"what the hell ..." moments in gaming
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Better hide this...Arionis said:
No, no. You and I are in agreement there. The whole time the scene was playing out, I waited for Jackie to shake The Darkness off, pull a gun, and get all Big Damn Hero on that greasy pig for daring to lay a hand on my Jenny. I waited in vain.
One more reason this game pulls the love interest off better than Fable, specifically Fable 2. The key to a good narrative? Show, don't tell. Lucien telling me he killed my family has little to no effect on me, especially considering how unsubtle the game was about telling me how much I loved them earlier. "HEY REMEMBER THAT FAMILY THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH BECAUSE WE TOLD YOU SO? WELL THIS GUY KILLED THEM! BETCHA FEEL REAL SAD NOW DON'T YOU?" No, Fable, I don't, and the only reason I'm picking the save the family option is to get my dog back, because he at least found buried treasure. There are always more whores in the ocean for my female! character to marry.
Jenny, on the other hand? I was almost nauseous when that gun went off, and hearing the fear in The Darkness's voice when Jackie turns the gun that killed Jenny on himself was deeply satisfying for all the wrong reasons. Oh yeah, and when the time came to murder that fat fuck at the end of the game? I let him squirm a bit. Waited until he had that gun in his hand before I put a round in his skull, right where he put one in Jenny's. Payback's a *****, ain't it? And in the end, I wanted that goodbye to last forever. Hearing Jackie begging Jenny not to go, like a little kid, was heartbreaking. Jackie, this vicious murderer with a 300-plus body count, and he's begging.
Not bad for a five-dollar game.
One more reason this game pulls the love interest off better than Fable, specifically Fable 2. The key to a good narrative? Show, don't tell. Lucien telling me he killed my family has little to no effect on me, especially considering how unsubtle the game was about telling me how much I loved them earlier. "HEY REMEMBER THAT FAMILY THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH BECAUSE WE TOLD YOU SO? WELL THIS GUY KILLED THEM! BETCHA FEEL REAL SAD NOW DON'T YOU?" No, Fable, I don't, and the only reason I'm picking the save the family option is to get my dog back, because he at least found buried treasure. There are always more whores in the ocean for my female! character to marry.
Jenny, on the other hand? I was almost nauseous when that gun went off, and hearing the fear in The Darkness's voice when Jackie turns the gun that killed Jenny on himself was deeply satisfying for all the wrong reasons. Oh yeah, and when the time came to murder that fat fuck at the end of the game? I let him squirm a bit. Waited until he had that gun in his hand before I put a round in his skull, right where he put one in Jenny's. Payback's a *****, ain't it? And in the end, I wanted that goodbye to last forever. Hearing Jackie begging Jenny not to go, like a little kid, was heartbreaking. Jackie, this vicious murderer with a 300-plus body count, and he's begging.
Not bad for a five-dollar game.
Vanquish. The first time an ARGUS robot transformed. I'd killed a giant 4 legged tank, I turned away to leave through the door I knew would unlock. After about 30 secs nothing happened so I turned back around and the tank had turned into a robot that was channeling Megatron. Shocked but it was awesome.
Also in the same game another ARGUS turned up, killed it started to leave. Suddenly died from a sudden final blast from this things chest. There was no way I could have predicted.
That's all I can think of for now.
Also in the same game another ARGUS turned up, killed it started to leave. Suddenly died from a sudden final blast from this things chest. There was no way I could have predicted.
That's all I can think of for now.
My love of Twin Peaks is probably why I didn't find DP that weird... after a while. Sinner's Sandwich scene is still brilliant. I still need to finish it, actually - shame the gameplay is such a drag.Kl4pp5tuhl said:
The ending of Assassin's Creed 2. Brohood probably would have been too if I hadnt already been expecting some weird shit to go down.
I also had a what the hell moment a long time ago when I played Paper Mario Thousand year door. It was the first time I played a game with a fourth wall break and it was hilarious after i realized what had happened.
I also had a what the hell moment a long time ago when I played Paper Mario Thousand year door. It was the first time I played a game with a fourth wall break and it was hilarious after i realized what had happened.
You want to know what's more fucked up?Fayathon said:
Apparently, Nier is the sequel to fifth ending of Drakengard. WTF.
On the other note: I'm glad people still remember that game. The entire plot was wtf but still pretty fun to play as a badass dragon. Sigh, I always hoped for Drakengard 3.
I can one up you. When you kill someone then he becomes some combination of Stretch Armstrong and Slenderman, turning black and stretching across the sky. I'm pretty sure it made my game crash at least once. I think it was in Mercs 2.Ddgafd said:
Also, when no one chops down any wood for you in Dwarf Fortress because they apparently refuse to travel outside of their burrow boundries.
Recently I've said this a few times when playing InFamous. I've been walking down the side walk only to see a pedestrian walk into a bench, trip, flail around through the bench, come out the other side, and collapse, wounded. Needless to say I wasn't going to heal him, as I think Darwinism should take over in that particular case of stupidity.
The only game that has made me go WTF at anything other then a glitch/boss battle is Bioshock. I played it on release day well before it had been spoilered to hell and back and as someone who prides himself in being able to see pretty much every plot twist coming, that one had my jaw hitting the floor. Its a twist that is so simplistic, but could only work in a game and then only once in the medium before its expected by everyone. To be honest, there's part of me thats surprised no-one had thought of using it before.
One time in STALKER:Call of Pripyat I was destroying a bloodsucker lair with a friend, I killed one of them and I turned around to see the next on come at me, and I was like "Crap!" then I had my entrails painted all over the nearest wall and I was like...wait this is only easy mode!
That guy is a legend; my friend has played GTA 4 for ages and still not seen a fraction of the hilarious glitches that Ben Buja has. His RDR ones are class, especially shooting his own horse by accident.Trezu said:
OT: The first time I had a ragdoll physics glitch on Dawn of War 2's The Last Stand mode; I was like "Wha!? Why is that Ork flying round in circles in the air in and out of pieces of scenery!?"
Oh and who can forget the first time I saw the Radscorpion glitch in Fallout 3; "wow, that's just messed up..."
The scene in MGS2, where president Johnson crotch grabs Raiden, and then he's like, "Your a man?" I was like WTF before I burst out laughing. I only now realise that he "apparently" thought Raiden was Olga or something. Riiiiight. Than I played MGS3, and again with the crotch grab, except this time it was Big Boss disguised as Raikov receiving it from Volgin. XD