Ever feel sorry for the enemies you've killed in a game?
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By the end there are an insane amount of orphans you've made. Must be a lot of single fathers.Commissar Sae said:
OT: No.
I have to do this:
I love XKCD.
OT: Not really. I mainly play Serious Sam, and Garrys Mod, so not really.
I love XKCD.
OT: Not really. I mainly play Serious Sam, and Garrys Mod, so not really.
Yes, most certainly.
The enemies I've often felt the most guilt for killing are the grunts from Halo: Combat Evolved.
There was one particular incident where I was at the start of the level "The Captain" and had just got past the part where the grunt runs past with the flood-buddy battle form following him. One of his buddy grunts tried desperately to swat off the infection forms and a gaggle of arriving combat forms. I laid into the lot of them and then turned on the grunt. But when I hit him with the butt of my assault rifle, he cried out in this horrifying voice, "No! Please NO!!!"
Sent shivers down my spine as I realized how terrified and confused the poor critter was. Probably had spent the last few hours in the infested ship hiding and running from the Flood. And here I was whacking him over the head to finish him off.
Then there's the fact that the Grunts are slaves of the Covenant, just cannon-fodder for your guns. They don't have a choice in the matter of whether they live, fight, or die.
As fun as plowing head-first into a pack of grunts and jackals with your assault rifle is, I couldn't help but feel a little guilty for killing the poor guys.
I've also felt terrible killing the splicers from BioShock, since they're just regular people who had one too many mind-altering genetic therapies done on themselves.
And the hybrids and cyborg midwives from System Shock 2. Those are your own crew-mates you're forced to kill, all because a hive-mind worm species decided that it doesn't like Individuality and Autonomy.
The enemies I've often felt the most guilt for killing are the grunts from Halo: Combat Evolved.
There was one particular incident where I was at the start of the level "The Captain" and had just got past the part where the grunt runs past with the flood-buddy battle form following him. One of his buddy grunts tried desperately to swat off the infection forms and a gaggle of arriving combat forms. I laid into the lot of them and then turned on the grunt. But when I hit him with the butt of my assault rifle, he cried out in this horrifying voice, "No! Please NO!!!"
Sent shivers down my spine as I realized how terrified and confused the poor critter was. Probably had spent the last few hours in the infested ship hiding and running from the Flood. And here I was whacking him over the head to finish him off.
Then there's the fact that the Grunts are slaves of the Covenant, just cannon-fodder for your guns. They don't have a choice in the matter of whether they live, fight, or die.
As fun as plowing head-first into a pack of grunts and jackals with your assault rifle is, I couldn't help but feel a little guilty for killing the poor guys.
I've also felt terrible killing the splicers from BioShock, since they're just regular people who had one too many mind-altering genetic therapies done on themselves.
And the hybrids and cyborg midwives from System Shock 2. Those are your own crew-mates you're forced to kill, all because a hive-mind worm species decided that it doesn't like Individuality and Autonomy.
Yea. I could never kill a colossus without feeling a bit remorseful. They were minding they're own business. You only killed them because a voice told you to...runnergunner42 said:
Who's the real bad guy here?
Once in Screed Brotherhood.
It was one mission where I was chasing a few guys on horses to assassinate them. During this time, they were pretty much pleading for their lives and were just trying to get away from me.
Goku would not approve.
It was one mission where I was chasing a few guys on horses to assassinate them. During this time, they were pretty much pleading for their lives and were just trying to get away from me.
Goku would not approve.
Well do you remember Mazoga the Orc from Oblivion, who avenged her dead BFF? I murdered her to get her gear and the White Stallion Lodge to myself. That made me feel pretty bad.
this, so hardAndo85 said:
especially in the Call of Duty games, where you straight up snap their necks
except in Quake 2, those fuckers can take their parasite tongue and shove it up their mechanical asses
also, the little grunts from Halo Combat Evolved
sure they were a bit out of place with their yells and stuff, but still
last one, female enemies, for some reason, there's something about their high pitched death screams that always get me (you know, the really common ones. Also, the fucking mutant reveal from Parasite Eve 2 and the intro to Ninja Blade, fuck them)
I was playing Victoria Improvement Project the other day as the Ottoman Empire. I had fortified my mountainous border with Russia in the caucasus, stationed 60,000 troops in each province and had them fortified. No way past that I figure, Russians will have to come at me with 20 soldiers for each defender to crack my line.
Then 1.6 million Russian troops attacked the weaker part of my front.
The worst thing is that I had reserves ready so I send in first 400,000 troops and then later a further 800,000 - Russians kept piling on division after division after division though.
It was just a number, but seeing 3-4 million Russians kick it over the course of two months for nothing was quite unsettling even if it was me defending against them.
Then 1.6 million Russian troops attacked the weaker part of my front.
The worst thing is that I had reserves ready so I send in first 400,000 troops and then later a further 800,000 - Russians kept piling on division after division after division though.
It was just a number, but seeing 3-4 million Russians kick it over the course of two months for nothing was quite unsettling even if it was me defending against them.
Just once, it was a pvp game of LoL. Their tank and carry fed me, a viegar, then there is this karma. The karma was one of the bettest teammates they had, and they kept trolling her about not doing damage. She was a healer.
But every time i pushed r and t(deathfire)i felt bad.
But every time i pushed r and t(deathfire)i felt bad.
Yeah, definitely. STALKER games are where the feeling is propably strongest. I often find myself avoiding combat with bandits etc. in the wilderness. Although if I see a bunch of bandits attacking fellow stalkers, the gloves come off and IT'S GO TIME! If/when I get into a fight with the bandits and there are wounded ones left after the battle, sometimes I even drop a medkit next to them and leave them there. Of course they can't pick them up and use them, but...
Other games with this effect are some 4X games. I hate it when other civilizations/race start a war, I beat them and they refuse to sign a peace treaty. I've been playing the Fall From Heaven 2 mod for Civilization 4. All I'd want is to bring about the armageddon and have as many civilizations there to enjoy it. But no: "You are evil!" "You use Death Mana!" "You use Entropy Mana!". Pshaw.
Other games with this effect are some 4X games. I hate it when other civilizations/race start a war, I beat them and they refuse to sign a peace treaty. I've been playing the Fall From Heaven 2 mod for Civilization 4. All I'd want is to bring about the armageddon and have as many civilizations there to enjoy it. But no: "You are evil!" "You use Death Mana!" "You use Entropy Mana!". Pshaw.
Big Daddy/Lil Sis wins this thread.
I now have a habit of saying Q_Q IM SO SORRY MR.BUBBLES before I put a shotgun to their face.
Plus when you think about it, your TEARING APART A LITTLE GIRL TO GET A SLUG THATS INSIDE OF HER. Thats some gruesome shit. Good thing they don't show that.
I now have a habit of saying Q_Q IM SO SORRY MR.BUBBLES before I put a shotgun to their face.
Plus when you think about it, your TEARING APART A LITTLE GIRL TO GET A SLUG THATS INSIDE OF HER. Thats some gruesome shit. Good thing they don't show that.
