…not like it?

I was discussing ideas for my game with some of my friends, and when I mentioned some ending ideas, the first thing my friend pointed out was that none of the endings feel like "good" endings – they're all grey at best, and possibly outright downer endings. While that was my full intention, he got me worried that some people might not like it. o.o

My game's story is a deconstruction of a popular RPG storyline. Happy endings obviously don't work well in that context. But I don't know how well the average person can appreciate a well-written deconstruction – some are met with praise (Watchmen), many are disliked (but possibly due to quality) and with some, people don't realize their nature (Final Fantasy VII, for example. Most fans like it because it's "teh coolz," not because it's a brilliant deconstruction of the first 6 FF games).

In context, I would basically need for it to end on a bad note to get my message across. I'm utilizing multiple endings to show the possible resolutions to the situation presented throughout the story, and why none of them are particularly good. Hopefully the people who can't appreciate that aspect of my game/story will at least enjoy the ride enough to like the game.

The player characters and their actions directly cause the outcome in each ending. Nonetheless, the outcome in any of the endings isn't particularly good, and not quite what they set out to do. It's basically an examination of not only the particular plotline (which has been used in a number of recent RPGs), but as an extension uses that plotline to form a critique of… basically, humanity as a whole. There's a lot of moral grey areas present in the story, and it's almost made to make the player question who exactly was the worse of the two sides.

Thanks in advance for any input.