Gralian said:
I, uh... I don't know why, but i kidnap people on Red Dead Redemption. I find people riding out in the wilderness alone, or i find a stagecoach, i put on my bandana, i kill any companions the victim might have (and any witnesses), and then i rope up the last one left alive, hogtie them, and put them on my horse. I then ride out into the middle of nowhere, it could be a camp, it could be the top of a cliffside, i point the gun at their face, and pull the trigger.....
-Snip-
I have no idea why i do these things. I just get... cravings. It's very satisfying. I've wasted many hours simply hunting and killing people in this fashion, but always making sure to wear my bandanna so i'm always 100% honourable. I'm sort of like the wild west version of Patrick Bateman.
i completely understand. while usually I prefer the "good" path in games for some reason, in GTA 4 it started as quasi innocent, after going on a few innocent "dates" with Niko's ladyfriends, the one girl I actually liked (read: she was the least annoying) actually broke up with Niko over some random arbitrary nonsense. Niko and I sat there, contemplated, then we reloaded the save. Went on the date. And everything started spiraling out of control.
I would try to find new and inventive ways to kill the girlfriends, with my favourite method involving picking them up in a car the was almost damaged to the point of being on fire. A few bumps later and a speeding bailout on a straight-a-way would leave the poor girl sitting ablaze in a rolling time-bomb. That way the game doesnt perceive it as you actively threatening them (then they break up with you) But thats not the worst.
For some reason Niko (and not I, I was merely his 'retainer' at this time, the one who would share in these episodes)....for some reason, Niko would feel compelled to examin the smoldering wreckage of the car, and to take pictures of the burnt lass within. Much to our dismay, you couldn't save the pictures. No matter, Niko and I had our new hunt, and new trophies to acquire, no matter how temporary the trophies would be.
Between killing Niko's girlfriends, and waiting for them to come out of the hospital and call for a pickup (where we would kill them again, preferably with the helicopters rotors, so that it would still be considered "accidental" and they wont break up with you) ...between this I would take to the occasional whore, they were awesome as the promise of money always gets them in the car. They would, of course get the classic prostitute treatment, seedy back alley-ways were at first their only witness to the last passionate indulgence they would ever face.... before the knife got a taste.
The knife was always preferred over the firearm, so much more intimate. And bare-handed slaying was just brutal. Plus the knife always garnished the game with one more event; the chase.
After a while it was any "pretty" girl that could be found on the streets of Liberty. Niko would follow them for a block or so, only to realize that they would never acknowledge him more than they were scripted to, and the only way that they would ever be a part of one anothers life was through the knife. That greedy, vile knife, so warm at first, the bastard, but then it was always over too quickly. The guns were for any potential witnesses.
And then always the pictures. Usually 2 or 3 per kill, at least one good one of the body, and at least one good one of the face. I imagined Niko wouldtake to one of his finer safehouses, in his fine tailored suit, and review his trophies over wine and classical music. Niko, I'm assuming, would himself be wondering where these psychotic impulses were coming from. Almost like he was being controlled....