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[Muscle Wizard]

Since this is always the go-to evidence of "Nathan Drake is a psychopath killer" discussions and derails, I'd like to point out that the developers took this into consideration when Drake is forced to throw a guard off the museum in Turkey.

You can see here that the guard is swimming away safely. http://youtu.be/95HtftWzLJc?t=16m25s

So next time anyone feels the need to post concerns for a fake computer person, make sure fake computer person is fakely safe, not fakely dead.

 

[Nappuccino]

Since this is always the go-to evidence of "Nathan Drake is a psychopath killer" discussions and derails, I'd like to point out that the developers took this into consideration when Drake is forced to throw a guard off the museum in Turkey.

You can see here that the guard is swimming away safely. http://youtu.be/95HtftWzLJc?t=16m25s

So next time anyone feels the need to post concerns for a fake computer person, make sure fake computer person is fakely safe, not fakely dead.

Sure, but all those knock-out darts had to be bad for them.

 

[LX_Theo]

What a pointless thread

 

[Jarmel]

That was a patch added later.

 

[Cade]

I was always wondering about this until I replayed that section once and saw him hit water.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

yeah but he's killed like at least a few hundred people by the end of golden abyss/UC3. Dude was looking for treasure but he should've dug some shallow gravesites instead.

 

[LegalEagleMike]

That was a patch added later.

Drake shot first

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I think people saw that but

A) It's stupid
B) It's stupid

 

[antitrop]

yeah but he's killed like at least a few hundred people by the end of golden abyss/UC3. Dude was looking for treasure but he should've dug some shallow gravesites instead.

Hired henchman aren't real people in video game land.

 

[Acquiescence]

YEAH BUT HOW DID DRAKE KNOW HE WOULD SURVIVE THE FALL?! HE DIDN'T, ERGO HE'S A KILLER!

 

[barit]

What a pointless thread

Like the whole discussion about Drake being a mass murderer

 

[Mifune]

Recently replayed that section and it still cracks me up.

There's a guy below you, there's a guy below you.

 

[rhandino]

Since this is always the go-to evidence of "Nathan Drake is a psychopath killer" discussions and derails, I'd like to point out that the developers took this into consideration when Drake is forced to throw a guard off the museum in Turkey.

You can see here that the guard is swimming away safely. http://youtu.be/95HtftWzLJc?t=16m25s

So next time anyone feels the need to post concerns for a fake computer person, make sure fake computer person is fakely safe, not fakely dead.

Now, is Drake racist? Why is the antagonist never from the USA?

Spoiler

/s

 

[DocSeuss]

Like the whole discussion about Drake being a mass murderer

The discussion Naughty Dog themselves started?

 

[ShockingAlberto]

It is "Thank god it's Sunday and the city is empty" stupid.

It is "I see their parachutes, they're okay" stupid.

 

[A Dead Diehard]

Like the whole discussion about Drake being a mass murderer

Glad someone said it.

 

[rtcn63]

I would only believe this if the security guard was played by DJ Jazzy Jeff.

 

[SmithnCo]

...What if he couldn't swim.

 

[Papercuts]

Not like Drake would have known the guard would survive after being tossed off a cliff.

 

[anexanhume]

Thx for insightful info, Muscle Wizard.

 

[Savitar]

Drake will get him in the next game.

 

[Jucksalbe]

He should bring that up in court.

 

[Rebel Leader]

but.... how many did he kill AFTER

 

[SeanR1221]

The whole argument is stupid, even if it's trying to be a joke. Ranks up there with things like "Mario is surprisingly dark!"

 

[flatearthpandas]

I thought the evidence was mainly that Drake shoots hundreds of people to death throughout the series. Glad we've cleared this up though.

 

[Dragon1893]

What a pointless thread

This has to be a joke thread. This has been discussed to death here, everyone and their mother knows you can see the guy swim away.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Like, the point isn't "This guy Drake tried to kill is fine, so as a character, he's morally good"

It is, as alluded to before, American DBZ-levels of childish assurance

I mean, does it actually bother you Drake kills a bunch of people? If no, that's fine, that doesn't actually make you a psychopath. But trying to argue that he doesn't kill a whoooole bunch of people, and the anime dub quality in which they show he's never tried to kill anyone who is innocent, is so fucking asinine.

