Anyone else disappointed with the ending?

[tazius]

Not going to give it away for others who haven't yet finished the game, but is anyone else disappointed? I really enjoyed this game but I couldn't help feeling that as the game neared it's end the story started to get a bit muddled and kept getting weaker until that slightly sham ending.

[Synapt]

Well rockstar said earlier in the year there was a good chance for a sequel, so. To be honest I thought the ending was shady, they never a refrence a very critical thing at the end, maybe there will be a sequel where he comes back Driver style, ex-cop aiming to take out the corruption the only way he can now >.>

Edit: Edited cause I kinda spoiled the first time, less-spoilage this time, lol

[Lank]

Honestly? This game is based on a film noire genre so the ending perfectly fits. Yet personally, I felt awful because of it. Can't say anything much to not spoil.

[tazius]

Idk about a sequel, I think a sequel would be really odd. They could probably pull it off using a different set of characters, but it just wouldn't be the same.

Personally, I think the whole thing got messy at the end. Too many different characters and I didn't feel the storyline connected together very well. It might make more sense if you saw all the cut scenes together.

[poopitypooppooppoopers]

i thought that the ending had a strong impact emotionally, and mirrored the film noire genre which was the point of the game, so in that sense it was successful.

yeah, if they did a sequel it would have to be like 'detroit noire' or 'nyc noire' or etc.
which i would be TOTALLY ok with

[Just Arthur]

I am hugely disappointed (minor spoiler)
1. The last part of the game is just a cover base shooter. I was hoping there to be an interrogation.
2. I hate downer endings in games. It's okay with a movie that's only 2 hours. But after you spend 30 hours on a game, you expected something more satifying. Why is dying earlier in the game a "failure" if Phelps is going to die anyway?
3. What really happened in the war is revealed too late. It's more of a shock than any true emotional impact. Maybe it should have revealed when Phelps saw the buring victims in one of the arson case.
4. I feel that this game keeps shouting at us for the mistakes Phelps has done in the cutscenes. I stopped playing the game for a while in the arson cases because I got "demoted" for something I didn't do. And the cases weren't as interesting as the ones I had earlier working as homicide or vice. In the end, we were punished again by what happened in the cutscenes. (i.e. Phelps killed innocents revelation and that the game killed off your character)
5. Phelps should have gone out in a gun fight, or at least something that we can control, instead of being flushed down a sewer in a cutscene. Portal 2 has one of the best ending because you are still in control of the character while the game is telling you the story.

[Pansy-Tongue]

A reason for a sequel!!!

[Stuff]

SO ANGRY SO UNSATSIFIED I JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT SLIME BALL ROY GO TO JAIL AND THE DEA GUY SELLS HIM OUT IN THE END TOO.

[General Plastro]

A Sequel with Jack Kelso would be nice, as for Phelps, i am sorry, but with the ♥♥♥♥ he done, i was actually glad he died in the end. Its probably not the intented "emotional" responce, since they pushed for a "sad" ending, but for me, Roy is meh and Jack is actually the only good guy there.

[tazius]

I think the other annoying thing for in this game was the cutscenes. When I play a game that's over 30 hours of gameplay, I end up forgetting what's happened in the cutscenes. At first, the war story was really interesting, but it was just to hard to follow. In the end, I don't even have any idea what even happened.