kinda bummed (ending spoilers) [Archive]

AnimeChixRHawt

06-22-2009, 01:45 AM

Well I finally beat fes 93 hrs later... I gotta say for some reason I didn't like the ending just falling asleep kinda weak for me I just saw them going off in the sunset together lol, I tried to start the answer but with the mc gone it didn't seem right and the whole shutting the dorm down ewww that just makes me sad lol, damn games shouldn't make u feel for them lol I guess that's good story telling =), anyone else have the same feelings?

ProudClod

06-22-2009, 11:41 AM

Thanks for spoiler tagging that.

Enzeru

06-22-2009, 12:31 PM

You didn't beat FES if you didn't beat The Answer. That's kinda the whole point.

ProudClod

06-22-2009, 01:51 PM

You didn't beat FES if you didn't beat The Answer. That's kinda the whole point.

I disagree. A lot of great additions were made to The Journey. Improved S links, an epilogue, etc.

With that being said, The Answer kind of sucked. Cool last boss, but fairly lame overall.

Yukichin

06-22-2009, 07:05 PM

Well, FES was mainly the epilogue, with an enhanced version of the original. I think that's what Enzeru meant.

Saburo Hikari

06-22-2009, 08:38 PM

You fell asleep? Or did you mean the Main Character "falling asleep"? I thought the ending for P3 was sad but nice. Kimi no Kioku playing during the credits did it for me too.

Enzeru

06-24-2009, 07:32 AM

Lol, anyway...

This coming from someone who accidentally got the bad ending first (fail instincts are fail), I thought the ending might not be worthwhile to get what with XPlay spoiling it for me in their FES review and Nix and what not, but IMO it was worth it. It's always nice to see someone die...err, to save their friends.

Elizabeth

06-25-2009, 06:28 AM

Yeah, the ending to this game bummed me out more then any others that I've played and that's beating out Nocturne with it's "Now kill all your friends to get what you want!" battles . I thought The Answer was a total let-down; I wanted there to be two different endings and I really didn't have a whole lot of fun playing it. The ending boss was really creepy, though.

ProudClod

06-25-2009, 08:20 PM

Thanks for the ####ing spoiler there. Much appreciated.

AnimeChixRHawt

06-26-2009, 06:03 AM

Thanks for the ####ing spoiler there. Much appreciated.

Wow sorry i feel like a total D*ck for not marking it :frown::frown: just figured everyone on the forums would have finished it by now ;( sorry again for not marking it.

Ewww with all the depressing non happy remarks about the answer its going to make it hard for me to take overlord 2 out of the ps3 and put p3 back in :very_sad:

AnimeChixRHawt

06-26-2009, 06:05 AM

You fell asleep? Or did you mean the Main Character "falling asleep"? I thought the ending for P3 was sad but nice. Kimi no Kioku playing during the credits did it for me too.

*sorry for double posting had hard time trying to get two qoutes in the post lmao im a tard* No MC falling asleep kinda let me down but it was still a good ending and during the whole game i couldnt stop playing far from falling asleep :tongue:

ProudClod

06-26-2009, 09:40 AM

AnimeChixRHawt

06-26-2009, 01:13 PM

wow thats pretty shatty sorry that sux.:frown:

Zacewing

06-28-2009, 03:48 PM

Yeah, The Journey's ending was really sad. They didn't have to kill the protagonist. :(

AnimeChixRHawt

07-01-2009, 09:15 AM

from what i have heard about other SMT games lol they had to, tho we may have not wanted it :mad:

wildeturtle

07-03-2009, 06:40 AM

while being sad, you can look forward to your grand children possibly playing smt:persona 100 and possibly seeing the mc come back, or maybe your great grand children...

unknown

07-03-2009, 11:27 AM

He's not sleeping, he's dead son

Saburo Hikari

07-03-2009, 05:05 PM

Yeah, The Journey's ending was really sad. They didn't have to kill the protagonist. :(If you pay attention to the arcanas and Personas, you'll see that the game suggests that Minato will die. The game's version of Orpheus has his real head on a mechanical body, meaning this is after he "died". Then there's Pharos and Thanatos (is that how you spell his name?) of the Death arcana. And then there's Messiah, who if I have my religion correct, is Jesus.

He's not sleeping, he's dead sonI think he knows know that... I think. :P

ProudClod

07-04-2009, 12:20 AM

Considering the game's tagline is "Memento Mori" (remember that you are mortal/remember that you will die), there could not have been a more fitting ending.

Minato found the answer to life. Death.

Enzeru

07-05-2009, 05:26 PM

Hey, Anime, sorry about that. I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to the guy that completely spoiled Nocturne in a Persona 3 thread.

I beat Persona 3 a year ago. I ordered Nocturne last week, and haven't even played it yet. :(
I think Elizabeth meant to put Spoiler tags on her (his?) post, so I wouldn't blame him/her for that.

Minato found the answer to life. Death.
That's some hardc0re emo right there.

