10 Game STORIES that were STILL HALF Finished

[@Manchu504]

Gameranx is single-handedly keeping Order 1866 relevant as this is like the 4th or 5th time the game has been featured in a list. I would have forgotten this title in 2015!

[@Dominicjr1443]

I wanna play it now lol😅😅

[@ilikehorses57]

​@@Dominicjr1443only takes about 2 hours by all accounts

[@whysoserious4274]

@@ilikehorses57for people who have busy lives or just want to drop a one or two hours into gaming then that game seems perfect tbh It’ll be over quickly.

[@HiroshimaXl]

​@@ilikehorses57Takes about 8-10 . The issues about it's length were overly exaggerated

[@darksidegaz]

nah fax

[@Noah-8_17]

This video isn’t finished a part two would finish it

[@Trikkypac]

Nice.

[@gameranxTV]

yep

[@apIthletIcc]

Yeppers*

[@warpster7656]

Pretty sure it was supposed to be a trilogy

[@alexixmn]

I think it would be a Shenmu scenario, we should plan for 5 parts already, so by part 4 it's finished and part 5 is the obligatory Bonus part

[@Cyrus_Milani]

0:21 Number 10 Order 1886 4:04 Number 9 deus ex mankind-divided 6:38 Number 8 Lego The Hobbit 8:17 Number 7 Sin Episodes 9:59 Number 6 Crash Twinsanity 11:38 Number 5 Xenoblade Chronicles 14:18 Number 4 Shenmue 3 17:00 Number 3 Final Fantasy 15 19:32 Number 2 Metal Gear Solid 5 21:56 Number 1 Half-Life 2 Episode 2

[@th3_GR33n_h00D]

thank you

[@arstgera]

Thanks

[@Cyrus_Milani]

@@th3_GR33n_h00D 😍

[@Cyrus_Milani]

@@arstgera 😍😍

[@Loknath009]

I love when a fan does the job the creators should be doing, thanks!

[@thatdamnbradley]

Falcon said this a couple of videos ago, but I wanted to express my appreciation to Gameranx for making these longer videos recently. It's been really cool having these extended list videos. 🤟

[@gameranxTV]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@abcq1]

The most epically unfinished story is from Darksiders. The first came out 14 years ago and ended on a huuuuge cliffhanger. Then they released 3 standalone Darksiders titles and somehow managed not to move the main story not for a bit, every story was either a prequel or spin-off.

[@calebfillman8815]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that's still disappointed by this. Even when you think the next game is gonna wrap things up, boom it's a prequel. 🤦

[@Eikichi4798]

Each main line game happened in parallel. The epic ending of Darksiders 1, where all the siblings show up, each sequel has been their journey to reach that point. The plan was/is (hopefully it's still being worked on) to play through the story of each sibling, and then have a final game that picks up where Darksider 1 ended, except this time, you as the player, have now experienced the story of all of the main characters leading up to that point, instead of just 1. IIRC, I think there was an interview that said the final game would let you switch between the different siblings, letting you choose the fighting style you prefer.

[@kaustavdas436]

hey we are getting a new game so lets hope they actually finish the story this time

[@snakepitskeleton4193]

Hard mode: being a FreeSpace fan. 25 years and counting.

[@cyq0557]

The lore of the Dark Siders games interconnects with the two main games. All three games in games end with cliff hangers. A fourth game is in development if am not mistaken...😊

[@yodoleheehoo90]

I played a few of these games but FF 15 will ALWAYS have a special place in my heart. I loved Noctis and his Chocobros😢

[@michealbounds550]

There's a novel that adapts the cancelled DLC. It's called Dawn of the Future.

[@yodoleheehoo90]

@@michealbounds550 i will never read it.

