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* '[[Rule of Rose]]'': If the good ending is achieved, Jennifer wanders the orphanage making nostalgic comments and then goes to the shed to metaphorically lock the puppy version of her dead dog, Brown, away in her heart forever. The game ends with her leaving as he whimpers.

** It signifies that Jennifer has finally regained all her memories, and is more or less in peace with herself.

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]: Snake Eater'': Naked Snake defeats Col. Vulgin, destroys the Shagohod, and is given a hero's welcome back in the states, but his mentor/mother-figure is forced to take the fall for it, the whole thing was orchestrated by the US Government as a part of its plan to get its hands on the Philosopher's Legacy, and Naked Snake becomes Big Boss, the [[Big Bad]] of the first two games.

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]: Snake Eater'': Naked Snake defeats Col. Vulgin, destroys the Shagohod, and is given a hero's welcome back in the states, but his mentor/mother-figure is forced to take the fall for it, the whole thing was orchestrated by the US Government as a part of its plan to get its hands on the Philosopher's Legacy, and Naked Snake becomes Big Boss, the [[Big Bad]] of the first two games.

** Watching that end sequence after having been through the entire game is enough to make someone [[Manly Tears|cry and salute]] at the same time.

** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]: Guns of the Patriots'' ends thus, although you could have seen it coming from a mile away -- although Snake doesn't commit suicide, he ''will'' (short of a cure that is never mentioned) die before long of the accelerated aging and shortened lifespan given to him before his birth.

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*** Factor in Arrival, where {{spoiler|the Reapers invasion is halted, but at the cost of 300,000 lives.}}

** Discounting the other eight potential endings, even if you did absolutely everything, complete with [[~~Hundred-Percent~~ Heroism Rating]] and [[~~Hundred-Percent~~ Completion]], [[Mass Effect 3]] gives you three final options on how to deal with the Reapers. These are given to you by {{spoiler|The Catalyst, the controlling intelligence behind the Reapers, which lives in/as the Citadel.}}

** Discounting the other eight potential endings, even if you did absolutely everything, complete with [[100% Heroism Rating]] and [[100% Completion]], [[Mass Effect 3]] gives you three final options on how to deal with the Reapers. These are given to you by {{spoiler|The Catalyst, the controlling intelligence behind the Reapers, which lives in/as the Citadel.}}

*** "Control", in which {{spoiler|Shepard takes control of the Reapers to order them to leave. However, to do this means his death, as well as the destruction of the Mass Relays which will send out signal. The galaxy will be spared, but it's uncertain when or if the remaining citizens will make it back to Mass Relay-levels of technology, and it is unclear whether the Reapers will return or war between Synthetics and Organics will resurge.}}

*** "Destruction", in which {{spoiler|Shepard destroys The Catalyst, sending out a wave that will destroy all synthetics in the galaxy. The Reapers, as well as the Geth and EDI will die, and galactic civilization will go into a dark age with all of the Mass Relays destroyed. However, this is the only ending where Shepard seems to survive, if the Effective Military Strength rating is high enough.}}

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* In ''[[My Sims|MySims Agents.]]'' No, really. After getting the Nightmare Crown back, Morcubus suddenly comes in and takes it and is about to open the portal to the Nightmare Realm when Evelyn suddenly comes in and stops him...by sucking them both into the Nightmare Realm. And she had just been reunited with her father. Ouch. And wait, there's more! If you complete all of the dispatch missions, you'll be able to go and save Evelyn. But to save Evelyn, you have to save Morcubus. And when you do, he escapes. [[Sarcasm Mode|Great.]]

* In ''[[World of Warcraft|Wrath of the Lich King]]'': Arthas has been defeated, and the scourge has been destroyed, but many soldiers died, and Bolvar gives up his chance at humanity to contain the scourge.

* ''[[~~Bioshock~~]] 2''. {{spoiler|the good ending ends with you dying, but Eleanor Lamb and the rescued Little Sisters, now safe on the surface. Eleanor takes your conscience and puts it in her body, allowing you to live on inside her. It gets REALLY bad when you add in the facts [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Sinclair]] is dead, [[Hero of Another Story|Mark Meltzer]] became a Big Daddy ironically assigned to protect his daughter, Gil Alexander is either incredibly mutated and insane or dead and Rapture is still [[Crapsack World|fucked up]], with only the fate of Eleanor and the Little Sisters being definitely good, you can only imagine how bad the "bad" ending must be.}}

* ''[[BioShock (series)]] 2''. {{spoiler|the good ending ends with you dying, but Eleanor Lamb and the rescued Little Sisters, now safe on the surface. Eleanor takes your conscience and puts it in her body, allowing you to live on inside her. It gets REALLY bad when you add in the facts [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Sinclair]] is dead, [[Hero of Another Story|Mark Meltzer]] became a Big Daddy ironically assigned to protect his daughter, Gil Alexander is either incredibly mutated and insane or dead and Rapture is still [[Crapsack World|fucked up]], with only the fate of Eleanor and the Little Sisters being definitely good, you can only imagine how bad the "bad" ending must be.}}

* The final cases of the first three ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' games kinda end like this. {{spoiler|Phoenix exposes the real killer and wins the day, but either his client or another suspect he was desperate to exonerate still end up imprisoned for lying under oath and interfering with a crime scene.}} The third games is even worse, as {{spoiler|[[Sympathetic Murderer|Godot]] will also have to stand trial for his crime (assuming he even lives that long), and Maya witnessed her own mother's death but has to put on a strong face for Pearl's benefit.}}

* The Neutral ending of [[Shin Megami Tensei I]]. {{spoiler|Humanity has been freed from the constraints of both angels and demons, but the only main characters left alive are the protagonist, the Girl, possibly the protagonist's dog, and an old man who may or may not be the reincarnation of a Chinese philosopher.}}