Creepy Bad Endings # 95

Bad endings. I don't know about anyone else, but they terrify me. Just when the hero(es) thought everything was finally right, just when it looked like peace had finally returned to the world, something happens that, at best, creates a bittersweet victory and, at worst, spoils everything and the enemies win, despite everything that happened throughout your adventure. Bad endings don't give you any second chances, you screwed things up for everyone and you must pay dearly...
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[@whoisthisgit]

Creepy Bad Endings # 96: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIrVk3mArtWbmck

[@bidoof367]

among us

[@logans.7932]

“I just wanted my pilot’s license, but I ended up being a national war hero. Okay.”

[@voidnoodle8911]

"I became a national war hero out of nowhere and all I got was a shiny badge." - Pilot

[@amandamakin1542]

The pilot just loved air sports & joined the club to take part...& got forced to save his new friends & the world because he was their only hope... This game has more to it than meets the eye...

[@DrkStmpunkr]

Sounds like a modern anime title

[@hackr6751]

This game is pretty much the definition of "well, that escalated quickly."

[@Purple_Sloth]

Quiet literally

[@Bluegirl12345]

I got a rewind button on the Switch

[@trustytrest]

Until you need to land, then it's de-escalating quickly.

[@freedomzero6430]

How did a almost-launch game for the SNES went from getting your pilot’s license TO SAVING YOUR MENTORS IN A LIFE OR DEATH MISSION?

[@amandamakin1542]

And also how did the pilot you play as go from a Strongest Characters in Gaming entry (he won't die if he crashes/falls/explodes) to being able to die for real in the helicopter levels?

[@dmas7749]

maybe because its an almost-launch game for the SNES hell because its a SNES game in general

[@squallleonhart9387]

I honestly miss the experimental side of Nintendo.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@amandamakin1542 Crashes OK. Explosions bad.

[@qty1315]

Oh, Lance. He was named Lance. He had interests and hobbies, I think. As he lies buried in the ground I think about how he used to love existing. He certainly was a character of some kind.

[@dardanik]

Remember when Lance did the thing? Darn, I'm going to miss him. Maybe.

[@qty1315]

@@dardanik "I guess he was okay, maybe I'll miss him." -Lance's best friend.

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

As I stand here, I am reminded of a quote, from a story from my childhood: "Lancer died!"

[@qty1315]

@@heyoyo10gaming4 Truly, he was named Lance.

[@realsalu634]

Bruh, he should've called Dragonite

[@CTback]

There was no Syndicate. That was just Big Al's final test to see if you were a true pilot.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@Angel DJ Gaming Meaning you really died. Danger's gotta be real for the test to be effective.

[@bidoof367]

so he was firing guns at you amd trying to kill you

[@ChromaLuke]

Imagine you just trying to get your flying license when suddenly, out of nowhere, you're told, "Oh, by the way, your best friend and mentor has been kidnapped by some shadow organization and coincidentally you're the only one qualified to rescue them. Please rescue them. You cannot refuse. That is an order."

[@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853]

And Lance. Don't forget Lance.

[@carltonleboss]

"You must fly this helicopter to rescue the hostages" "But this is a helicopter! It's an entirely different kind of flying altogether!"

[@aerogun18]

"It's an entirely different kind of flying."

[@SolCresta3405]

Don’t know why, but failing a mission and hearing that sad piano music afterwards used to scare me when I was little… And whoever thought you’d be fighting terrorists that kidnapped your instructors after the fourth lesson?

[@amandamakin1542]

At least the pilot you play as is absolutely fine after crashing/falling & just gets lectured. Hearing the "oh well, you tried" sad piano music is a blessing (he's invincible) & a curse (he still failed). Not so much in the helicopter levels, where the pilot actually is implied to have died for real, & it's an instant game over with no "oh well, you tried at least" piano music... 😢

[@boxtank5288]

@@amandamakin1542 And your imagination does alot of legwork as you, in dread, imagine how your instructors feel upon hearing you died trying to save them. And what will happen when the Syndicate catches them again...

