What's The Worst Game Universe To Be Stuck In?
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Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing. In a world where there is no purpose but to win, you can drive without limit and and go beyond the speed of light...to nowhere. Except the Gray Void of Bad Level Design.
A good universe to be trapped in?
...Ladykiller? =3
No, seriously, though, any of those extreme sports games like SSX3 or a pro-skater game. Sure, if you're not into extreme sports, it might seem awful as hell, but, think about it - bones never break in any of those games and you can jump, like, 300ft into the air without getting hurt, and nobody is trying to kill you. ^ ^
...Ladykiller? =3
No, seriously, though, any of those extreme sports games like SSX3 or a pro-skater game. Sure, if you're not into extreme sports, it might seem awful as hell, but, think about it - bones never break in any of those games and you can jump, like, 300ft into the air without getting hurt, and nobody is trying to kill you. ^ ^
Kingdom Hearts universe.
Now, now, you might not think it's so bad compared to Resident Evil or Prototype - but look at it. Giant talking furries can pop up at you whenever they want and force you on a quest. On top of that, there are these black buggy things that will consume not your flesh, but your heart. You don't even die. You're doomed to live as a black buggy thing until a fourteen year old boy frees you with the help of his boyfriend and little sister.
You are stuck in a Disney candy-coated universe for the rest of your miserable existence.
Want to move away from your dinky little town? You can't. You are pigeon-holed in by plot. Your town is the entire world. You are stuck there forever unless the world is eaten by a black buggy thing because the goddamn kid can't do anything right. Then you have something like a 25% chance of ending up on another world, and a 75% of being eaten (and later killed again by that kid).
Then there's the Disney branch of NAMBLA, which also want your heart, but I wouldn't get into that because you're probably dead by then.
Want to fight against the evil black things/NAMBLA? You can't unless you're one of the three main characters or from a previously established Square/Disney franchise. Enjoy being a useless tool.
Even if you manage to avoid all of this there's a good chance Mickey goddamn Mouse will pop up and tell you to go on a quest. In fact, because you can hold a thought for more than a second, it would appear that people will go to you a lot. Or perhaps they'll think you're a witch and you'll be forced to live in Yen Sid's tower.
At least in Prototype you'll have the option to die. Granted, you might be consumed by Alex Mercer in what is the most unsafe sex ever, but at least you'll be dead.
Nobody ever dies in the Disney universe.
Ever.
Now, now, you might not think it's so bad compared to Resident Evil or Prototype - but look at it. Giant talking furries can pop up at you whenever they want and force you on a quest. On top of that, there are these black buggy things that will consume not your flesh, but your heart. You don't even die. You're doomed to live as a black buggy thing until a fourteen year old boy frees you with the help of his boyfriend and little sister.
You are stuck in a Disney candy-coated universe for the rest of your miserable existence.
Want to move away from your dinky little town? You can't. You are pigeon-holed in by plot. Your town is the entire world. You are stuck there forever unless the world is eaten by a black buggy thing because the goddamn kid can't do anything right. Then you have something like a 25% chance of ending up on another world, and a 75% of being eaten (and later killed again by that kid).
Then there's the Disney branch of NAMBLA, which also want your heart, but I wouldn't get into that because you're probably dead by then.
Want to fight against the evil black things/NAMBLA? You can't unless you're one of the three main characters or from a previously established Square/Disney franchise. Enjoy being a useless tool.
Even if you manage to avoid all of this there's a good chance Mickey goddamn Mouse will pop up and tell you to go on a quest. In fact, because you can hold a thought for more than a second, it would appear that people will go to you a lot. Or perhaps they'll think you're a witch and you'll be forced to live in Yen Sid's tower.
At least in Prototype you'll have the option to die. Granted, you might be consumed by Alex Mercer in what is the most unsafe sex ever, but at least you'll be dead.
Nobody ever dies in the Disney universe.
Ever.
Diablo. A triad of Satans are trying to assimilate our realm as a part of Hell? Fuck you, dude, I'm gettin outta here.
*cowers in corner, rocking back and forth in terror* "Twenty-three hours, fifty nine minutes... twenty-three hours, fifty eight minutes..."
*cowers in corner, rocking back and forth in terror* "Twenty-three hours, fifty nine minutes... twenty-three hours, fifty eight minutes..."
