03-12-2008, 10:48 PM
Y'know, the last time I felt a crushing loss in a videogame...
Okay, I admit it, it was that damn cube. That goddamned cube. It was obvious what was going to happen, even if you didn't read the Achievement descriptions beforehand, but I still spent a good ten minutes in that corridor looking for a way to get through the gate without doing the inevitable. Bitch.
Obviously, Mr. Vebrinski never played the original Homeworld either. Best. Loss of life. In a videogame. Ever. Brilliantly executed, and I thought it was absolutely beautiful how they used the same music as they did in the opening scene, turning it from a message of hope and security to something of sorrow and loss. It still chills me every time I play through that mission. Aeris' death sucked, really did suck, in the face of a full planetary genocide that left little over 600,000 survivors out of billions, and even less than that if you weren't quick or prepared.
You barely saw a single human face throughout the entire game, but that did absolutely nothing to diminish the empathy you felt for them.
And the end of Fallout still has a place in my heart. Poor Vault Dweller:(
Okay, I admit it, it was that damn cube. That goddamned cube. It was obvious what was going to happen, even if you didn't read the Achievement descriptions beforehand, but I still spent a good ten minutes in that corridor looking for a way to get through the gate without doing the inevitable. Bitch.
Obviously, Mr. Vebrinski never played the original Homeworld either. Best. Loss of life. In a videogame. Ever. Brilliantly executed, and I thought it was absolutely beautiful how they used the same music as they did in the opening scene, turning it from a message of hope and security to something of sorrow and loss. It still chills me every time I play through that mission. Aeris' death sucked, really did suck, in the face of a full planetary genocide that left little over 600,000 survivors out of billions, and even less than that if you weren't quick or prepared.
You barely saw a single human face throughout the entire game, but that did absolutely nothing to diminish the empathy you felt for them.
And the end of Fallout still has a place in my heart. Poor Vault Dweller:(
When in mortal danger,
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
BattleTag: Schrau#2386
When beset by doubt,
Run in little circles,
Wave your arms and shout.
BattleTag: Schrau#2386