Your best worst Skyrim ending? : V

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:36 pm

As of late I've been thinking about the main quest in Skyrim, and what lengths we'll go to as the Dovahkiin to defeat Alduin. I'm hoping that we won't outright destroy him, but instead make some compromise or imprison him. So far the only means of doing this which sounds moderately Elder Scrolls-like would be to drop a mountain on him or something of that magnitude, but I'm sure Bethesda's writers will have come up with something amazing - they always do.

But is there anything that they shouldn't do? This is a thread to share your thoughts on what you think would singularly be the worst, most convoluted abomination of an ending ever conceived for the Skyrim main quest. The one that would cause many a heartbroken Elder Scrolls fan to spend their sleepness nights shouting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mABmZETHaRE to the heavens. I shall start off with mine:

The Dovahkiin reconstructs the Numidium piece-by-piece and leads into into battle against Alduin, powered by the soulgems of 2,000 mudcrabs he had to collect earlier. The two engage in a round of "insult swordfighting" (Monkey Island style), using the Oblivion persuasion minigame as a base. After telling Alduin about the one about the Orc in a party dress, the dragon God decides he has wasted enough time with you and destroys the Numidium in a single, fiery breath. He sends the player tumbling down the 7,000 steps of the Throat of the World, and you must continually hold the block button in order to avoid being reduced to a bloody pulp every time you hit one of the steps. Weaponless and on the brink of death, Alduin hovers above, ready to finish you once and for all.

But wait! Just when all hope seems lost, the Nerevarine, a Vampiric Werewolf Argonian wielding a spear, appears atop a cliff and lets out a great war cry. Suddenly, he calls hundreds upon thousands of Cliff Racers to his aid! The Cliff Racer hordes swarm around the dragon God, pecking and gnawing away at his flesh as the Dovahkiin's ears begin to bleed from their collective screeching. Alduin is defeated! The player bleeds to death and you may only continue playing after the main quest if you previously contracted vampirism. The end.

I dearly apologize.

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:06 pm

Dovahkiin realises that poor Alduin is just expressing the woes of a world without love. After many deep, emotional conversations over a bottles of wine they realise they are the perfect match (opposites attract, after all), and both go riding off into the sunset. Dovahkiin rides Alduin, naturally.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:40 am

You become the Emperor....

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:16 pm

I just hope you really dont kill Alduin so that the Elder scroll series have to take some other direction, altough I expect Skyrim to be something completely different...

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:54 pm

The final task in the main quest begins. You turn away from the quest-giver, walk through the nearest door, and a loading screen comes up.

Three seconds later the game crashes to the desktop.

A popup tells you that all of Mundus has been destroyed, you were too late - save corrupted.
Please try again.

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:31 pm

I don't get to fight Alduin

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:07 pm

You defeat Alduin, but the psychic shockwave partially destroys your mind. From now on, your speech options are limited to :
" I'm saving up for some medicine."
" I can eat for a day with a single coin."
" One more coin, I can get some shoes."
" Please, pretty lady.......

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:01 pm

After you defeat Alduin, your character wakes up and you realize is a beggar sleeping on the streets. The entire game was actually just a dream of the beggar.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:30 pm

Dovahkiin realises that poor Alduin is just expressing the woes of a world without love. After many deep, emotional conversations over a bottles of wine they realise they are the perfect match (opposites attract, after all), and both go riding off into the sunset. Dovahkiin rides Alduin, naturally.

Hahaha i was about to post about the same thing when i saw this thread

I think an ending where you get all this gear, power, skill, and you ride you war horse up to the...place where alduin is, um where was i? oh yeah you get there raise your sword of mighty vengeance, and he kills you, mundus is destroyed. Every new elderscrolls game happens in different planes of oblivion.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:55 pm

just as you are about to land the final strike, the game cuts away to a RL bedroom, a shower can be heard in the background. And Pamela Barnes gets out of the bed, opens the shower door, sees her husband Bobby, and realizes it was all a dream.

i wonder how many of you will get that reference

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:13 pm

Worst ending in a gameplay sense.. where you have to face Alduin in combat and are given no choice how.

