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plasmawave
Banned
He's not dead. It's just flesh wound.
djplaeskool
Member
Sierra comes to mind. Not always brutal but pretty savage for point and click adventures.
Quest for Glory I
Hahaha yes.
Getting dance'd to death for stepping into the faerie ring a second time is one of my all-time favorite adventure game death sequences.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
And some downright funny ones. I remember the bishop's dying animation in the NES version, looked he was masturbating.
LOL,this is my 3DS boot screen.
Really love it.
I can't find a gif of it, but there's a pretty memorable death scene from Sweet Home on the NES (which was only released in Japan):
Here's the whole scene on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMcxSasGAM0
Certain death scenes in Sierra adventure games always creeped me out as a kid:
Rise of the Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16rHsY-P8Wc
Willy Beamish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEyXkmwALMo
Here's the whole scene on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMcxSasGAM0
Certain death scenes in Sierra adventure games always creeped me out as a kid:
Rise of the Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16rHsY-P8Wc
Willy Beamish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEyXkmwALMo
Almond
Member
Haunting Ground has some gruesome ones,
but it's the uncomfortable, strange, sounds the stalkers make after they capture you when you get a Game Over that are probably the most brutal because you're left up to your imagination.
EDIT: OLD GAMES. I don't know how I misread that before....
Hellnight, maybe? That's all I can think of for now.
but it's the uncomfortable, strange, sounds the stalkers make after they capture you when you get a Game Over that are probably the most brutal because you're left up to your imagination.
EDIT: OLD GAMES. I don't know how I misread that before....
Hellnight, maybe? That's all I can think of for now.
You know, for some reason death sequences where characters are turned into food make me extra squeamish. And i don't mean people being eaten (somehow im not fazed by carnage of monsters eating characters and such), but like, literally proccessed and turned into food.
Dangan Ronpa had Mondo being turned into butter.
Virtual Bart had Bart turned into porkchops and subsequently eaten by homer.
Dog's life ending has the main villain turned into dog food.
The abe games on the Oddworld franchise usually have some one turned into food in their bad endings.
Alfred Chicken's game over screen.
Hell, even Buu's super in the new DBZ game unsettles me a bit (even tho it didn't in the original anime for some reason)
darkwing-buck
Member
Fallout
Hmmm, I remember Manhunter: San Francisco being a lot more... gory when I was a kid.
Maybe it was because I was young back then and even this stuff bothered me.
I thought there was a specific death that really stuck out though, like... something with a melting face? I dunno.
In the first 10 minutes of Manhunter, if you go to Bellevue Hospital and stick around the body on the table for too long, the baby Orbs eat your face off:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqTaXxqj3Wc
I think I was 10 when I first played it and it scared the shit out of me. Good times
Thanks!
Rear Window
Neo Member
This one screwed me up as a kid... and still does. Phantasmagoria.
Only 1 of 15 or so gruesome deaths in the game.
Only 1 of 15 or so gruesome deaths in the game.
Incandenza
Banned
What was that one anime RPG(?) with the weird, horrifically graphic death scene? I think it involves someone getting eaten. I know it's been posted in a thread like this before
Only rts game I got behind as a youngin'. I played the myth 2 demo for hours just to gib fools with the grenadier unit.Myth The Fallen Lords and Myth 2 Soulblighter had amazing gore/gibs. Body parts would fly through the air from explosion, hit other units and do tiny bits of damage. Body parts could be picked up by Ghols and thrown, like the Wights puss body parts to stun people and blood flowed downhill.
Thank you! That first death in the video was what I was thinking about. I must've watched it on youtube or something because I didn't play Manhunter: New York. I'm almost positive I played San Francisco.
fake edit: actually, now I'm confused because I clearly remember that knifey handy game
Great idea for a thread!
Here's a classic one from Barbarian:
And there were no ratings systems in place when this came out either.
Great idea for a thread!
Here's a classic one from Barbarian:
I use to fucking love that game as a kid, so brutal
MrCunningham
Member
Can't post gifs right now because I am on a tablet, but look up Star Wars Battle Chess for the Sega CD or MSDOS. Theres some pretty hillarious and brutal deaths in that one. Also Lara Croft in the original Tomb Raider had some brutal (but bloodless) deaths.
ChosenPredator
Banned
Scarred me for life
it was always weird seeing this because you see him as heroic and fearless and then you see that him in utter fear of what is about to happen
but yeah more games should have these type of scenes makes you oddly want your good guy to live
^This!
