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Posted by Zonk on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @08:27PM from the kind-of-defeats-the-message-of-the-film dept.

eToyChest is reporting that, if you play your cards right in the game version of the Kong film, King Kong might return home the end of the game. Apparently the designers thought people wouldn't want to play if they already knew the ending. From the article: "To unlock the alternate ending, players must complete the entire game and then go back and play through various maps and earn a total of 250,000 points. Other unlockable features include several Weta Digital concept art galleries, interviews with both Peter Jackson and Phillipa Boyens, an "old movie" filter, a King Kong theatrical trailer and more."

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- Re:Uh, great? (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Yst ( 936212 ) writes:
  
  Well, it's better than a King Kong Hot Coffee mod story about how to go about unlocking Kong-themed erotic content, or a revelation that beating the game in under an hour lets you see Kong waving at you in a bathing suit.
  - Re:Uh, great? (Score:4, Funny)
    
    by game kid ( 805301 ) writes: on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @08:43PM (#14313698) Homepage
    
    Yeah. But replace "Kong waving at you in a bathing suit" with "Naomi Watts waving at you in a bathing suit" and I'd take the task with all the patience and sloth of a Saleen S7.
    
    - almost but not quite (Score:5, Funny)
      
      by snuf23 ( 182335 ) writes: on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @09:32PM (#14314005)
      
      "Naomi Watts waving at you in a bathing suit"
      
      should be
      
      "Naomi Watts waving her bathing suit at you"
      
- Re:Uh, great? (Score:2)
  
  by Chuck Chunder ( 21021 ) writes:
  
  Mod me as flamebait
  Well I suppose at least one part of your post had some value......
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes:
    
    Comment removed based on user account deletion
- Re:Uh, great? (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by joystickgenie ( 913297 ) writes:
  
  Your right, this isn't news. It is an advertisement.
  
  Is it just me or has this game gotten way more media time then anything else? I'm sure the guys in the marketing team are doing a good job but it seems like it is more then that. The media has grabbed this title like it is the next coming of Jesus.
  
  To be quite honest. This has been pushed so much I was kinda hoping it would flop.
- Re:Uh, great? (Score:1)
  
  by Soybean47 ( 885009 ) writes:
  
  I have a feeling this got posted because of a recent Penny Arcade. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/05 [penny-arcade.com]
  
  In the news post associated with that comic, there is a complaint about how, in this game, you face an unwinnable scenario. Then there's a brief correction posted at the end, that just pretty much says "Oh, I guess there's an alternate ending where Kong doesn't die."
  
  I read that, and was thinking, "What? He doesn't die? What does happen? Does he, in fact, just climb back down?" I'm sure I wasn't the
  - Re:Uh, great? (Score:2)
    
    by TychoCelchuuu ( 835690 ) writes:
    
    But that comic's news post had Gabe discussing an email he got that TOLD HIM ABOUT THE SECRET ENDING.
    - Re:Uh, great? (Score:1)
      
      by Soybean47 ( 885009 ) writes:
      
      Wait. What? Isn't that what I said? I mean, I didn't mention that it was Gabe that said it (I couldn't remember, and I'm a huge slacker), and I didn't mention that he learned about it by email (it just didn't seem relevant), but... what are you getting at, exactly?
      - Re:Uh, great? (Score:2)
        
        by TychoCelchuuu ( 835690 ) writes:
        
        Oh, I read your post and thought you said the opposite. Oh well. Long story short, Slashdot doesn't need to post everything PA does. The end.
Rough translation (Score:3, Funny)

by game kid ( 805301 ) writes: on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @08:40PM (#14313671) Homepage

If Kong works hard enough and lives long enough, he becomes another remade classic character [imdb.com] and HE TAKES THEIR BULLETS!!1 in a cocaine-filled rage. Or maybe not, but it's still fun to think of a cokehead gorilla who likes blondes.

