If it's a cartoon action game that features cute, playable characters, be warned: The Game Over scene may show them in a pitiful, humiliating state of powerless defeat. If done right, it will end up being very, very depressing, especially for younger gamers, and thus a very strong incentive to not die. This has the effect of getting players so upset that they are inclined to Set Right What Once Went Wrong and retry the game. They failed and now they will live just long enough to see the Big Bad claim victory and to see the END OF THEIR CIVILIZATION. They didn't just get a Game Over where they can reload and everything's fine-they FAILED. ![]() ![]() Some particularly cruel game developers aren't satisfied with just telling them how badly they lost-they have to show that the player failed through an alternate Downer Ending in which players are forced to endure the terrible fate that awaits the characters they were supposed to be helping.
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