[@SolCresta3405]

@@amandamakin1542 I know, but it actually makes me feel down.

[@SolCresta3405]

@@boxtank5288 But still, fighting terrorists in a game like this is one of the least expected things in this game.

[@boxtank5288]

@@SolCresta3405 Yup, you're just some schmuck trying to get a FLYING LISCENSE! And yet you are the one they turn to when terrorists decide to stir shit up! Like I oughta be getting more than my pilots wings for this bullshit!

[@YukaTakeuchiFan]

It's kinda funny how they really subtly foreshadow the Sudden Military Mission if you notice that all four instructors are wearing a uniform at the very bottom of their portraits (and they just spell out that apparently they DO have some sort of military ties during the ending). Personally I was just surprised to see that the player character had a fairly distinct physical identity at the end. And I wonder if the Japanese version made the links more obvious? I know they at least changed the instructors' names during localization.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

I'm perturbed by the fact that the line of personnel in the foreground is twice as dense as the one in the background. Watch their scrolling speeds and you'll see what I mean. And it looks like there could've been a mistranslation in the second mission: the text implies you're out to rescue two people, but you pick up three at the end, and with the same animation as the first mission, even. Maybe it was the other instructors again, or maybe there were two agents-Japanese generally doesn't use distinct plural forms except with people, but they omitted that this time for some reason. Or maybe both. I mean, don't Tony and Big Al look quite alike?

[@Sean_Bird]

You know, when of think of Pilotwings, an evil organization kidnapping people is not the thing that comes to mind. Imagine if Pilotwings 3D had that type of story!

[@TylerYoshi]

Imagine if Pilotwings RESORT had that type of story, and you had to save kidnapped Miis!

[@PALWolfOS]

Instead of dropping water, you drop bombs onto enemy bases

[@amandamakin1542]

Later Pilotwings games didn't really have this story & I miss that: - Pilotwings 64 had Mecha Hawk as a threat, buy no where near as dangerous as the Evil Syndicate from the 1st game on the SNES. - Pilotwings Resort had nothing like that at all :(

[@squallleonhart9387]

The whole rescue mission thing reminded me of Advance Wars because of the Helicopter being carried by what I assume a Cruiser and that Helicopter firing down on Turrets.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

This brings to mind a quote I once read that you can't truly excel at something without it becoming a duty. Or in this case, without you being asked to perform under dangerous conditions. At least Pilotwings 64 didn't have you suddenly become a rescue pilot and avoid missiles or gunfire. Maybe that means the EVIL Syndicate was eventually eradicated?

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Or maybe you have been assimilated by the Syndicate?

[@amandamakin1542]

Well, Pilotwings 64 has Mecha Hawk, but he's nowhere near as big of a threat as the unnamed Evil Syndicate from the 1st game (they kidnapped your friends/mentors, kidnapped someone from the Government, & can actually KILL the invincible pilot you play as)

[@WhiteFangofWar]

@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 Nah, Ibis, Goose, Hawk, Robin and Kiwi don't seem very EVIL. Maybe Lark.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@WhiteFangofWar Lark is Nester. Make of that what you will.

[@ls190v2]

Perhaps by the player in Expert mode?

[@dk_boyblue]

boy, the ascension rate of things is too great in this game

[@1337m4n]

"Rescue helicopter" Big Al calls it. Okay yeah sure a "rescue helicopter" with MISSILE LAUNCHERS. When most people hear "rescue helicopter" I don't think an Apache is what comes to mind. Also I have so many questions. Why does a private flight club for teaching people recreational flying have a fully armed attack helicopter? Why do they decide a newbie who only just got his pilot's license for light planes is the best person to fly it? Why do they send him, alone, into a terrorist base bristling with anti aircraft guns? Why does the government refuse to fight the terrorists "for political reasons" yet is perfectly content with letting a civilian slaughter them with his privately-owned Apache? I'm starting to think this game actually does take place in the Metal Gear universe because this is exactly the kind of insanity you can expect from that setting.

