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Games that made it fun to kill (virtual) people
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For me, there was something disturbingly satisfying about killing people in Half-Life 2. I think it was the staticy, bleepy radio noise after they died. I used to love lining up a pistol shot from miles away, squeezing the trigger and then hearing that noise as the body tumbled earthward.
MisterHero
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Yep, spent copious amounts of hours on GoldenEye's shortest mission, and driving a tank over endless enemies, or shooting tank shells by their feet to send them flying. :3
More recently I've really enjoyed Just Cause 2 with it's grappling hook mechanic. Weather it's attaching soldiers to jets and helicopters, attaching whole vehicles to stationary objects during high speed chases or even dragging people behind cars wild west style it's pretty entertaining.
TheJollyCorner
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Krakatoa said:
came to post this.
Dr.Horrible
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I got entirely way too much pleasure out of tasing the defenseless scientists in Syphon Filter 2. At least I think it was SF2.
K
kittens
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Goldeneye 007 is the first thing that came to my mind, too. I was in sixth grade when it came out, and my neighbor friend would come over every day after school (and sometimes before school) to play it, and we spent hours simply blowing people up in the last room of the Facility (the one with the gas tanks). Infinite Ammo was the first major cheat that we unlocked, and holy shit -- all we did was blow people up and laugh our asses off.
:memories <3
:memories <3
Bumblebeetuna
Banned
The Deception series and Trapt on PS2. Very good games and very, very brutal.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
1. goldeneye
2. gta3
2. gta3
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Classic Action Quake 2 - people shot in the leg would limp, blood would fly out of their body when shot especially with a sniper rifle, and when shot they would keep losing health until they stopped to bandage, and there was no health recovery so every hit was meaningful. The headshot sound was particularly nice as well.
Modern Bad Company 2 - The regular kills are your modern shooter garden variety, keep emptying bullets until you overwhelm their health, but the explosives are awesome. You can drop a house on someones head. Ram a C4 laden quad into their tank. Blow someones cover into little pieces. Shoot someone with a tracer dart and then send a guided rocket at them. Oh and shooting a smoke grenade into someones face, killing them in the process never gets old.
Modern Bad Company 2 - The regular kills are your modern shooter garden variety, keep emptying bullets until you overwhelm their health, but the explosives are awesome. You can drop a house on someones head. Ram a C4 laden quad into their tank. Blow someones cover into little pieces. Shoot someone with a tracer dart and then send a guided rocket at them. Oh and shooting a smoke grenade into someones face, killing them in the process never gets old.
Krauser Kat
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gears of war has a really satisfying head shot snipe.
I enjoy making bin bombs in crackdown. Also people baseball is awesome in saints row one person takes a hostage throws it to the other who booms said hostage with a baseball bat or the keyboard if your in the club (dress as mario and luigi for added lol). Theif 1 I used to be a fan of black jacking dudes and chucking them down wells.
disappeared
Banned
Postal 2 lets you really have some fun. A jerry-can of gas can go a long way.
cooljeanius
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Red Steel 2. I think it was the physicality of it that made it the most satisfying.
tea_and_crumpets
Member
Max Payne
God of War (ripping of peoples heads etc)
God of War (ripping of peoples heads etc)
Dead Man Typing
Member
Barbarian on the C64 was the first time I witnessed virtual murder. You could end a fight at any time, by decapitating your opponent. Then a little green troll would drag away the body and kick the head off the screen. I was 4.
Modern day, Ninja Gaiden 2 on 360 is just so visceral in it's depiction of violence that it actually makes me feel kind of bad for the poor enemies that must taste the steel.
Modern day, Ninja Gaiden 2 on 360 is just so visceral in it's depiction of violence that it actually makes me feel kind of bad for the poor enemies that must taste the steel.
Stitch
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It *was* in developmentFalagard said:
Looked great too.
To contribute:
Carmageddon
Soldier of Fortune
Jagged Alliance
Star Wars Battlefront (the insane impulse forces)
Syndicate
Honorable mentions:
Rainbow Six 3 phosporous grenades.
The original Quakeworld Team Fortress sniper gibs. (so satisfying. I still hear that wet meaty sound in my sleep)
BlazingDarkness
Member
Red Faction Guerilla
I spent an hour blowing shit up and hammering people to death
I spent an hour blowing shit up and hammering people to death
HisshouBuraiKen
Member
larvi said:
I have so many fond memories of mwing people down Vice City, although I think Goldeneye was my first love and the OP explained its charms well.
If we're talking killing the protagonist too? Resident Evil 4!
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
AC:Brotherhood.
Having like nine people surrounding you and then just dashing from person to person in a chain kill while countering every once in awhile is so satisfying.
Having like nine people surrounding you and then just dashing from person to person in a chain kill while countering every once in awhile is so satisfying.
NullPointer
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Before it released I actually thought Gears of War took things too far with the whole curb stomping thing. But when I finally got to play some multiplayer matches and saw how insanely awesome it was, even when happening to me, I had to change my tune.
Getting killed in incredible ways is almost as fun as doing the killing yourself.
James Woods
Banned
Sotha Sil said:
Jagged Alliance 2. Beheading fools with bullets never gets old.
You named your character Mo Money.
Neuromancer
Member
Speaking of disturbing, I stumbled into a Hero of the Web today on the Saints Row forum, in a thread about what people want in the next game:
Wowfanfromjapan said:
The last thief game, I loved taking out opponents in that game with trickery and deception. At the mo I love hitman 4, pushing my target down a bunch of stairs and then put the 2 shots in his spine between the shoulder blades and walking along. So satisfying.
Also obligatory any MGS game, I think 4 did it best in prague, loved getting spotted and taking on all contenders and then switching to cat and mouse games where I would quickly do a hold up, get what I needed and put one in the head unsilenced and then peg it. I spent hours doing that.
Also obligatory any MGS game, I think 4 did it best in prague, loved getting spotted and taking on all contenders and then switching to cat and mouse games where I would quickly do a hold up, get what I needed and put one in the head unsilenced and then peg it. I spent hours doing that.
Wow, no mention of Dead Space?
The whole system encourages you to find cool awesome ways to take Necromorphs apart. Started playing 2 last night, and got a great achievement for using the Javelin gun to pin a necro to the wall, but he had to travel at least 17 metres and stick to get it.
Wish I made a video.
You can take a necro completely apart in so many ways.
As far as older games go, yeah Goldeneye/Perfect Dark were good. Also, Resident Evil 4 had good limb hit detection.
The whole system encourages you to find cool awesome ways to take Necromorphs apart. Started playing 2 last night, and got a great achievement for using the Javelin gun to pin a necro to the wall, but he had to travel at least 17 metres and stick to get it.
Wish I made a video.
You can take a necro completely apart in so many ways.
As far as older games go, yeah Goldeneye/Perfect Dark were good. Also, Resident Evil 4 had good limb hit detection.
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