Wouldn't it suck to be the pilot?

[quiet_samurai]

Lol, I clicked on this because I thought the title said "Wouldn't it suck to be a toilet?" I have no Idea why my brain chose to see that, I think I'm going to make this my last post for the night.


OT: Yes, it does happen often. Maybe because as long as the pilot lives there is always a chance of escape to be had more readily and easily. Or usually because the pilot doesn't really have a name and is not needed for character development so he's expendible.

Then again this happend.

Spoiler

Wash dying in Serenity

I also personally think it would suck to be a toilet.

 

[Supreme Unleaded]

IRL, the pilot is acually the safest person. If its a jet they have ejector seats, if its a helicopter then they have shock obsorbing everything, pretty much the entire end of a black hawk can be ripped off and the pilot will survive.

 

[AWC Viper]

Dead Rising used this to great effect. I truly believed that I was going to be rescued after 3 days. Seeing my one good shot at leaving the town get eaten by a zombie was spirit-breaking.

that's only if you get the "A" ending

 

[Fenring]

Well, in helicopters, when it crashes, everyone's screwed unless it lands flat on the bottom, then everyone who's properly secured would have about the same chance of living.

 

[LordGarbageMan]

Yeah pilots/drivers always die, like in GRAW2s plot, your driver that has been with you the whole time gets killed by a helicopter near the end.

 

[Void(null)]

KotOR Games:

Worst Piolets ever... they crash on every planet in the galaxy, forcing you to get a new ship or repair the damage one... JUST SO THEY CAN CRASH INTO ANOTHER PLANET.

Those are the only games in which i had truly wished the Pilot had died.

Uh... what are you talking about? I don't recall EVER crashing in KotOR 1. I will concede to KotOR 2, however. Starting the game in a damaged Ebon Hawk, the misadventures at Telos, being shot down at Onderon, crash-landing at Malachor V...

KotOR

Spoiler

In the begining, you Crash land on Taris, at the end near the StarForge you crash land on the Unknown World.

KotOR II

Seems you crash into almost every planet or obstacle along the way.

 

[Necrofudge]

The pilot of most games is like the janitor of most sitcoms.
Except with less speaking rolls and more dying.

 

[101194]

Don't worry about it, He was Probably a dick in life anyway.

 

[Kimarous]

KotOR Games:

Worst Piolets ever... they crash on every planet in the galaxy, forcing you to get a new ship or repair the damage one... JUST SO THEY CAN CRASH INTO ANOTHER PLANET.

Those are the only games in which i had truly wished the Pilot had died.

Uh... what are you talking about? I don't recall EVER crashing in KotOR 1. I will concede to KotOR 2, however. Starting the game in a damaged Ebon Hawk, the misadventures at Telos, being shot down at Onderon, crash-landing at Malachor V...

KotOR

Spoiler

In the begining, you Crash land on Taris, at the end near the StarForge you crash land on the Unknown World.

KotOR II

Seems you crash into almost every planet or obstacle along the way.

Again, I agree with you on KotOR 2, but I still disagree on KotOR 1. The first instance was an escape pod; no pilot, natural crash, no complaint. The second instance, meanwhile, was more of a rough landing than an outright crash. But I digress.

 

[Inco]

I felt the same way honestly and it was a mix between:
"Oh no she died, I actually liked her!"
And:
"Oh shit there goes my ride... I DON'T RESPOND WELL TO TIME LIMITS!!"

...Seriously I don't go well with time limits, I get really anxious.

I think that time limit bit is my favourite bit of all halo games, more than the last bit of halo 3. It was because it added to the tension of everything going to hell and everyone going nuts trying to escape the hellhole. Like covenant taking on sentinels or flood. Everyone of that race trying to race back to their ships amidst everything. Legendary made it even more tense by reducing the time by a minute and letting the enemies kill you quite quickly if you screw up...

OT- On ODST was quite a funny thing where this occurred

Spoiler

The pilot in a certain mission is the only person killed after the tail of the ship was hit and the ship ran headfirst into a building. Yet many nameless guys also survive. They even say 'the only person who was killed was the pilot.' Hell, even the normal faceless foot solders lived!

Or in COD4 when your helicopter is shot down in the 'hunted' mission. The pilot was one of the only guys lost..

 

[Void(null)]

Again, I agree with you on KotOR 2, but I still disagree on KotOR 1. The first instance was an escape pod; no pilot, natural crash, no complaint. The second instance, meanwhile, was more of a rough landing than an outright crash. But I digress.

Agree or disagree all you like, but over used plot device in is over used.

 

[The Cheezy One]

Spoiler: Yes. I point to you Resident Evil 4.

Never say drinks are on me. next hell be showing a picture of his beautiful teenage daught and say "shes going to college in 3 weeks. shell make daddy proud. then me and the wife are going on a caribbean cruise. also i found out who killed JFK! it was... aw hell ill tell you when i get back. whats this? my insurance form? ill sign it now! ...hold on, this pen is out of ink. oh well, ill sign it later"

I want to see someone make a game where you're the pilot on one of these suicide missions, and your sole job is to crash the vehicle into the most dangerous area you can find.

there is a game called dropship for the ps2, but that might be a very slow flight sim where the bombs sometimes are tanks. ive got it, but never played it. your way sounds good though. you know what would be great? if you were a charater following the protagonist round, being a faceless guy in a shuttle, having to drop in hotspots then shout
"fires too heavey, im pulling out. hey, protagonists, sucks to be you!"
ah the switch of roles

theres only been one game ive ever played that tried to make you believe your branch of the armed services was only assisting in success, and its ace combat 6. shame the story is a clichéd load of poop in a crust old paper bag

 

[WolfThomas]

I took a henchmen in the helicopter for the final (well 2nd last) mission in Saint Row 2, when you leaped from it in the cutscene, I felt bad for the henchman left inside who went spiraling to his death...FOR ABOUT ONE SECOND!

I was a bad boss

 

[Kollega]

Pilots tend to die. If you was alone,they die so you don't have to lug NPC around and protect him (especially considering he's not armed). If you are part of the squad,it is good way to say "Ha! No escape or air support for you!" to the player.

 

[L4Y Duke]

You know, just for once I'd like to see a game where the pilot survives, but the plane/helicopter/giant-space-thingy-in-space doesn't.

Y'know, mix it up for once.

 

[Azulito]

Like L4Y Duke, I'd love to see a game where the pilot survives.

I mean, Mike in RE4... I liked him more that all other characters combined D:

 

[Beartrucci]

It's simply an overused plot device. Unless the plane crashes headfirst, the pilot has the same chances of surviving than everyone else.

Which reminds me...
In Call of Duty 4, there's a part in the campaign where the player must rescue an injured pilot from a plane (edit) helicopter.

Spoiler: COD4 Spoilers, well a question which could be spoilers.

Didn't the pilot die anyway?