Because it’s holiday in here, I’ve got a lot time to play now. And as I grow old, my gaming habits change. For example I rather finish one game, than start three and throw them away a few hours after. And after finishing a game lately (I don’t want to spoil anything, so take it just as an example) I was pretty surprised to see a sad ending.

You know, it’s hard for me to accept an ending like this after 30+ hours of playing.  I lived the story with the character, the story pushed me forward and even if I was able to clear all the things a game prepared for me, there was a bad ending. And I don’t mean anything like death of main character, his sacrifice for a higher good. This would mean that at least the idea I was fighting about was successful. But the ending where you didn’t accomplish anything at all. All the time was for nothing.

For example – all the game you’re after a killer. And the end? You captured the killer, but there’s no evidence, so after the court, he’s gonna be free again. Your little sister is in the hospital and may die (of course you don’t know, how it’s going to end, ‘cos it’s the end of game) and you move away, so you won’t see your friends (that helped you all the time) again.

I do understand sad endings in movies, but it’s different in games, cause in some way, you’re the hero in here. And of course you spend a lot more time playing a game than watching a movie.

What about you? Do you enjoy even sad endings in games, or are you disappointed as well?