I straight up turned the game off and never played again after not figuring out the ducking mechanic to avoid the birds... That spine breaking sound gag
https://youtu.be/IyDl230XCHM
hikarutilmitt
Member
The one with the pit and the head flying up always freaked me out when I heard the scream, particularly when it was Rimururu.Samurai Shodown V. Because finesse is all that matters
Vlaphor
Member
In terms of overall ambiance, Harvester is my favorite game of all time. So much great graphic-ness. Got a bunch of videos I captured for an LP I did on Something Awful years and years ago (about 11 it looks like). Some of these have the audio a bit out of sync, due to me learning how to capture video and post it on youtube, but enjoy nonetheless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vswd0fEaEUk - Spare the bat, spoil the child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzNQFONW4Gg - The wonderful baby scene...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqz7AcyAfe4 - Range Ryder getting his foot stuck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlsF-Yk54NQ - You solved my puzzle, now I must...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf5_UV_3J-U - Getting too close to the carnivorous plant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbSh5etekNg - The mystery of motherly love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bduOMImSzjM - "Death by natural causes" (technically not a scene of someone being killed, but it is the best scene in the game).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiyXwQzJSfQ - Finally, the most graphic scene of all...the sex scene. (No nudity though, that would be immoral).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vswd0fEaEUk - Spare the bat, spoil the child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzNQFONW4Gg - The wonderful baby scene...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqz7AcyAfe4 - Range Ryder getting his foot stuck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlsF-Yk54NQ - You solved my puzzle, now I must...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf5_UV_3J-U - Getting too close to the carnivorous plant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbSh5etekNg - The mystery of motherly love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bduOMImSzjM - "Death by natural causes" (technically not a scene of someone being killed, but it is the best scene in the game).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiyXwQzJSfQ - Finally, the most graphic scene of all...the sex scene. (No nudity though, that would be immoral).
Baron Von Beans
Member
Holy shit. These are some of the nastiest things I've ever seen in a video game. Hell, probably beats out 99% of everything I've seen. This is incredible looking, even more amazing knowing how long ago it came out. I always remember hearing about and seeing ads in my gaming magazines about this game, just never had the capabilities to play it. I'm sure it was for the best that I didn't. I was 11.
Admiral Snackbar
Member
To this day, Heart of Darkness' death animations freak me the fuck out.
God.
God.
Sweet Bellic
Member
Not sure this is "brutal" per se, but the scale is certainly commendable.
93xfan
Banned
I'd forgotten about this game. Probably the first gory game I played as a kid
Damn, never saw this one! Man, finding new ways to die in Sierra games was the best. Space Quest IV had some great ones where they'd actually rewind and do a whole "Instant Replay" gag.
LordKasual
Banned
fallout posts
Never knew what this game looked like.
You can tell that oldschool games like this really had fun animating these gore sprites.
Yeah, the character designs were done by Koji Aihara, who had a knack for this kind of art style in his manga.
I know there were some fan translations a few years back, but it was never completed, so pretty much a full game translation is still missing in action.
Here's some more confusing and funny images of my childhood with this game,
And yes, you are battling words, LOL!
Good times...good times...
This is fucking nuts. What was this game about?
Generalpsyduck
Banned
Fallout
The Laura Bow games would occasionally pull out a surprising one, more realistic and/or graphic than the rest of Sierra's output befitting the series.
The Colonel's Bequest
Crushed by an elevator
Axed
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
Hit by car
Gunned down in her sleep
The Colonel's Bequest
Crushed by an elevator
Axed
Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
Hit by car
Gunned down in her sleep
Myth The Fallen Lords and Myth 2 Soulblighter had amazing gore/gibs. Body parts would fly through the air from explosion, hit other units and do tiny bits of damage. Body parts could be picked up by Ghols and thrown, like the Wights puss body parts to stun people and blood flowed downhill.
Haha! Lookit 'em run!
Was just thinking about Fear Effect the other day actual which led me to that youtube death compilation. I could never get very far into that game.
I thin the graphics hold up rather nice and translate very well to the modern era. There was that kickstarter game that had a neat look to it too (well, the cutscenes did anyways).
This reminds me of that brutal Eternal Darkness death (you know the one).
I think it's the smear...
Eternal Darkness spoilers, I guess:
http://i.imgur.com/PmGhjDs.gif
SixMachine
Member
Samurai Shodown V. Because finesse is all that matters
His censored fatality is hilarious
RustyNails
Member
Fear Effect and it's sequel Retro Helix were such good games. To this day no other game comes close to the atmosphere Fear Effect has, and that's saying something. The visuals still hold up today because of the incredible art style.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Splatterhouse 2 specifically was out of control:
Believe it or not, I think Splatterhouse 1 was more violent and gory than any of the other ones.
Laura Bow had some great deaths. Perhaps none greater than death by porcupineThe Laura Bow games would occasionally pull out a surprising one, more realistic and/or graphic than the rest of Sierra's output befitting the series.
Alter_Fridge
Member
Mr_Antimatter
Member
Only in video form or on a small screen emulator. I tried to play FE 2 a few months back, on my hdtv it's a blocky, unwatchable mess. I could hardly even read the text.
This 2014 topic seems relevant http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=887828
Doctrine Dark
Member
Parasite Eve. This scene always stuck with me as a kid.