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Games you thought you were about to beat and then HOLY SHIT THERE'S HOW MUCH MORE!?
- Thread starter PeakPointMatrix
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Gravity rush 2. What feels almost like an epilogue but is much more, almost like after this point was going to be gravity rush 3
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Okami is the right answer.
The beginning is a sore, I'm pretty sure a lot of people dropped it because of it's long intro and slow pacing, but for those that kept playing it sure is the game that keeps on giving.
When you start playing it you're playing some kind of prologue, you just don't know it yet, then when you finally kill the "final boss" and think it's the end (which would've been fine content wise), it's actually just the beginning!
Then you went on with the second act, kill all those demons and think "ok now I'm done with it", but it just doesn't end! There's more! And it just gets better!
When you finally slay the real baddie it kind of feel strange. Deep down you knew it was the end, but you feel like "That's it? Where is my next plot twist? What happens next? I need to know!". But that's it, that's the ending, there's nothing else to do except contemplate the final moments of the game while reflecting on everything you've just accomplished, specially if you done everything the game had to offer.
Now I kind of want to play it again...
The beginning is a sore, I'm pretty sure a lot of people dropped it because of it's long intro and slow pacing, but for those that kept playing it sure is the game that keeps on giving.
When you start playing it you're playing some kind of prologue, you just don't know it yet, then when you finally kill the "final boss" and think it's the end (which would've been fine content wise), it's actually just the beginning!
Then you went on with the second act, kill all those demons and think "ok now I'm done with it", but it just doesn't end! There's more! And it just gets better!
When you finally slay the real baddie it kind of feel strange. Deep down you knew it was the end, but you feel like "That's it? Where is my next plot twist? What happens next? I need to know!". But that's it, that's the ending, there's nothing else to do except contemplate the final moments of the game while reflecting on everything you've just accomplished, specially if you done everything the game had to offer.
Now I kind of want to play it again...
Dragon's Dogma:
Kill the final boss, finish the story... And then, begin the second half of the game.
Nier Automata:
You have to win it two times to unlock the final chapters of the game.
Kill the final boss, finish the story... And then, begin the second half of the game.
Nier Automata:
You have to win it two times to unlock the final chapters of the game.
One of the worst contenders for sure. Also RDR2 in a bad way. Persona 5 also felt like it dragged on forever, but it got better again towards the end, so I have mixed feeling on that one. Dragon Quest XI really has a lot of endgame-content, too.
Real Dragon's Dogma starts here. The best endgame and true ending.
Had you played DS1 beforehand? The structure of both games is very similar.
As for Dutch, I'd say that was intentional. You are supposed to get fed up.
Recently Divinity OS1. At around 60 hours I was just wrapping up Act 2. The story felt like it was hitting a proper end, and I would have felt satisfied given the massive zone areas I had fully wrung content out of.
Then as I was expecting credits, the game gives me a third massive act and another 40 hours of content. Not sure I was pleased entirely even if the content was solid, I had my fill and was ready to move on, but it threw me for a moment. I stuck it out and capped the game at around 100 hours.
Then as I was expecting credits, the game gives me a third massive act and another 40 hours of content. Not sure I was pleased entirely even if the content was solid, I had my fill and was ready to move on, but it threw me for a moment. I stuck it out and capped the game at around 100 hours.
Nowadays I feel this way about most single player games. Padding everywhere, companies care a lot more about big numbers "A 40 hour GoW campaign!", than providing good pacing or tight experiences.
From recent memory, both RDR2 and DQ XI this year do exactly this, and in both games is a really bad thing.
From recent memory, both RDR2 and DQ XI this year do exactly this, and in both games is a really bad thing.
This pretty much I was literally doing Pikachu surprised meme when I saw it
Okami for sure.
Super Mario Land 3D was another one. I was disappointed at how easy it was when I finished the game... Only to realize the REAL game was just beginning. Definitely shot it up the list as one of my favorite platformers. I still can't beat that last level.
Super Mario Land 3D was another one. I was disappointed at how easy it was when I finished the game... Only to realize the REAL game was just beginning. Definitely shot it up the list as one of my favorite platformers. I still can't beat that last level.
Alien Isolation, I thought I was at the end of the game twice before actually beating the game.
I remember this happened to me while plating the Last of Us. I thought the game was done and there were another snow segment with about 3 more hours to go.
Pretty much every Tales games before Xillia has about 10 hours of fluff towards the end
Lately, AC: Odyssey. That game is absolutely huge.
Also, I had a blast. The combat systems with the new RPG additions works really well.
Also, I had a blast. The combat systems with the new RPG additions works really well.
Dark Souls, after beating the Iron Golem. Not sure why I thought that was the end but I remember being really surprised when I had most of the game left to beat. I was pretty young and shit at games when i started DS so everything took ages. I had played for reaaaally long (we're talking more than 20 hours here) when i was done with Sens Fortress xD on my second playthrough i beat Sens Fortress in like two hours.
First time I played link to the past, I thought that after getting the master sword, would be all over. Oh boy.
Then the exact same thing happened while playing ocarina of Time, lol, although 6 dungeons are way more manageable than 8.
In both cases, I couldn't believe that there where so many dugeons yet to be explored in a world that I already knew.
Then the exact same thing happened while playing ocarina of Time, lol, although 6 dungeons are way more manageable than 8.
In both cases, I couldn't believe that there where so many dugeons yet to be explored in a world that I already knew.
Similar, but with Vesperia. Is this a recurring thing with Tales games or is it just these two that have multiple things that feel like natural endings?
I played it for the first time earlier this year, and I'd heard this comment a lot, but I don't *really* see it myself. That is, if it *was* broken down into two/three smaller games, I can't help but feel they'd be a bit narratively unsatisfying. Orochi's a good fight, but he doesn't feel climactic - there's too many dangling elements by that point in the story. People complain about how few dungeons exist in Majora's Mask as a full game, and that seems longer than the chunk of Okami up to the Moon Cave.
Really good idea for a thread and I have one great example. When the original Tomb Raider came out, there was no precedent for how long they were. My brother was reading a magazine article about it as we were playing and he said that the game has 4 areas. We took this to mean the 4 areas in what turned out to be the first 'world'. So when it continued on after that and was 4 times the length we were utterly blown away. Amazing times that I'll never forget.
Damn, this should have been mentioned on the first page. Agree +1
Good example. At one point I thought "ok, this should be over soon". Then I checked my progress in the story and was only at 70%.
Tales of Vesperia did this to me. I thought I won and found out I had more than a few hours left. I was shocked lmao
Dying Light comes to mind. Had no idea there would be an entire new city to explore in the back half. I was so stoked when I got there.
Basically every Tales of game does this. You think it's about to end and surprise, 30 more hours.
Dragon Age: Inquisition. There's so much content up to the point where you first fight Corypheus, and the game just throws you into a battle with the villain, so you have this "This is the end, right?" feeling and start thinking that a lot of the stuff they showed before either got cut or you didn't find in the game.
And after this, the game just expands so much, I was actually a little overwhelmed but excited.
And after this, the game just expands so much, I was actually a little overwhelmed but excited.
Dragon Quest VIII had you going through a shit ton of areas, but mever fully exploring them, and then there was a couple areas that you never step foot in. Right before what is conceived as the final boss or close enough, you start thinking what the hell I haven't even explored the whole map. Then you beat em and it just keeps on giving and giving and giving.
The first to come to my mind too. What an awesome and brilliantly executed move