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[veebee]

Best (and worst) ARG endings

[Lunsford]

the worst ARG's are the one's that never finish and IMPLODE!

[veebee]

I agree one hundred percent, that is very frustrating! However, I am talking about actual endings........

[Lunsford]

I think the endings that happen abruptly without explaination are the worst... or when the PM ends the game with a less than proper ending... meaning "Hey everyone! It's over because.. ...well it just is!! Deal with it!"


and alot of times, the endings leave the players scratching thier heads because it wasn't a full conclusion...

I am just rambling at this point so...yeah...

[veebee]

That's not rambling, it's an opinion. All worth it! I am posting this in PM Help for a good reason.......I don't want to repeat other's past mistakes, and I do want to leave the players satisfied at the end of the game. So, all opinions welcome!

[Fishjp]

One of the best endings was Project Ophiucus. We beat the bad guys saved the girl and then found out we were all to be targeted next. Fantastic ending.

[Lunsford]

I agree with Fish. That game and LGL was the best games I have ever played!

[Fishjp]

[veebee]

Thank you both!
What made the ending great though? Was it the level of interaction, the general storytelling, the fact that you felt you had a bearing on the outcome...yada yada...?

I guess what I'm really asking is what made you feel emotionally attached to the ending? What made you feel "Oh cr*p, It's really over, what do I play now?" Or, on the flip side, what made you think "If that was supposed to be the end, why the hell did I just spend the last six weeks of my life following this Sh*t?" !!

[LordIllidan]

IRIS had a really disappointin ending, if you can call it that. There was no real "finale" to it. We didn't even know the game WAS over until someone who's dad worked at M$ leaked out an article from their employee homepage saying how it just ended and they were making a note: Huge success.

/me has been playing Orange box XD

As for best ending... Yeah, WTS was epic Too bad I wasn't there to see it live

[Lunsford]

@Fish haha

Well, i think the fact that it was so exciting as far as trying to decode files and getting a certain number of people to help with "unlocking the files".. It was great intercation.. and one more thing!!! We had our own chat room and mailing system!! It was awesome!

LGL had the computer that you could carry on a converstaion with.. very cool!!


To sum it up, I think it was the level of interaction and updates!!

[veebee]

**WHOOP!!**
Thank you guys, that's what I'm talking about! Keep it coming. YAY!!

[notgordian]

Beast of Black Water had an ending so bad it might actually count as "best ending" for me. PM died (in a house fire, I think) and his girlfriend posted to the thread revealing what the story would have done had he not died a fiery death, cuz that's what he'd have wanted.

Can't think of the best ending, but I enjoyed the Chain Factor finale -- control over the ending was vested in how people chose to play the flash game over a fixed period of time.

[Lovek]

[catherwood]

I didn't play it, but I hear that Vapor Lofts just sorta faded out at the end without a real conclusion.