7 Surprise Shortcut Endings for Lazy Players: Commenter Edition

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  • With all the stuff you have to do in a day, there’s simply not enough time to get through the huge pile of games you need to finish. Unless you find a surprising shortcut that takes to you the ending - or at least an ending - in a mere fraction of the time. Consider these timesaving techniques suggested by the commenters on our previous video on the topic, and subscribe for more videos like this from Outside Xbox!
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  • @nathancarter8239
    @nathancarter8239 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    I love that _Two Worlds_ ending. Beating Sauron to death within ten pages. It's what Tolkien would have wanted, honestly; now there's so much more room to describe flowers!

    • @HylianFox3
      @HylianFox3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      It's what would have happened if the eagles flew them to Mt. Doom

    • @Sogeking79
      @Sogeking79 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I would much prefer that they walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, somebody's following them, walk, walk, hide,walk, walk, walk, steal some mushrooms, get on the boat, walk, walk, walk, elves for the first time wow, walk, walk, night time walk. You get the idea.

    • @JacobJMackenzie
      @JacobJMackenzie ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Sogeking79 not to mention being attacked by *twees*

    • @RedSpade37
      @RedSpade37 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      And songs! Oh, the songs!
      *Gil-Galad was an Elven King*
      *Of him the harpers sadly sing*

    • @begoodjohnny1866
      @begoodjohnny1866 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I could have sworn they've covered the Two Worlds ending in another video 🤔

  • @StuupidPanda
    @StuupidPanda ปีที่แล้ว +231

    In the original "Way of the Samurai" at the start of the game a villager asks for your help. if you say "No" you just keep walking and the game ends

    • @FFKonoko
      @FFKonoko ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The series as a whole tends to have shorter endings somewhere, but that is one of the best

    • @ARUCARDFTEPES
      @ARUCARDFTEPES ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Actually, you could leave from the road you start on at almost any point in the game.
      But you might be thinking of denying help after being tied to the railroad tracks.
      That happens when you enthusiastically say you want to join the guy bullying the girl, they don't even let you fight, they just beat you up in a cutscene and leave you tied to railroad tracks.
      You can squirm, but there's no way to escape, eventually the opposing samurai clan comes by and offers to help you for a price. If you deny that a train will come and give you a big kiss.
      I love that series for how the decisions affect the game in progress, not just the endings.

    • @BURGATRON
      @BURGATRON ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Haha! Classic Way of the Samurai. Those games were hilarious! Wish we could get a Way of the Samurai 5 in the future

    • @dbsommers1
      @dbsommers1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A 'Choose Your Own Adventure" where if you don't choose adventure with the first option, the story ends. Makes sense.

  • @ka-mai
    @ka-mai ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Can we assume that Jennifer, being murdered by the Scissor-man, crashes the car thus ridding her fellow orphans and the world from this maniacal threat once and for all?

    • @CelticVictory
      @CelticVictory ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Sounds like a good ending to me. She's not craven. It's a sacrificial act.

    • @burnin8able
      @burnin8able 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      ah, what a classic. as courage is to perform in spite of fear, not a lack of it, only a coward can experience true bravery. what a heroic sacrifice.

  • @rickimaru915
    @rickimaru915 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    In Mortal Shell if you bring the NPC called Baghead several items, that can all be found in the starting area, he essentially asks if you want to sit and chill with him. If you agree it triggers a cutscene where you sit by the fire with Baghead, jamming out on a lute, while monsters overrun various brigand camps, followed by the credits rolling. Technically the game doesn’t actually end though as you get kicked back to the last check point after the credits end

    • @ARUCARDFTEPES
      @ARUCARDFTEPES ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I can't remember if I've seen a "fake-out" ending video, but that sounds something like the fake Catwoman ending in Arkham City.

    • @SidereusOfTheFallen
      @SidereusOfTheFallen ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think they already talked about that one?

    • @Gigawood
      @Gigawood ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SidereusOfTheFallen yeah, they did.

    • @smokagaming
      @smokagaming 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you just helped me discover the song used in the ending of that game. thanks man

    • @rickimaru915
      @rickimaru915 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@smokagaming It’s an absolute banger right?

  • @dannyisjesus
    @dannyisjesus ปีที่แล้ว +77

    If you ever come back for another Commenter Edition of this, PLEASE do Way of the Samurai 3. They have a dedicate "Apologize" button which lets you just opt out of most cutscenes and fights, and you can just "Oops, Sorry" your way through the whole game.

  • @Heavenlyhounds96
    @Heavenlyhounds96 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    I've heard of how Witch's House ends before but I can't help but suspect, in the proper ending, Ellen goes through the puzzles of her own house for two reasons
    1, She's a sadistic little twit.
    2, to ensure Viola's death, in a way that absolutely reinforces 1.