[@KaiserKiller]

Final Fantasy XV was the biggest missed potential. That said I still love that game, it could have been just so much more. Even the DLCs to correct the story got cut out

[@Epicedits4u]

Final fantasy XV was my first Final Fantasy game ever and I truly fell in love with the game and the world I’ve played 14, 7 remake, 16 and rebirth now and love them all

[@ifrit1937]

Yup. Imo the biggest issue is they went too far open world after all 'the too linear' complaints with 13 and made the first continent far too big for what little main story you really get there (it could've been about 1/3rd or even a 1/4th fo it's size) and the other continents should've have their size increased along with exploring more of it along with the main cities (or at least parts of them...if they tried to make them to scale it may make the cities too big) of all of the main continents being explorable/having major plot relevance to the story. VIIR and XVI on the other hand got the overall size of their world right (granted...will still say they're making everything far bigger than needed, especially when considering the cliff sized of Cosmo Canyon and the like in FFVIIR Rebirth and quite a few field maps could've been cut down a bit more as a good portion of them have nothing going on in them...yeah it's nice to have something big but most players won't be scouring every inch of the world and if that's inflating the budget it should probably get scaled back so that if sales don't meet expectations or expectations are ridiculously high such as 5 million for a jrpg (which lets be honest, outside of FF and Kingdom Hearts most story heavy rpgs with good stories (so not counting Pokemon due to that last requirement cause let's be honest: people don't play Pokemon for stories) almost no other jrpg series with the classical jrpg narrative design (focus on a main story rather than open world with a fairly short main story and then most of it being focused on side quests/storylines you mainly see in wrpgs' narrative design philosophy) at best sell around 1 million copies for the majority of jrpgs (still a lot better than the PS2 era where most jrpgs struggled to get to 100K to 200K and I'm including Persona and Atelier in that list of games) and the few mid to big sized ones like say Namco's Tales, SE's Dragon Quest or modern Persona may make about 2 to 3 million copies sold and even FF's looking like it's numbers have lowered due to either more fans getting out of the series due to not liking some things they do or stopping gaming altogether so while their sales ceiling in release year may be around 5 Million I'd say the realistic sales expectation should be around 3 million max and they should be aiming for a budget even smaller than that, say a budget expecting 2 million sales in mind at the end of the day or a bit less just in case the future FF game (or other games) sells less than expected).

[@TheAzulon]

I really loved FFXV...until the story started to pick up. I was having a lot of fun just hanging around, picking monster bounties, taking photos, fishing, taking an evil empire soldiers here and there and just plain chilling with the boys. If they didn't try to go the full interconnected media with movies, audio drama, animated series and the such and just focused on a neat self contained story, the game would have been much better.

[@excess6704]

I would kinda love to see DAYS GONE actually have their sequel and get the true ending. The 100% completion scene left me in a state of absolute shock

[@martinmachl]

Came here to say this!

[@knight-mares]

I thought that entire game was the most mediocre gaming experience I’ve ever had… but I do think they could’ve done something great with a sequel if they learned from all of their mistakes. Imo they deserved a second chance. That had a decent foundation with the first game, a sequel could’ve been great with current gen hardware

[@Inquisitor-Doi]

Absolutely

[@chonkyseal7164]

I second this.

[@Inquisitor-Doi]

​@@knight-mareshow was it only mediocre?

[@Genemon123]

lmao why y'all set my room on fire with that beat 0:06 and then never bring it back 😂

[@SabethDrake]

🎶 👐 🎶

[@Gubbins_McBumbersnoot]

You mean that super generic hip-hop beat that you could find in like half of all the hip-hop songs that currently exist?

[@andrewb777]

It’s like poetry

[@REDEEMERWOLF]

🔥🔥

[@AnthonyVelasco-fw8wu]

💯🤣 master p ahhh beat

[@Overlord005]

Ff15 still hurts me to this day. My first Ff and it had so much potential.

[@soulreapermagnum]

agreed. that game will always have a special place in my heart.

[@vexile1239]

It always gave me the feeling that the train part that occurs when ignis was blind would've been much longer then it was

[@SojiFro_0]

Crazy thing is, it’s still better than 16.

[@sonnyson01]

Hell the fuck no ​@@SojiFro_0

[@zeikers]

@@SojiFro_015 is a shit game. Noctis is just a good character

[@FeelinKindaGrey]

The Darksiders series needs an actual resolution to the story. The ending of the 1st one gave me chills (the game just oozes melodrama), then the sequels are all either parallel to the first story, or a prequel.

