Half-Life 2 Ending sucks

[allies]

I just finished Half-Life 2 and in my opinion the ending was piss poor. I guess the upside is that there can easily be a Half-Life 3 but I think that there could have been a better way to end it and still leave the opportunity for another sequel. Alright, just wanted to rant to get it off my chest Let me know what you think about the ending - did you not like it, or am I just dumb?

 

[Eureka]

It wans't so much suck as it was... disappointing. Personally, I was fine with it until I found out Alyx survives (she's in Aftermath)...

Norm

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Yeah it was a disappointment. After kicking so much ass for so long I was expecting something a little bigger/better.

 

[mOeeOm]

Ok how do I get myself to beat it? I'm at chapter 9, I try so hard to put 20 min eachday to get farther and farther.....but its sooooooooooooo boring and all the same T.T what motivates you?

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

When was the last time we ever had a satisfying FPS ending?

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: BespinReactorShaft
When was the last time we ever had a satisfying FPS ending?

I liked storming nazi HQ in call of duty, we won the war if that qualifys.

As for the half life 2 ending... It was allrite, mighta been better if the citadel thing took off and went into space with gordon on it or maybe if a giant independance day ship came down and nabbed gordon just after the administrator guy gets killed.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Originally posted by: cevilgenius
It wans't so much suck as it was... disappointing. Personally, I was fine with it until I found out Alyx survives (she's in Aftermath)...

Norm

Isn't aftermath based on the time period when she and gordon went seperate ways? Not after the confrontation in the citadel?

 

[CraKaJaX]

old news

 

[Stangs55]

Greatest ending ever, imho. (and yes, I'm serious)

 

[Whitecloak]

A bigger disappointment than this was the ending to MOHAA.

 

[Stretchman]

Yea, I felt left like I was left hanging as well. Sigh, oh well, it'll probably be a hallmark of all HL installments.

 

[MX2]

Originally posted by: BespinReactorShaft
When was the last time we ever had a satisfying FPS ending?

Thats a good question. Off the top of my head, I cant think of an ending that made me feel satisfied

 

[dornick]

I hate Valve's policy of "answer some questions, ask more". I need to have some idea of what's going on! Do they have the whole "half-life universe" figured out and they just drop us small hints or are they making it up as they go?

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Originally posted by: dornick
Do they have the whole "half-life universe" figured out and they just drop us small hints or are they making it up as they go?

Funny. Years ago I was having the same thoughts about the X-Files. Let's hope HL doesn't follow down that same path (albeit on a much shorter timescale than nine TV seasons).

 

[Sunner]

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
Ok how do I get myself to beat it? I'm at chapter 9, I try so hard to put 20 min eachday to get farther and farther.....but its sooooooooooooo boring and all the same T.T what motivates you?

I just kept telling myself it had to get better somewhere along since so many people loved it.
Can't say it did, and yeah, I didn't like the ending either.

Have to agree though, I can't say I remember any FPS's that have had a "Great" ending, though most have definitely been more satisfying than HL2.
At least most tend to have some sort of closure.

 

[PseudoKnight]

When was the last time we ever had a satisfying FPS ending?

The only one I can think of wasn't story-based: Serious Sam.

I personally liked the ending of Half-Life2. It was very appropriate with the HL universe. I can't wait for Aftermath.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: Stangs55
Greatest ending ever, imho. (and yes, I'm serious)

Agreed
It wasn't an "ending"... it was a cliffhanger.
Thats like saying the end to Empire Strikes (or most if not all season finales TV dramas) back was "sh!tty"... no it was a HUGE cliffhanger leaving you DYING for the next installment. Brilliant move on Valves' part.

Edit: Nobody said anywhere the "end" of a game had to be its "end".

 

[ockky]

what did you expect after the crapfest of an ending halflife one was?

i still haven't played it, and won't play it until sven2 comes out...sigh, if it ever does...

 

[PingSpike]

It was pretty lame. After such an epic setup, it disappointing to see such a fizzle ending. I wanted to see some scenes of the uprising kicking combine ass.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: PingSpike
It was pretty lame. After such an epic setup, it disappointing to see such a fizzle ending. I wanted to see some scenes of the uprising kicking combine ass.

I guess thats my point... Valve can now do anything with the storyline via addons that they want. Prequels? Sequels? missing pieces to the puzzle? They can script it like a on-going TV/movie drama now all they want. Flash back episodes would be sweet too.

 

[JBT]

I thought the ending was fine...

 

[Jeff7181]

I was confused by the ending. I thought it was because I hadn't paid enough attention to the story, but I guess it's really just because it's more of a pause in the story than an ending.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: PingSpike
It was pretty lame. After such an epic setup, it disappointing to see such a fizzle ending. I wanted to see some scenes of the uprising kicking combine ass.

I guess thats my point... Valve can now do anything with the storyline via addons that they want. Prequels? Sequels? missing pieces to the puzzle? They can script it like a on-going TV/movie drama now all they want. Flash back episodes would be sweet too.

That's all well and good - thinking about the future and leaving things open-ended - but sometimes you have to deliver in the now, or no one is going to bother to buy those prequels/sequels/flashbacks if they know they all lead to rewardless disappointment.

 

[Banzai042]

The one thing that i want to konw is Who and/or what is the G Man? I'm thinking that they don't really want to give that information out yet so they are holding off on anything that might give it away, though that still does piss me off after waiting for however long it was for HL2

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: BespinReactorShaft
When was the last time we ever had a satisfying FPS ending?

Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast was alright. Take on a ridiculously overpowered dark warrior. It's nice to learn his fighting styles and finally beat him with lightsaber skill.
Or exploit a bug that lets you easily kill him with 3 shots from the sniper weapon.


I guess one of these years I'll have to try HL2 myself. I finally played HL1 about 5 years after it was released, so that gives me until what, 2009 to do HL2? I think I can manage that.