10 Hardest Video Game Endings You Can UNLOCK

[@harrybrown1513]

one of my biggest achievments in gaming is hundred percenting arkham knight, then i saw to unlock the gold suit you had to do it, again. I promplty switched my xbox off 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joshshiemke4153]

Bro I just 240% that shit like a year ago and that game was the reason I bought the ps4. And I been moved on to a new console since then so I did this shit three or four times at least, not including the save files I have where I told riddler to suck these nuts and never did his missions😭 games still goated tho

[@thelivingnightmare45]

​@@joshshiemke4153I also just did it a little over a year or so ago on my ps5

[@pg5650]

Really? I remember collecting like half the riddles in the first playthrough and then the rest in ng+, it saves the ones u already collected

[@thelivingnightmare45]

@pg5650 true but if you find them all on the normal play through they all are already done for nightmare mode so best to do it once and not worry about it again for the next run

[@chitrakshduppala9655]

Same

[@paradsecar]

I remember doing the 100% completion in FFX-2 and boy, let me tell you...the pain is real. I remember beating the game with only 99% completion and being confused why I didn't get the secret ending. Imagine my frustration when I discovered that the only reason I didn't get the 100% is I forgot to tickle a Moogle that was hiding out and crying behind some boxes near the beginning of the game. Of course, being a masochistic completionist, I went right into a new game to touch that Moogle and get my 100% completion. Sounds idiotic, and that would be a fair assessment, but these were the days before KZbin, so if you wanted to see that extra 30 seconds of cutscene at the end, you better hunker down and give Square-Enix another 100 hours of your life.

[@mark_vod6996]

it was worth it?

[@carlosjaquez6675]

Kingdom hearts in a nutshell

[@Bigp5437]

You’re better than me..I would’ve just said screw it, it’s not meant to be for me 🤣

[@jeannepucelle]

I'm remember doing this on the PS2 and was following my physical guide for it. I didn't get that perfect ending because I missed a few things including the moogle but now I'm doing it on the PS4 following GameFAQ guides. I think it also has a trophy tied to it. Now, I'm giving Square Enix 100 plus hours of my life with XIV, well worth it because everything is amazing but at least I don't have to follow extremely strict steps to get a perfect ending.

[@coolerdood2]

So cool man, actually take for granted how much KZbin’s showed me. Maybe without I’d be 100%ing more

[@mossena]

"Don't Fear The Reaper" for Cyberpunk 2077. It's V going Leroy Jenkins on Arasaka Tower. Requires a few subtle dialogue choices to unlock. It is by far the best and most satisfying ending in the game.

[@buddygettingnutty8351]

It's not really an "ending" tho, it's more of a secret beginning that leads to already existing endings, have no idea why people are calling it a "secret ending" when it's actually not.

[@therealdeal1138]

@@buddygettingnutty8351 It is when you are required to make specific dialog choices, complete specific missions and wait certain amounts of time during specific dialog trees for the option to even then present itself. Then after all that is said and done you are thrown into the mission that disables your save function and turns the "already existing endings" mission into a one life run.

[@Dovah_Slayer]

Ngl that is tame compared to everything on this list

[@Dovah_Slayer]

​​​​​​​​​@@therealdeal1138 plus technically all the endings lead into an "already existing ending" really the ending is (no matter what) do you keep your body and die anyway or give it to Johnny keanuface and give him a second chance at life (in my case in a woman's body though I'm sure he used the wonderful and not at all dangeroud biosculpting to change it back to his normal Keanu body)

[@bridgettpearl9189]

I was surprised not to see Hollow Knight on this list. To get the most difficult (also the coolest) ending you have to defeat every boss in the game normally, and then enter a special final area and defeat every boss (there about 40) in a row without dying, and many of the bosses are more difficult versions than those found in the normal game. There are two variants of this special ending so if you want both you have to do this process twice.

[@EtherD86]

I was going to say the exact same thing. I thought for sure it would be on the list.

[@Calekoflight]

Fair, but that's just super hard. This list seems more for convoluted and tedious with a mix of difficult.

[@geordiejones5618]

That sounds so stupid like the devs just wanted to fuck with completionists.

[@baseballgenius3]

@@geordiejones5618not at all. They are some of the best designed fights in any game I’ve ever played. They are so fair but really challenging so it feels great to master them and complete this ending.