[@ericrajala4669]

Pilotwings: Shadow Moses edition

[@AlexHylianGamer]

What the bloody fuck?! how does this game from a light hearted pilot licensing course to a full political drama?! that was such an unexpected and random turn of events!

[@LicencetoMeme]

Yeah, those missions are like : "Hi peoples ! Do you remember Gulf War is a thing ?"

[@amandamakin1542]

And the pilot is pretty much invincible & gets lectured if you crash/fall in all levels, but in the two military helicopter missions, crashing = death

[@boxtank5288]

@@amandamakin1542 In the lessons, there is plenty of safety measures. In the missions the risk is all too real and even IF you survived the crash, the Syndicate would most certainly make you wish you died there and then.

[@squallleonhart9387]

Pilot wings is kinda like a Kirby Storyline if you think about it.

[@PigBoy99]

What, you’d not always get forced to stop an evil organisation when you just want your pilot’s license? That always happens to me when I try for my license! That’s why I never got mine!

[@lilwyvern4]

Imagine if you went to the DMV, you're super nervous, but you manage to pass the behind-the-wheel test with no problems. Then, before you leave, you're stopped by your instructor and told you have to rescue hostages from an ongoing live shooter scenario.

[@1337m4n]

@@lilwyvern4 "Hey, you're not bad at driving a car. Here's an M1A1 battle tank; take the wheel and go fight those terrorists over there"

[@rcblazer]

Nintendo (even today) can spring the grimdark on you out of nowhere. As a kid, I was caught WAY off guard when I finally got the 300 points to pass Big Al's lesson, only for him to suddenly thrust the Helicopter mission on me. Everything before that part was just silly fun, even if you failed! I read about the Helicopter in the instruction book and thought it was just another flying vehicle to goof off in until I passed a test, only for Big Al to tell me the situation was super serious! Then I get hit once and it's Game Over?! Good thing I wrote down the Password!

[@amandamakin1542]

Nintendo just catch you off guard by having you play as an invincible pilot who survives any crash, explosion & fall, with hilarious results (daft failure music, getting funny lectures from the mentors & funny crash animations), & then they just throw you in the helicopter mission, with serious music, & crashing the helicopter results in the pilot's death! 🥶

[@user-ej3iw8lw3w]

the more time passes, the more we realise how underrated the snes was

[@ebigemu7574]

I love snes

[@emberthefox4951]

Gotta love plot convenient terrorists. They wait for the exact day someone with plot armor gets a liscense and then kidnap a government official and the pilot's instructors. How thoughtful of them.

[@fresanegra77]

Or they got kidnapped some days before he got graduated and big Al was just waiting for him to rescue them, pretty convenient too but it could explain a bit

[@theclayman841]

This reminds me of DonPachi big twist. After playing through a series of stages of what seem to be your typical run-of-the-mill militaristic themed shooter, your commanding officer contacts you and informs you that those you shot down were actually your fellow troop members. All for the sake of an experiment attempting to create the so-called “perfect soldier”.

[@SolCresta3405]

Does that mean the EVIL Syndicate is run by Longhena? Is Big Al secretly Longhena? SHINU GA YOI!

[@Aladato]

I'd say Star Fox 64 is the spiritual successor of this game, even to the credits scene! I haven't played this beyond the first levels, but now I see it. Star Fox 64 is adventurous and light hearted at times, but every time Fox dies horribly it hurts you. It has a dark tone involving the future of a whole solar system and beyond.

[@iamlucidess]

Ah yes Pilotwings, many planes were crashed during my childhood.

[@patrickbrinkworth9125]

Yeah but what about pilotwings

[@dougisnotadog]

Damn. This guy was my childhood, I just randomly remembered him and searched one of his videos up. Glad to see nothing has changed.

[@yabukiman4273]

This video made me play Pilotwings on Switch. I can't believe I was missing such a gem, thank you so much Git ;)

[@ninjabulbmin5234]

The way this game’s plot goes reminds me of Custom Robo and that game’s bizarre turn of events.