    • @ThePantafernando
      @ThePantafernando ปีที่แล้ว +65

      I believe because, despite being legless and without vision, Viola still owns a body with immense magical power, thus, forcing Viola to retreat and beat her

    • @archonfett
      @archonfett ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no wonder Jane Likes her

    • @Hunted0LessShirt
      @Hunted0LessShirt ปีที่แล้ว +14

      So, I only played the original a long long time ago and maybe the remake made things clearer but - continued spoilers:
      I thought Ellen's diary entries followed by the escape sequence were implying that Ellen lured Viola into the house in hopes of some horror delivering her body to her that way, then chased her around when all else failed to finally catch the body you've been piloting this whole time. Point is, in my head-canon, the ending was a "good ending" in that Viola escapes safely and Ellen was put a stop for once and for all. Still sad and brutal that a desperate little girl who spent the last of her talents and mortal life reaching for a life without suffering was outfoxed and shotgunned for her efforts. The Viola-was-Ellen-from-the-start of it all is wild to me!

    • @Sylfa
      @Sylfa ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@Hunted0LessShirt Hate to break it to you, but if you do the hardest ending the scene at the end is a bit more filled out. Then as they enter the forest Ellen stops fleeing and has a conversation with Viola. Amongst other things she tells Viola she will take care of her father for her, and calls her directly by name. Then after that conversation Viola's father arrives and it plays out very similarly to the regular ending. Except Viola more clearly says "father" and "help me" before getting shot. And Ellen stays on screen for a few seconds after dad walks away, laughs at Viola and then runs off.
      Essentially, Ellen who had lived with her failing body could manage the pain much better than Viola could, especially with the maiming. So once the swap happened Ellen just left the house and was heading out of the forest when Viola manages to order the house to stop her. The house, being magical but not smart enough to know it wasn't Ellen giving it orders does so.
      That's why you can get a cheap ending by just remaining outside until Viola dies, as the house is using Ellen's original bodies magic to function. It's a shame there's no way to get a good ending where Viola is freed, but that's horror games for you I suppose.

    • @Sylfa
      @Sylfa ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I think it's option 3, Ellen doesn't want to sit around and wait for Viola to die. She wants to enjoy her new life after all. So she simply goes in to ensure she can get out of there as fast as possible. Canonically she knows all the traps and quirks of the house so she's not really risking anything.

  • @bellarmire
    @bellarmire ปีที่แล้ว +331

    If you do another commenter edition I’d suggest Yuppie Psycho’s ‘Better off at Home’ ending in which you take one look at the blood covered room with the ominous contract and decide to nope outta there.

    • @causewhynot6485
      @causewhynot6485 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If they do another commenters edition they better include some entries not on the other lists lmao

    • @emeraldknight6603
      @emeraldknight6603 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@causewhynot6485 in destiny 2 there is a raid called the last wish where you can put a code on a wall it will teleport to the final boss

    • @wh0sc4nd1ce
      @wh0sc4nd1ce ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lmao I just commented that too without seeing this comment

    • @Gambit17
      @Gambit17 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@emeraldknight6603 I can beat you there. If you have the game Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle for the NES and still have the box, on the box is a picture about the game's password system. The sample password in the picture is the password for the final level (out of about 60 levels) of the game.

  • @lozey8317
    @lozey8317 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    In ''The Return of the Obra Dinn'' you can get out of the row boat to investigate the cursed ship all alone...or you can nope straight out of there, get back into the boat and get a canon ending where you just never found out the details of the mystery
    (You can also just tell people that the Captain killed all the crew, without doing any investigation what so ever. It still counts as one way of solving the mystery)

    • @KuueenKumi
      @KuueenKumi ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That game was amazing. Got so many chills and felt so much for the characters. Don't think I could nope out

    • @chris999999999999
      @chris999999999999 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I like to imagine my boss after doing that. "So the captain ate everyone else and killed himself? Uhhh, good work I guess."

    • @zombieham904
      @zombieham904 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As a bonus, if you say the Captain killed everyone you can get an achievement out of it.

    • @dominateeye
      @dominateeye ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I mean, a captain _is_ responsible for the lives of those under his command. So _technically..._

  • @MegaHentai00
    @MegaHentai00 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    In Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed, just keep obsessing over the rare figurines during the opening Bond villain bit. The baddie decides not to bother with you and has you killed.

    • @barneybetsington7501
      @barneybetsington7501 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not even weeb villains like weebs and otaku

    • @Norinia
      @Norinia 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      But they *promised!* and rare figures are usually worth several hundred to several thousand dollars, so yes! *They Promised!!!*

  • @kingspilly4381
    @kingspilly4381 ปีที่แล้ว +815

    In 12 Minutes, you get what is arguably the best ending by just not doing anything during the first 12 minutes.

    • @VonBlade
      @VonBlade ปีที่แล้ว +51

      As someone who couldn't wait for it, thanks trailers, sadly I have to report that you're not wrong.

    • @leonprowse5806
      @leonprowse5806 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Finally, I have a reason to finish 12 minutes.

    • @Beeyo176
      @Beeyo176 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I swear ro god if there's a Far Cry game on this list

    • @bellarmire
      @bellarmire ปีที่แล้ว +38

      The best ending of 12 minutes is the ending where you don’t play 12 minutes

    • @hrodga
      @hrodga ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Beeyo176 Pretty sure there were one or two of them on the list that generated the comments that this list was based on.

