughout the entirety of a game and locks you into a specific path, I'll try to go for the "true ending" unless it's absurdly difficult/time consuming to get.
as said by many, depends. for cyberpunk 2077
it involved choosing exactly the right responses in a single conversation, which, with a guide, was pretty easy to do...
No, because I think this is an absolute bullshit mechanic that robs the VAST majority of people who play a game of the actual/correct ending in the small hope that it creates some sort of replayability/extends the life of the game. I play the game, beat it, and then Youtube the other ending - and typically get pretty annoyed about it.
These are honestly one of my biggest pet peeves in gaming. I will try to get the best ending, but if its too much, I will nope out (and if I read about a bad one ahead of time, honestly, It could prevent me purchasing/trying the game altogether. ).
Just really encountered a really stupid one in Trails of Cold Steel 4 (not hard to obtain, just stupid)
Edit- and I will go further and say, this was extra annoying, since this is the ending to a 100 hour game, which actually comes after 3 prior 100 hour games in Cold Steel 1, 2, and 3 (and possibly you could say 5 more other than that too, if you count Trails in the Sky trilogy and Crossbell dualogy games) since this game is essentially the culmination of ALL of those games- multiple hundred of hours of games- like 800 hours of gameplay. So, it felt like they really held you hostage to get this true ending. Which granted, the extra 2-3 hours or so it demanded me is small next to that, but in that final leg, I really felt like my time wasn't being respected, unlike the rest of the games, while long, I felt actually earned my time with them- they are just massive games, with tons of content, dialogue, story, etc- but this was just busywork thrust upon the gamer to get an acceptable ending.
Just really encountered a really stupid one in Trails of Cold Steel 4 (not hard to obtain, just stupid)
You play through the whole game normally, face a hard, lengthy and annoying final boss for it to end with the main character dying, the party in anguish, and credits roll. Pretty shitty. Then the game offers you to reload a save just prior to the last boss with a vague hint it might go differently this time, , where you get some deus ex maxima item just outside the boss room, then you fight the boss again (again, a difficult, lengthy, and annoying fight I might add which was REALLY not excited to repeat, but it makes you slog through it..) And instead of dying, deus ex maxima happens, you don't die this time, and you fight another even more annoying and lengthier boss fight, and then finally get the real, mega happy ending.
I just didn't really get why you had to go through the whole exercise to begin with. Just pure padding and nonsense storytelling, and nothing they couldn't have done the first time through rather than forcing a shit end, and a 2nd time through the final boss and yet another before getting the ending you actually want.. None of the prior games in the franchise pulled this sort of thing, and don't understand why it was done here. Dumb.
I just didn't really get why you had to go through the whole exercise to begin with. Just pure padding and nonsense storytelling, and nothing they couldn't have done the first time through rather than forcing a shit end, and a 2nd time through the final boss and yet another before getting the ending you actually want.. None of the prior games in the franchise pulled this sort of thing, and don't understand why it was done here. Dumb.
Edit- and I will go further and say, this was extra annoying, since this is the ending to a 100 hour game, which actually comes after 3 prior 100 hour games in Cold Steel 1, 2, and 3 (and possibly you could say 5 more other than that too, if you count Trails in the Sky trilogy and Crossbell dualogy games) since this game is essentially the culmination of ALL of those games- multiple hundred of hours of games- like 800 hours of gameplay. So, it felt like they really held you hostage to get this true ending. Which granted, the extra 2-3 hours or so it demanded me is small next to that, but in that final leg, I really felt like my time wasn't being respected, unlike the rest of the games, while long, I felt actually earned my time with them- they are just massive games, with tons of content, dialogue, story, etc- but this was just busywork thrust upon the gamer to get an acceptable ending.
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Depends on how bullshit it is.
Steins Gate... sure, the game is well designed that you can just jump to the right parts of the story and make appropriate choices. Great game.
Some of the older Atelier games... fuck no. It demands a perfect run, needing you to start over and spend your time in the exact way they want you to. I don't want to play an entire game looking at a guide.
Steins Gate... sure, the game is well designed that you can just jump to the right parts of the story and make appropriate choices. Great game.
Some of the older Atelier games... fuck no. It demands a perfect run, needing you to start over and spend your time in the exact way they want you to. I don't want to play an entire game looking at a guide.
My desire to go for a secret ending is directly proportional to the difficulty In attaining the ending AND a z-axis of how important it is to the story.
So things like VN? I will make sure I get the best possible ending first try, if it takes more than one shot then I likely will go back on FF until the relevant section.
for RPGs? Again best ending first unless I don't know about it until completion. For instance persona 4 and Persona 5. With P4, I DIDN'T know about the best ending first time around, discovering it only after completing and setting the game down for a while. So when Golden came out I went for the best possible from day 1.
Same with P5 (though it is far more obvious how to attain the best ending with that one than P4).
if it takes massive completathons and hours and hours of work for a 5 minute movie (I'm looking at you Kingdom Hearts 1) then no I'm not.
So things like VN? I will make sure I get the best possible ending first try, if it takes more than one shot then I likely will go back on FF until the relevant section.
for RPGs? Again best ending first unless I don't know about it until completion. For instance persona 4 and Persona 5. With P4, I DIDN'T know about the best ending first time around, discovering it only after completing and setting the game down for a while. So when Golden came out I went for the best possible from day 1.
Same with P5 (though it is far more obvious how to attain the best ending with that one than P4).
if it takes massive completathons and hours and hours of work for a 5 minute movie (I'm looking at you Kingdom Hearts 1) then no I'm not.
I typically don't bother if it's something like "collect all these things". If it's something like "do this instead of that" I don't mind though.
Depends on what you need to do, big boring grinds like Crash, Arkham Knight or Shadow of War? No, I'll just watch on YouTube. Something like Bloodborne's I'll likely do if not by save scumming, just another playthrough. Hardest I'm not sure as I probably used a guide if it's super missable. Maybe Undertale true pacifist ending, as I did it mostly without a guide (though knew it was possible).
I generally like to go into games blind, unless it's a rogue lite, once I've beaten it I'm done.
I totally wish I had motivation to beat a game a second time, it's just a lot of time.
I totally wish I had motivation to beat a game a second time, it's just a lot of time.
For certain games where I know there will be one - ALWAYS. Kingdom Hearts 100% of the time since Deep Dive. I'll play on the highest difficulty, get as much shit as I can just to hopefully unlock it. If I don't see one at the end of the game, I'll look up if I'm missing any requirements.
Same. I'll do it with visual novels but just look it up for most other games.
Really depends on how much I enjoy the game and how far out of the way I need to go to get it. If its something that doesn't require extensive grinding and a single-playthrough of course. If it's something like say Crash 4 where you need to 100%+ completion for an additional few minutes to the ending nope. However, I did get the Arkham Knight full ending, I'm inconsistent lol.