A great ending turns a good game into a lasting memory: a twist, a surge of emotion, a final shot that catches your throat. This Top 50 gathers the most powerful retro finales, without spoiling too much. RomWize pairs each title with its re-evaluated score, its versions, their rarity and their collector value.
"Behind its ecological crusade against an industrial colossus, the adventure inflicts a loss along the way that redefines the party and how you see its antagonist. The final clash, then an enigmatic shot cast far into the future, deliberately leave their meaning open. That restraint in the staging, and all it refuses to explain, has fed interpretations for decades."
"A grand farewell to a saga decades in the making, this final mission follows an aging hero charged with retying the threads of a sprawling plot. The conclusion strings together revelations and reunions with an almost testamentary generosity, offering catharsis and peace rather than a mere action climax. It's that sense of closure — every promise honored, every cycle sealed — that makes the ending as moving as it is final."
"A galaxy-spanning investigation into a threat many refuse to believe, this first entry lays the foundations of a saga where decisions endure. The resolution confirms the scale of the peril and hands the player a heavy judgment call whose echoes will be felt in the sequels. Its power lies in that promised continuity: you finish knowing nothing will be forgotten."
"Framed as the genesis of a legend, the journey gains a special resonance in its closing moments, when the origin of the heroic line and of an endless curse comes to light. The ending recontextualizes the series' entire mythology and lends new weight to the bond between the two heroes. A conclusion that illuminates decades of stories to come."
"From its opening minutes, this luminous tale strikes you with the tenderness it brings to attachment and loss, before you've even grasped the scope of the journey. The beauty of its close lies in how it shuts the loop opened at the very start, lending whole meaning to the road travelled. Carried by animation and music in perfect harmony, it leaves your eyes damp and the memory clinging."
"A prequel devoted to the origins of an espionage legend, the jungle adventure closes on a confrontation where duty turns against feeling. The truth then revealed recolours the entire path and forces a final, weighty act upon the player. Between staging, writing and a famous farewell scene, this ending ranks among the most moving in the saga."
"After dozens of hours wandering a world of vertiginous scale, the story gradually uncovers a truth that recasts everything you thought you understood. Its power lies in clues planted from the very start, written into the scenery itself. When the final revelation lands, lifted by an unforgettable theme, the whole adventure shifts color in memory."
"On a windswept cliff, a mansion gathers the confessions of those who lived within it across the centuries. What first reads as a string of separate tragedies turns out to be one thread patiently woven, and the closing hours quietly rewrite everything you believed you had grasped. The staging and score turn that recognition into raw feeling that lingers far beyond the final screen."
"An episodic survival drama built on painful choices, the story rests entirely on the protective bond between an adult and a child amid the chaos. The resolution lands an emotional blow that your own decisions made intimate, never offering a comfortable way out. Its success rests on that shared responsibility, where you carry the weight of every compromise; few endings tighten the throat so hard."
"The game has dozens of endings, all different and often hilarious or vertiginous. There is not one conclusion but a constellation of outcomes that comment on free will, death and the very act of playing, making the hunt for endings the heart of the work."