  • @JervisGermane
    @JervisGermane ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I had no idea they remade Myst. That might be fun to check out.
    Also, Andy, in the American South, the biggest perks of an office job are air conditioning and getting to sit down.

    • @jeezycreezy4220
      @jeezycreezy4220 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's called realMyst, and it's great!

    • @DanStaal
      @DanStaal ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Honestly, it's been remade/remastered several times in various forms. realMyst, legendary edition, etc. (Occasionally they've even gone backwards - the Legendary version is based on the PC version, so actually played *worse* on a Mac than the original Mac version which was where the PC version had been ported from.)

    • @Tabbyclaw
      @Tabbyclaw ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The remakes are just getting progressively more and more brown, and the free walking means it's harder to tell what parts of the world you're actually supposed to be interacting with. Also, *silent gesture at that character animation*

    • @roguishpaladin
      @roguishpaladin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's even a VR port. It's pretty cool to experience Myst in VR.

  • @lacytaylor1501
    @lacytaylor1501 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I'd love a list of games ( if there isn't one that I've forgotten ) that just let you say 'no' instead of forcing you to say yes. My favorite was Drawn to Life for the DS. You're meant to be this Almighty creator of these little raposa and one begs for your help at the start of the game to save them. If you say no, the little girl begging for your help, gives up pretty much saying they're doomed and the game cuts back to the rather cutesy opening as if you didn't just leave a bunch of cute little creatures to be consumed by darkness.

    • @NocturnalDecay
      @NocturnalDecay ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah, Super Paper Mario did that too. You can just say no when Merlon asks you to help save all worlds from the void, and damn the multiverse to entropy because of your apathy!

    • @MunchKING
      @MunchKING ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I like Star Trek: Borg where Q offers to use his omnipotent powers to take you back in time to a previous Borg attack and you can find out what happened to your dad.
      Or you can follow your captain's orders, evacuate to a safe(ish) location, and let the ships get on with fighting without you.
      Unlike the other games, Q doesn't imply everything is doomed because of your cowardice, he's just disgusted you didn't want to go on his cool adventure.

    • @Trollkiller
      @Trollkiller ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The far cry games are notorious for that.

    • @BattyButtercup
      @BattyButtercup ปีที่แล้ว +7

      now if only that was an option for RPG romances - imagine being allowed to just friendzone or dump an NPC without said NPC leaving forever or having to kill them off to secure your freedom...

    • @avereynakama9854
      @avereynakama9854 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This NEEDS to be a thing. I know there's a bunch.

  • @BenMarcWilliams
    @BenMarcWilliams ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I'm so happy you mentioned the Two Worlds shortcut. To this day, it still tickles me pink that the game devs didn't account for the player cheesing the game like that.

    • @SCWKorsgaard
      @SCWKorsgaard ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They must have eventually patched it. Tried it a while back myself and he just butchers the villagers.

    • @ye_olde_urizel
      @ye_olde_urizel ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Two Worlds wasn't exactly a balanced game, to be honest. Alchemy was even worse than in Skyrim, by the last third of the game you could be a god obliterating enemies by just sneezing in their direction.

  • @chaoscubic6370
    @chaoscubic6370 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    The 'close the door' ending was the very first ending I got in The Stanley Parable, entirely by accident. I just wanted to see what I could interact with...

  • @bigbadgrun8821
    @bigbadgrun8821 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I played Myst with my brother after leaving for four years on active duty in the US Army. It was a beautiful mystery game that we bonded over. I still remember that game fondly almost 25 years later.

  • @dj-y7018
    @dj-y7018 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In Warioland 2 for the Gameboy color, the game starts with Wario sleeping in bed and the sound of an alarm clock ringing, so you press A to jump out of bed and start your adventure - which obviously begins with Wario finding and smashing the alarm clock (that's the whole first level, it's a wierd game). But if you stay in bed, press no buttons and ignore the alarm clock for about 30 seconds - the "level completed" music starts playing while Wario is still asleep. Then you get a cutscene where Wario is kidnapped (still sleeping the whole time), which leads to an alternate branching path storyline with different levels and a different final boss. That game was awesome and Wario is awesome. You can totally see why Luke thinks he's the best fictional character of all time

  • @xanshriekal
    @xanshriekal ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Yeah, Myst aged me a lot here. But it wasn't being told that it's 30 years old, it's seeing footage from a version with actual 3D environments that let you walk around. That was the weirdest thing.

    • @DemstarAus
      @DemstarAus ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah they did a remaster. I'd prefer the original though.

    • @tiggsy1518
      @tiggsy1518 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And it's the second remake with full 3D environments that let you walk around, after realMyst (2000) and its 2014 remaster!

    • @OrangeDog20
      @OrangeDog20 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Shame to lose the FMV actors though

    • @wordforger
      @wordforger 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah... Still prefer the FMV. I had more charm to it somehow. Also... Could have sworn the page was sitting next to the book in the original game... or am I misremembering?

