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Guinness Voters Select Black Ops As Greatest Ending In Gaming History

by Dan Ryckert on February 12, 2012 at 11:50 AM

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Remember Big Boss saluting at the grave of The Boss? How about the fate of John Marston in Red Dead Redemption? Or the insane final moments of Portal 2? Well, none of those endings are as good as the one in Call of Duty: Black Ops, according to the 2012 Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition book.

After 13,519 votes were counted, the 2010 Call of Duty entry stood atop the list of greatest gaming endings of all time. If I remember correctly, it involved shooting a lot of guys, hearing Ed Harris yell something, doing a QTE or two, and then seeing jets fly overhead as a guitar riff played.

You can see the complete list below:

50. Resident Evil 4
49. Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic
48. Ratchet & Clank: a Crack in Time
47. Crysis 2
46. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
45. Call of Duty: World at War
44. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
43. Half-Life 2: Episode Tow
42. Super Metroid
41. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
40. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
39. inFamous
38. Fallout 3
37. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
36. Gears of War 2
35. Bioshock
34. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
33. Sonic Adventures 2
32. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
31. Kingdom Hearts II
30. Mass Effect
29. Super Mario Galaxy
28. Sonic the Hedgehog
27. Metal Gear Solid
26. Assassin's Creed II
25. Assassin's Creed
24. Shadow of the Colossus
23. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
22. Kingdom Hearts
21. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
20. Super Mario Galaxy 2
19. Mass Effect 2
18. Grand Theft Auto IV
17. Portal 2
16. Assassins Creed: Brotherhood
15. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
14. Halo: Combat Evolved
13. Halo 3
12. Pokemon Black and White
11. Super Mario Bros
10. Heavy Rain
9. Final Fantasy VII
8. Metal Gear Solid 4
7. Portal
6. Red Dead Redemption
5. God of War
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Halo: Reach
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops

Source: Guinness via Destructoid

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Filed under: Activision, call of duty, black ops, guinness world record

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by Idlehands Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:54 AM

Were they drunk when they voted?
by Idlehands Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:54 AM

Were they drunk when they voted?
by Zebra3 Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:54 AM

Ugh.
by billyarewerid Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:54 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNsrK6P9QvI
by XDflair Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:55 AM

WUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTT!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?
by Farrell Maniac Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:55 AM

I've started to take Guinness World records for video games with a grain of salt ever since they thought that Shadow the Hedgehog was a good character.
by Captain-Prior Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:56 AM

*sigh*
How in the HELL could Portal 2 and Mass Effect 2 be so far down the list?
I was damn near in tears near the end of Mass Effect 2.
by THE POKEMON PRO Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:56 AM

I liked the ending to Black Ops, but I'm not sure if it deserves the top spot. Red Dead Redemption definitely stood out in my mind. For all the flaws Sonic Adventures 2, had it did have a pretty awesome ending.
by Destin Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:58 AM

no....just.....no
by Noe Ramirez Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:58 AM

H-how did pokemon B&W get placed over half-life 2? well, these people have really got to look into getting different voters.
by For-402 Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:59 AM

I am NOT going to read this article 'cause of spoilers
by Troutfisch Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:59 AM

Can't say I'm surprised by the results, just disappointed.
by MindFyre Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:59 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc
by Thomas Elliott Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 12:00 PM

I... I have no words. Actually, it looks like at least a fair amount of games with legitimately good endings made the list, just not in the spots that they should have gotten......
by Karlo Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 12:00 PM

I want to kill them... NOW!
by Chris Mrkvicka Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 12:01 PM

This is just stupid. A book that chronicles world records has resorted to polling of something purely subjective on a small scale to declare what is the best. That is a complete joke. Guinness has absolutely no standing to declare this.
by Falcon29 Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 12:01 PM

Ico anyone?
by SolaireSunbro Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 12:01 PM

This is laughable. I mean really,CoD? Really?! I for sure didn't vote for this,must have been all those 10 year olds.
by RipvanX Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 12:01 PM

epic fail
by TP4Bunghole Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 12:01 PM

Black Ops is my favorite COD, but its ending was stale. I wonder how much Activision paid them lol.

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