[@thetruesimplegrid]

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided definitely felt rushed, I’m sad Square didn’t give us more of a story that leads up to the events of the original Deus Ex.

[@Ali-ew3oe]

8:14 Putting "Somehow Palpatine returned" in the background was genius 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@elitsolider369]

Surprised that Mass Effect Andromeda wasn't on this list. At the end it was very clear that they had so much more planned for the story in the form of DLC and future games. After all the backlash and EA canning the series, all those questions at the end were left there unanswered. Upsets me to this day

[@josephward2012]

As someone who got the platinum trophy for Final Fantasy 15 at launch, I really enjoyed the story. It reminded me of being on family road trips where we would pass through towns and only see pieces. maybe get out to eat and gas up somewhere but that was it. It may fall apart a bit at the end but I cant remember disliking any parts in particular. Even the slog with the ring felt okay because of what was going on.

[@Thissitesucks]

Recently got the completion for FFXV, like a couple of months ago. And I feel the same way. Sure the game had issues but there wasn't anything particularly terrible. Okay maybe one thing. The post-game dungeons were horrendous, and had achievements/trophies added with the Royal edition.

[@logan_sunday]

The Order sequel could have been amazing. I don't care if it's "cope" I'll always hope for some sort of follow up or even a continuation from another studio. It's a fun and fascinating IP that feels ripe for storytelling.

[@matthewbergeron3641]

I genuinely love the cup noodle ad in the FF15 game. It's amazing that Gladiolus literally stops you on the road and explains his love for cup noodles in an almost religious way, and that the stoic buff guy on the team is constantly on the egde of acting normal and drop everything to try and convert you to the way of the cup noodle. It made me appreciate the character more

[@hellsingmongrel]

Soul Reaver 1. The series went in a much different direction because we only got half of that game's story! Personally, I love where the story went, but it is fascinating to ponder where it would have gone if we'd gotten the true ending!

[@thetynmanfromoz6887]

There was Soul Reaver 2 and LoK Defiance after SR1, but I agree. The Legacy Of Kain saga ended on a cliffhanger that still haunts me to this day.

[@hellsingmongrel]

@@thetynmanfromoz6887 Yeah, but actual SR1 had a very different ending before it got cut in half, so we only got half of the story. Again, SR2 and Defiance were, I think, the superior story, but it still was very different.

[@3up3rn0va]

I hate it when books, movies, or games are unfinished it is quite infuriating. Thanks for the daily uploads your types of videos get me through the week!

[@HelmerFud4]

Idk why but I absolutely adore FFXV. With all it's flaws it is still one of my favorites. Falcon didn't say anything wrong about it either 😅

[@BizarreCurty]

There's no way that KoTOR 2 isn't on this list. Such a brutal "ending" so they could release it for the holidays.

[@stephenphillips7699]

I've still got both games 1st and 2nd. Just wished i had an original Xbox.

[@mrgfspliff]

No one plays that anymore 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Welltron-3030]

​@@mrgfspliffI play it on android. Go play fortnite

[@mtnman8783]

The list in unfinished

[@ChengHorn9]

The restored content mod available in the steam workshop fixes and adds a lot.

[@patrickdodson1713]

I had a friend that warned me that Deus Ex: Mankind Divided had an abrupt ending, yet even then, I ended up surprised at how abrupt it was. It feels like the game ends just as it really starts to get going, just as it's about to reveal the major antagonist behind everything. That's like inviting you to a party and not giving you directions. Felt like it was half the length of Human Revolution as well. The sad thing is that the world hub was beautifully constructed and evoked a lot of Half-Life 2 for me.

[@FlaminTubbyToast]

I know this is explicitly about the main story but I have to throw in Fallout 4 into the mix. Like sure, there is a completed story in there if you go with the brotherhood, but everything feels half baked. The only thing they got right was the gun play, but they left major characters and even major factions out to dry. Preston Garvey is a fantastic example, like who the hell thought any of his implementation was a good idea and they ruined what would otherwise be a fantastic character.