  • @acousticmonkey2209
    @acousticmonkey2209 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "Which is as viscerally upsetting as it is, presumably, logistically challenging." 😂😂😂 Man I love Jane.

    • @mattybutler1985
      @mattybutler1985 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Viscerally upsetting is certainly a way to put it.

  • @jwill7998
    @jwill7998 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I loved the Clock Tower quick ending. I remember thinking I discovered a quick way to beat the game, but then SCISSORS!

  • @TheEquestrianGallade
    @TheEquestrianGallade ปีที่แล้ว +268

    Golden Sun's optional ending is actually really funny, since *SPOILERS*
    It's revealed in the second game that doing what the bad guys are doing will actually save the world rather than destroy it. I guess without Isaac going to chase them down they somehow fuck up and all die instead of just some of them?

    • @tormagnusvallestad7659
      @tormagnusvallestad7659 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Well, Isaac has the mars star.
      Unless the come back for that, all they can do is throw the elements out of balance.

    • @HylianFox3
      @HylianFox3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@tormagnusvallestad7659 That's a good point. Also the fact that at the end of the 2nd game the Wise One actively prevents the game's two villains from reaching the top of Mars Lighthouse, forcing the protagonists to light it instead.
      The heroes then call out the Wise One on his BS, whereupon the whole thing is revealed to have been a test to see if they were worthy of unsealing the power of alchemy. Fairly typical RPG stuff.

    • @rickypedia999
      @rickypedia999 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Let's not forget how it was all a thinly veiled attempt from Alex to become a god himself. Without Isaac and the party to stop him, he'd have won and probably destroyed everything as soon as he became omnipotent

    • @HylianFox3
      @HylianFox3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@rickypedia999 Well, Alex did get what he was after, sorta. The ending leaves his fate rather ambiguous until he reappears in Dark Dawn.
      Alex would be a good contender for a "Video Game Villains Who's Schemes Actually Worked" list

    • @rickypedia999
      @rickypedia999 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@HylianFox3 still waiting for the 4th game so we can decide if it did or not

  • @absolutexero9385
    @absolutexero9385 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A similar thing to Golden Sun there was a version of Harvest Moon where the protagonist is conned into buying a dilapidated farm. The quickest way to end the game is just refuse the mayor and the credits will start rolling.

  • @nina9565
    @nina9565 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I don't know if you guys have done a list about this already, but I realized a lot of games end in an island completely unrelated to the rest of the game.

    • @edisonlima4647
      @edisonlima4647 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Does Fallout 2 oil rig ending count as "an island"?
      Because I hope it does.

    • @achtsekundenfurz7876
      @achtsekundenfurz7876 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Of course it counts! Oil rigs are the most 'Murican islands ever!

  • @ChristopherMathieu
    @ChristopherMathieu ปีที่แล้ว +17

    To go against the title, there's a totally different (albeit longer) way to play "Two Worlds": avoid the main plot. The wizard Gandohar is waiting outside the Obligatory Starting Village, and he'll continue to wait there as long as you don't get too close. So stay well away from him and do all the side-quests. ALL of them; none are linked to the main plot in any way.

  • @SwissSareth
    @SwissSareth ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Golden Sun is definitely worth saying "yes" to, though.
    Go play it, if you haven't yet.

    • @SanderEvers
      @SanderEvers ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed maybe the best RPG ever.

    • @Maniacman2030
      @Maniacman2030 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I never could get into it. It feels like such a grindfest(like DQ) and they complicate Djinn collection more than necessary. (Oh and water, for only a few seconds, can suffocate/drown someone/something?
      This is my opinion, so it's just not my cup of tea. It feels like the return of "Nintendo Hard". Had a friend who managed to glitch getting the Sol Blade in GS2 though, so almost everyone had one. Megiddo spam for days.

    • @SanderEvers
      @SanderEvers ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Maniacman2030 Actually it's really not a grind fest, yes there is a focus on Djinn, and if you do that correctly you don't really need to grind at all. The games are quite easy, well except the final bosses.
      I guess you got stuck on the water lighthouse, well.. I can tell you a little secret. You missed something ;)

    • @drizztdourden666
      @drizztdourden666 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sander Evers best rpg ever made?!pfft ROTFLMFAO 😂🤣😂you internet people always make me laugh with your lies.

    • @SanderEvers
      @SanderEvers ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@drizztdourden666 I was honest, after playing many RPGs. Golden Sun and Golden Sun The Lost Age are still my favorite.

  • @Aderon
    @Aderon ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You can also say 'no' at the start of Super Paper Mario when Meralin asks you to collect the pure hearts. You have to answer 'no' multiple times, but once he's done asking, the game immediately gives you a game over screen and boots to title without any progress having been saved to the slot.