[@1337m4n]

"Well done stopping those petty thieves and crooks, now go fight the Elder Abomination that nearly destroyed the entire world"

[@NunofYerbizness]

12:20 I know that Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, while it's also a game that purposefully softlocks at The End, at least allows the Easter egg of being able to turn the telescope overlay on and off… Though the mention of a The Emd screen where you can die in a 1993 game has me curious.

[@TitanTezwa]

That was Star Fox back on CBE #63

[@lamp9546]

Sometimes I space out on these videos and forget to read the text, I just get lost in the retro gaming sounds. Then I have to go back and watch it again

[@DoctorNovakaine]

Ah, yes, But Thou Must. Has any video game trope ever been so unnecessary? The illusion of choice breaks down badly when someone tries to resist it and finds that it's literally not possible to select. At that point it just feels patronizing. The game already issues tasks for you that you have to complete, providing a pretend choice instead of just continuing with that is annoying. I'd prefer a nonstandard game over because at least then it's still letting you MAKE the choice, even if choosing wrong has negative consequences. But choosing between Yes and Slightly Delayed Yes isn't clever or interesting. (Caveat that points where the game clearly gives choices that railroad you into one option is exempt from this because that isn't actually illusion of choice and is also typically used for comedic purposes.)

[@danielespeziari5545]

Finally a video on one of my favorite games, one that I regularly come back to. Yeah, this game brings me so many sweet memories of my Super Nintendo childhood.

[@emperorwisel4842]

For some reason seeing the instructors in the credits made me laugh, shirley and tony are so fucking smol compared to everyone else.

[@Noah27612]

I feel like the original Drakengard would be an amazing post for this series.. and probably a really long video because of all the messed up and creepy content/endings

[@user-unos111]

The entire Drakengard/Nier series would qualify for this video series

[@TheLakabanzaichrg]

You are pumping out content like a machine

[@ShadeMeadows]

I know i NEVER (almost) expect creepy endings from those... but PILOTWINGS??

[@madokalover]

i feel like they were trying to make it as over-the-top as possible, especially when big al says "he's my brother!" as if rescuing a government agent didnt bring high enough stakes already lol

[@chrisfeltner]

I had a love-hate relationship with this game

[@dahoomajaji8424]

5:49 I really love this song it’s like something from an ace attorney reminiscent from what game is this from?😳

[@froggy2597]

its from a jrpg on the genesis but I forgot the name

[@iamanotherperson9639]

@@froggy2597 it's from Shining Force 2

[@dahoomajaji8424]

@@iamanotherperson9639 thank you very much 😊

[@iamanotherperson9639]

@@dahoomajaji8424 you're welcome

[@Mey_.]

Actually I would want to say this If there's a chance the game UNSIGHTED will be in the creepy bad endings series, I'm looking foward to it in the future. But I shall not rush. So I will wait patiently. Stay safe to all of you.

[@froggy2597]

ngl this makes me wish there was a sequel that expanded on the lore of this universe lmfao

[@amandamakin1542]

Pilotwings did get sequels (Pilotwings 64 & Pilotwings Resort), but Pilotwings 64 is unrelated to Pilotwings SNES, & Resort is just Wuhu Island (the Wii Sports Resort island).

[@Dolphindan]

This game defo holds up, played it on the switch for the first time and it was really fun. Played for hours.

[@Bluegirl12345]

I kinda used a cheat code to get to the last mission and didn't realized it was in expert mode

[@PinBBro]

Git fans eating like kings this December for real

[@jurayzscout9432]

For the next bad ending, you should be played Radiant Historia. It's one of the games where instead you avoided the bad end, you love to find all the bad ends The story is about a guy that receive a book that can teleport the user's mind into past oe future. If you watch Steins;Gate, it's actually similar to D-Mail with Reading Steiner (it's actually similar to Steins;Gate since the games had a 2 plot line) You will love it since in reventure's episode, you had a fetish for collecting a ending, even the bad ones

[@crowqueenamps]

Ah. I got the 3DS remake a few years back. I still think the story was quite good, and I recognize the battle themes anywhere.