Easter eggs don't count as news (Score:3, Insightful)

by kongjie ( 639414 ) writes: <(moc.cam) (ta) (eijgnok)> on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @08:49PM (#14313738)

And nor does this "alt ending" that is neither interesting nor innovative. It's not even particularly clever.
As such, it shouldn't have made the cut.

- Re:Easter eggs don't count as news (Score:2)
  
  by Golias ( 176380 ) writes:
  
  What would be news-worthy is if a blockbuster-action-movie-based console game actually turned out to be fun.
  
  Every one I've ever played is a total piece of steamy, brown, nutty, moist, dogshit, and I suspect that's likely to be the case here, too. In the rare cases where I bothered to buy them, I always ended up wishing I hadn't.
  
  Yes, Knights of the Old Republic, too. T3h. suck.
  
  Oh, and that game with the hot ninja chick in the short red kimono... That was a another disaster.
  
  Using sex or nerdy movies as a ho
  - Re:Easter eggs don't count as news (Score:1)
    
    by KDR_11k ( 778916 ) writes:
    
    What would be news-worthy is if a blockbuster-action-movie-based console game actually turned out to be fun.
    
    Golden Eye?
  - Re:Easter eggs don't count as news (Score:3, Informative)
    
    by Gulthek ( 12570 ) writes:
    
    Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
    
    Look it up. I'm actually currently replaying it!
    
    Oh here, I'll do it for ya: http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/919755.asp? q=riddick [gamerankings.com]
    
    There's also a PC (director's cut) version: http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/921671.asp? q=riddick [gamerankings.com]
- Re:Easter eggs don't count as news (Score:1, Flamebait)
  
  by MBraynard ( 653724 ) writes:
  
  Neither is your post. Go wash the sand out of your vagina.
- Re:Easter eggs don't count as news (Score:2)
  
  by Lord_Dweomer ( 648696 ) writes:
  
  Here's another easter egg...
  If the PR person for the game scores 500 more posts on news sites, they get a big bonus!
  To whoever handles their marketing, if you're reading this...the sole reason why I will NEVER buy this game and will discourage my friends from getting it is because it has been overhyped and you've attempted to shove it down our throats. Gamers will always reject this kind of marketing crap, and if a game is worthwhile, we will find out about it. The same is VERY true of the opposite. If t
This should be used in other games... (Score:5, Funny)

by CanSpice ( 300894 ) writes: on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @08:50PM (#14313746) Homepage

They should think about this for other games that are based on movies. For example, if you manage to score 500,000 points without going through any warp smokestacks, the Titanic doesn't sink. Or if you manage to kill everybody in Star Wars: Galaxies using only the force-grip-throw-off-a-cliff-or-into-a-wall thing you get to go back in time and slap George Lucas around so he leaves the movie industry directly after the release of Return of the Jedi to go live in a commune in Montana, sparing us horror of the Special Editions and the prequels.

- Re:This should be used in other games... (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  Don't you want to beat him up before he invents ewoks? Or is that necessary to fuel your rage for a post-ROTJ beating?
  - Re:This should be used in other games... (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by Mycroft_VIII ( 572950 ) writes:
    
    Oh you can do that too, you just have to do it on Nightmare mode.
    
    Mycroft
- Re:This should be used in other games... (Score:2)
  
  by chrismcdirty ( 677039 ) writes:
  
  Can I please slap him after American Graffiti? The original Star Wars trilogy was decent and all, but the acting and dialogue was atrocious. He is still a horrible writer, as shown in the latest trilogy. It's really sad when his dialog makes (normally) good actors like Liam Neeson, Ewan Macgregor, and Natalie Portman look like they have all the charisma of a piece of wood.
- Re:Not Newsworthy... (Score:2)
  
  by DrMorris ( 156226 ) writes:
  
  Mwuhaha, yeah, that's the same level of newsworthyness as this "story"... BTW she seems to be nice, but who is crazy enough to bid 60 bucks for her foto??? Rise, economy, rise!
Kong's copy prevention? (Score:3, Informative)

by emarkp ( 67813 ) writes: <[moc.qdaor] [ta] [todhsals]> on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @09:26PM (#14313966) Journal

I downloaded the demo to try the game, but it installed Starforce. That's right, the demo installed copy prevention (and pretty nefarious stuff at that).
I don't care about the game because I won't buy it when it comes encumbered with that crap.