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Worst part about FFXV isn't just the story being unfinished, but the story's ending in the novel is literally a copy/paste of how the XIII trilogy ended, but told worse

[@blackcrow9231]

Don’t forget FFXV was originally called FFXIII VS, or something along those lines. It makes sense that it still had some of XIII’s DNA. That game had potential to be better.

[@MauseDays]

@@blackcrow9231 The anime that plays in kingdomharts 3s toy story world is ff 15 as was originally envisioned fun fact

[@blackcrow9231]

@@MauseDays that’s funny cause i definitely felt it had FF vibes when I saw that part. Pretty cool fun fact!

[@natejohnson9738]

​@MauseDays swear to god if we have the same villians in kh4 I'm starting ww3 😂.

[@blackcrow9231]

@@natejohnson9738 some might return like hades but kh3 was the end of the keyboard war arc so I think we should get a lot of new enemies… hopefully

[@Tazman345]

im SO glad half life 2 episode 2 was at number 1......still gutted to this day they never finished the story :(

[@wils-2k]

From a personal standpoint, I'd add X-Wing Alliance to this list. A huge unresolved cliffhanger that still really bugs me 25 years on.

[@danmorrisss]

Red Dead Online? Rockstar didn’t even finish the story

[@celticluna1691]

I don't think rockstar was ever gonna finish the online story they where to busy re-releasing GTA v

[@ryanmitchell4426]

I mean, they barely finished the story in RDR2

[@ladycarmillasanguina]

@@ryanmitchell4426 hmm, disagree with you there. They told everything they needed to with how the Dutch gang formed, what John’s role was, and Arthur who served an important role in his development. The remainder was then resolved in the epilogue taking control of John, and what leads to the events of the first Red Dead (how the agency tracks down Marston). Much as I can criticize rockstar, and believe me I can say plenty (they can take their shark cards and shove em up their ass), they can clearly deliver with the right passion and team. And even online you can find the connections to the single player story well enough, like Sadie with her husband, I just think it deserved more attention regarding support rather than story.

[@themanofconstantsorrowelia1929]

@@ryanmitchell4426nah the campaigns story is more than finished

[@jyphelballet7569]

Total agree on the Order game.

[@Design909.]

Always a pleasure hearing you guys talk about The Order:1886. It deserves a sequel

[@gameranxTV]

Yeah and if it was a bit longer would be nice too!

[@HattaTHEZulZILLA86]

Square Enix is one of the many examples where IF you start to think you're "too big to fail" will actually work AGAINST YOU.

[@VanillaBear9915]

Days Gone needs at least a sequel to finish the story. One of my all time favorites

[@gameranxTV]

Absolutely!

[@Hugh_Jannis]

Metal Gear Solid V was the biggest FU to gamers who expected an epic story

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

TPP wasn't even as good as GZ, and that was like a tutorial but it was more fun to replay

[@saschaberger3212]

@@MoviesNGames007uk makes no sense. GZ was just one level with all the same mechanics as TPP. You're weird

[@mrhop9022]

I'm still MAD

[@custos3249]

In more ways than one. I'll never understand people who defend that steaming pile of shit.

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

​@@saschaberger3212you happy to call someone on the spectrum weird? Okay 😅

[@MedalWelder]

I’ll never forgive Square Enix for shelving a Deus Ex sequel to make The Avengers game instead.

[@notesonwheels]

FFXV still love it to bits, love love LOVE it.

[@desiladygamer2076]

I've spent 210 hours on Xenoblade Chronicles and still never finished it (Probably on chapter 8 of 15). I moved house and never set up my Wii U.

[@hibby21]

the gameplay was great

[@visionhawk4403]

It's fun as heck though!

[@estudiocaixadogato342]

Very nice gameplay, but the story near the end became a mess.

[@amidamaru4414]

It’s easily my favorite Wii U game after the wind waker update.

[@desiladygamer2076]

@amidamaru4414 I think it was the reason I bought the WiiU. I liked Tokyo Mirage Sessions too.