Pokemon, I mean what, the towns have like 5 houses. And this fucking kid will just walk right in bothering you about team rocket or some shit, and expect me to give him my HMs. Let me live in peace and HEY DON'T WATCH MY TV GET OUT OF MY HOUSE DAMMIT NO DON'T FLY YOU'LL BREAK MY ROOK FUUUUUUU-
i recently got stuck playing Loki... running around a maze for 2 hours looking for something that you havent already dealt swift and bloody death too just to find some firetrucking phoenix feather just to get out of there really makes you want to bash the head in of the idiot that designed the level... i still say theres a game designer out there that needs to get a little punch in the face for creating azshara(sp?) in WOW...
In 24 hours time, there are only a few things that would likely kill you.Squid94 said:
Raiders are the most lethal and prevelant. Since we know for certain you only need to survive one full day the solution is simple: hide. There's no need to go hunting for food and water if you're only going to be stuck for a full day. As the timeline increases however, raiders become a lesser concern and dehydradtion becomes the next most probable killer.
The second threat is simply exposure. Fallout doesn't really give us any information as to the prevailing climate in the capital wastes. Sure it's dry and bright, but is it any warmer or cooler on average than the DC area normally is these days? Regardless of the season, your hiding spot ought to at least be able to provide some degree of protection from the elments. The catch is, the best hiding spots are probably taken by other things or known to the raiders.
The third threat is the random monsters of the wastes. Generally speaking, these would be the mole-rat (primarily beasts that live underground and generally only venture short distances from their own lairs), wild dogs (like any pack animal they will only attack for food or if their territory is threatened. They can be treated in the same way one treats wolves and whatnot. Presumably, like most animals, they fear fire), deathclaws (which generally only reside at a distance from human settlements and for which there is no adequate defense) Yao Guai (which are, generally speaking, just mutated bears and can probably be treated as such when encountered), and radscorpions (which presumably follow the normal traditions of the scorpion, only much larger).
Most games have universes that are terrible, at least for the period with which we interact. In Mass Effect the universe is under the threat of utter annihilation at the hands of two seperate races of intelligent machines. Sure the geth could be fought to a bloody standstill but against the Reavers there is no hope of resistance. If I recall correctly, the one reaver in the game managed to take out at least a half-dozen terran ships without breaking a sweat and it took the better part of the human fleet and what remained of the citadel fleet to bring it down, and there could be hundreds, thousands or even millions of those things just waiting around for an opportunity to come back and reset evolution.
In Warhammer 40k, no matter what side you choose to view, the universe is a dark and horrible place. On the one hand you have humanity, beset on all sides by enemies kept at by only by sheer weight in firepower all while eroding from the inside. Worse still, they are lead by a dead man who is more or less god at this point in a regime that can charitably be called "brutal". Surival of the species is in doubt and you have to wonder if the Guardsmen actually think the struggle is worth the effort. Likewise, the Eldar are a species doomed to extinction and yet they time and again lash out violently in an attempt to alter the course of fates. Where the doom of man is simply one of corruption, or the terrible blow or the orc choppas or any of a thousand grisly means of demise, the eldar are fighting for their very souls, and they are losing the war. The Orks exist only for warfare and their lives are nothing but short and brutish affairs. They live to fight but aren't particularly gifted at survival, relying on strength in numbers as often as they rely on strength of arms so they are essentially bread to choke rivers with their dead in order to win a war. While there may perhaps be pockets of joy and goodness, surely they would be quickly stamped out by a universe that seems opposed to such things at a fundamental level.
I could go on at length I'm sure, but the point is simple: there are few games that involve any sort of combat that actually present a world that I feel is worth fighting for, much less dying for. And if it's not worth fighting for, would I actually want to live there?
Fallout 3.
Reason?
Plus thousands of other dangers, but really, this is the only one I need to make my case.
Reason?
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I think you may have misunderstood my meaning.KarumaK said:
You are describing the Dead or Alive Universe. This is the DoA:Beach Volleyball/Extreme universe, where the girls hang around on an island all day, populated by a lone male.
They play beach sports, hang by the pool, and go shopping every second day for more bikini's, which I might mention, is the only thing they seem to ever wear.
Also, sunburn is non-existent in this universe.
Sounds pretty good to me
