10 Secret Video Game Endings For Doing The Impossible

[@BlakeTheDrake]

Oh man, I remember Way of the Samurai 3... loved it to death. Believe it or not, I actually *got* that 'Grim Reaper' ending, without a guide and without knowing that *it was a thing.* I'd just played it so much, unlocking all the (non-hidden) endings, that I was literally just screwing around, trying to max out all the swords (which, if you've played any Way of the Samurai game, you know is an EXTREMELY time-consuming endeavor) while experimenting with the way the story reacts to your actions and so on. Somewhere along the way, I just randomly thought, "Hey, I bet if I did things in the right order, I could kill *literally everyone* in the game." So I did. Aaaand I was not disappointed! The video here doesn't even mention that you can also get a secret event near the middle of the game that suggests that your character is *literally just completely off his rocker* - one requirement for a 'genocide run' is to join the local bandit-clan, so that you can murder their leader and some other key members of it that don't spawn otherwise. This would normally lead to an event near the middle where you feast with the bandits, setting up the win-conditions for their ending... but if, by then, you've killed *the entire bandit-clan,* and a lot of other people beside, you'll instead get a cutscene where your character is hosting a 'feast' in the empty, blood-spattered bandit-fortress... silently eating raw vegetables, while surrounded by a bunch of farm-animals. All set up in a way that implies, in a wordless fashion, that in the mind of your character, this *is* a grand feast... I remember excitedly jumping on the GameFAQ's forum for the game to share my discovery, people thinking I was making it up, then eventually duplicating the feat... damn, that was a grand old time. I miss the Way of the Samurai games... the last one was nearly ten years ago, and honestly, even that one didn't really live up to the earlier entries. Still played it a ton though!

[@InDeathWeReturn]

Also during "Don't Fear The Reaper" you can hear the panic of the enemies saying things like "It's just 1 person!" or "I'm gonna die!"

[@Stormy_Fairweather]

"you have to admit, it's pretty hilarious how it all just ends without any flair at all" video ends.

[@gmailisaretard]

Yeah, I c wut they did thar. good stuff haha.

[@soopaninja2395]

Thank you. I came to say this. Literally all of her videos end that way. No outro whatsoever just straight to black

[@PotatoPrem]

@@soopaninja2395 and what about it? Who gives a frick about shitty outros that exist solely to waste our time and throw more sponsors in out faces

[@CelticVictory]

My exact thought was, "Like this video."

[@CelticVictory]

@@PotatoPrem First, outros are nice to add a conclusion to the video. Secondly, I've never seen anyone hawking anything from sponsors in the outro.

[@michaelabromson4103]

Don't Fear The Reaper is probably my favorite ending to any video game ever. Feels very earned and makes you feel like a real badass!

[@TheMorteReport]

No mention for finishing Mechwarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy without dying and reloading? If you are able to do that you get a secret final mission where you compete in a trial to add your DNA to the clan's genetic legacy.

[@eddapultstab2078]

I'm not very familiar with the clans but that's equivalent to being blood named named right?

[@TheMorteReport]

@@eddapultstab2078 I think you are right. I couldn't remember the name of it at the time. Trial of Bloodright.

[@Animalover205]

​@@eddapultstab2078Sort of, having your DNA added means that your name is added as a Blood-name.

[@Jeremiah12thLvlGeek]

Don't Fear the Reaper actually has save points, and you can load one if you die (but won't be prompted to, which is probably why most players don't realize it.)

[@zeroflight6867]

At this point, if the beginning includes an "unwinnable" fight, most people assume there's a secret cutscene/ending of your do manage it.

[@greggguier6720]

i was able to heal during the cyberpunk 2077 secret ending. I never would have killed Adam without it

[@Braxynglet]

You can heal, its just that your maxhealth is gradually reduced the closer to the end that you get.

[@ravenbridges6078]

Honestly way of the samurai is such an underrated gem i loved those games its so rare to see someone bring up these days but i would honestly recommend playing it if you can find a copy

[@kahunab7400]

It's in gog

[@Xboxcampking334]

Cyber punk fear the reaper ending was 🐐

[@Unicornelius]

The Inside ending was not too difficult to reach without a guide. The game does an amazing job of showing you how to get the true end, without telling you.

[@Match25]

The Saboteur, you can get the ending if you get the machine gun attachment to the Aurora before the first race with Dieker

[@jazzifizzleno16]

Saw Ongbal beat the Sifu spare bosses ending in 20 minutes. He’s different

[@Donlad222]

lol, no Ghost Recon Breakpoint? You can totally kill Walker at the very start when him and his Wolves chase you. Doing so actually changes dialogue, changes the main villain, AND changes the fight where you're supposed to encounter Walker. The game's main villain changes to the Traitor, dialogue reflects you having killed Walker early(something you also unlock if you decide to go straight to his actual boss fight after unlocking Erewhon), AND his boss fight goes from fighting him while he's equipped with a forcefield while he throws waves of Wolves(elite enemies) at you becomes 4 waves of Wolves trying to breach the room you fight Walker in. It's unironically easier to do this if you're playing on the slightly more difficult Immersive Mode since it does away with levels and stats(making it easier to just kill Walker with one well placed shot to the head vs multiple shots to the head WHILE trying to evade him and his OP Wolves)

[@nickynegron3515]

Ive played Two Worlds before because I recognize that scenario. I actually did it with one of the town guards though. Stopped playing after that, bit of a PTSD attack from Assassin's Creed army-of-one stands

[@endplanets]

DanganRompa: If you beat the super hard maze and escape the 'prison' your characters go crazy and self terminate. Normally you try to escape, fail, return to the 'prison', and everyone becomes friends. When you later learn the outside world is an apocalypse the power of friendship keeps everyone sane.

