10 Darkest Endings In PlayStation Games, Ranked

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While some games like to end on a high note, others prefer to hit their players with one last splash of unadulterated misery in their final acts, whether games like or . When done right, these dark endings can provide a game's story with an especially profound climax that leaves players thinking long after the credits roll. Everyone may enjoy a happy ending, but these games relish the feelings of loss that a good story can provide for its audience and pull them off so well that they have become unforgettable.

Warning: This article contains discussions of suicide.

Most of the games here are PlayStation exclusives, and all of them are available on PS consoles. Each of them has gained some level of fame (or infamy) for the bleak conclusions to their stories. Some are plain sad, others disturbing, but each of them is undoubtedly dark. This article will contain spoilers for the talked-about games.

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Of all FromSoftware's titles, sticks out as the darkest, both literally and tonally. The Gothic setting takes place in, and the Lovecraftian nature of its enemies make the game a fascinating and horrific experience throughout. Especially when it comes to the game's three endings, the themes of dangerous knowledge and the loss of humanity are impossible to ignore.

There are a total of three different endings in .

Somehow, the cheeriest ending is to surrender to Gherman, the player's mentor, and let him perform a brutal execution. This «kills» the player but simultaneously releases them from the Hunter's Dream, allowing them to possibly return to a normal life. However, this would seemingly render the player's actions futile and fail to achieve their goals in coming to Yharnam in the first place. The next option is to fight Gherman for his position as the leader of the Hunter's Dream. This ending sees the player kill their mentor