Audience-Alienating Ending: The protagonist is doomed to suffocate to death, while the game wags its finger at you for things the character did in the backstory that you had absolutely no control over. The ending leaves such a sour taste in so many players's mouths that it's all most people know about it.
Too Bleak, Stopped Caring: The main character is a jerkassVillain Protagonist who receives a Karmic Death in the ending where he's Buried Alive with the treasure he struggled throughout the entire game to obtain. Infocom received a significant amount of hate mail from disgruntled players upset about being Blamed for Being Railroaded and led to an unsatisfying conclusion, with the famed critic Scorpia refusing to even promote it with a proper review despite having been a fan of Infocom.
