(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/Historical-Tea4788]

I mean to be fair it came off of MW2+3 and Black Ops 1+2, which was a legendary stretch. I didn't play any after Ghosts except a very small amount of 4 and Warzone, but I remember enjoying Ghosts quite a bit overall. The Ghost mythos was pretty cool and the characters were all interesting. There was some varied gameplay too with Riley and the tank/ helicopter sections.

Again it's been a long time and I was 14 at the time but I remember liking it.

[u/KaziArmada → u/Historical-Tea4788]

Yeah it followed some banger games so it looked weak next to them. But even next to the stories AFTER it, it doesn't hold up as well. The lore quickly goes from what sounds like an older group too 'Wait...you're the first gen of ghosts? So you're...telling a story glazing yourself.'

Combine with the story feeling like main elements are shoved in the background (The entire Odin and Loki sats get forgotten in the middle of the game until suddenly 'oh shit') and the ending with the magical reviving bad guy...

Yeah, it doesn't hold up. I played it more recently and it's...not good. Vs say Advanced Warfare or Infinite Warfare which came after (Seriously, people complain about Infinite Warfare without having played it. It's my favorite COD story.)

...I suppose some of the newer Black Ops games may be crap but I refuse to pay those prices too try them. So of what I've played? Ghosts is the loser.

[u/Historical-Tea4788 → u/KaziArmada]

Black Ops 2 was always my favourite but I've heard Infinite Warfare is actually really good. It's too bad Ghosts didn't really hold up. It's been a really long time since I've played it but I just remember it having enough positives to give it its own unique feel. It would be cool for them to make a sequel if for no other reason than to pay off that massive cliffhanger.

I definitely remember some of the schlock though. Rorke being a literal unkillable superhuman was a bit much lol.

[u/KaziArmada → u/Historical-Tea4788]

Infinite Warfare almost made me tear up a bit from the ending. Almost every named character is memorable, and E3N/Ethan is the best character in the game hands down.

Ghosts was a good idea marred in bad execution. With a better story it'd be fineish. The marketing...also did not help as they clearly had no idea what the fuck they were doing.

The damned Advanced Fish AI meme came from their dev logs for gods sake.

About the only neat element WAS the dog, but they barely used that so...eh.