[@PatGunn]

​@@geordiejones5618who doesn't like to see tears of completionists? :)

[@SinForTheSaint]

Every time i watch one of these videos i realize how many hundreds of games I've never heard of, played, or ever will be play. Thank God for this channel

[@ezioauditoredafirenze5453]

Hmm... which god are you talking about?

[@SaiyanBroly]

Thank you for including Suikoden II in your list. I recall feeling so heartbroken that my first playtrhough didn't net me the good ending that i started over the next day with a walkthrough this time.

[@marlozarate1644]

Is it because of Clive that you did not get in time? 🤣

[@SaiyanBroly]

@@marlozarate1644 Exactly, lol.

[@Kinosho_Kawakami]

i LOVED collecting all 108 characters in Suikoden II and yes, i used a guide, obviously. i actually can't wait to replay both Suikoden I & II when they arrive on Steam, although it's been "coming soon" for so long now... i'll never understand people's dislike of Riddler's trophies. i always loved them, in all 4 games, and i love the man himself, ESPECIALLY in Origins where he's smarter than in other 3 games and never gets caught by the end, which is why i prefer him in Origins. he's not overly cocky but is still himself in all his Riddler glory (by that i mean his personality which will always be a plus to me). so to me getting the real ending isn't hard or tiresome or feeling like work at all in any Batman game. i'm the Bat in Gotham doing Bat things, who doesn't love that? Origins sequels please.

[@Swainhammer13]

agreed. i can't wait for the remaster Either! when it eventually comes....probably in 2024?

[@Rhapthorne3]

Agree on suikoden. I’m amped for the remasters and also eiyuden chronicles. I hope it captures the magic of suikoden

[@iegamereviews]

I used guide too when I was young, but right now, I definitely can collect them all without it. :)

[@Darylm990]

Your comment has given me diarhea

[@TrickyTalon23]

It’s funny how the best Sekiro Shadows Die Twice ending is a lot easier to get than the second best ending among the four

[@gameranxTV]

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[@haitianptc333]

Jet Force Gemini took me legit years to finish. I'd randomly come back to see if I could find more tribals. Don't even know if I used a guide in the end. Despite the random collectathon in the end it's a super underrated game.

[@mattalan6618]

the thing with that is that its hard to tell if you found one or not and if you did remembering where yo found it at so you dont go back there when you collect the others

[@noobsbrother_]

My best achievement was getting a 100% completion on the old Modern Warfare 2. The spec ops missions on Veteran was hard!

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

Respect, I completed all campaign missions on veteran but didn't want to do the spec ops missions.

[@carlosjaquez6675]

Downhill race and the 15 juggernauts were the hardest for me the bridge was tied for the Burger King mission

[@gameranxTV]

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[@theretaliation5616]

My favourite secret ending was for max payne 2....in that if you beat the game 3 times on 3 different difficulty levels you get a secret ending where mona actually lives! Its a masterpiece of a game

[@personalspace6270]

A good design making you having fun instead of making you miserable.

[@theretaliation5616]

@@personalspace6270 the story the level design the soundtrack it all just hits different

[@marskingdoms]

The 3rd one was kind of bad, it lost it's dark vibe and it was just repititve shooting and shooting 🔫. Can't wait for the remake though

[@theretaliation5616]

@@marskingdoms thats cause remedy had nothin to do with it....and agreed cant wait for the remake...infact i have a friend who knows nothing about Max payne and i went all nerdy about how I love it and how I want its remake to release asap

[@sinisterglory2180]

man, it's the first time i heard about it, no i have to replay it again to see it myself. We definitely need a proper remaster of the first 2 max payne games

[@gradeNB]

I realised that Gameranx really does make lists with the games we put in the pinned comment of the Friday show. Salute!

[@iamskyfall]

With Arkham Knight, the developers knew how evil they were being. Batman and Catwoman both comment about the tedium of the riddler trophies during the game. I really hope the Riddler does not feature in Suicide Squad. 2 other games I'd give dishonorable mentions to are Breath of the Wild: the true ending isn't hard, but very tedious (especially without a guide) to find the 18 memories needed to get the ending. Also, Bloodborne never really hints that you need to eat 3 pieces of umbilical cord to trigger the true final boss. Another one that basically requires a guide.

