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Do you feel vengeful towards enemies in games?
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I know this is not the angle you're necessarily going for but I feel it in racing games.
specifically with knucklehead AI. If some dumbass AI crashes or bumps into me and sends me spinning out of turn 1 I will spend the rest of the time hunting him down until I send him flying into a barrier or gravel trap.
specifically with knucklehead AI. If some dumbass AI crashes or bumps into me and sends me spinning out of turn 1 I will spend the rest of the time hunting him down until I send him flying into a barrier or gravel trap.
Yeah, just those guys. Most of the time, video game enemies are just obstacles to overcome. But every now and then, I find myself muttering at the screen: "Come here, you little shit..."
That's... quite extreme from my point of view. I mean, if enemies are actively trying to hurt me, of course I'll give them hell. But if they run away, I won't go after them. I'd rather go after the one who gives them orders.
I would certainly be a terrible soldier on the battlefield, I know, but fortunately enough, we're only discussing video games lol
When I was young and playing Ocarina of Time for the first time, I really felt like Ganondorf was the most evil thing ever in a video game. Seeing what happens to everything after you get the third spiritual stone... well... it felt personal.
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAACHIIIIIIIIIING
Not often, unless I'm playing online, and another person is in control. Then my brain devolves into a primitive state, and I feel triumphant/smug/irritated when I win or lose to them.
Against AI it's very rare, although there are some special occasions where the AI feels personal enough to trigger a sense of agency. The Nemesis system in the Mordor games did this very successfully. I would absolutely hunt down the orcs that killed me, and felt more triumphant when I bested them. But the Icon of Sin and the Kahn Makyr are a couple of recent examples that had me banging my head against a brick wall, but which never felt especially personal.
Against AI it's very rare, although there are some special occasions where the AI feels personal enough to trigger a sense of agency. The Nemesis system in the Mordor games did this very successfully. I would absolutely hunt down the orcs that killed me, and felt more triumphant when I bested them. But the Icon of Sin and the Kahn Makyr are a couple of recent examples that had me banging my head against a brick wall, but which never felt especially personal.
I dunno, I envy people who can immerse themselves in a story to this degree. I love it when a piece of media effects me emotionally.
Nothing is "Extreme" when fighting the enemies of Liberty. Those who seek to conquer the world are the enemies of humanity, and the enemies of humanity must be purged.
MJ12's troopers know exactly what they signed up for, they know what cause they're fighting for. They actively discuss it in various side-conversations throughout the game when not alerted to the player's presence - In quite a Gung-Ho manner, not "Are we the baddies?" - They're all rats that need to be fumigated without mercy. As an aside, there's an opportunity early in the game where you can kill Bob Page's daughter - I never thought much of that particular spot before but after playing DX Human Revolution, well, she became another Crosshair on the Righteous Slaughter list.
There must be no holds barred when crushing Fascism.
If any one of enemies managed to incapacitate me before I died in Max Payne 3, where I have to kill them in short time, I always shoot at them merciless, without concerning my ammo reservation.
I was like "serve them right" for taking me down and seeing them got showered by my bullets is the most satisfying thing to do in the game.
So, I always have that rage feeling to any single enemy who got me incapacitated, even it happened in just few seconds.
I was like "serve them right" for taking me down and seeing them got showered by my bullets is the most satisfying thing to do in the game.
So, I always have that rage feeling to any single enemy who got me incapacitated, even it happened in just few seconds.
If they go out of their way to inconvenience me, yes.
Especially if they're underleveled and especially especially when they're ranged units. If they leave me alone, I leave them alone. But there's always that one mook who thinks he's hot shit because he has the high ground. Even if he can't really harm me, it's a bad attitude and I'm more than happy to set him straight.
Especially if they're underleveled and especially especially when they're ranged units. If they leave me alone, I leave them alone. But there's always that one mook who thinks he's hot shit because he has the high ground. Even if he can't really harm me, it's a bad attitude and I'm more than happy to set him straight.
Played RE7 while I was drunk and when Mia cut off my hand I went on a tirade all the way up until the chainsaw fight.
It depends. In games like Yakuza I go between "Really, I am gonna fight this random guy because kiryu it too macho to have a conversation?" or " God, this scummy human trafficker deserves to be beaten to death". The writing is all over the place.
In games like uncharted or COD its a NO.
As for RPGs it largely depends on the writing. I consider it great writing if an RPG can make me emote hate for a character.
In games like uncharted or COD its a NO.
As for RPGs it largely depends on the writing. I consider it great writing if an RPG can make me emote hate for a character.
The only time I really felt vengeful for an enemy in a game was Lord of the Rings: Shadow of Mordor, and their amazing Nemesis system.
Fucking Golm the Shadow was the bane of my existence in that game. It felt, so, so good to finally end him once and for all. Dude just kept. coming. back. And at the most inopportune times. I had to Highlander his ass to finally be rid of him. I even recorded a video of the moment I ended him permanently.
One of the most satisfying experiences I've had all generation, and I really do wish more open world games implemented versions of the Nemesis system that fit within their individual game makeup.
For other games, I get frustrated at an enemy that keeps beating me (ie, Dark Souls/Bloodborne/soulslikes in general), but I never really feel truly vengeful about it. Maybe Abby from The Last of Us Part 2, but I loved her by the end of the game, so that was an amazing mental and emotional journey for me. Lol
Fucking Golm the Shadow was the bane of my existence in that game. It felt, so, so good to finally end him once and for all. Dude just kept. coming. back. And at the most inopportune times. I had to Highlander his ass to finally be rid of him. I even recorded a video of the moment I ended him permanently.
One of the most satisfying experiences I've had all generation, and I really do wish more open world games implemented versions of the Nemesis system that fit within their individual game makeup.
For other games, I get frustrated at an enemy that keeps beating me (ie, Dark Souls/Bloodborne/soulslikes in general), but I never really feel truly vengeful about it. Maybe Abby from The Last of Us Part 2, but I loved her by the end of the game, so that was an amazing mental and emotional journey for me. Lol
Ah, my favorite PS2 game...When I finally got good at Godhand it felt really good to pummel on bosses that used to send me to the continue screen over and over.
me entering this thread: nah, I'm as serene as one of those japanese ponds with the wooden things that go plonk from time to time
wtf put a content warning on this vile shitok but consider this
Usually I'm not feeling that way, but TLOU II is making me feel feelings I've never felt before (still playing it)...
Yea against enemies which annoy me and/or are difficult. They shall feel the point of my rapier, scoundrel.
Hoisted by your own petard.
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So you could say you killed your most hyped game with your own expectations.
Hoisted by your own petard.
YAOOOOOOOOOOOO