  • @adammyers7383
    @adammyers7383 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    If you do a second commenter’s edition, ctrl+W in monkey Island one and two (maybe three as well? I don’t remember) is literally a “win game” shortcut

  • @GHOST_REAPER1989
    @GHOST_REAPER1989 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Here's a classic, metal saga, you can choose to not leave your hometown right at the start of the game and never go on an epic adventure

  • @Viviantoga
    @Viviantoga ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This week, I was going into a replay of Disgaea 1 with the expectation of actually completing it this time. Little did I realize that this whole time, I could have lost to the first boss and reach an ending after ten or so minutes! Efficient!

    • @ShaoShaoMienshao
      @ShaoShaoMienshao ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can do this in the DS port to unlock a bonus character early which you would normally need to beat the game once to unlock! Technically, losing to that first boss is an ending, so viola! Free party member.

    • @Gutek8134
      @Gutek8134 ปีที่แล้ว

      I knew I'm not that good at this type o games, but wow, I lost to this guy the first 5 or so times

  • @nonwatcher
    @nonwatcher ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In The Witness, you can spot the world pattern above the first gate, which leads to you waking up and a "it was all just a dream" ending

  • @alexcurtis6180
    @alexcurtis6180 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Golden Sun and its sequel were my first JRPGs and having to reload my save file and go through the lengthy cutscene again after saying no out of curiosity was a worse punishment than the world ending

  • @TheSilverHermitMage
    @TheSilverHermitMage ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Never thought I'd see the witches house in an outsidexbox video!!

  • @theinfantmetroid
    @theinfantmetroid ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WITCH'S HOUSE THUMBNAIL CALLED. I'M HERE. I'M HERE. IT'S GO TIME BABY

  • @H0lyMoley
    @H0lyMoley ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Hmmm didn't think this would count because it's not exactly a good ending. Unless you think "blowing up the world with a giant death laser then being transformed into a mindless cortex reaver" counts as a good ending. But you can, if you so desire, activate the giant death laser in "System Shock" before you activate the shield that causes it to backfire and self-destruct. Said death laser will destroy the earth, you get captured by robots and transformed into a cortex reaver, yadda yadda yadda. But honestly... System Shock is hard. Why not take the easy way out?

    • @xizar0rg
      @xizar0rg ปีที่แล้ว

      Look at you, commenter, a pathetic creature of meat and bone, unwilling to pant or sweat while running through her corridors. It's clear you could not challenge a perfect creature like Shodan.

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What part of this video made you think only good endings are valid?

    • @H0lyMoley
      @H0lyMoley ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@insaincaldo The title. ("Shortcut" implies you still get where you want to go, just quicker.) The video itself made me realise otherwise!

    • @aubreyh1930
      @aubreyh1930 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wouldn’t call the scissor ending good so I think you’re fine 😂

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@H0lyMoley Shortcut also imply taking the easy way out, not necessarily to a more satisfying end.

  • @huskeryu
    @huskeryu ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I got to the part of The Witch's House where you have to feed your frog friend to the snake and just could not go on.

  • @weepingkoopa2862
    @weepingkoopa2862 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In Wario Land 2 you can unlock many alternate endings. Usually in the game you have to wake up out of bed and deal with the monsters stealing your coins. But if you do nothing at the very start, you unlock a new much shorter path. That being said, you can only unlock this path if you have already beaten the game once.

  • @NecroCritic
    @NecroCritic ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Disgaea: Hour of Darkness. If you lose against the first boss, you get an ending where he takes over as Overlord of the Netherworld.
    Funnily enough, this is actually a common early game levelling strategy, since it uses New Game+.

    • @Maniacman2030
      @Maniacman2030 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ironically, Midboss having been the original Overlord of the Netherworld.

    • @matthewrowlett1564
      @matthewrowlett1564 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You Dare lose to Vyers? He's nothing but a Mid-Boss! (JK. Honestly, its the easy ending for a reason.)

    • @rossjones1530
      @rossjones1530 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I misread this as “Diarrhea: Hour of Darkness”, and hoo boy, does that sound like a harrowing play. 😅

  • @robstuart8474
    @robstuart8474 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There's always Commander Keen 4: Goodbye Galaxy. Hold down E, N and D simultaneously... and there you go.

  • @Alex_Team_7
    @Alex_Team_7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You can finish Time Hollow in about 5 mins if you insist you recognise the character at the start. My sister found this out when I persuaded her to play XD

  • @medusathedecepticon
    @medusathedecepticon ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So many classic entries in this list. Especially happy to see Golden Sun and The Witch's House on the list

  • @HorusDeathtouch
    @HorusDeathtouch ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I mean, you arguably saved your friends if the only enemy creature is in the car with you. Unless they're trapped I guess. Idk, haven't played it lol

  • @ggromi2983
    @ggromi2983 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Having a Mackerel in Nier Automata. In a game with so many endings, might as well go with the most delicious one.

    • @reiuji_utsuho
      @reiuji_utsuho ปีที่แล้ว

      It takes a while to get that one. You can desert Yorha early on IIRC, or self destruct at the bunker for faster ones.

  • @Jonathon_Hennessey
    @Jonathon_Hennessey ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In the game Sekiro shadows die twice there are a number of different endings the player can get one of which is named Shura. In this ending the main character Wolf agrees to forsake lord kuro and battles both lady emma and isshin ashina . After their both defeated wolf kills his father the owl before going on to commit a massacre across ashina province.

