10 'Emotional' Video Game Endings That Fell Completely FLAT

10. Resident Evil: Village

The above scene is when Resident Evil' Village's conclusion begins a nosedive it never manages to pull up from.

Let's start with the "nothing but mold" bit. In Village's conclusion, we find out that protagonist Ethan Winters actually died in the introduction to Resident Evil 7 and that the player has been piloting a sentient pile of mold over the past two games. Then, before your mind even has time to boggle over the ridiculousness of this twist, Ethan has his heart ripped out by the game's big bad.  A shocking, tragic conclusion. Except Ethan is still alive! And he's rescued by the mysterious Duke! Except he's really dying! Finally, one (disappointing) final boss battle later, Ethan dies for good. 

Good flipping grief. Resident Evil: Village's conclusion feels less like an emotional roller-coaster and more like Capcom giving you repeated swirlies. "He's mold!" *flush* "He's dead!" *flush* "He's alive!" *flush* "Dead again!" *flush*. 

Each development is barely given any time to breathe, resulting in a finale that was clearly meant to be tear-jerking but just ends up bewildering the player with its breakneck pace and nonsensical plot twists.