10 Video Game Finales That Totally Ruined Their Trilogies

1. Mass Effect 3

The Grandaddy of Disappointment, the Emperor of Emptiness and the Lord of Letting You Down (or something), Mass Effect 3's story is one for the history books.

Every gamer knows of its ridiculous final 20 minutes, where we went from a fairly grounded (in its own reality) tale of a multi-racial force uniting to battle an unstoppable threat, only to find a childish AI was controlling them the whole time. However, the reality behind why it was so utterly broken remains fascinating for all the wrong reasons.

Firstly, Prothean character Javik (someone with literally all the answers, being he'd fought the Reapers before) was initially intended to be on the disc, alongside a ton of additional story content later released as DLC, as EA forced Bioware to get the game out far sooner than their development schedule actually required.

This marked the first time a high-profile publisher had meddled with a vested franchise in such a manner, and the results were catastrophically bad for all involved. Bioware saw their reputation in tatters as fans mounted several petitions to demand the 'real ending' (which they caved and expanded on), and EA were publicly voted the 'Worst Company in America' by Consumerist for what was now public knowledge of their actions.

Mass Effect 3 went down so badly, so severely and so violently, that even though Andromeda sounds absolutely fantastic - the amount of negativity it has to surmount is unprecedented.

What final entry in a given trilogy left you completely at a loss? Let us know in the comments!