  • @JanuarySnowstorm
    @JanuarySnowstorm ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Jane's comedic deliveries are always spot on.

  • @anevergreyforest
    @anevergreyforest ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The classic farm sim Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland, you can deny the Harvest Goddess' offer to save the village and just leave with your Grandpa's things. Ending the game in the first 10 mins

  • @danshive4017
    @danshive4017 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Good lord that body swap game o_o

    • @angelitabecerra
      @angelitabecerra ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right 😧

    • @tba113
      @tba113 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, not going to be playing that any time soon.

    • @angelitabecerra
      @angelitabecerra ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tba113 Looks interesting but only on a very good mental health day 😅

    • @aardbei54
      @aardbei54 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah wtf. Now I'm sad :(

  • @JoshTigerheart
    @JoshTigerheart ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dunno if it's quick enough to count, but early on in Suikoden IV you shipwreck on a small island and insist to your companions that you all should just stay the rest of your lives there. Insist enough and you get a game over where exactly that happens.

    • @lissas4152
      @lissas4152 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Suikoden series all possess multiple endings, but both 4 & 5 are unique by having early endings. And the island ending isn't the only one in 4. There's a second around the halfway point.

  • @CocoMura
    @CocoMura ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Disgaea 2 ; Losing to Axel. It's supposed to be an easy fight but my roommate DIED to him and had to start the game all over again. (With his units and levels still don't worry)
    Love this series for how many alt endings there are. :3

    • @benstevens44
      @benstevens44 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And then, of course, you get the inversions - there's just no way you're beating Etna on your first playthrough... but if you somehow do, your reward is an elaborate game over sequence.

    • @sarahfay5280
      @sarahfay5280 ปีที่แล้ว

      Similarly, losing to The Dark Adonis in any of the fights against him, including at the end of the first chapter, in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, gets you an ending. There are lots of extra endings in Disgaea games

  • @timogul
    @timogul ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Why is there no Clocktower Remake in which Rockman is a selectable character? He could whip out that Rock Buster and go to town!

    • @RedSpade37
      @RedSpade37 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's a fun idea, I think. Is there any "flight, not fight" horror game that gives you an unlockable mode after you beat the game where you can just merk everything, like your idea here?
      If not, I'll have to learn how to code, finally...

    • @timogul
      @timogul ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RedSpade37 There kind of is, with some of the Resident Evil DLC stuff. You don't play through the main campaign again in those, but there are some where you can play as a soldier or superpowered character of some kind that is much stronger than the typical protags. I don't think I've seen it out of one of the _truly_ "run from everything" style horror games though.

    • @RedSpade37
      @RedSpade37 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@timogul Neat! Well, we will see what happens. I'll be on the lookout, since I'm honestly a bit surprised there's been no subversion/satire of the "run from everything" trope yet, but I'm sure there will be, eventually.

    • @timogul
      @timogul ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RedSpade37 Oh, I almost forgot another example, "Pacman."

    • @RedSpade37
      @RedSpade37 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@timogul Oh damn, you're a genius. It was there the whole time!

  • @dmcgee3
    @dmcgee3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never did beat Myst but I read the first novel that came with it when I was 9 or 10. It was a bit hard to start but once it found its pace it was surprisingly good. Well I never finished the game so maybe the story got more fleshed out as you progressed but basically it was about writing in books created worlds. It was back when development teams were small and cared enough to hire a author to write 2 books for their game. I’d recommend it though a bit of a slog to start, which I suppose mirrors the actual game fairly well

    • @dmcgee3
      @dmcgee3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also the books were more of a tan color and a slightly darker navy blue from what I recall

  • @moonlightingjam
    @moonlightingjam ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In the first Fallout, if you know where to go, you can head straight to the end game. And if you're really lazy and don't want to get into a fight, you can just choose to surrender and be turned into a super mutant instead.

    • @BeanManolo
      @BeanManolo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There's also a even shorter (but cut content) ending where you can straight up refuse the Overseer's request to go look for the Water Chip

  • @theelectricgamer9889
    @theelectricgamer9889 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can you do a video titled 7 times your best friend or friend was a boss or the final boss? Eight suggestions for this list is Riku from Kingdom Hearts, Pixy from Ace Combat 0 The Belkan War, any Undertale character, Gunther from Fire Emblem Fates Revelation, Weatly from portal 2, Faize from Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Volo from Pokémon Legends Arceus,
    and Edelgard,Dimitri, and/or Claude (depending on the route you choice) from Fire Emblem Three Houses.

  • @cosmiccom1568
    @cosmiccom1568 ปีที่แล้ว

    I haven’t watched your videos in the longest time. So glad I finally came back.

