11 Video Game Endings That Totally Trolled Gamers

7. The Unresolved Cliffhanger - Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Beyond Good & Evil & Many, Many More

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The Ending: These two games both featured massively unresolved cliffhanger endings: in Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Eli Vance is killed and his daughter Alyx is simply left sobbing over his corpse, and in Beyond Good and Evil, the game ends with protagonist Jade's "uncle" Pey'j having a DomZ spore grow out of his hand, implying he will be turned into a slave and the threat isn't over.

How It Trolled Players: Because we were totally gripped by these games, and though the endings on their own terms proved plenty intriguing, within the context of what's followed (or rather, what hasn't), they've really been one long, drawn-out troll. We were desperate to find out what would happen next in each game, but with Half-Life: Alyx a VR prequel, and Beyond Good & Evil 2 seemingly permanently over the horizon, we may never have a resolution.

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