[@zeppelinmage]

Don't Fear the Reaper is great, yes, but the Nomad ending is the best.

[@raz0rbladeapolo]

The devleoper ending in Chrono Trigger does not require beating Lavos at that point without New Game +. It isnt any more hidden than the ither alternate endings in Chroni Trigger

[@alexsamaniego9061]

I love the way of the samurai series. all the different endings are fun to explore.

[@subman23]

"it's pretty hilarious how it all just ends without any flair at all" WhatCulture some months ago: write that down. WRITE THAT DOWN!!

[@wadewilson7985]

i remember getting the chrono trigger ending because i used a game genie to max out all of my stats

[@MidniteSpectre]

There is a cute game from rpg maker: Faraway story. It's really well written and super cute, putting you in the shoes of Pia, an aspiring pharmacist who opens a shop in a small port town. Shenanigans ensue and she ends up unknowingly dooming the world, even though she thought she was saving it. The game is not yet complete, the next part of the game puts you in the shoes of her companion Elark, who is a time god and is the one who rewound the time to try and save the world again. The secret ending is while playing as Pia, you get a mission to fight Elark. He will not hold back, very much a "the boss when you fight him vs. when he becomes a party member" meme. He will one shot Pia almost immediately, but with either cheats or enough grinding, she can actually beat this time god. The ending you get is Elark saying Pia no long needs him and her solving all of the current problems of the story and basically becoming a one woman army.

[@marvelsProtege]

The last one Put it on the top one where it's a one-hit kill and the rest is as they say history

[@joyboibob]

Really weird of your thumbnail to be of Serious Sam and that is nowhere in the list.

[@buzzsawgr81]

a bit weird that you use serious sam 4 as the image for the video but none of the sam games are featured in said video.

[@sebastianschoefl]

Slight correction. You can heal in don’t fear the reaper. Your max health just gets lowered over the course of the mission.

[@morgantaylor84]

11:35 Survival instincts are strong even with a lot of villains who know their death still wins.

[@boingthegoat7764]

"And it's hilarious how it just ENDS, without any flair at all." WHAM suggested videos

[@stuartautr3441]

Don't Fear The Reaper actually can be saved in if you use your hit box in a couple places to force the game into thinking you're outside the elevator instead of in it. Also, loved that ending. Stumbled on it accidentally when I put my controller down and went to deal with my dog. Came back to dialogue I'd never seen before

[@vc180191]

I wouldn't really count Two Worlds, since the ending is the same either way.....a different option that may count would be Disgaea 2, beating either Etna or more notably Laharl in their forced loss battles leads to you getting a non-standard ending for both (Laharl in particular throws an absolute hissy fit since he "never loses" (he's level 1200 when you would be ~lvl 25 when you face him, the story final boss in comparison is lvl 150) and proceeds to blow up the planet in revenge...game still considers it an ending though).

[@tranz2deep]

I have the horrible suspicion that Heldalf is the living prison of that evil. If I were cursed to live until I could be killed in a specific way and I *knew it* that would leave me more than a little ticked off at the world.

[@chaseviking5096]

Cyberpunk 2077 Don't Fear The Reaper doesn't have really anything to do with Johnny really liking you. It's about what dialog options you take when talking to him after you looked for his body in the junk yard for him. Chose one thing wrong on the dialog options during that talk and you wont get the option of Dont Fear The Reaper.

[@Quantris]

Don't Fear the Reaper isn't "permadeath". That would mean if you die you can't try again, but you can.

[@Prisoner_ksc2-303]

Don't Fear the Reaper in CP2077 doesn't unlock any "secret ending". You get to choose the same two if you follow Rogue...

[@haxacodex3784]

Don’t Fear the Reaper is fairly easy depending on your build. M V went fucking ballistic when I first did it Mantis blades + berserk just tore through them like wet cardboard

[@Xboxcampking334]

My type of video 🎉

[@strongblade]

Far Cry 4's secret ending where you stay at the table, enjoying the crab rangoon, until the main bad guy returns and takes you to the end of the game is a classic example of this.

[@johnburkes3390]

Great now I have to play zesteria again I thought that was the end of the game normally

[@stevecraig7643]

Thanks Jessica

[@drewdeze]

I love hearing her voice

[@knivectsh]

You can be the Jess to my Whatculture 😍

[@MattAllan-fd7ys]

What does that even mean lol. Looser

[@ryokkeno]

Oh... well played...