[@anthonyf616]

Developers that do not value your time

[@ssean1290]

I'd love it if the Riddler showed up and you just get to immediately beat the shit out of him before he can give you any stupid riddles to solve or annoying ? trophies to search for.

[@uiscepreston]

Come on. Who doesn't eat three *full* umbilical cords every day as part of a balanced diet?! Oh, you're talking about in a video game. Gotcha.

[@jishan6992]

Wait wdym by 18 memories? BOTW only had 12 memories that you needed to obtain!?

[@seikopath]

What I love about Compile Heart is how often they bounce around and experiment with new things. Their games always feel fresh.

[@TripleCatAttack]

They're one of my fav developers for a reason. I still remember grinding out to Lv 999 in Mugen Souls and Mugen Souls Z and all the goofiness

[@jamesmcdavid1673]

There certainly is a lot of bouncing around. Especially in Senran Kagura.

[@XMorpheus3000]

Getting all of the Riddler Trophies and riddles is probably my favourite part of the games lol

[@TheBlacksuitspider]

This list reminded me of my time playing Chrono Cross and it's multiple endings. The secret ending wasn't difficult for my friends to get. You had to play multiple times in order to get all the possible party members and in the final boss fight cast magic in a specific color pattern in order to get the secret ending. This magic was riliant on the boss's magic as well. My friends were able to do it, but the jerk boss would always do the opposite of what I needed at the end of the pattern. I never did get the ending, at least I saw it while my buddies were playing. Edit: Corrected from Chrono Trigger to Chrono Cross

[@ashiqsulaiman4510]

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[@ashiqsulaiman4510]

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[@ashiqsulaiman4510]

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[@celestialstar6450]

You’re referring to Chrono Cross, not Chrono Trigger.

[@jeezycreezy4220]

First off, that's Cross, not Trigger. Second, it's npt that hard to do. Since it's based on the color sequence and not the actual damage to the boss, you cast the required colors from level 1 grid spaces. This keeps the stamina consuption low and allows you to cast all the required colors in one go before the boss even gets a chance to do anything.

[@michaelanderson9947]

whoa. honestly i was looking at a few of these games and said, they remind me of Agarest and i started to reminisce a bit. because i loved that game when i was a kid and even went out of my way to get that ending. i havent thought about that game in 15 years and none of my gamer friends heard of it let alone have played it. so its nice to see it on any list, in a weird way it makes me not feel alone because i played some abstract un heard of game if that makes any sense.

[@rk13567]

Hollow Knight’s Godseeker ending should have been on here. Specifically the one involving the delicate flower

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

Agreed.

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

I'd also put the Dark World ending for Super Meat Boy on this list.

[@visionhawk4403]

Getting all the trophies in Arkham Knight was nothing compared to getting them all in Arkham City. Plus, if you interrogate Riddler's thugs, they will all show up on the map and getting them all and actually finishing the game is so worth it.

[@gameranxTV]

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[@theunreadcomment9834]

Im sure interrogating his thugs was in all the games

[@visionhawk4403]

@@theunreadcomment9834 it was in both City and Knight. In Asylum, there were literal maps to all the trophies, etc.

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Amazing video gameranx of the hardest ending to unlock in there video games,fantastic job.

[@tubanesoup]

Sekiro purification ending is pretty rough. Owl father and DoH are still some of the hardest optional bosses I've ever fought

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

The Dragon Returns ending is harder because you need to complete tasks in a certain order in story. Most people won't get this ending without a guide. As for the Purification ending the best bosses in the game are Owl Father, Divine Dragon, Demon of Hatred and Ishin the Sword Saint IMO. Sekiro is a masterpiece.

[@Lord_Deimos]

Demon is a joke compared to Glock Saint

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

@@Lord_Deimos Demon is a bloodborne boss, unlike other bosses that reward parrying and skillful swordplay the demon requires you to be aggressive. Your best friend when fighting this boss is the firecrackers, red sakura umbrella, and beast whistle in Phase 3.

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

@@Lord_Deimos Isshin the Sword Saint is the ultimate test of everything you learned from Genichero. Deflect, and "Git Gud" at mikiri and lightning deflect redirect and the fight is significantly easier.