Worst in a fan fic sense...
You stand at the head of an army, those you've aided come to the call of arms you sent out across the land.
Many Dragon worshipers stand befoe you, a tide of red robed cultists.
In the distance perched atop the mountain on a beautiful temple is Alduin.
You stand before the men, mer and beasts, "let no man, mer or beast say we failed here today".. ( well they would not being wiped out if you do. )
"Cry freedom" you shout, heading forward with the army nipping at your heels.
You barely manage to reach the summit alive, the Dragon god stands, floats, or just jazzy jives in front of you.
After a simple bit of dialogue you're forced to beat it single handedly while it summons hordes of lesser beasts and dragons.
Over coming this with the aid of a foul mouthed god with a three letter magic phrase ~~TGM~~, the beast is slain.
You turn around and look down as the spirit fades a voice over pops up telling you this was only the begining.

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:24 pm

You become the Emperor....

me too btu what else is their, we rid skyrim of Alduin, then what ? Doks just goes to the 'throat of the World'? i hate to say it but the only thing i can fathom is that Doks becomes emperor. Or he dies...

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:05 pm

i thought up a worse one, you kill the time dragon...and time itself is destroyed, i mean you just doomed the world! Hows that for nice job breaking it hero ending?

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:57 pm

After finally killing the man that murdered your father you need to enter an irradiated capsule to enter a secret code only you know so the world is saved. Also, you will inevitably die while doing this with no chance to continue.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:10 pm

Forget becoming Emperor, you defeat the Dragon, then turn your Nord separatist army toward Cyrodiil, defeat the Imperialist oppressors, and turn all of Thamriel into an Anarcho-Syndicalist commune.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:33 am

Alduin appears, kills your character. Then rrod's your 360. :flamethrower: (360)

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:27 pm

Forget becoming Emperor, you defeat the Dragon, then turn your Nord separatist army toward Cyrodiil, defeat the Imperialist oppressors, and turn all of Thamriel into an Anarcho-Syndicalist commune.

You turn all of Thamriel the crazy Imperail City resident into an Anarcho-Syndicalist commune?

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:59 am

You turn all of Thamriel the crazy Imperail City resident into an Anarcho-Syndicalist commune?

Ooops- Tamriel without the H, my bad.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:38 pm

After finally killing the man that murdered your father you need to enter an irradiated capsule to enter a secret code only you know so the world is saved. Also, you will inevitably die while doing this with no chance to continue.

until a later dlc comes out that makes your sacrifice cheap and unimportant

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:27 pm

You have to team up with Fargoth before the final battle.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:19 pm

You stand alone atop the throat of the world, the once proud home of the greybeards (or whatever they're called) in fiery ruins. Alduin circles the air above, you raise your shield and ready your blade, alduin dives toward you fire scorching from his gaping maw. The game fades to black then redirects you to the gamesas site telling you that the DLC 'Final battle with Alduin' will be available for purchse in 6 months.

You scream.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:06 am

As soon as you kill the final boss or complete the final quest, your character wakes back up in the jail and you realized that you never left the jail and it's all been a dream. And there's no way to escape from the jail, so the game basically ends, unless you wanna chill in jail for your game.

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:44 pm

until a later dlc comes out that makes your sacrifice cheap and unimportant

Lol. They could have at least made you a ghoul or something, right?

Anyway, OP is pretty hard to top, though he had the advantage of initiative.

The game should end by the player being awarded the Spear of the Hunter, then the credits roll and you're returned to the main menu. Because modders would find away around this, the "Spear of the Hunter" item should be a readable book that just says "Go back to 2002".

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:32 pm

Just as your about to kill alduin at the 7000 steps you look to the very top and see matt damon jump off the top whilst getting shot. it worked in borne. not skyrim. and alduin flys off. i was major pissed when i didnt get to fight mehrunes dagon so if i dont get to fight super dragon i will be transformed into an object of anger.

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:07 pm

the game ends