10 Final Levels That Almost Ruined Incredible Video Games

They came so excruciatingly close to perfection...

Sadly, there's no such thing as a perfect video game. Almost every single title ever created, no matter how critically-acclaimed, universally-adored or staunchly defended certain classics in the medium are, there's always at least one teething problem that it gains criticism for. Now that's not to say that there's no such thing as a great game either (that would be absurd) but in comparison to other existing titles, all of these listed here should be considered masterpieces of their respective genres - however that doesn't make them immune to criticism. It's a testament to the respect gamers have for each of these titles that fans the world over get so worked up over something that might not be a massive deal objectively, but in retrospect had a certain element been done differently, 'flawless' would still be go-to term to accurately describe them. For some reason there are many examples out of there of otherwise outstanding games that start to show cracks towards their conclusions, some due to something like an extremely disappointing final boss or protracted encounter. But what other reasons are there for a title to have a notably bad ending outside of a bland, boring boss fight? You'll have to read on to find out, but there's more than you may think...

 
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Joe is a freelance games journalist who, while not spending every waking minute selling himself to websites around the world, spends his free time writing. Most of it makes no sense, but when it does, he treats each article as if it were his Magnum Opus - with varying results.