DamageCity

07-05-2009, 05:33 PM

Yukichin

07-05-2009, 06:45 PM

The fact that he dies isn't weak. It's the way he dies that's weak. It's as if they finished writing the ending and then thought "Oh ####! That's right he supposed to die so........ um.......... he falls asleep, the end."

It's supposed to show that as time goes on after the final battle, Minato is gradually getting weaker and weaker. The game ends with him being peaceful finally, with his friends, and being able to die peacefully after becoming weakened at the conclusion. I personally didn't think it was weak at all, though it could've been sliiightly more obvious that he died.

AnimeChixRHawt

07-06-2009, 11:11 AM

But dying in your sleep? thats like an old person lol i just thought they could have made it a little bit more exciting.

Yukichin

07-06-2009, 09:02 PM

But that's the thing: it's supposed to be peaceful, showing that everything's okay now. If they were to make it "more exciting", that'd completely defeat the ending.

Fatney

07-07-2009, 03:09 AM

while being sad, you can look forward to your grand children possibly playing smt:persona 100 and possibly seeing the mc come back, or maybe your great grand children...

Why would they want to bring him back after so many games? Or at all?

Only guys like you fantasize about that.

Oh, and I liked the ending. After the climatic last boss, I think it felt good to just have a peaceful, bittersweet ending.

DamageCity

07-07-2009, 06:36 AM

Whatever, the ending was tacked on when they dreamed up FES.

ProudClod

07-07-2009, 09:21 AM

Persona 3 had my favorite RPG ending. Ever.

It was incredibly meaningful to me. Minato found the answer to life. Death. As he began to accept this, life slowly drained from him.

I don't think this ending was "tacked on" at all. I feel that The Answer as a whole was tacked on. I hated the plot, and it was completely unnecessary.

Lincoln

07-14-2009, 04:53 AM

While Persona 3 FES (to be critical) was a chore to play through (ugh Tartarus and ugh many, many, many unecessary loading screens), as well as an interesting plot that took the greater half of the game to set up, it creates such an atmosphere so as to eradicate bad memories of the game in hindsight.

The Answer, on the other hand, I played with a GameShark'd 10,000 exp per battle since it felt exactly like P3 but with more grinding. Hell, I beat it in 9 hours and it still felt immensely unrewarding since four-fifths of the game was grinding through some random dungeon and seeing some ####ty falshback that wasn't integral to the plot. Top it off with this whole SuperSmash Bros Brawl in the arena and the huge bawfest thereafter, and that was really the only part of the game that had plot.

Silverevilchao

07-15-2009, 12:24 PM

The ending made me cry oceans. Every time I beat the game, in both The Journey and The Answer, I still cry my eyes out. That had to have been THE most emotional death scene I've ever seen in any kind of medium. He's happy, no regrets, all of his friends are close by, and he closes his eyes and never wakes up. And the MUSIC. Gaaaah. ;_;

Dude, I'm starting to cry while typing this. WTF, I'm such a wuss... ;_;

vorlianis

07-24-2009, 11:53 AM

i dont get why everyone said he died he didnt die his soul was transformed into a seal until humanity stops wishing for death then he will live again

Cinder6

07-24-2009, 12:46 PM

I liked the ending of The Journey. Though I'd like to point out (considering what I've read in this topic) that the Death arcana in tarot usually means change, not literal death. Taken this way, I think it's a bit more compelling of an ending, and from the couple hours I've played of The Answer, it makes sense. But maybe not.

Ultimately, I thought P3 had a much more meaningful story and ending than P4, even if P4 had better exposition and gameplay mechanics. I wish P3 were done more in P4's style; it'd make a replay much more enjoyable.

SPOILER REMOVED

If that's revealed in The Answer, then thanks for the spoiler!

Actually, I'm not sure I'll ever finish The Answer, so I'm not that miffed. Maybe if I get a Gameshark or something; more grinding with even sparser story segments isn't something I particularly enjoy.

DrJonAngus

07-24-2009, 02:46 PM

As I'm typing this, the end credits are rolling and I must say, I'm kind of bummed. I expected the main character to die, but it sucks when it finally happens. I don't think it was necessary to kill him off, though many may disagree, but I guess Atlus didn't want people clamoring for a continuation. Also, I must admit, if the main character lived, there wouldn't be anything to do. The dark hour is gone, Nyx is destroyed, and Strega is no more. I guess I'm feeling conflicted on the matter, but anyways, great game.

DamageCity

07-24-2009, 06:19 PM

i dont get why everyone said he died he didnt die his soul was transformed into a seal until humanity stops wishing for death then he will live again

Yeah thanks for marking your soilers douche.

Quig

07-25-2009, 10:39 AM

Yukichin

07-25-2009, 02:13 PM

The main character in P3 does NOT die. He goes into a coma like state. That is why Elizabeth is not in P4, she is out looking for a cure for his condition. That is why Elizabeth's sister is assisting Igor.

Er... no. He dies.

His soul was taken from him to create a seal to keep away Nyx. He's dead.