[@monadoheir870]

You're on a WHOLE DIFFERENT PLANET in Xenoblade X. You had one job Flacon 🤣

[@ClessFPS]

FF XV is the best definition of turmoil. It seems the budget and focus were all over the place. Amazing graphics, a whole bunch of side quests and features to look out to, insane motion capture to that day, a lot of skins, a HUGE lot of weapons, summons cutscenes, battle techniques (not going into quality merit here; most fans didn't enjoyed it)... And then: Dev1: "guys, aren't we forgetting the screenplay, role and all that stuff?" Dev2: "I know, but we should really engage with that bonus dungeon that makes no context with the rest of the game... and, of course, that flying car idea that we'll have no time to design properly"

[@jackwilliam4436]

Legacy Of Kain : It literally ends with Raziel's story finally rounded up, while Kain's story is barely just starting, even though he was in every single video game of the franchise - so that's the perfect 50% completion your video is talking about. Now that Kain has been purified and has received the final form of the Reaver, he can finally save Nosgoth, ... but the series just ends on 'hope'. Raziel's story : 100% completed. Kain's story : Finally beginning (everything that came before was just a prequel that led to the Scion Of Balance beeing ready to 'face the true enemy').

[@ledgicyt2929]

Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit for the Xbox 360 and the PS3 was unfinished. It was supposed to end with the Majin Buu Saga but it ended in the Cell Saga. The end credits showed Goku going Super Saiyan 2 against Broly. It sucked because it was really fun game but cut short by 1 arc.

[@squeeshdice-dr3ou]

really man why they left only 1 arc specially fu*k them 😥

[@kevinkiggs]

8:50 talk about a jumpscare lmao

[@kysheni1996]

The game seems…… interesting I may have to find it

[@Grinm]

Unfinished abandoned stories are just fanfics waiting to happen. If we let devs know this we may get a cannon ending

[@squeeshdice-dr3ou]

but it still can end story and continue from middle part like dragon ball super but unfinished is cool like you said

[@jamestrory3735]

I don't think I'll ever forgive Valve for not completing the story of Half-Life 2. It hurts to this day that we'll never get Episode 3. They never even gave us a good reason for it. I still can't believe that not finishing the story was in any way a better decision than doing SOMETHING.

[@jasonhubbard6775]

Metal Gear Solid V ... still unfinished, and I'm okay with that.

[@mikemcmullen5006]

The story is technically finished but it's not playable, the final mission was released as a sort of cutscene in the special edition, it's like half concept art though. It looks like it would have been amazing

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Apparently, the unfinished story elements of final fantasy XV were put in a light novel. Because I guess having it in ANY form is better than nothing.

[@Mac_Kymera]

I enjoyed The Order at £7, a nice easy platinum too! Although, if I had paid £40 for it on release then I wouldn't have been so accommodating towards it.

[@staticbuilds7613]

Final fantasy 15 is still one of my 20 top favourite games. The game was entertaining and the world was interesting. The story is definitely rushed with most parts of it being only mentioned and unplayable except a few short battles.

[@kageotoshi]

I've played FF15 the whole summer back in 2018 it was a ride, maybe thats why i enjoyed it more than others still one of the best dungeons in ARPG games imo, they were claustrophobic and eerie,only game where camping felt like camping plus small details like nice looking food while camping etc..ACTUAL UNIQUE monster design you dont feel like you are fighting same enemies like in God of War , even tho combat was nothing special and "SKILLFULL" it had style at least, the system where during the night you get swarmed by LVL 70 RONIN or TROLL was also nice, ahhhh FISHING, god still the best fishing mini game ever in gaming industry, this game HAD MORE CONTENT then i expected it to...so yeah story kept it chained but even that unfinished mess was still better than 70% of AAA the are coming out nowadays, let that sink in i can bet if people that dropped FF15 back n day came back to it nowadays after all these failed AAA titles, they would enjoy it.

[@ErrorEmpirE]

I’d put Splinter Cell Blacklist… yes Sam gets the villain, but it sets up that there’s more of the blacklist… a perfect replayable open dlc opportunity. But it didn’t sell well, and Ubisoft had already turned to their open world busy work model.