[@mattf4313]

Still one of my favorite games. I was proud to get the Plat for it. And I've lost count how many times I've ran through that game. Fuck I wish there would have been DLC or a sequel in some capacity

[@MrMaorn]

I played the absolute hell out of Shadow the Hedgehog in high school and loved every second of it. Bought it from a Gamestop sale a few years back and damn... That game was rougher than I remember

[@alexanderwheeler3943]

I don't know if the Riddler puzzles weren't as bad in Knight or if it just feels more worth it because you get to punch him in the face finally.

[@saiyanroyalty229]

Achieving Wide in Sifu is one of my greatest videogame accomplishments. You go from getting wrecked on level 1 to reaching a flow state of pure kung fu

[@xd_SpecTre]

The thing I'm happy about is that 1 week before I watched this video I 240%ed arkham knight for the 4th time which is the max amount of saved you cam have

[@Exaltable]

Nice! was really hoping wrath of the righteous would be on here! The secret ending really does require a guide to be open at all times pretty much for a close to 100 hour long game.

[@gameranxTV]

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[@TooSlow336]

Chyba najlepszy twórca kontentu o grach na yt. Brak reklam, bezsensownego marudzenia - no po prostu super.

[@dixonmuff5651]

Te zasrane reklamy mam dosyc oglondac, tak jest jak nie placysz za youtuba

[@TooSlow336]

@@dixonmuff5651 Na komputerku polecam Firefoxa z adblockiem a na telefonie YT ReVanced panie kolego.

[@caylachapman9381]

I love falcon and gameranx videos 😊

[@dopameener]

This list can't be complete without Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Must have been a handful players who got all 9 life upgrades without looking up the internet. And the secret ending was perfect!

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

MGSV has a true ending that can be a grind to get and requires you to do all main and side missions, bond with specific characters to 100%, listen to audiologs and has missable requirements that can ruin your run if you don't know what you're doing. Not to mention you're reward for doing all this is playing that whole tedious tutorial mission again for a new 1min cutscene.

[@nathanielwiens]

Kind of surprised Hades and/or Undertale didn't make this list, even as honorable mentions.

[@axeldrane]

I just started Wrath of the Righteous a week ago and had no idea there even was a secret/real ending. But given the requirements , no way im aiming for that. I'll be happy if i even finish the game and dont give up halfway through.

[@RedBeard_1319]

Episode 2! This was a great watch.

[@TheCrown1313]

The thumbnail that you chose for this video is so good!

[@diamondtron01]

Don't forget that for ALL of these, you have to wear a pink polkadot shirt & a Burger King crown from 1999 while programming a VCR clock with one hand & using a rotary dial phone to call a number you found in a bathroom stall in Albuquerque that year you went to camp while standing on your head reciting the US national anthem backwards in ancient Aramaic.

[@coolerdood2]

I’d love to see falcon on his own channel, just playing games and talking about games. I appreciate that’s probably not his thing or he would be doing it already, but he’d be great at it, voice of a radio host and humour of a gamer.

[@DANCINGDARTH]

Let’s goooo! Thank you gameranx always makes my day when you guys upload

[@tylerhall1423]

Man the original Drakengard was a huge pain trying to unlock all the weapons. Literally had to go to the library and print out copies of walkthroughs just to complete it fully. Me and my dad were determined to get it done

[@MauseDays]

The fun part is that one is the cannon ending btw. Its why the world of The replicant remake is the way it is. And the cannon ending of Replicant which is just as difficult to unlock is the sole reason the world of NeiR automata exsits. The events of Drakengard brought the Black scrawl, when the Mother abomanation manifested in our world ie modren day Tokyo. When Caim an angelus where shot down by the japanse air force. the blood of both the mother and caim rained from the sky as eldritch ash. Turning humanity into pillers of salt. Basicly createing a darksouls esc world. This is the world the MC of Replicant or Gestalt depending on which one you play. Was born into thousends of years later. And NeIR automata is many MANY thousands of years after that. Caim is known as Red Eye, You find documents under a house that turns out to basicly be a military base from resident evil, that details the test preformed on him before he his eventual execution. The MC of NeIR is known as the World Destroyer or the Red King. You can find data entry's about him in automata.

[@Luke55827]

My biggest achievement was 100% Infamous, those freaking blast shards man

[@gameranxTV]

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[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodva9825]

What’s more fun about Arkham knight is that if you want to fully complete it and unlock everything you have to 100% the game again on the hardest difficulty (which removes all enemy intention markers, as well as increases their damage, speed, and resistance). Luckily it doesn’t make you collect all of the trophies or complete the riddles so there’s that at least. But yeah it’s pretty remarkably stupid. And what you get is a version of the upgraded bat suit with a golden symbol. And probably some achievements, idk I haven’t finished it yet.