  • @beesforbreakfast
    @beesforbreakfast ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In the first Fallout, if you just head directly west out of Vault 13 to reach Mariposa Base and then use some exploits to actually survive it, you can finish the game in something like fifteen minutes? I've not checked

  • @NateAndersenmonologistics
    @NateAndersenmonologistics ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Golden sun 1 + 2 are in my top 10 favorite games of all time. Love you see some talk about it again after so long

  • @Dustemikkel_Rev
    @Dustemikkel_Rev ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Blacksad has the option to simply say "no" right at the start, ending the whole thing in about 2 minutes. I wouldn't advice it though. It's really quite good.

  • @eristicaccord
    @eristicaccord ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really didn't expect the angelic voice of Sir Richard Evans III to show up here.

  • @ThePurplePims
    @ThePurplePims ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hearing Rich Evans' voice on Oxbox is stirring my brain

  • @Icam_here
    @Icam_here ปีที่แล้ว +10

    seeing the entry from Myst reminds me of how you can finish the Witness very quickly with an alternate solution to the first area puzzle that you learn about if you complete that leads to a rather interesting ending minutes into a new game if you know about this solution

  • @GeneralNickles
    @GeneralNickles ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I swear Two Worlds was in the first video about this. Or maybe outside Xtra made a video about it. I swear someone told me about the villagers beating the shit out of gandohar.

    • @jaredcrabb
      @jaredcrabb ปีที่แล้ว

      Its in a lot of videos.

  • @BriBookworm
    @BriBookworm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh my god! I was not expecting to see Golden Sun in a video like this ever! It was one of my faves growing up!

  • @phantomnite
    @phantomnite ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fact Nier Automata is not here is a crime. It can fill the list by itself.
    My personal favourite is 9S just fucking off to do his own thing at the start of route B

  • @warlock257
    @warlock257 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the ending in Mortal Shell where you ignore all the scary monsters, and just chill and play your lute with your new friend.

  • @itsdeonlol
    @itsdeonlol ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I loved Golden Sun so much!

  • @williemasterofdestruction5339
    @williemasterofdestruction5339 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "His 2 jerk-offspring....."
    Bit of a double entendre😂

  • @charleshammel8541
    @charleshammel8541 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Ah, Bandits!" If you actually played Two Worlds, you'll recall that your character said that about every enemy type. You might also recall that the final boss took a fraction of the time his bodyguard took, if you didn't use the early game cheese method mentioned

  • @EremittV
    @EremittV ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To be honest, that’s the best gameplay you can get out of two worlds

  • @alexandremattos6182
    @alexandremattos6182 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In Wasteland 2 you can end the game just after the you get access into the Ranger Citatel after the tutorial missions. If you take a tour at the ranger museum and press the big red button, just don't mind the big sign with the DON'T PRESS TE BUTTON just next to it.

    • @PrototypeSpaceMonkey
      @PrototypeSpaceMonkey ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Literally the first thing I did too when I saw it! that's just human nature, I guess. It reminded me of a quote my favorite author, Terry Pratchett:
      "If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry."

  • @AbysmalRapture
    @AbysmalRapture ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Clock Tower is proof of two things 1) Always check the backseat and 2) Always bring a weapon, no matter where you're going

  • @konoikurozora5851
    @konoikurozora5851 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Huh, I wouldn't have thought any ending could count - as in, the very unsatisfying ones and such.
    Otherwise, I'd have thought of Golden Sun. Such a classic one!

  • @aarondonald1611
    @aarondonald1611 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    11:40
    "A streamer that's GOOD at games? Now you've lost me."
    Couldn't have said it better myself lmao

  • @mmobofficial
    @mmobofficial ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Think of all the things you can get done"
    Isaac can now wash his socks

  • @drgonzo123
    @drgonzo123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It’s scary how accurate Jane’s intro was.

  • @RetroKiwiDad
    @RetroKiwiDad ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite version of this is in Metal Max, where you can choose to not become an adventurer and stay home as a mechanic like your mother within the first two minutes of the game. It also has multiple other opportunities to end the game early, like agreeing to marry your sweetheart about an hour or two in.

  • @gwynevans6440
    @gwynevans6440 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The voice actor in The end is Nigh sounds a bit... "Oh my GOOOOOOOOOOD" for my tastes.

  • @Eyedunno
    @Eyedunno 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The 16-bit Clock Tower never got an official release outside of Japan (the footage in the video is a fan translation), but it was still a pleasant surprise to see it here. As point-and-click games go, it's an absolute banger.

  • @All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers
    @All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "With nary a rock man to beat him, or a scissor man to keep him busy..." I love this channel

  • @Magothys
    @Magothys ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Losing to Mid-Boss in Disgaea, particularly the first encounter. In Disgaea DS, this is actually good to do on purpose, since you can unlock a special character right off the bat.

  • @tamilfhdmovies732
    @tamilfhdmovies732 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Like all your videos.they are great

  • @vanntooot
    @vanntooot ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you guys make a part 3 of this video, you have to include the one in Contra: The Hard Corps. In the stage where you start out in a garbage dump, you take a hidden path up an inconspicuous wall, then get transported to an arena where you fight several bosses. If you win all the fights, you're somehow blasted to an ending where you end up in the jungle with monkeys worshipping you for some reason

    • @Pizzarugi
      @Pizzarugi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was a fun game, had lots of endings. Really threw me for a loop when I found this secret encounter.