- Re:Kong's copy prevention? (Score:1)
  
  by minus_273 ( 174041 ) writes:
  
  strange, I didnt any any problems on my GAME CONSOLE
  - Re:Kong's copy prevention? (Score:2, Funny)
    
    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    trange, I didnt any any problems on my GAME CONSOLE
    I see enough problems with your spelling. Then again, your post might have been typed from your console.
- Re:Kong's copy prevention? (Score:2)
  
  by Gulthek ( 12570 ) writes:
  
  ...
  
  So play it on a game console.
  
  It's kind of exactly what they were designed for.
  - Re:Kong's copy prevention? (Score:1)
    
    by KDR_11k ( 778916 ) writes:
    
    So, how do I download a demo for that PS2?
A more important issue... (Score:1)

by joemawlma ( 897746 ) writes:

Does the game suck?
Uh... spoiler alert? (Score:4, Informative)

by DoctaWatson ( 38667 ) writes: on Wednesday December 21, 2005 @09:40PM (#14314054)

Don't ruin it for me! [penny-arcade.com]

- Re:Who cares, it's not Aeris! (Score:1)
  
  by KDR_11k ( 778916 ) writes:
  
  Get George Lucas to handle the FF7 remake and there WILL be a way to save Aeris (or the blade just barely missed her vital organs or something) to be closer in line with the "original vision".
Nice one (Score:2)

by Sv-Manowar ( 772313 ) writes:

It's good to see developers taking their own decisions, games that allow your actions to chose the endings are some of the best. It makes it a lot more interesting when a decision you make early on in the game effects it a lot later on and means that the game has a lot more appeal to replay it through a couple of times finding the different endings and more.

Good job to the developers on this one.
- It would've been with some thought (Score:2)
  
  by ianscot ( 591483 ) writes:
  
  It makes it a lot more interesting when a decision you make early on in the game effects it a lot later on
  Okay, but this one sounds more like a "get 40 rebounds in a game and you unlock Wilt Chamberlain's shoes" perk from an NBA game to me. I agree with you, what you're describing sounds nice, but games mostly make it happen based on some arbitrary point total or something. (Those 250,000 points mean nothing to me playing as Kong. I want a big banana -- hey, maybe that commuter train.)
  When things like t
For crying out loud... (Score:1)

by Doodlepants ( 646546 ) * writes:

Ok this is a game oriented forum... NOT A GEM magazine that reports every easter eggs cheat codes and special litlle features in a game STOP ADVERTISING IN /. ALREADY! *grumbles*
- Re:For crying out loud... (Score:1)
  
  by Doodlepants ( 646546 ) * writes:
  
  GEM = GAME .. sorry bad typo
Thanks for spoiling the movie (Score:1)

by Decado ( 207907 ) writes:

A big thank you to the slashdot editors for posting a spoilor for the movie on the front page
Nice spoilers (Score:2)

by Pluvius ( 734915 ) writes:

Apparently the designers thought people wouldn't want to play if they already knew the ending.

Well, uh, thanks for letting us know what's in the other ending, in that case.

Rob

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Rough translation (Score:3, Funny)

Easter eggs don't count as news (Score:3, Insightful)

Re:Easter eggs don't count as news (Score:2)

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Re:Easter eggs don't count as news (Score:3, Informative)

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This should be used in other games... (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:Not Newsworthy... (Score:2)

Kong's copy prevention? (Score:3, Informative)

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A more important issue... (Score:1)

Uh... spoiler alert? (Score:4, Informative)

Re:Who cares, it's not Aeris! (Score:1)

Nice one (Score:2)

It would've been with some thought (Score:2)

For crying out loud... (Score:1)

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Thanks for spoiling the movie (Score:1)

Nice spoilers (Score:2)

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