[@BOYVIRGO666]

I ended up doing the dont fear the reaper ending on accident on my first run through and ended up winning by milking quickhacks to an insane degree. I was running aroung oging 'fuckfuckfuck' while throwing around contagion and fire left and right

[@Braxynglet]

Doesnt "Dont fear the reaper" give you the same ending as you get when you let Johnny take over the body and attack the tower with his pals? Even though the actual missions differ. Edit: Its the same endings as if you wouldve ended it the way i said. Either let Johnny have the body, or V. And none of those are "good" endings. :P

[@unchartedrocks1]

How was there even a guide for Inside cuz that means the one who made guide somehow figured it out on his own!!!

[@QuintessentialGaymer]

There are so many actual examples and y'all went with friggin Gandohar? It's not a secret ending at all!

[@civilwildman]

If I can beat Zelda 2, Castlevania 1-3 (and getting the best ending in Simon’s Quest), and Mega Man 1-7, I’d argue none of these would be a challenge for me.

[@endplanets]

Totally cheating: but Fallout 3. In the original ending you have to sacrifice yourself to turn off the radiation (if you are a hero). In the DLC you just send your robot or rad resistant mutant friend to do it.

[@devinfaucette]

Two worlds is really good. It's a shame that it decided to release at the same time Oblivion did.... We all know how that went...

[@sir_summoner]

I liked the ending of this video ....

[@mikemadden6322]

Wish they put chrono trigger on modern console and not chrono cross...

[@dolphin2046]

Krono Trigger?

[@popejimbo1]

The thumbnail looks like it's showing Serious Sam, but it isn't featured. Am I just being a cretin?

[@endplanets]

Yea, WTF was up with that. Where is my SS4 content? We need more Sam.

[@Destradamose]

I wish ever you tube video ended like that!!!!

[@cathalina326]

God bless Amen

[@2Gambi2]

boa zestria was so boring and the protag-kun so incredibly uninteresting ...

[@SerotoninCrunch]

Thumbnail makes no sense.... That's literally just generic gameplay of serious Sam 4....

[@84bombsjetpack23]

Thanks, I came here looking for that but it's not in the video at all.

[@SerotoninCrunch]

@84bombsjetpack23 yeah that's a regular occurrence in the game. That's literally taken from like, the third or fourth level

[@marvelsProtege]

6:20 Why didn't they fit this?

[@tommystrickland6268]

You guys really overhype how hard sifu is in every video you put it in

[@derekbelley1801]

I'm a hardcore gamer but not great in fighting game and it was really hard for me. I think I would never be able to platinum it

[@tommystrickland6268]

@derekbelley1801 Well, 3 things to that number 1 The game gets easier The more you play It as When You Die, you get to come back to the beginning of The Game and keep the skills that you've attained. So, even if it's very difficult for you on your first Go around the second and third and fourth and so on will be easier and easier. 2 I understand the completionist mindstate I'm there with you but sometimes remember to just have fun , and 3 you know your weak point as a gamer so in this instance I'd say you can probably come to terms that you may just not be good at the game , that's how I am with like bioshock I think it looks cool and is pretty interesting but between the mechanics or me just being bad at it I can't get into it

[@anti1training]

It literally is very hard. Have you played the whole game without dying? I'm fairly good at these styles of games, but even I have problems with it

[@tommystrickland6268]

@anti1training On about my fourth time of starting again after dying i made it through the game like I said they overhype How hard the game is not specifically in this list. Just each time that they talk about it, they act as if the game is impossible to get through. It just takes a little while and you being used to the fact that you're going to die a couple times before you make it all the way through the game without dying

[@anti1training]

@tommystrickland6268 That's great man, I'm proud of ya. But for most people it is infact that hard. It feels impossible sometimes to win the entire game without dying. Not to brag, but I haven't gotten older in game yet... because I can't even get past the first level without dying 😌✨️

[@Paradox-coffee]

Cyberpunk ending impossible? You can get one hit kills on ANY enemy for like a YEAR in this game. It was easy as p*ss. Did they even play the games they reviews??? I doubt it. Because else the would know the game was broken for a LOOOOOONG time.

[@Young0ne71]

Jess, I'm really glad you stopped using the cutesy voice and settled on a more natural tone, it makes it sound like you are personally reflecting on the script rather than just blindly reading it. Furthermore, I'd like to see more live commentary/podcast style videos because I've actively avoided all of your videos up until the recent live video, which I think shows the most dedication to the gaming community as a WhatCulture presenter, and I'll happily watch future videos if you keep progressing like this

[@Saddonghussein]

By cutesy voice you mean his Christopher Walken voice?

[@PiranhaMama]

What a weird thing to say. She isn’t making videos for you and her past videos have been great. Very weird to center yourself on a gaming YT site, please consider touching grass.

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

I'm sure she was secretly wondering how to win your specific approval and is now overjoyed that she has won it /s

[@Young0ne71]

@ChristophBrinkmann im overjoyed that you took the time to read the comment and formulate a response that contributes less than my comment

[@butterlipz117]

I think you are confusing her with Psy

[@miahnowdie2072]

First? You're great, Jess!

[@FirstLast.69]

Woman talking :(

[@MegaHARDYboys]

Worst narrator ever...