  • @nromdotcom
    @nromdotcom ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't believe the twist ending of Clock Tower is that there's a Pinsir in the back of the car. How horrible.

  • @reno_2200
    @reno_2200 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ghost Recon Breakpoint - you could kill the final boss *in the beta* near the start. Before the game even came out!

  • @MistaCen
    @MistaCen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Harvest moon Gameboy edition, the mayor I believe asks you if you would inherit your father's land and continue the farm life. If you continue to say no at repeated attempts to try and convince you, the mayor gets upset and leaves. The game ends. Lol

  • @TheSkyrimfreak
    @TheSkyrimfreak ปีที่แล้ว

    Im so glad two worlds showed up on this list, its such a fun game.

  • @shaden.l.m.9506
    @shaden.l.m.9506 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thid game is still (relatively) new, but what about Bugsnaxs. You could go around just doing your own thing and ignore all the side quest, but not only will it lock you out of the free DLC that comes pre-installed, but you'll most likely get the worst ending, as one wrong slip up and you'll lose all the friends you've barely made.

  • @TheDuckMaster12
    @TheDuckMaster12 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Job done, back to doomscrolling” you CANNOT just call me out like that

  • @martintodd9944
    @martintodd9944 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was playing farcry 6 and saw a big oil tanker out to sea at very bottom of map at torrero bay(forget name of base nearby and not sure if it works at all map edges), spawned a boat from the very base and went to investigate, I got a warning saying I was leaving Yarra and to turn back, I tried but wasn't quick enough and got a cut scene. Not gonna spoil it but it was funny and I didn't get close to the tanker

  • @Omori_Bocchi
    @Omori_Bocchi ปีที่แล้ว

    In suikoden 4 pretty early on you get marooned on a deserted island, right when you are about to leave you get a choice to leave. Choosing to stay and confirming so just ends the game with you and your friends starting a new life on the island. Bonus for doing so is all character images are replaced by concept drawings

  • @seraphonica
    @seraphonica ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can't wait for the Scissorman crossover with Mega Man (known as Rockman in Japan)

  • @sleepykittyMMD
    @sleepykittyMMD ปีที่แล้ว

    12:14 I think I finally get the reference now between sleepy princess Sya Lis and her nickname of scissor demon.😮

  • @tacklebox_82
    @tacklebox_82 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Suikoden IV when asked if you want to stay on the island. I thought that was how I was going to start building my empire.

  • @mattybutler1985
    @mattybutler1985 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And after that Witch's House entry, my chances of sleeping tonight have been shattered.

  • @randomsandwichian
    @randomsandwichian ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've got a suggestion, games where you're responsible for making sure every character survives as long aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand they're dead. Exhibit A: Oxygen Not Included.

  • @BrotherMag
    @BrotherMag ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember taking my joy at the start of We Happy Few lol

  • @NGMonocrom
    @NGMonocrom ปีที่แล้ว +10

    #4 ~ So, best ending gives you an island with a library on it. An entire island as your private property. Anyone would love that. No man is an island? Apparently not true! Also, as a bookworm with sharpened stainless steel teeth who loves devouring books full of knowledge, this reward of Private library + Island; best reward ever! I now have a place I can display my vast collection of books from my private library. (Seriously, I'm not joking about that last part.)

    • @chrismanuel9768
      @chrismanuel9768 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the books are portals to other dimensions, so uh...

  • @ZackRToler
    @ZackRToler ปีที่แล้ว

    Golden Sun music hits me with a special wave of nostalgia

  • @abydosianchulac2
    @abydosianchulac2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I will endure no snark towards _Myst,_ Andy. I mean, I wouldn't but for the fact I'm now a pile of dust.

    • @kobuseksteen411
      @kobuseksteen411 ปีที่แล้ว

      You might be a pile of dust, but your pages of handwritten Myst notes will remain! - until they are dust too.

    • @abydosianchulac2
      @abydosianchulac2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Seriously.*
      so. many. tram. maze. maps.

  • @LivingGuy484
    @LivingGuy484 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad to see Golden Sun finally getting some recognition!

  • @thatoneweirdguy
    @thatoneweirdguy ปีที่แล้ว

    There’s an ending in an FMV games called the complex where you get folded instantly on a second play through depending on what you pick to go with somewhere in the beginning

  • @justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313
    @justsomesimplenuclearbirbs4313 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The kicker of The Witch's House's secret ending is while Viola is still trapped in Ellen's body, it's technically the happier ending compared to the normal ending and its plot twist variation because while yes Voila most likely still dies, at least it wasn't via shotgun and by her own father nonetheless. A far more merciful ending instead of being told you were lied to and then killed by your own father because of how destroyed the body you're trapped in is.
    Ellen however, is still a massive dick for using Viola like she did and Voila needs all the hugs and comfort she can get after being treated like that.

  • @NMN
    @NMN ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah I went to look up the original 'Lazy Players' vid and its from *eight* years ago, bless everyone looks so young :3