[@Amps_]

Man I LOVED jet force gemini. I used to rent that game and spend whole weekends in my grandparents' room being terrified. My family sold our original house and we were in a temporary smaller house. My grandparents house caught fire so they had to move in with us at the time. Man the memories of my grandparents attic room with the n64 in it. Sheesh the 90s were weird. Good times man.

[@gameranxTV]

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[@Silliestgoose69]

2:25 In sifu you only have to break their posture twice then the spare prompt shows up. Some bosses are much harder to parry without killing than others so this was a challenge

[@bacontrout]

Man that's not the first time I've heard that criticism of Jet Force Gemini, but I can't agree at all. A lot of levels were super easy to clear the tribals first go through, and then if memory serves you already backtrack naturally with different characters so you pick up more that way. After that you only have a few missing levels, and maybe only need a guide for 1 or 2 tricky out the way spots. The game was big, but the levels were quite linear so it didn't seem a huge chore. Imo its a shame if thats what stops this game getting all the plaudits, because it's right up with my all time favs. It had so much going for it; excellent graphics for the time, the standard amazing Rare soundtrack and humour, satisfying game/gunplay, tight controls, decent platforming and level design, and a fun, challenging final boss. It was such a fun mash up of styles, not forgetting the co-op and shmup sections with floyd, multiplayer... there's not much else like it and it really stands up with the heavyweights from that era.

[@drgonzo123]

Games have changed a lot since the 90’s. The OG FF7 had a great guide I used to get absolutely everything. I remember some things being extremely obtuse, and I would have never figured it out. Feels like back then guides were more of a thing than today. Obviously because of the internet.

[@gameranxTV]

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[@deadfishbob1]

Oh man Jet Force Gemini takes me back! I loved the multiplayer in that game

[@gameranxTV]

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[@bsparks]

this is a crazy one cause imagine how much time the devs had to spend coming up with these insane ending requirements and actually programming them into these already massive and complex games...

[@gameranxTV]

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[@_absurd]

Batman Arkham City's ending is so good, i really like Arkham Knight's ending too but Arkham City had all the twists at the end with Ra's being behind Protocol 10, the Joker being Clayface the whole time, actual Joker dying and Batman carrying him out. a real fairy-tale ending to what is an absolutely phenomenal game

[@AsmodeusMictian]

"Hey, we've added hundreds of hours of awesome gameplay to our RPG so you can unlock a killer ending. We hope you enjoy it!" Added gameplay: Collect all lint pieces on every characters tunic. Talk to every person EXCEPT for the third person you see in the game and the second to last one. Collect all coins in the game, even the spare change in NPCs pockets. Ending: Big huge sign that says "Thank you SO MUCH! We really appreciate what you did!"

[@Daniel-nn8mr]

Did there need to be so many Riddler trophies? This was such a pain in the ass. It felt like a chore more than an accomplishment.

[@indicaplayz]

“the only boss fight in the game, atleast the only one that doesn’t involve the batmobile” Professor Pyg: “Am I a joke to you?!”

[@Swainhammer13]

Always love to See A Suikoden game on a list. Always loved these games. I can't wait for the Remaster of 1&2. Heres to hoping for more of them one day.

[@neonmanatee1952]

You guys have guts showing the uncensored version of fear and hunger.

[@jettblade]

FFX-2 really was one of hardest games I've attempted to 100% and I came so close but couldn't finish it because of the BS secret dungeon you had to beat. Even using guides it was just impossible for me.

[@mikepinkman5788]

So glad the koroks in botw and totk are just a fun thing to do and isn’t required for literally anything

[@captainhook1178]

Hmm...I loved Suikoden I & II and getting those secret endings are always a blast to experience again and again. Also Octopath Traveler I & II's ending. 😅

[@VanceTheCheater-qy8kk]

If you count the DLC, then technically the true secret ending of Kingdom Hearts 3 is extraordinarily difficult. Not, only do you need to defeat 13 superbosses, but you also need to defeat one of, if not the hardest bosses I've every played against. A boss so bullshit that it genuinely makes Malenia from Elden Ring look easy.

