10 Obscure Video Game Endings You've Never Seen

10. Lan Di Murders Ryo - Shenmue

As incredible as the original Shenmue is, it doesn't exactly offer much in the way of an ending, concluding with Ryo taking a boat to Hong Kong in pursuit of his father's killer Lan Di, setting the stage for the sequel.

But players who excessively dawdle their way through the game can actually get a more "concrete", if bleak, ending to Ryo's story.

You can unlock this secret, bad ending by failing to reach the end of the game and leaving Yokosuka by April 15, 1987 - that's more than four months after Ryo's revenge quest begins.

This will trigger a cutscene where Ryo wakes up from a dream and is confronted by Lan Di at his home. The scene ends with Lan Di asking for the phoenix mirror and then punching Ryo, presumably fatally, triggering a Game Over.

Depressingly over the course of three games this is the most "final" outcome we've had to Ryo's story, and it's looking increasingly unlikely it'll ever be properly wrapped up as creator Yu Suzuki originally intended.