Revenge
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Phoenix Wright is actually really good with "revenge". Every case starts out with you facing off against a complete dick of a prosecutor who taunts your every move and even deflects most of your early arguments pretty easily. Midway you meet another dickface, named Im Not Killer, who pretty much dodges all your questions under the pretense of being a high-class, wealthy person with a whole lot of power, and generally makes a very hateable character. Then by the end of the case, both that dick prosecutor and dick murderer are sweating their asses off under the glare of a question you've just asked that they can't answer without admitting their guilt. Then each murderer has their own "flip-out" animation at the very end of the case where they just go berserk from frustration.
I gotta say; it really makes you feel pretty badass when your pointer finger drives someone to nearly claw his own face off.
I gotta say; it really makes you feel pretty badass when your pointer finger drives someone to nearly claw his own face off.
As stated and restated before Half-Life 2 managed to bend the revenge angle very well and delivered satisfaction straight into my heart.
In it's opening vista you were dropped off at a decrepit train station with little awareness to your surroundings or how you arrived. After meandering around for maybe...ten minutes you quickly learn the oppressive nature of this society by witnessing the the constant surveillance, looping propaganda, overwhelming fear and hopelessness amongst citizens and bullying from the police who would beat you without warning for so much as looking at them the wrong way or being closer than they preferred. Later you frantically flee a ruthless crackdown on unarmed citizens only to get cornered and have the pussy beat out of you. Thankfully you are rescued and and left on your own with only a crowbar.
Moments later you hear the terrified screams from a helpless woman who along with her companion is suffering a ruthless beating from the same police whom blocked your every turn, tormented, and nearly killed you. Without regard to your own safety you charge into the corridor, yeah partially to save the poor couple but really payback has been building interest and you're gonna smash heads. And splat goes the porkers.
Much later in the game, like a rat in an electrified maze frenetic you run through the streets of the wartorn City 17, while leading scattered squads of survivors, and dodging and absorbing a relentless bombardment from enemies of all shapes and sizes from every which way. You survive this action climax and reach both the game and City 17's of the Citadel. After a long vista you get dumped into a compartment while your cherished weapons are confiscated. At which you find yourself thinking: Bullshit! Did I survive all that for this? Is this the weak-ass moment required in every shooter where you are stripped of your weapons and must collect them all back again like a recovered junkie's reputation?
No, instead you're compensated in more ways than one by receiving SUPER-EPIC-AWESOME-FUCK-THE-BFG9000 gun and all those bastards that gave you trouble previously from Gunships to Striders to Combine Elite are now catapult gayly through the air, go splat under the crushing of items weighing in tons and disintegrate into crispy bacon strips faster than you can type OMGWTF!
In it's opening vista you were dropped off at a decrepit train station with little awareness to your surroundings or how you arrived. After meandering around for maybe...ten minutes you quickly learn the oppressive nature of this society by witnessing the the constant surveillance, looping propaganda, overwhelming fear and hopelessness amongst citizens and bullying from the police who would beat you without warning for so much as looking at them the wrong way or being closer than they preferred. Later you frantically flee a ruthless crackdown on unarmed citizens only to get cornered and have the pussy beat out of you. Thankfully you are rescued and and left on your own with only a crowbar.
Moments later you hear the terrified screams from a helpless woman who along with her companion is suffering a ruthless beating from the same police whom blocked your every turn, tormented, and nearly killed you. Without regard to your own safety you charge into the corridor, yeah partially to save the poor couple but really payback has been building interest and you're gonna smash heads. And splat goes the porkers.
Much later in the game, like a rat in an electrified maze frenetic you run through the streets of the wartorn City 17, while leading scattered squads of survivors, and dodging and absorbing a relentless bombardment from enemies of all shapes and sizes from every which way. You survive this action climax and reach both the game and City 17's of the Citadel. After a long vista you get dumped into a compartment while your cherished weapons are confiscated. At which you find yourself thinking: Bullshit! Did I survive all that for this? Is this the weak-ass moment required in every shooter where you are stripped of your weapons and must collect them all back again like a recovered junkie's reputation?
No, instead you're compensated in more ways than one by receiving SUPER-EPIC-AWESOME-FUCK-THE-BFG9000 gun and all those bastards that gave you trouble previously from Gunships to Striders to Combine Elite are now catapult gayly through the air, go splat under the crushing of items weighing in tons and disintegrate into crispy bacon strips faster than you can type OMGWTF!
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I JUST read Count of Monte Cristo and I thought the ending was too happy. He literally sailed off into the sunset with fresh Asian tail. His giant plot of revenge had NO negative consequences to him whatsoever.
Maybe I'm being too cynical.
I JUST read Count of Monte Cristo and I thought the ending was too happy. He literally sailed off into the sunset with fresh Asian tail. His giant plot of revenge had NO negative consequences to him whatsoever.
Maybe I'm being too cynical.
Another Poe Fan *bows*. Yes the Cask is a classic revenge is a dish best served cold story that keeps you glued to the pages until the last word.unimportant1 said:
Niko always reminds me of the Russian terrorists in South Park, "I don't want to die before I get paid!"
Niko was one of my favorite characters too, which was really cemented after rescuing Roman when his dumb ass got captured. Here's Niko, after all the shit he and his cousin put each other through, /flipping the fuck out/ while mowing down baddie after baddie just to save what remaining family he has.
One other thing to keep in mind with a scaling difficulty curve would be customizable equipment. In the case of Fallout 3, for instance, you face progressively tougher enemies in the world as you level. But if you keep on top of getting high quality armor and weapons, you'll still stay ahead. And I'm not talking about the Fatman, oh no. The Terrible shotgun, used out of VATS, with a head shot sneak attack can do over 2000 damage in a single shot. That's enough to turn a super mutant behemoth into paste.
In games with more RPG elements, at least, scaling difficulty enemies can be trivialized with appropriate tactics and equipment. In most cases.
One other thing to keep in mind with a scaling difficulty curve would be customizable equipment. In the case of Fallout 3, for instance, you face progressively tougher enemies in the world as you level. But if you keep on top of getting high quality armor and weapons, you'll still stay ahead. And I'm not talking about the Fatman, oh no. The Terrible shotgun, used out of VATS, with a head shot sneak attack can do over 2000 damage in a single shot. That's enough to turn a super mutant behemoth into paste.
In games with more RPG elements, at least, scaling difficulty enemies can be trivialized with appropriate tactics and equipment. In most cases.
