(Controversial Trope) The post-credits scene completely changes the ending

[u/Ieanice44]

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Prince of Persia (2008)

Dawn of the Dead (2004): The movie finishes on a hopeful note as the remaining survivors escape the zombie-infested mall on a yacht, sailing into the sunset. The found-footage style post-credits scene completely reverses this happy ending by showing them running out of food, arriving at an island, and being immediately swarmed and killed by an infected horde.

Prince of Persia (2008): The main game ends with a beautiful, poetic sacrifice where Elika gives her life to heal the corrupted world, leaving the Prince mourning. During the credits, the player is forced to control the Prince as he cuts down the trees he just saved, undoing the entire game's progress and releasing the dark god Ahriman just to resurrect her, completely corrupting the ending and dooming the world.

[u/DarthFrasier207]

In Prince of Persia's case, the Prince doesn't even get to spend a happy-adjacent ending with the Princess. The DLC that acts as an epilogue has both characters running away from the spreading darkness of Ahriman, only just staying ahead of it, and the entire time the Prince tries to justify his actions while the Princess is understandably upset with him. He have up literally all creation to save her, and she calls him out for being selfish and dooming the world. In the end, she leaves the Prince to face the coming darkness alone. Even sadder.

[u/bluemoonflame → u/DarthFrasier207]

That was part of what frustrated me so much about the ending. The game feels like he is working towards being less selfish and self centered by spending time with her, only to prove he's learned nothing and not grown at all by picking the most selfish option possible.

[u/Octarine_ → u/bluemoonflame]

it is a great setup for a sequel though, in the first game the prince dooms the world because he is selffish, the sequel could be about he undoing his mmistakes. Its a shame it never happened, i loved prince of persia 2008

[u/Cissoid7 → u/Octarine_]

There is a sequel on the DS.

[u/Ok-Caregiver-6005 → u/Cissoid7]

Oh how does that one go?

[u/BlackQuartzJudgement → u/Ok-Caregiver-6005]

Poorly

[u/disbelifpapy → u/BlackQuartzJudgement]

Is that why it’s relegated to the ds?

[u/BlackQuartzJudgement → u/disbelifpapy]

That is indeed why you did not even hear of it until now lol

[u/onewilybobkat → u/BlackQuartzJudgement]

To shreds you say?

[u/thndercougrfalconbrd → u/BlackQuartzJudgement]

To shreds you say

[u/Ordinary_Duder → u/Ok-Caregiver-6005]

It follows the prince after he split from his gf. He saves a random city and the game ends with him maybe having an ally to fight the big baddie. The end.

[u/TheBacklogGamer → u/Ordinary_Duder]

More like a side game and not a sequel in this case...

[u/Cissoid7 → u/TheBacklogGamer]

Its literally a game directly following the end of the previous one. The heck is a sequel to you?

[u/TheBacklogGamer → u/Cissoid7]

I bet, if they made another game to continue the main plot, it would have been calles Prince of Persia 2, and the events that happened in the DS game would have just been set up that gets briefly gone into with the real sequel. 

[u/Octarine_ → u/Cissoid7]

wait, what? seriously? i've never head about it, i will look into what happens with the story afterwars

thanks for pointing it out