[@Bmontepeque11]

I genuinely didn't expect the Shadow the Hedgehog entry 🤣🤣

[@Ferimer]

Weird that valkyrie profile on PS1 didn't get a mention. 3 seperate endings but to get the A ending it's specific details

[@DeadFoxHarper]

I started watching this video expecting some usual suspects for difficult endings. FFX-2 and Drakengard I expected to be higher, but was surprised to see then as low on the list as they are. Seeing Fear and Hunger, one of my favorite obscure indie games end up in a video like this was a wild treat for sure, and at Number 3 no less.

[@H3llboyGaming]

I've been following this channel for a while now and sometimes it feels you don't play enough games. I am very surprised that Detroit Become Human is not in THIS list.

[@guidofalconi1178]

I’m not sure why people complained about Arkham Knight trophies so much. It’s not like they are super well hidden and you need. A guide to find them, you can just find the Riddler informants and they’ll highlight them for you. If you do the trophies as you do the main story you’ll be mostly done by the time it’s over, and you can pick up the rest while you finish up the other stories. The Batmobile races and the boss fights were worth finding the trophies for.

[@mikenunoz]

I just finished Arkham Knight again at 120%. I’ve only done this twice since release because some of the trophies are frustrating.

[@gameranxTV]

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[@bearpoop720]

Which achievements are frustrating. If you tell me something like the iceberg lounge trophy, I can agree, even experienced players like me can struggle with it (it was the only one I kinda struggled with, but it only took me like 4 attempts), but there is nothing else that hard in the game. Every other trophy was an easy story related one, an easy miscellaneous one (like that trophy where you drift for 3 minutes then you get it, or glide for over 400 meters while less than 10m over the ground) , a side mission trophy (which is easy, and does include riddler), or a challenge map trophy (75% of them just for you beating challenge maps with a certain character or skin), which are the only challenging ones, and the only one I struggled with was the iceberg lounge one, which I still did in 4 attempts. I feel like anyone playing since AA, or AC should be able to do the same.

[@minimanbeast1014]

While it probably dosnt realy count, library of ruina's true ending is absolutely brutal to get, with some of the most brutal fights in most games. Anyone who knows what lies after hana association understands

[@archer3948]

Completing Sifu at the base level (age) was already pretty difficult for me then you guys told me there is a different ending (a good one) after all that hard work

[@RedEarth20XDX]

5:57 yoko taro jumpscare

[@diegoparga9324]

Sifu! Getting the peaceful ending (whatever it’s called) was really satisfying.

[@SilverSpectre266]

Nominations: Hades, BlazBllue, Dont Starve (Base) Also, I agree with Jet Force Gemini. I never finished that game because I just couldnt wrap my head around it and got stuck after a while, plus, I dont recall there being much of a respawn system for the enemies, or at least it was a bad one, So a bulk of the game I was doing a lot of backtracking in mostly empty space going back and forth doing nothing because all the enemies were dead and couldnt find anything. As for my nominees: Hades: Like Neir and the other games, youd be hard pressed to find a game where its good enough that you are able to convince players to play it multiple times in order to get the actual ending. Ghouls n Goblins is notorious for how irate it made people when they found out they had to play it a 2nd time and on a higher difficulty. Hades is already challenging and its a roguelite, and then to find out that you had to beat the game 7 times in order to get the actual ending...nothing short of a miracle and testament to how much people actually enjoyed it. BlazBlue: Probably one of the most intricate stories in fighting games, and definitely one of the most confusing plots. The game had an arcade/story mode and really made you go through hell to try to find the true story behind each characters part in the world. You couldnt just beat characters like a normal fighting game. Oh no. You had to meet certain requirements in specific fights. While some fights you could just do normally, there were specific battles where you had to do conditions like; you actually have to lose against this character, you have to beat this one in a certain time frame, you have to beat this one while not taking much healthy, you have to beat this one with your finisher. You literally needed a guide to get the true story for each characters sessions, and it lead down roadmaps of branching stories so you had a number of different potential endings you could get, but only a handful lead to the true ending, and you really needed to research to know how to get them because you would never know without a guide or just absolute dumb luck. And theres no way you were getting that lucky for ALL the characters. Dont Starve (the base game, not Together): A pretty harsh survival game, and despite it seeming like another endless survival title, there actually is a way to access a sort of story mode in this game, but you have to find it. You have to collect multiple relic pieces and assemble them at a portal that will lead you to realms that are seemingly the same as the one you were just playing except each one has its own harsh conditions and challenges. You have to do the same thing and journey around collecting those relic pieces hidden throughout the world and gather them at another portal and use it to go from realm to realm. The worst part is that not only does it get harder and harder each time, but you have to start over with your survival each time, taking only about 4 items with you as a head start on your journey. However, any health, hunger, or sanity you lost isnt recovered when you go from one to another which means you could already be starting low and just have to make due. Surviving each time with the game getting actively more challenging about 5+ times until you finally make it to the end.

