Best build ups in games?

[mascotbeaver]

I have to agree with whoever said persona 3. The last few months (especially the last), where the music changes and the entire plotline just turns into one emotional crushing after another, really are quite atmospheric.

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{But I guess if you skipped the last month it doesn't really lead up to much}

I think I spent about as much time preparing to face Nyx as I spent on the rest of the game my first time through.

 

[anthony87]

Build up as in "Plot foreshadowing" or "Enemy foreshadowing"?

For Plot foreshadowing, I'd go with Bioshock: Infinite. Bioshock 1's reveal was a bit more surprising, but it was a bit simplistic. Bioshock: Infinite has you wondering WTF is going on (In a good way). The mysterious man and woman (Lutece twins) that appear throughout the game with carefree attitudes and silly banter, the Tattoo on the hand and how the prophet knew booker was coming, and so on. There are a ton of strange details that eventually all make sense.

For Enemy foreshadowing... I'll pick an odd one here: Arthas (from Warcraft). Despite being a very stereotypical cartoon style villain, it takes two games and three expansions to finally take him down. Even though in Wrath of the Lich King he basically did a "I'm not going to kill you yet, I'm making you stronger before I kill you and raise you up" every time he shows up, it was done very well, in an imposing way. I was always excited to see him show up, and know that later on that expansion I'd finally be able to kill him after so many years. Even if the boss fight itself wasn't the most memorable, the build up was definitely one of the highlights of the game.

And then he goes and gets killed in one of the most bullshit ways ever, I mean sure you technically deal the final blow and all that but at that point he's totally incapacitated. Left me feeling a little disappointed personally.