Fatney

07-25-2009, 04:54 PM

Yeah, but isn't Elizabeth looking for a way (like not necessarily a cure) to free MC from his state, be it hibernation, death, coma? I haven't really finished Margareth's social link, but that's what I've heard from several places on the internet including my friend who did the social link

Yukichin

07-26-2009, 01:29 AM

From what I've seen, she's looking for a way "to free him". He's dead; she's searching for a way to free his soul while still keeping the seal intact, so he can finally rest. At least, that's what I gather from it.

Quig

07-28-2009, 09:06 PM

I don't think he died, but his soul was devoured by that spell so he is in a commatose state, sort of like a vegetable.

Quig

07-28-2009, 09:08 PM

Either way, the ending was kind of a bummer...

Cinder6

07-29-2009, 10:40 AM

It's always fun when games have an ending that's open to interpretation. If it was all cut and dry, this topic probably wouldn't exist.

vorlianis

07-30-2009, 01:14 AM

Cinder6

07-30-2009, 08:46 AM

To the guys being annoyed that i "spoiled" about it the title of the topic says it got spoilers here so you shouldnt have come in the first place.As a personal opinion tho i think Elizabeth wants to free him so he can live again to free him so he dies seems kind of... strange

This topic was about The Journey, though. As I said, however, I'm not sure I'll ever complete The Answer, so I don't care, much.

Tello, the Hark!

07-30-2009, 11:58 AM

I don't recall Margaret saying anything about Elizabeth helping somebody, but she metions Elizabeth alot when maxing out the empress social link in P4. I have a friend whose favorite game is P3 just for the ending, he calls it a cliff hanger. I didn't play the answer, but I still got the impression that everyone dies by the pre-destined date (I can't remember when exactly) or the main character can take the burden, in which case everything goes along smoothly, untill the day humanity is whiped out, then goes our MC instead. I saw it coming, I don't know what the tip off was, but it really doesn't feel like a cliff hanger. I was dissapointed though, I wanted a more emotional death, like I get from watching everyone die in evangelion or the end of FFVIII will always make me cry. I just didn't feel an emotional strain in P3.

DrJonAngus

07-30-2009, 03:23 PM

The ending was kind of a downer, but I didn't find it all that spectacular. I heard people saying they would watch the ending over and over again on youtube, but I didn't think it was all that memorable to do so. I liked P3 itself a lot, but the ending was so lacking for me.

You know the main character is done for after the Nyx fight, it's fairly obvious. I thought the main character was going to die in a heroic act to save everyone by using all his life energy to kill Nyx, but he ended up slowing deteriorating away into a coma by sealing Nyx away. I know Nyx truly can't be killed by the way. This whole coma business is just plain silly too. What I'm saying is, if your body doesn't have a soul, how can it be in a comatose state? I'm 100% certain the main character is dead. I know some of you guys would like to have hope he would come back, but I don't think that would happen. I didn't want him to die, but it's just a game, so I came to terms with it.

Reduction

07-30-2009, 10:43 PM

maybe it's quite sad,but there's actually 2 endings...
what'll you choose? having Minato dies or seeing an ending where humankind are severed by nyx? it's more cruel and hollow, y'know ..
if aegis choose to get back to the past, they have to struggle to fight nyx with desperate... the only way is to seal nyx...

DrJonAngus

07-31-2009, 06:57 PM

I saw the bad ending to satiate my own curiosity, then continued on and played to see the true ending. I discount the whole bad ending where you kill Ryoji because even though it's up to you, that is not the choice everybody would have honestly made. Each character was too strong willed to just stand by and let the world just go down the tubes.

SunshinexKite

09-16-2009, 03:40 PM

yeah I didn't like it either. I have a huge video game crush on Minato so it was sad that he dies. I hated playing Answer for that reason. :( still FES was fun since Aigis is my second favorite character.

Zacewing

09-17-2009, 07:07 PM

I don't really see how the main character could possibly still be alive.

I think what Margaret meant by "She went to free the blue-haired boy from the statue" is that Elizabeth wants to free the protagonist while still keeping the seal intact so that the protagonist can move on to the afterlife (or be reincarnated, depending on your religious views).

kelvinc

09-19-2009, 09:40 PM

Geez nobody's even bothering with spoiler tags anymore. I beat P3FES (both parts) and P4 once and I'm still seeing stuff I didn't know because I didn't go very far on Maggie's Slink.

Anywho I agree that what happens at the end of P3 (FES Journey) came pretty suddenly to me as well (it clicked at the very last choice dialogue box for me what was going on). But I like it better that way: the thought of the finality of it, with Kimi no Kioku playing was more emotionally jarring than anything I've seen on TV, on film, or probably even in real life in several years.

Kordero

10-10-2009, 09:42 AM

wow! this thread is really nice! in deed the ending for me (and more players) was very sad, I never expected the end like this, but It was a really nice end, because he found the answer like others user said, the Death, and he died the most peacefully way, sleeping... that part still breaking my heart, Im a old guy but wow man that wa so sad... :frown: