10 Video Games Whose Best Ending Was In DLC

3. Trespasser - Dragon Age: Inquisition

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It can be hard to know how to properly end one story, while also setting up the next chapter. Lean too hard on one side and the sequel feels unnecessary, too much on the other and the story feels incomplete. This is where cliffhangers tend to come in handy. And one of the best cliffhangers in gaming history comes from Dragon Age Inquisition's final DLC: Trespasser.

Inquisition's ending was just fine as it was, with the two DLCs to follow adding new areas and expansions to the lore. But Trespasser is the ending to Inquisition's story.

Trespasser picks up two years after the events of the game, with the Inquisition called in by the largest governments in Thedas to discuss whether or not the Inquisition is necessary anymore. Turns out that having a religious militia that answers to no governing body, with heavily fortified strongholds in every country, and a spy network with its fingers in every ruler's pie, makes those rulers a wee bit nervous.

Every problem with the idea of The Inquisition is brought out and explored to its fullest, while at the same time, providing jaw-dropping twists on long-established lore. All of which culminates in a twist that takes everything you knew about a good 60% of the lore and throws it out the window. And yet it does it in a way that makes total sense, which is a much more impressive feat.

Trespasser is the reason fans are still waiting, desperately, for Dragon Age 4.

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John Tibbetts is a novelist in theory, a Whatculture contributor in practice, and a nerd all around who loves talking about movies, TV, anime, and video games more than he loves breathing. Which might be a problem in the long term, but eh, who can think that far ahead?