[@XboxGT-Jackass1989]

Abes Odyssey and Abes Exodus will always have a special place in my heart!

[@Atrus999]

I spent hours upon hours getting all the riddler trophies in Arkham Knight and it was one of the worst things I ever did in a video game. It was SO monotonous. To get the best ending you don't just do the trophies either, you have to do all the other side quests too and most of them are almost as bad as collecting all the trophies.

[@zerorozsas2556]

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that suikoden 2 would appear in a video in 2023

[@yootoobsuks4210]

I just finished replaying Arkham City. I don't do much backtracking for the trophies, but I do make sure to go after the Riddler informants until they no longer spawn. Between that and dealing with trophies as I play, backtracking becomes pretty unnecessary.

[@bearpoop720]

Yeah, I don't know wtf people are talking about when they say it's tedious. You'll already have most of the trophies locations when you make it your objective to only focus on riddles, and while you collect trophies you find riddler informants too. Also you'll have like 100 just by exploring and playing the main story. Even in asylum it's easy to do it without a guide. These people that say it's tedious and a waste of time don't even know what tedium looks like. Tedium is watching a guide for hours just to re-watch it cause you missed something. Riddler trophies are not really hidden, the locations are easy to find in all 4 games through the secret maps or interrogating, and there aren't that much compared to games with real tedium like hogwarts legacy pages, or ubisoft game checklists. People that say Riddles are tedious, are too ignorant to realize how easy it is to just get the locations of all of them, and also how each riddle takes less than 30 seconds. Even if you have limited time, you can get all the riddles very fast, even in AC.

[@stephenmoore1541]

Glad you could save me a lot of time for Arkham Knight. I never played the Batman games but I was thinking about it. If I literally can't finish the game without doing that BS, I'm probably not gonna play it

[@skatinwhenican]

Bro I forgot about Jet Force Gemini. Shout out to y’all for bringing back the good memories

[@daslothmc3910]

A mix of ace combat and berserk is all I needed to hear

[@PwnySlaystation01]

The extra interesting/funny part of the Drakengard ending E thing is that ending E is the canon ending in the Nier universe. The entire overarching plot of the millennia-long Nier universe begins with Drakengard ending E. It's the inciting event for the whole series! Yoko Taro is hilarious and amazing. Everyone kinda viewed Ending E has a "joke" ending. Like the least likely to be "canon"

[@brendenwhittington9088]

One of my greatest achievements as a gamer is finding ever Riddler trophy and riddle in every Arkham game

[@1003JustinLaw]

I NEED Falcon and Jules Gill (from WhatCulture and FGS) to do a collaboration video where they talk about the top 25 (or some other number) most infuriating games and just watch as these two rip those games to shreds in their own ways and (hopefully) synergize off of each other into a whirlwind of rage and rambling. That'll be entertaining as hell.

[@joshmetz3646]

That one sekerio ending should be on here for sure, I've never been more confused while still following a wiki.

[@angrymikko]

Jet force gemini hunt was fun and utilised a metroidvania style progression in a game that was 100% arcade up to that point. The last point is slander I say ☝️ god, we’re never getting another one of those, are we?

[@FelipeKana1]

I LOVE COLLECTING RIDDLER TROPHIES. They're always unique, each a small brain teaser of skill teaser. I love them. In all four games.