[@Unknown_Genius]

Yup, they realized they make more money with it. They also fully destroyed any hopes for proper sales, before open world came the "Copy CoD" phase, SC double Agent came out the same year as R6 Vegas, Double Agent staying true to the original gameplay while Vegas was turning R6 into a more CoD styled game but with tactical elements - needless to say Vegas sold way better than they've seen previous sales go - so they wanted to "modernize" SC with Conviction, which not only split the community but also overall destroy their sales numbers. While Blacklist was by far better than Conviction they already lost a good chunk of their playerbase and at the same time it wasn't exactly going back far enough in terms of gameplay to be unique enough to stick out of the general pool of games. And with them canceling a VR Splinter Cell not too long ago (and apparently currently working on a remake of the first game or something along the lines) I don't really know if they even realize why people played their game, it seems like most devs (and especially lead) at Ubisoft just simply don't know what made a good Splinter Cell game at this point anymore - just that they tried to somehow port hanging from a pipe often enough to VR makes me worried about any future try with the franchise.

[@cjrensh]

I loved the last 2 Deus Ex games. Human Revolution and Mankind Divided. The story might not have been perfect but the gameplay and stealth aspects were awesome! I believe there was a 3rd game planned that would have continued the story.

[@pantheashen]

3rd entry of Jensen Adam’s story already developed for 2 years and then became a stillbirth……😢

[@zxmisterbxz583]

How funny would it be if Gameranx actually didn't finish this video because of the topic? 😅

[@gameranxTV]

Now that would be-

[@slyzorretrogamer5562]

Lol that guy said the check bounced in Crash Bandicoot, so funny 😂

[@erichobbs4042]

I loved Human Revolution, and I was so disappointed with the end of Mankind Divided. I remember saying, "Wait? That's it? What the hell Square Enix? Where is the rest of the game?" Then all the drama at Square, and the announcement that they were done with the franchise just depressed the hell out of me. Really hope someone picks it up again someday.

[@AleksiJoensuu]

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was so bittersweet because it had everything going. I loved the gameplay, I loved the music, the graphics were good, and even though the writing was a bit "heavy handed", it was just so good... except it was half a game. It made me so sad.

[@michaelsndergaard2912]

just saw a youtuber play order 1866 and it looked SOOO GOOD. even for its age. the weapons, the grafic was awersome

[@DeathProofHero]

Star Wars republic commando

[@RyuLongRHOG]

The greatest unfinished story is Jake owing me lots of pizzas & Falcon's identity.

[@suhanam2955]

😂😂

[@parsakoolaji2222]

Two bonus mentions. One is more well known and the other isn't. Call of Duty Ghosts (iykyk) still hasn't gotten a follow up 10+ years after it's release. It's still something that the community talks about to this day that why we haven't had a conclusion to the story. The second one is in the zombies mode of Call of Duty Black Ops 4. The mode has 2 stories, Aether and Chaos. The Aether story concluded the 10+ year of the main zombies story, but the chaos story was left on a massive cliffhanger at the end of the game's 2nd DLC. While there IS a radio in the map Shi no Numa in Call of Duty Vanguard Zombies story that the Chaos story exists in the new Dark Aether story, nothing else has came out of this tie-in until no and noone is certain if we will get a follow-up and hopefully reach a conclusion unlike CoD Ghosts.

[@MforMovesets]

Shenmue is like "Imagine the main character is also an NPC."

[@El_Honezz]

Former deputy here….you have excellent videos and I enjoy your work. Keep it up!!

[@block2242]

The Order 1886 was fine but it has one of the WORST stealth missions of all time, and just when the story feels like it’s starting to get good, it’s just ends…

[@mazeours]

The FF15 part explains so much! The game has good parts and a beautiful sad ending, but I couldn’t help but feel the game has empty important parts that can link the whole story! Now I get it, thanks falcon!

[@DhonavenAlva]

Haven't seen it posted, Call of Duty: Ghosts. I know the game wasn't the best but the story was left on such a cliffhanger

[@SerSeanIII]

Played ff15 loved it and I loved it. After finishing the game I discovered ff15 was called ffversus 13 which is basically claimed as “the darkest final fantasy” like it talked about Noctis and his kingdom being more of a mafia family, Noctis seen more as a tyrant, A romance actually getting destroyed, and other stuff but it was all changed due to many problems

[@davidknightx]

Fallout London proves that fans can do the job themselves if the publishers refuse to. Honestly, I think at this point the best team to release HL3 is the fans.