[@firestar4407]

I'd wish they hadn't redesigned Eruca for the 3DS remake...

[@jurayzscout9432]

@@firestar4407 not that bad, though. Maybe they redesign coz the artstyle are different

[@Zyborg200]

@@firestar4407 You can pay extra in order to use the character portraits from the original version. It's something that should have been in the base game instead of DLC, but the option is there.

[@firestar4407]

@@Zyborg200 Even that seems to be a lackluster option. Do the cg pictures still retain the new artstyle? Does that DLC switch Eruca's sprites to the DS ones? Do Elm, Nemesia and Noah even get a new portrait drawn with the older style?

[@pearofclubs6280]

You broke the first rule of flight club

[@someguy764]

We're getting closer and closer to the big 100...

[@cateye008]

I only just realized how close CBE #100 is only 5 away! I wonder if you've got something planned for that...rather exciting!

[@JackSparm]

An idea I suggested a long time ago : the saddest/creepiest character endings in Fire Emblem serie (Canas in FE7, Wolf in FE12,...)

[@dmas7749]

PS2 is my personal favorite platform, but SNES is definitely not a bad pick 13:02 nice, Sims 1 could definitely get a Creepy Moments if it hasn't already

[@alexfield3950]

oh no, not the EVIL syndicate aka every villain is lemons

[@obotprime339]

That Red Dead Redemption joke was quite a throwback

[@VishNossa147]

Woah, calm down dude, you're gonna burn yourself from this amount of work, it's was like what? 7/8 Videos in 2 weeks?

[@Aki_Tsune_]

Why "Are you kidding me?" for Shirley? I've never played it so I don't understand.

[@HellwingX1]

At 2:55? I think its just some wordplay, Shirley instead of surely

[@junichiroyamashita]

It comes from Naked Gun.

[@redclover5460]

@@junichiroyamashita I thought it came from "Airplane!"

[@Aki_Tsune_]

@@junichiroyamashita I still don't understand - would you please elaborate?

[@junichiroyamashita]

@@Aki_Tsune_ Leslie Nielsen made this famous quote: "Surely,you can't be serious!" " I am serious,and don't call my Shirley" If you have trouble understanding it,say it out loud.

[@eduardpaduraru3090]

So this is where rockstar got inspiration for the san Andreas fight school

[@tredausmaxima]

I'd really love you try out the Mass Effect series. It's a main culprit for bad endings

[@ShadeMeadows]

Damn, this game is AWESOME!

[@wilsonso5784]

*This is Pequod! Arriving shortly at LZ!*

[@jessthatsme]

This game was awesome but hand glider was HELL !!

[@TheLakabanzaichrg]

No way the pilot survived that tho

[@amandamakin1542]

The Pilotwings pilot has a lot in common to Wario (both can survive ANYTHING except Rudy the Clown/crashing a helicopter). He is an entry for Strongest Characters in Gaming for sure.

[@eltiolavara9]

ok i have to ask, what's the faceless pilots thing (also wow is CBE surprisingly close to 100)

[@Wiimeiser]

I think it's just layers.

[@eltiolavara9]

@@Wiimeiser oh yea of course

[@samanthafusco224]

I have no mouth and I must scream!

[@dylanogg347]

I didn't know Koh the Face Stealer was in this game!

[@NCTStudio]

Oddworld: Soulstorm is out now! Try making a Creepy Bad Endings video for it

[@Xman34washere]

"Well, that escalated quickly"

[@mrthanos8140]

I didn’t know this game but once I heard the theme I was like oh dang it’s the smash stage lol

[@HellwingX1]

Do you remember what music you used starting at 5:50 git?

[@whoisthisgit]

It's a theme from Shining Force 2.

