Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5’s ending is the most punishing reward in modern gaming, instantly nullifying 40 hours of player progress by revealing the cult leader was right all along as a nuclear bomb detonates. This “resist” ending is a catastrophic failure of narrative design, worse than the anticlimax of #7 Assassin’s Creed III, because it actively punishes player agency. 100% of player actions in Hope County become meaningless when the world ends regardless, a move that feels less like artistic ambition and more like a joke at the player’s expense.