[@Waterhead]

According to its creator, Shenmue has 11 chapters and would take 4-5 games to tell the whole story. I played the first one through Game Pass and it was okay. I could see why it was such a hit back in 2000 with what it achieved. When it came to Shenmue II, I didn't make it far. I was sick of the QTEs and said screw it after trying to find the kid in the market like an hour into the game. I played a few hours of Final Fantasy XV and I enjoyed it. A Final Fantasy game with the cast of Ouran High School Host Club; Tamaki, Kyoya, Mitsukuni and Mori. But, I kept getting distracted by other games and just never picked it back up. Now it seems like that was for the best.

[@TejasAusten]

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is another good example. The story is far from resolved when the credits roll, but I think the devs knew that going into fundraising. Looking forward to seeing them wrap things up with the second one later this year (or maybe next year. You know how it goes)

[@akilwilliams7466]

I definitely need Shenmue 4 to be released. Still holds a special place in my life, loved those games as a child growing up.

[@CyberKnight1]

Charitably, I'd throw Halo 4's Spartan Ops on the list. There was the start of a galaxy-spanning story where you chase Jul 'Mdama around using the Janus Key collecting Forerunner artifacts. Then it got canned (only for Halo 5 to take the can, crush it, and dump it into the nearest rubbish bin with a first-mission cutscene that kills 'Mdama). More cynically, you could add Halo 4 (Didact promises the return of the Forerunners, which doesn't really go anywhere), Halo 5 (Master Chief and friends have to stop Evil Cortana from taking over the galaxy, which gets resolved in between 5 and Infinite -- though at least they had "echoes" in Infinite to tell us that story in cutscenes), and Halo Infinite (who are the Endless? Their "10-year" platform had all story DLC plans scrapped).

[@captainfactoid3867]

I’m just happy to see Xenoblade Chronicles X mentiones

[@SquallRanger]

Sometimes, I think Falcon checked my channel for this kind of video because I talked about them too in similar ways. I recently uploaded a video about games that need a sequel, The Order 1886 was on that list 😌

[@iforgot87872]

TIL I learned Lego the Hobbit ends with Desolation of Smaug, that's kind of hilarious haha.

[@amidamaru4414]

And they don’t desolate Smaug?!?!

[@Trikkypac]

Lol, i really enjoyed FF15, but you are absolutely right about the points you made aboit it. Imagine how great it could have been if it was not an absolute mess.

[@Hubbera]

There is also the forgotten Sony mascot Sly Cooper who is still trapped in the ancient past after Sly 4. His last adventure still left unresolved even to this day.

[@levimunyon7114]

Anytime i think of an unfinished story in games I always think about Advent Rising. I loved that game back in the day.

[@MumrikDK]

Came here for Mankind Divided and MGS5, two of the wildest "We're done!?!" experiences I've had in games, and I got what I wanted. HL2E2 sort of ended in an expected way, it was the lack of followup that is insane.

[@Matt-md5yt]

Sweet, thanks, Falcon, for this one. Yeah it's messed up

[@alexixmn]

"It's a game held together by ducktape and prayer", it made my day

[@GJPGAMESvideos]

0:20 Games with stories that are half finished because the story is HALF LIFE???? Ehhh ehhhh

[@theAshesofDecember1]

The one that hurts for me the most is datksiders. I’m hoping the new announcement helps

[@dustinmillar120]

I honestly hope for an Order 1886. Also the screen capture when saying "no one is playing SIN for the story" was gold haha

[@axelstone3131]

I absolutely loved the Order 1888. I underhand the complaints and wish there was more gameplay but I loved the game. It’s still one of the best looking games I’ve ever seen or played. Photorealistic but also stylised. I wish they’d make a sequel. The story was getting really interesting then it just ended.

[@JadaKilla]

That final fantasy was odd for sure but the eating at restaurants to heal was S tier and so dope seeing and getting different meals that looked good!

