History AudienceAlienatingEnding / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'': The game was already fairly bleak starting on a DownerBeginning with [[spoiler: Joel being brutally killed by Abby for the revenge of her father]] which already didn't sit well with the fanbase. But after going through all the trials and tribulations of the leads, it ends [[spoiler:with Ellie having ''nothing'' at the end of the game. She foregoes her revenge on Abby at the last minute and lets her live, but comes home to find Dina and the baby they raised together having left which Dina had threatened to do if she went through with going after Abby one more time. Two of her fingers were bitten off in the final fight meaning she can no longer play guitar, the last remnant of Joel she had left and wandering off into an unknown future]]. One can argue that Abby [[spoiler: lost all of her friends due to her revenge, but she at least had Lev and the hope of finding a firefly base by the end of her story]]. Sure no one was expecting a major happy ending given the game's setting. Still, the ending utterly soured what goodwill most players were willing to give the game, who felt like nothing was accomplished at the end of the day and topped off a pretty miserable story.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts'': Rorke surviving out of thin air and kidnapping Logan for the sake of a SequelHook turned off a lot of players.

** The ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' was instantly slammed by the old guard once its [[TheEndingChangesEverything twist ending]] came to light. [[spoiler:Sephiroth ([[EpilepticTrees potentially]] the same Sephiroth from '''[[TimeTravel after]]''' the events of ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'') manipulates Cloud and his friends into killing the "[[TimePolice arbiters of fate]]", leading to alterations in the timeline and creating {{AlternateUniverse}}s, one of which [[HeroOfAnotherStory depicts Zack surviving his final stand]]]]. A lot of this is a case of TheyChangedItNowItSucks, as the ending strongly implied (and left many players convinced) that future installments would [[OffTheRails veer more heavily from the plot of the original]]. It's also an interesting case of BrokenAesop crossed with OpeningACanOfClones: many fans were put off by the addition of TimeTravel, TheMultiverse and the concept of [[ScrewDestiny defying fate]], believing that their inclusion undermines the dramatic weight of the story and trivializes several themes from the original game (e.g., coping with loss, never giving up on life even when the odds are stacked against you, etc.). Granted, the exact ramifications and extent of such changes are as yet unknown, and the mysteries raised did succeed in making [[BrokenBase many fans]] more curious about the series' future. However, a considerable number of players who loved ''Remake'' prior to the final chapter--along with more skeptical fans who were waiting for word-of-mouth--turned on it after the ending's revelations came to light, and expressed that they have no interest in parts ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth 2]]'' and ''3'' if the ending is a sign of where the series will be going.

** The ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' was instantly slammed by the old guard once the ending of the first part came to light. [[spoiler:Sephiroth ([[EpilepticTrees potentially]] the same Sephiroth from '''[[TimeTravel after]]''' the events of ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'') manipulates Cloud and his friends into killing the "[[TimePolice arbiters of fate]]", leading to alterations in the timeline, the biggest of which is [[HeroOfAnotherStory Zack]]'s survival, with the implication that future events will not happen as they were supposed to as now Cloud and co. are aware of them]]. A lot of this is a case of TheyChangedItNowItSucks when many players were left convinced that future installments would [[OffTheRails veer more heavily from the plot of the original]]. It's also an interesting case of BrokenAesop crossed with OpeningACanOfClones, as the ending introduces several tropes (and has [[EpilepticTrees spawned numerous fan theories]] containing such tropes [[AlternateUniverse among others]]) which many players find 1) antithetical to [[CentralTheme certain themes]] from the original and 2) potentially render the entire ''Remake'' trilogy [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse inconsequential]] from [[ShaggyDogStory a story perspective]]. The fact that [[spoiler: many characters now appear to have been SparedByTheAdaptation]] has also led to accusations of cheapening the story and thus feeling like a FixFic. As a result, a considerable number of players who loved ''Remake'' prior to the final chapter, along with more skeptical fans who were waiting for word-of-mouth, turned on it after the ending's revelations came to light, and expressed that they have no interest in parts ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth 2]]'' and ''3'' if the ending is a sign of where the series will be going. Granted, the exact ramifications and extent of such changes are as yet unknown, and some have interpreted them as an attempt to [[spoiler: salvage the otherwise divisive ''Compilation'' and better incorporate its materials into the original game's narrative]], and are thus more curious about the series' future.

* ''VideoGame/BionicCommando2009'' has a cliffhanger ending with Spencer falling to an unknown fate after killing Super Joe, and a Morse code [[TheStinger stinger]] telling of the activation of a new Project Albatros[s]. Poor sales of this and the LicensedGame of ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' led to development studio GRIN [[CreatorKiller going out of business]], and the following (and currently last) game, ''VideoGame/BionicCommandoRearmed2'', was a midquel.

* ''VideoGame/BionicCommando 2009'' has a cliffhanger ending with Spencer falling to an unknown fate after killing Super Joe, and a Morse code [[TheStinger stinger]] telling of the activation of a new Project Albatros[s]. Poor sales of this and the LicensedGame of ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' led to development studio GRIN [[CreatorKiller going out of business]], and the following (and currently last) game, ''Bionic Commando Rearmed 2'', was a midquel.

** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareIII'': [[HeroKiller Makarov kills Soap]] [[DroppedABridgeOnHim in a very anticlimactic manner]]. He [[KarmaHoudini gets off scot-free]]. And then Price gets to kill Shepherd... in TheStinger, ''[[AntiClimax without the player's input]]''. That's all. Let's just say that players were PISSED.