What's the most ridiculous source of superpowers in games?
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Elder Scrolls main heroes ability to
-Pause time when opening up menus
-Come back to life by reloading saves
-Alter the world as they desire using the construction kit
comes from them realizing that they are actually just part of a dream of a being known as the god-head and thus don't technically exist, nor are they individuals, yet at the same time they believe "I AM" and thus gain mastery over the dream that is the Elder scrolls universe.
Control of the entire universe, which is to say nothing, as the universe and everything in it is a dream, comes from realizing your in a dream, and thus don't exist, just like everything else, yet still believing you exist anyways.
I think ultimate power coming from believing you exist, when you know you don't, is the most ridiculous source of power ever.
-Pause time when opening up menus
-Come back to life by reloading saves
-Alter the world as they desire using the construction kit
comes from them realizing that they are actually just part of a dream of a being known as the god-head and thus don't technically exist, nor are they individuals, yet at the same time they believe "I AM" and thus gain mastery over the dream that is the Elder scrolls universe.
Control of the entire universe, which is to say nothing, as the universe and everything in it is a dream, comes from realizing your in a dream, and thus don't exist, just like everything else, yet still believing you exist anyways.
I think ultimate power coming from believing you exist, when you know you don't, is the most ridiculous source of power ever.
Whale oil did strike me as a particularly impractical source of energy. It's combustible, and you can use it for lamps and things (I'd even permit some fire-based weaponry), but I'm pretty sure that it isn't enough to kickstart an industrial revolution.
Compared to comic book heroes, most video game superpowers are downright plausible.
At least it beats radioactive spiders or wearing your underwear on the outside!SajuukKhar said:
I'm gonna be that guy and point out that the whale oil has nothing to do with the superpowers.
I'd have to say that, off the top of my head, the most ridiculous source of superpowers would have to be nuclear radiation. It doesn't matter how traditional it is, there's always that voice screaming in the back of my head that I can't quite ignore.
I'd have to say that, off the top of my head, the most ridiculous source of superpowers would have to be nuclear radiation. It doesn't matter how traditional it is, there's always that voice screaming in the back of my head that I can't quite ignore.
Never actually played the games, but I heard that Max Payne gets bullet-time reflexes by drinking alcohol. Considering the problem with drinking and driving is that alcohol drastically impairs your ability to react in real time to stimuli, this seems a bit absurd.
RDR's bullet-time works much the same way, but with moonshine, snake oil, and chewing tobacco thrown in.
RDR's bullet-time works much the same way, but with moonshine, snake oil, and chewing tobacco thrown in.
Agreed. Ever heard of Snowflame? He's a cocaine powered supervillain. Nope, not joking.skywolfblue said:Compared to comic book heroes, most video game superpowers are downright plausible.
At least it beats radioactive spiders or wearing your underwear on the outside!SajuukKhar said:
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Snowflame_(New_Earth)
Also, while I am going to catch flak for this, I'm going to go ahead and say all unpowered heroes are ridiculous, with the possible exception of power armored heroes like Iron Man. Until I'm given at least semi-reasonable explanation as to why batman and the punisher never get shot, I'm going to go ahead and say they might be slightly* unrealistic.
*Read: very
I think Mario being so incredibly awesome at what he does because he is an Italian Plumber, is the strangest source of power ever.
I mean, he fights actual magicians, ghosts, giant plants, giant turtles, and so much more... With his boots, his hammer, and other powers that are even stranger: a mushroom that makes him double in size, a flower that makes him shoot fireballs, and a feather that gives him a tail and allows him to fly =|
And thats not even getting into the stranger powers he gets in some games.
I mean, he fights actual magicians, ghosts, giant plants, giant turtles, and so much more... With his boots, his hammer, and other powers that are even stranger: a mushroom that makes him double in size, a flower that makes him shoot fireballs, and a feather that gives him a tail and allows him to fly =|
And thats not even getting into the stranger powers he gets in some games.
Anything related to Captain Planet rings, and trust me if I had the ring of a fire, I would not build a bridge.