[@richardburns8641]

I'm really surprised I never see N3 99 knights get mentioned. I feel like it would have fit perfectly into this list and several others. I can remember the utter struggle to get A rank on every miss just to have a chance at beating the final boss

[@jim_jom]

If you complete the mr freeze mission after doing everything in arkham knight the whole city stays permenantly snowy. Kinda of a cool ending

[@sonicthekid249]

I definitely stopped at those riddler challenges and just watched the ending on KZbin.. didn’t even know about SiFu I had to turn the difficulty down just to get pass the third boss

[@acefrehley28]

Thank you KZbin! Nobody has a better catalog of endings I don't want to work for than you.... ❤

[@MisterBinks]

I love arkham knight so much Ive unlocked the knightfall protocol 5 times. I probably have half of the riddler trophies locations memorized. infact, im going to go play it right now. Ill watch this video later

[@daemonthraxas8935]

What about Dynasty Warriors 4. In order to see the "true" endings for each faction, you have to unlock all the alternative paths/missions. Then unlock certain characters, the unlock certain weapons for these characters, and then do a certain series of timed actions with the said characters and weapons.

[@gaylortaylor1512]

I spent 3 days searching for the Riddler Trophies alone, spent my birthday afternoon looking for them, yeah I think I am not going to 120% complete Arkham Knight ever again

[@eric-j7r8r]

Honestly the Arkham knight ending isn’t hard to get. If you integrate riddler goons it marks the locations of the trophies on the map.

[@RobPrime]

Wow a jet force Gemini reference. You're bringing me back falcon.

[@poultrygeist8253]

I keep seeing the Riddler stuff in these youtube lists, everybody hated it, etc. I think those were one of my favorite things from the Arkham games, with Arkham Knight probably being my favorite game.

[@ThatScythe]

It's interesting. I think this was peak and/or end of the era (early 2000s) that people liked or didn't mind (cause it was new) collecting 100+ collectibles in games. Game guides (forums or physical) were still popular, KZbin was blowing up but still I feel you could only rely on certain channels to give you the most thorough walkthroughs, and they too probably weren't being paid that much, still in school or working part/full time, so there were waits/delays

[@lonewolffang]

The Metro series is another pain given you have to do certain things to get the true endings for all three.

[@AnimalDelos]

the Suikoden series was so great, it's sad the last major entry we got was Tierkries on the 3DS that wasn't even a true Suikoden game... and shame we never got the PSP one released in english in any way... we really need a new entry in the series.

[@PandaKnight-FightingDwagon]

11:11 is ending A or harder than Ragnavaldr's ending S? I thought Ragnavaldr's was harder?

[@trayjackson701]

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one that thought this. Cuz you literally have to beat every boss in the game on the hardest difficulty, with solo, and in one run. Plus, there are no saves. I mean yea, there's glitches that you can use to exploit this but sometimes it's even harder with the glitches.

[@trayjackson701]

Ending A means you have to use a near useless character, that can only do magic. But, she's basically high and/or drunk all the time to keep her from getting massively debuffed with panophobia( I hope that's the right one). But if anything her boss is just annoying not too terribly hard.

[@Whizzer_]

How about the the decade-Long Quest For Shadow of the Colossus’ Last Secret? Thats some crazy story

[@James-gj8rn]

I love games but i will never 100% one just to get a "True" ending, i hate when developers lock the "proper" ending behind 100% completion

[@sozaj]

I went in thinking "Ha! I bet they won't even mention Fear & Hunger!". It has never felt so pleasant to be utterly wrong, hahaha!

[@kanestuckeymusic]

I've been trying to remember what Drakengard was called for years. Thank you! Finally I can't rest 😅

[@dommer4killdx834]

The A ending is nothing compared to Ragnvaldr's or Enki's S endings in Fear & Hunger. You gotta play on the hardest difficulty, which has no saving, which basically turns the game into a roguelite, no party members, and enemies that have been supercharged in difficutly. Ragnvalder requires you get every unique soul, which requires fighting almost every boss in the game AND having a souls stone for each of them where its needed. Enki's is perhaps easier, but requires finding a somewhat secret character, fighting multiple mandatory hard bosses, and then another one only available in this difficulty, the Remnants of Sylvian. On top of that, you have to actually make the right dialogue choice at the end.

[@iboyplays]

I finally finished my first game, TMNT and Mafia. I feel good!

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@Mordant_Cassie]

First time I played suikoden 2 I cried at the ending. I then had to get a guide so I could see the one ending I didn’t see. Story is so good that I didn’t mind replaying it. It’s on my list of all time favorite games.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@AlcyonEldara]

Probably my number 1 JRPG. I will buy the remaster.