What's So Difficult About Alternate Endings?

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Videogames are unique for a lot of reasons, but what makes them stand out amongst every other form of media is the simple fact that they can end in a variety of ways. From choosing who lives and who dies, the fate of the world, to simply what colour a big pretty ending explosion is - alternate endings are one of the great videogaming ideas...

So why are they so often kind of rubbish?

The Architect has scouted multiple timelines, delved into the farthest reaches of the universe and poked around in the still-smoking craters left by controversial videogames to figure out the answer - games with multiple endings are great, but not for the reasons we think... and it's this misconception that's dragging down a whole load of otherwise great games.

You Saw:

The legend of zelda breath of the wild - 2017
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 2003
Titanic - 1997
Waiting for Godot - 1952
Dishonored 2 - 2016
Papers Please - 2013
Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp - 2020
Clue - 1986
Disco Elysium - 2019
Storyteller - Early Access
Resident Evil 7 - 2017
Undertale - 2015
Until Dawn - 2015
Far Cry 5 - 2018
Detroit: Become Human - 2018
Fallout 4 - 2015
Mass Effect Legendary Edition - 2021
The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe -2022
Citizen Sleeper - 2022
Reventure - 2019
Pikmin - 2001
Telltale's Batman - 2016
Not For Broadcast - 2022
Nier Automata - 2017
Shadow The Hedgehog - 2005
Chrono Trigger - 1995
Fire Emblem 3 Houses - 2019
Catherine - 2011
Red Dead Redemption 2 - 2018
Sonic Mania - 2017
Bioshock - 2007
Silicon Dreams - 2021
Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising - 2010
Metro Exodus - 2019
Paradise Killer - 2020
Life Is Strange - 2015
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - 2004
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - 2011
Bastion - 2011
Ghost of Tsushima - 2020
Grand Theft Auto 5 - 2013
Infamous - 2009
Pikmin 2 - 2004
Dark Souls - 2012
Furi - 2016
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 2019
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - 1997
The Talos Principle - 2014
Super Mario 64 - 1996
Hollow Knight - 2017
Bloodborne - 2015
How Fish is Made - 2022
Fallout New Vegas - 2010
Final Fantasy 14 - 2010
Sonic Generations - 2011