Games that make you really feel it when you kill
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I rarely fought the Big Daddies myself. I just waited till they got in front of a security cam then hurled the security plasmid at them. Since the plasmid itself does no damage to the target, the Big Daddy's eyes didn't turn red and the security just tore them apart. How ever harvesting the little sisters did make me feel something...TundraWolf said:
I registered on this site just to reiterate Shadow of Colossus. Most games you at least get a sense of accomplishment when you down a boss, but I just felt crudy at the end of that one.
And also to mention Prototype. Being in the Marines myself I kinda felt bad when I threw Lance Corporal Schmuckatelly or 2nd Lt Bootstrap (or in some cases BOTH) 15 blocks to splatter into pink mist. I couldn't help to think sometimes when I was surfing on some innocent bystander, cutting a lady in half for health, or punching a car until it exploded; what if I was just doing my normal day to day driving to work and had some asshole kick my car door in , rip me out, and cleave me in half?
And also to mention Prototype. Being in the Marines myself I kinda felt bad when I threw Lance Corporal Schmuckatelly or 2nd Lt Bootstrap (or in some cases BOTH) 15 blocks to splatter into pink mist. I couldn't help to think sometimes when I was surfing on some innocent bystander, cutting a lady in half for health, or punching a car until it exploded; what if I was just doing my normal day to day driving to work and had some asshole kick my car door in , rip me out, and cleave me in half?
That probably explains why I'm so messed up. I do recall feeling weird towards that game when I first played it. It was my first Prince of Persia game, and also the first game where I realized 'Wait, I can pass this section WITHOUT killing these people?'MishiSings said:
I'm replaying COD2 on hard. and damn, if you had a 5minute shootout with one hidden enemy and then you barely get him without dying. maybe even in close combat. Thats Something you not just forget. Especially if he doesnt die on the first real hit and crawls away or tries to get the pistol out of the holster to shoot you.
I can't say there's a lot of really visceral killing in the games I play, but a perfect headshot with any scoped weapon in Fallout 3 or New Vegas (especially my beloved Sniper Rifle in both games) on a human target is just so...satisfying.
Raiders in 3, Fiends in New Vegas, both make the perfect "damn, that felt good" sociopathic kill.
Raiders in 3, Fiends in New Vegas, both make the perfect "damn, that felt good" sociopathic kill.
Which section was that?L0rd0fDarkn3ss said:
Mind you, I never finished the game, because I was having trouble killing the Griffon, and wasn't able to do so before I ran out of health, goddamn Sand-Wraith mode.
During most of the 'platforming' sections there were baddies patrolling around that you didn't have to kill to get to the next part of the level. It was, in essence, just the platforming part.MishiSings said:
For example, anytime the Dahaka gave chase and Godsmack is playing in the background, there was a patrol in one of those sections. You could easily kill them, or ignore them since the big black demon was breathing down your neck. It was up to you.
I don't really feel sad when I kill NPC's in games, and for the following reasons. 1) whenever they are attacking me, it becomes a situation of survival on my part, which takes away te guilt from their kill, 2) since enemies and NPC's are often repeated, the shock of killing one is taken away when I kill 50 other clones of that NPC, and 3) in games like MW2 where there are other forces that are killing NPC's, me killing the NPC's is more an act of trying to speed up the progress rather than perfroming acts of cold-blooded murder.
There are however a few exceptions to this:
1) the colossai from Shadow of the Colossus. As well as only really attacking because I am posing a threat to them rather than the other way around (# 13 doesn't even attack you, he just tries to escape you), the ending of the game really strikes the idea in me that all those deaths not only got me nowhere in terms of my end goal, but also created a situation where countless lives are now threatened and lost (if Mono is indeed the Queen in Ico), all because of my selfish wants.
2) any dog (except wolves, cerberus, or the dogs from Demons Souls) because, well, I just love dogs and hate to see it when I'm the one killing them.
3) the enemies from Condemned 1. This may seem like a strange answer, but besides the manniquens and those of The Oro, the rest of the enemies are either those being manipulated by the Hub-caps late explained in Condemned 2 or simply those who have become the victims of an uncaring society, and while enemies are repeated, that aspect is negated when 1) you rarely ever see what the enemy looks like till they die and stay still, meaning the enemy can really be anything, making their death that more meaningful, and 2) even if they are repeated, the way each enemy looks further drives in the point that these were victims of an uncaring society who, becuse of their mistreatment, were doomed to end up like this.
There are however a few exceptions to this:
1) the colossai from Shadow of the Colossus. As well as only really attacking because I am posing a threat to them rather than the other way around (# 13 doesn't even attack you, he just tries to escape you), the ending of the game really strikes the idea in me that all those deaths not only got me nowhere in terms of my end goal, but also created a situation where countless lives are now threatened and lost (if Mono is indeed the Queen in Ico), all because of my selfish wants.
2) any dog (except wolves, cerberus, or the dogs from Demons Souls) because, well, I just love dogs and hate to see it when I'm the one killing them.
3) the enemies from Condemned 1. This may seem like a strange answer, but besides the manniquens and those of The Oro, the rest of the enemies are either those being manipulated by the Hub-caps late explained in Condemned 2 or simply those who have become the victims of an uncaring society, and while enemies are repeated, that aspect is negated when 1) you rarely ever see what the enemy looks like till they die and stay still, meaning the enemy can really be anything, making their death that more meaningful, and 2) even if they are repeated, the way each enemy looks further drives in the point that these were victims of an uncaring society who, becuse of their mistreatment, were doomed to end up like this.