Call of Duty Black Ops Voted "Greatest Ending in Video Game History" by Guinness Voters
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[release]Remember Big Boss saluting at the grave of The Boss? How about the fate of John Marston in Red Dead Redemption? Or the insane final moments of Portal 2? Well, none of those endings are as good as the one in Call of Duty: Black Ops, according to the 2012 Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition book.
After 13,519 votes were counted, the 2010 Call of Duty entry stood atop the list of greatest gaming endings of all time. If I remember correctly, it involved shooting a lot of guys, hearing Ed Harris yell something, doing a QTE or two, and then seeing jets fly overhead as a guitar riff played.
You can see the complete list below:
50. Resident Evil 4
49. Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic
48. Ratchet & Clank: a Crack in Time
47. Crysis 2
46. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
45. Call of Duty: World at War
44. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
43. Half-Life 2: Episode Tow
42. Super Metroid
41. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
40. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
39. inFamous
38. Fallout 3
37. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
36. Gears of War 2
35. Bioshock
34. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
33. Sonic Adventures 2
32. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
31. Kingdom Hearts II
30. Mass Effect
29. Super Mario Galaxy
28. Sonic the Hedgehog
27. Metal Gear Solid
26. Assassin's Creed II
25. Assassin's Creed
24. Shadow of the Colossus
23. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
22. Kingdom Hearts
21. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
20. Super Mario Galaxy 2
19. Mass Effect 2
18. Grand Theft Auto IV
17. Portal 2
16. Assassins Creed: Brotherhood
15. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
14. Halo: Combat Evolved
13. Halo 3
12. Pokemon Black and White
11. Super Mario Bros
10. Heavy Rain
9. Final Fantasy VII
8. Metal Gear Solid 4
7. Portal
6. Red Dead Redemption
5. God of War
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Halo: Reach
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops[/release]
Source: [url]http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/02/12/black-ops-ending-record.aspx[/url]
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How can you, with a straight face, say that any CoD endings are better than Red Dead Redemption (a modern game played by loads of people so its not exactly discrete)?
Most generic more like
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9I-2c4YJSQ[/media]
There is another thread about this already...
Why isn't Ghost Trick on that list? When I beat that game my mind freaking exploded due to all the twists.
The ending of Black Ops also involved you getting revenge on the guy who tortured you for years and brainwashed you by shoving his face underwater in a deep sea radio station.
I think it was quite clever that[sp]you were playing as JFK's killer the whole time, and that you were brainwashed to do so[/sp], but there are better endings out there. Far better.
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[quote]43. Half-Life 2: Episode Tow[/quote]
All credibility lost.
Half life 2:Episode tow
Can't say i ever heard of this game.
Edit:Ninjas, They lurk everywhere.
I never laughed about an ending as much as I did when i finished black ops... So i agree somewhat.
Who the hell thought Fallout 3 had a good ending?
I will come to your house dammit.
43. Half-Life 2: Episode Tow
Oh, I see I'm late.
Bitch please, the best video game ending is this:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvKGqNWKhxk[/media]
based on votes, not purely factual
I saw the ending of Blops coming a mile away, no joke.
The subtle hints towards what's actually going on in the plot are about as subtle as an anvil to the head.
I could think of better endings than that.
THE NUMBERS MASON
[sp]THEY'RE ALL FUCKING WRONG[/sp]
I'm sorry but as fun as the multiplayer in black ops was, the campaign was average at best.
"Remember Big Boss saluting at the grave of The Boss? How about the fate of John Marston in Red Dead Redemption? Or the insane final moments of Portal 2? Well, none of those endings are as good as the one in Call of Duty: Black Ops, according to the 2012 Guinness World Records"
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[QUOTE=Yzooo;34668185]All credibility lost.[/QUOTE]
Episode 2's ending was fairly generic to be honest.
I was expecting Ocarina of Time or at least an Nostalgia classic to be 1st place.
Halo 2 had the best ending of all time.
Red Dead Redemption has the best ending ever for a video game so far.
Deus Ex has some great endings too.
Actually I think it was voted best ending because right when the credits ended, it went to the zombie map where you play as Nixon, JFK, Castro & the secretary of defense.
Not sure though.
I'm torn between Bioshock 1 and All the metal gear solids
KOTOR 1/2 endings were amazing, definatley should be top 20.
LIES. Everyone knows THIS is the best ending of a game ever.
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