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

Couldn't Drake just make a nice peanut butter and jelly sandwich and call it a day? Sometimes life's simple pleasures are the real treasure.

 

[Snuggles]

I throw people off cliffs hundreds of feet above water all the time, it's really not a big deal.

 

[Trigonometrize.]

You can knock one of the guards out and have him face down into a fountain. Drake is still very much a person of interest.

 

[Dragonborn]

The Whole Nathan Drake is a psychopath thing is one of the most absurd arguments I've ever read. It's a game people, I mean seriously? I suppose Lara Croft is also a psychopath, and heck, pretty much every gaming protagonist ever.

 

[John Kowalski]

bad people are people too

not just security guards

 

[vvise]

Drake shot first

my thoughts also, i got a good laugh.

 

[firehawk12]

I've posted about this when the game comes out. It makes no sense why Drake would give a shit about these faceless, nameless, random guards and decide to go stealth when he goes around killing every single other person in the game thereafter.

The introduced the tranquilizers just for this part of the game and never bring it up ever again. Like, why?

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

I'm sure Amy Hennig Said that she saw it as when Drake killed say, 10 blokes in a shoot out in the game, he was actually only killing 1 or 2.

edit - well museum guards aren't hurting no one. The rest of them are fair game.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

The guard was lucky. Fall from that height into water is fatal and Drake knew that

 

[TriangleMasher]

what about the ancient furry civilization that Drake desecrated

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

One of those guards had an allergic reaction and died.. Drake is a murderer he has destroyed hundreds of families accept it and move on with your life.

 

[Onaco]

This is a Polygon article waiting to happen...

 

[Trigonometrize.]

I've posted about this when the game comes out. It makes no sense why Drake would give a shit about these faceless, nameless, random guards and decide to go stealth when he goes around killing every single other person in the game thereafter.

The introduced the tranquilizers just for this part of the game and never bring it up ever again. Like, why?

Guards of museum = innocent, all other enemies = part of a vicious clan that are out to grant its psychopathic leader

Spoiler

immortality

...You know, at least that's what they were going for.

 

[SmithnCo]

The Whole Nathan Drake is a psychopath thing is one of the most absurd arguments I've ever read. It's a game people, I mean seriously? I suppose Lara Croft is also a psychopath, and heck, pretty much every gaming protagonist ever.

The best is playing the Arkham games and hanging people from their feet then cutting the ropes to have them fall from a fatal height onto their necks

No killing, right Batman?

 

[TheRealTalker]

I never understood this

if that was the case then so many video game heroes would be mass murderers

 

[Mifune]

I've posted about this when the game comes out. It makes no sense why Drake would give a shit about these faceless, nameless, random guards and decide to go stealth when he goes around killing every single other person in the game thereafter.

The introduced the tranquilizers just for this part of the game and never bring it up ever again. Like, why?

Because they're security guards at a museum. They're not "bad guys."

 

[ShockingAlberto]

The best is playing the Arkham games and hanging people from their feet then cutting the ropes to have them fall from a fatal height onto their necks

No killing, right Batman?

Some stealth games actually count any kills that occur as a result of your actions as your fault.

Like leaving a guard on a slanted roof and him falling to his death.

 

[The Artisan]

What a pointless thread

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[ship it]

Since this is always the go-to evidence of "Nathan Drake is a psychopath killer" discussions and derails, I'd like to point out that the developers took this into consideration when Drake is forced to throw a guard off the museum in Turkey.

You can see here that the guard is swimming away safely. http://youtu.be/95HtftWzLJc?t=16m25s

So next time anyone feels the need to post concerns for a fake computer person, make sure fake computer person is fakely safe, not fakely dead.

so he throws someone to their potential death...still a cool dude.

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

Guards = innocent, all other enemies = part of a vicious clan that are out to grant its psychopathic leader immortality

Or people working trying to get by and provide for their family

 

[Krejlooc]

It is "Thank god it's Sunday and the city is empty" stupid.

It is "I see their parachutes, they're okay" stupid.

Why the fuck would that city have been empty on a sunday anyways? People go out on sundays all the time. Further, you could see the people watching them rise from their space pods!

 

[Eternal Gamer]

Bah, Drake is nothing at the side of Kirby, he eats his enemies alive!!!!

 

[The Artisan]