There are quite a few entries in the Guinness World Records that many would consider superfluous, but no matter how ridiculous some of them may be, they always have something in common -- objectivity. Everything can be measured, weighed, quantified, or otherwise reduced to a value that everyone can agree upon as accurate, barring any accusations of cheating or the like. At least, they used to. I don't know when Guinness started running user polls, but that practice needs to stop yesterday.

For the Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer's Edition book, 13,519 votes were collected to bring us the "definitive list of the greatest video game endings of all time." By "definitive," Guinness means not definitive at all by their own admission that "the list will cause heated debate." The titles that dominate, which come almost exclusively from the last decade, don't determine anything other than how much of a popularity contest these polls really are.

Call of Duty: Black Ops tops the list as supposedly having the greatest videogame ending ever. Oooooh! Zombies! Mind-blowing plot twist right there. Do the entries get any better further down the list? Well, #11 is Super Mario Bros. That game doesn't even have an ending! The Princess just tells you to play hard mode! And Sonic Adventure 2 is just... wrong. You can check the full list below. Admittedly, some of the games have decent endings, but there is no rhyme or reason to the order. Seriously, this did not need to be a thing.

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Kyera

What a horrible list, rofl.

Dancing Mad

Header image is spot on.

The Nakedest

I would like for it to be know that I object to the contents of this list.

Voxeril

Good to see Kingdom Hearts up there. But WTF CoD and fucking SUPER MARIO BROS?! ENDING!?

WingedBacon

Portal 2 or Red Dead should be on top in my opinion.

dj-anon

Shit list. Great header.

Dakomissar

Nope. I know this list is entirely opinionated, but their opinion is wrong.

Taerdin

The thing about top lists, is that they are always complete bullshit

matty125

It's not just Call of Duty: Black Ops (haven't played it myself), but the entire list is a mindfuck.
Sonic the Hedgehog? GTA? What in the fuck?

johpan

dat ass.

Maxwell Roahrig

I, um...what?

The Ghos7

Chrono Trigger should be there taking the top ten spots. Halo Reach is up there on my top endings as it's the only ending in any of the games that didn't piss me off. The lack of Lost Odyssey makes me cry a bit on the inside. :(

Epic-Kx

WHAT THE FU-- WHERE'S PRINCE OF PERSIA 2008?

GRiVEN

This is why we can't have nice things.

Themightylebeau2009

No sir, I don't like it... Where in the holy buggery is Silent Hill 2, or 1...or 4...or 3

Autoimmune

I...what? Who voted on this list?

quantumriian

Black Ops had the greatest ending because it ended! BOOOOOM!

NikSG

Lol. Lol what.

HikariNoRexen

My hand offers a better (happier) ending than Black Ops, just saying.

Mr 3man

This is wrong on so many levels.

Francisco Medina

i dont like cod, and the blop story wasn't THAT bad ( i seriosly wtfed at reznov twist) but the ending was shitty shit shit

Anaris82

This list is all sorts of wrong. No sir.. I don't like it.

Dancing Mad

This shit was rigged yo.

Nick Jones

Of course people would vote Black Ops. A lot of people played it, it's very popular. I don't mean that in an insulting way, but I'm not surprised. Though I'm still disappointed.

Gamescook

Weeaboos and dudebros voted on this list.

Sentient 6

To be fair, Sonic Adventure 2 was awesome when I was a kid.

Jawmuncher

What a joke.
I know we can never all agree on the number 1, but we can all agree it sure as hell isn't Black Ops

Tyler Youngblood

black ops, I dont want to live on this planet anymore

-PL-

Blops was likely the most popular game out there at the time the vote was taken. People just vote for their favorite games rather than what really had the best ending.

MrJoe

Mother 3 has the best ending of any video game. Period.

llort het

Has anybody mentioned yet that this is an incredibly shitty list? Because this is truly a shitty list.

There is only one game that rightfully deserves to be on that list.
"THANK YOU MARIO! NOW GO ON TO SECRET QUEST!"

Crudus

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

I Was A Cactus

I'm gonna go cry now.

Dakilazical

I thought CODBLOPS had a pretty clever twist ending. Best ever? Probably not but certainly not awful.

BV82

What a horrible list...how in hell does COD: Black Ops make it to number one? Sure, good games and all, but very few of them really had great endings, if any at all.

maycausecancer

Earthworm Jim didn't make the list

EPIC FAIL

Flutterguy

I liked Black Ops plenty, and it's ending was better than anything else the series has offered, but it is by no means a great ending. Snake Eater deserves #1 and everyone knows it.

Gorescream

fucking pathetic.

GG Subjectivity, our children in the future will laugh at us, 200 years from now once they uncover stuff like this.

Max-

What the fuck is this shit? MGS3 should take the top spot given how brilliant that ending was. :|

pedrovay2003

This is one of the times where opinion makes no fucking difference. Voting THAT ENDING as the best ending in a video game EVER shows exactly how many people shouldn't even be allowed anywhere near video games.

Rubios

Holy shit...

I feel old reading that and I´m not even 25 LOL

Endstiem

No Terranigma?!?!?

WUSUPWITDAT??

Chris Creo

Wtf I didn't even bother getting past the second mission of blackops

twm

Just because the internet gives every uninformed moron a voice doesn't mean people in a position of power have to listen to it -_-....

imDraxx

Black Ops has a better ending than Snake Eater? No, nonnonononoobono. This objective list is full of shit, fail, and more shit.

Trucker Sean

Everybody who is anybody knows that Phantasy Star 2 has the best ending of all time.

crackedbat

Wind Waker has a better ending than any of the other Zelda games and of course it didn't make the list. Hell, given what's on there, I'm surprised Conduit 2 didn't sneak up on there. Why is Super Metroid so low on the list? How did any Super Mario title besides Paper Mario make it on here? Is Guinness trying to make themselves irrelevant?

crackedbat

@Gorescream

For that to be true you'd have to assume that future generations will be smarter than us. At the rate society is going, I don't see that happening.

dredgman

I mean, I liked the Black Ops ending, but it was basically *SPOILER ALERT* Fight Club.

I can't believe Bioshock is all the way down at 35.

EdgyDude

So if i don't take into account stupidity and fanboyism Ocarina of Time has the best ending of all time...

I can live with that.