[@HellwingX1]

@@whoisthisgit "Dying Wishes". Ta very much

[@squallleonhart9387]

The game goes from learning how to fly/land planes, hang glide, sky diving to parachute landing, rocket belt hovering around the island, then suddenly it becomes Super Famicom Wars lmao.

[@madspirit7019]

0:24 through 0:38. The song is in Smash Bros! IT CAME FROM THIS GAME!?? This caught me off guard. I never played this game and when I first heard this song as I watched this video, I'm here shouting "ITS FROM SMASH BROS!!" or actually vice versa. But wow, there are some things you learn everyday. Great video btw! ^v^

[@thejadewizard6178]

NO, NOT MY TONY!

[@tailsprower8118]

Huh, I never played far enough to see this. I just played for a minutes and stopped. Never new this was a thing

[@pooperexilado]

4:33 well, the Syndicate game😎👍

[@kstanni87]

Well this game sure contains something that would be close to training school owned by the military but civilians are eligible with no restrictions.

[@seantheinklingreturns9759]

Only 5 more to go to cbe 100, there are 2 Gunvolt games got bad endings, like Gunvolt got shot in Gunvolt 1, and Corren gets revenge on Gunvolt and skip the final fight and stop there in Gunvolt 2, I feel bad I couldn't reach the good ending

[@lemonadesnake]

“Sweet dreams” Halloween came back too early

[@pinksheep752]

how are we so close to episode 100

[@crescentryoshi3717]

They should have made repeated no's as a tragic bad ending for the game, just like Custom Robo's bad ending from the GC if you say you're not going to Rahu's world over and over, so the world just ends cause your team couldn't make it xD

[@TBTabby]

I'd like to see you cover Broforce next.

[@simonnetceline9554]

why do you mean "you can't be serious"

[@whoisthisgit]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX6VfGqpi5J-bZY

[@simonnetceline9554]

@@whoisthisgit oooooooou ok ! thanks

[@MekhiWilson24]

A government VIP has been kidnapped by the EVIL Syndicate. Start the new rescue helicopter. HEY. Build the Helicopter and off to the rescue. Dodge the missiles, Shoot down the cannons, And make the rescue. The new emergency collection from -LEGO CITY- PilotWings sorry I had to

[@khankotrag6826]

thx u very much! keep going!

[@anggastapratama2370]

This is literally Ace combat but snes. It's kinda funny tho how you gonna do rescue mission with a Apache Attack Helicopter.

[@dylanogg347]

Piloting a helicopter isn't all that hard. You just take the controls and go: BUM-DA-DA-BUM-BUM! BUM-DA-DA-BUM-BUM! BUM-DA-DA-BUM-BUM! BUM-DA-DA-BUM! BUM-DA-DA-BUM-BUM!

[@amandamakin1542]

I am happy whoisthisgit finally covered the Creepy Bad Ending/Game Over in Pilotwings. The Game Over in the helicopter levels is so creepy is because the invincible unnamed pilot (perfect entry for Strongest Characters in Gaming), who can survive falling from great heights & explosions (& being impaled in Random Acts of Spite #15) literally DIES FOR REAL if he crashes the helicopter. It's like the invincible Wario easily being squashed by Rudy the Clown all over again... Also, 13:02 made me laugh, their faces just disappeared. "Sweet dreams!" 😂

[@AkaiAzul]

I had no idea. I didn't get far in this game at all.

[@gearsturniyearnandlislisili]

I didnt find this game Tell me if im wrong And i wouldnt be suprised if you dont wanna cover this "Hope The Other Side Of Adventure" Bad Ending.

[@badlydrawnmedievallion6832]

Helikopter Helikopter

[@RJBadman]

What's the game you mention at the end, from 1993 where you can die at the ending screen?

[@realsalu634]

Gotta remember how this game's director was Miyamoto, and nowadays he stories like Sticker Star

[@c.d.5643]

5 more!

[@danielgregiodebiaseareias6504]

Please do Shin Megami Tensei endings

[@fhm2]

Top Gun 日本！