Additional endings and video games fit together perfectly. Maybe it's this sense of exploration and mystery that leaves us wanting more - and crafty game developers are taking advantage of our wandering minds. Endings are directly tied to the player's agency, and we all want to see how our choices might affect the story; either by following the rules, or by breaking everything down to find another way. Some of the best endings of 2020 have been ingeniously hidden - and some are just plain cruel to unlock.
Now let's talk about some of the best. Here are our top 10 best secret endings of 2020.
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Betray your comrades at the last second [[]
is the first game in a long time to reintroduce player choice into the normally linear campaign formula. It wasn't since that you could earn a different ending based on your decisions - and that ending is a doozy.
In the climax of the game, the player character realizes that he is a brainwashed soldier from the Soviet Union, forced to fight alongside the United States - and in an amazing twist, you can choose to betray everyone by lying about the location of the signal. which will set off a series of nuclear bombs across Europe.
Not only can you lie about the location, but you can also secretly call an ambush. Right after lying, if you've unlocked a secret door in your refuge by gathering clues in previous missions, you can rush over to the radio and contact your Soviet allies. This completely changes the ending - instead of fighting alongside characters from previous games, you have to take them down.
Do nothing together [[]
Running through the dirty and destroyed environments of (or one of the similar games) don't you sometimes wonder… what is it for? Why am I fighting fate when nothing good is going to happen anyway? Am I really curious to see what will happen?
The answer is always 'yes' - I'm that curious, and I'll spend 20-40 hours battling tough bosses if I have to. But gives us another option. Instead of trying to stop the coming end of the world, why not just go out and eat some snacks? By bringing the right items to a bandit named Bagman in the starting area, you can rest and play the lute until the end of time.
Considering how difficult the rest of the game is, this really isn't such a bad ending. Even when the living dead invade the forest and bring ruins in their toxic wake.
