XIII does have a conclusion. The game's based on the Belgian graphic novel, that started in 1984 and recently was concluded in 2007. (with spins offs, by different authors, still coming in).
The game ended at "about" the fifth volume. There were/are 19 volume in the XIII series in all.
So there is/was quite a bit of room left for a sequel to the game.
But the very brief summary of it is in volume 5, as noted by GR, you learn the US president is the leader of the villains.
They spend the next volumes getting evidence against the president and trying to learn the identity of XIII.
They get to trial against the president in volume 12. He gets what was coming to him in that volume too There is "resolution" in the knowledge of who was XIII.
In volume 13, we begin to doubt that what we know of XIII's past is really true or if they mixed-up two different people that could be who XIII was.
Also starts a power play with the remains of the president's organization once he's no longer in the picture. Lot's of people want to take advantage of that vacuum in power to gain some for themselves and they all want XIII and his friends out of the way since they know too much.
volume 14 to 19 is spend with XIII and his gang trying to evade those who want him dead. We finally learn who the real XIII is in volume 18 and in 19 (the final one), the bad guys are all arrested, and not "really" by XIII or his gang.
XIII and friends then start to live happilly ever after...
Great article. DC2's ending didn't bother me that much, that game is just an action game to me, I ignored the story completely.
Psi-ops was a given lol I knew this would be on the list. That annoyed me so much, that wasn't an ending, that was a cop out!! Pure laziness. I just wish that Second Sight had a solid gameplay as Psi-ops, if it were up to me the 2 games would have been melded together.
XIII was also a killer for me, such a great game which didn't need a sequel, it should have finished up in one game just like Soul Reaver should have.
Digger T. Rock is worth a mention, that game ended with a To be continued... message, despite the lack of story to even necessitate a sequel, and I believed that there would be one :( Shame on me...
When I first saw it, I thought that most of the article would be based around Advent Rising. That game was alright and was planned to have two more sequels, but it didn't sell crap. I feel bad for only renting it.
@hectorv1979
No, hectorv, why don't you try beating it on legendary to double check. I've beaten it on legendary myself and seen the Frigate Ship floating towards a much, much larger structure that looks like a metal planet.
Halo 3's legendary ending gave me chills
but i honestly believe that Bungie won't make a Halo 4 simply because they can't
idk how or what they could possibly do that would sum up the whole trilogy of the Chief and have it make even a little bit of sense
I'd love to see some closure sometime in the future, but I'd be very suprised if i do
I thought Dino Crisis 2 did conclude. Depending on your final grade that determined the ending you got. Regina went back and rescued Dylan and his daughter.
Hey at the VERY end of HALO 3 it shows Mastercheif going into hyper sleep, and I can't remember what game trailer but it shows Mastercheif waking up from hyper sleep so HALO 4 will come but HOW????
I'm pretty sure that the structure in Halo 3 was the ship from Bungie's other franchise, Marathon. If you look at the hero in that game, you may notice that his arms are like Master Chief's.
I think that we'll get a spin off to finish the Halo 3. Maybe it will do nothing but make more questions but at least it'll answer what the "structure" is.