[@JadeAislin]

I actually looked into the Lego hobbit game. If I remember correctly, there was some sort of gambling game that used LOTR imagery without permission and they were sued by the Tolkien estate. Because of that, Warner brothers decided not to finish the hobbit game. I'm oversimplifying, but I think that is what happened.

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

As Dusk Falls needed a 3rd book. The story was unfinished.

[@Sailor_alan]

You summed up my thoughts on FFXV perfectly. I wanted to love it and in some ways i did, but it felt like it was a quarter of the story.

[@daburgerbandit1598]

Bit of a lesser known one, but Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2015) had a campaign. First chapter was actually pretty decent, and I remember getting interested. Started chapter two and it had maybe a half hour of content. Haven't checked in a while, but what I'll always remember is the game just... Ending. Whap bam boom, everything's fixed, ok we're done, goodbye.

[@WolfyRagnarok]

Advent Rising for the original Xbox is one of my favorite games. It was written by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game) and planned as a trilogy. The first game ends on a cliffhanger, and we never got the rest of the story.

[@DragonBornHero]

A game franchise I personally think they should attempt a comeback with is PROTOTYPE. It was dark, gritty, violent, emotionally charged, and had that intense powertrip fantasy

[@snakepitskeleton4193]

I'll never forgive Volition and THQ for never giving the FreeSpace franchise another instalment. Why did the Shivans destroy Capella? What happened to the ETAK project? Where did Bosch go? FS2 is my favourite game of all time and while the modding community for it is still fantastic, it's been almost 30 years since that massive cliffhanger ending and mods can only do so much to fill the void. I know Volition never planned for a sequel, but it still feels incomplete to me.

[@rayconner2701]

The Order deserves a sequel. Considering there's rarely any good werewolf and vampire games, even though you're fighting them in this game. But it would be really interesting to see Grey working with the werewolves to fight the vampires.

[@jettblade]

XenoSaga and XenoGears were other games that were just left done. XenoSaga was literally supposed to be a sprawling 6 part game but was literally cut for time. There were huge parts of the plot just missing and you can tell the last half was rushed. It was just a huge mess that was not satisfying at all. XenoGears was a game that was amazing until they were told you have like 2 hours to wrap up the game. There is a huge disjoint from the first half of the game to the second that you can tell that it was rushed. Honestly if there ever was a game that deserves a remake it is XenoGears. This is the perfect game for that. Its a great game that really suffers from not being complete.

[@indieishh]

Wait Order 1886 sounds really good

[@samsillis175]

Star Wars Republic Commando my beloved.🥺

[@colecomfort6524]

In case you don't know FFXV ended up turning the unfinished DLC into a book. It was definitely worth the read for players, like me, who weren't entite satisfied with the game and wanted more from Lunafreya.

[@wantedHAH]

Hello , I think wolf among us also ended with a mystery , I agree that it was a great one but still I cant wait to see what really happens after it

[@coldReactive]

FFXV's story was also re-done three times, and is one of the reasons why Nomura just left Square Enix. At one point, the game was meant to be post-apocalyptic. They even showed a sandstorm raging in a demo of that story way back, with an abandoned gas station.

[@PeoplePleaser578]

Hell I remember when it was a FF13 spin off… it was in development for a decade, it’s not really surprising they had no clue what to do and kept getting changed.

[@DontForgetOldKolobok]

FFXV has a definitive ending...just because there's loads of cut content, doesn't mean the game's ending is ambiguous

[@thetynmanfromoz6887]

The Legacy Of Kain is still #1 on my story conclusion wishlist. I think it's been too long now for us to get a finale to the original, but if it ever gets rebooted or remade I hope that it reaches as satisfying end instead of another cliffhanger.

[@felipegrijo5803]

For the part 2 of this video, you can add Mass Effect Andromeda. I'm a huge fan of the original trilogy and I liked Andromeda. Ok, it had (and still have) some problems but was a good start for a new Mass Effect story. Now, we ended with a game that don't have a proper ending and a gap in the story that was not filled, the Quarians missing ark 😢😢

[@chrisdevonshire2087]

I loved the order 1886. Pity a followup wasn't done.