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"Gaming endings - Are they really 'all that'?"

When we put a game in for the first time what do you think?

In my mind it is mostly what the gameplay is going to be like and what the game will actually give me in the form of entertainment. But, unlike films, do any of us actually take a notice to the plot and the ending of the game? Do the story’s in games actually make us wonder, “What will happen in the end?”

Ok, video games, to many of us they are fun. That’s what they are designed for, pure, simple fun. But, in games, which actually have plots, and in games where you play through a story, are the endings of these games really all that?

Here’s something quite interesting, a film takes roughly around 2 ½ hours and ends with the finishing of the story in a quite remarkable way. Most of us come out of the cinema thinking “Yes, that was really worthwhile”. But, for a game many take over 30+ hours to complete! And the endings in some are really dishearting when you have realised you have been playing to see this.

Many of these games will infact try and pose a sequel to the game and leave you at an important part they could of just finished off. But, instead they choose to make a sequel, which you have to play thorough, sometimes with the same gameplay and once again when you reach the end you are left for it to continue.

Ok, I am not naming any games names but I do have one game in my mind, which I am pointing out. This game has continued and continued and still it looks as though it shall continue on. People actually buy the game to continue the series even though it’s pretty much the same as the other. Some games even take 5 years in the making and leave you with the worst ending ever.

I must say a storyline is an important part in a game. Storylines are what makes books, films and some video games. Gaming should come under all of those categories, a story (book), a motion picture (film) and a fun game at that! But sadly, this is not always the case.

Wasted endings in games really let you down and wonder why you have been sitting in front of your computer for days. Ok, the gameplay may have been good, but what is really needed is a great ending, a conclusion which sums up the game and shows you what happens.

Here’s hoping that next time when a company decides to create a multi million pound game that it gives us the ending it deserves and we deserve.



Thanks for reading
Monkey With Attitude

Now where’s my banana?

Driver2 is a Top, Top game.

There were a few levels that were a bit frustrating later on. Mainly the level where you had to drive off a moving boat and land on a pier, and the last but one level. However they're later on in the game and you'll easily complete them with a bit of persistence.

As for not letting you load the game up off the Second Disc, I thought that was stupid too. However perhaps the developer didnt have time to implement that feature before a Christmas release.

However a Top game :-)

LOL!

pkay i'll go and get it right now......hold up, i mean tommorow...wait i think the shop is closed on a sunday...monday it is then!

If you really enjoyed Driver 2 and you've seen it for a fiver then don't stop to think by all means it is still a good enough game but when comparing it to Driver 2 it sinks down to the centre of the Earth,

but a fiver what r u waiting for get yer jacket and go buy that game!

oh i'l forget it then. Its just that i saw it second hand for about a fiver a think. One thing i dont like about driver 2 is if you wanna play one of the missions on disc 2 you have to load up everthing through disc 1 and then load through disc 2. The opening scene of the game is on disc 2 so i dont know why they did it like this.

Nah and there's this crappy learner level at the start, and the graphics are boring the cut-scene are nowhere near as good and you can't get outta your car!

i havnt played the original driver game. is it worth playing after having played Driver 2? I mean is there a difference in handeling or anything?

i aint played on it with a wheel. Does it make the game even better? is stuff like taking corners easier?

What wheel do you have, or have played on ???

The cut scenes were definately an improvement over the first game, and at least the difficulty level of the Final level was dropped so I got to see the ending. The difficulty level of the last mission "The Presidents Run" on the original Driver was set far to high!