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Post by Battlechantress on Aug 5, 2010 23:04:40 GMT 1
The broodmother in DA didn't bother me (except for my wanting to say, "Eww!" and "I bet she SMELLS!"). But Branka's loony ex-lover sure did. (That poem she mutters still unnerves the hell out of me. I think it's the delivery.)
Fallout 3 never did much for my chronic insomnia.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Aug 5, 2010 23:54:34 GMT 1
The Mother from Awakening is a lot creepier, even if she is just a more evil version of the Slurm Queen. That bit where her face... opens, eugh!
And I think the story behind how they were made is way creepier than how they actually look, if what you can infer by that poem is true.
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Post by Cali on Aug 6, 2010 5:26:03 GMT 1
StarCraft II did it. I didn't think an RTS could do it, but it did.
It's a minor dose of nightmare fuel but it's a potent one. The main character Jim Raynor is visited by his protoss friend on his ship, without invitation of course. He warns him of "tidings of doom" and gives him a memory crystal which basically allows Jim to relive memories, which serve as bonus missions in the single player campaign. Whenever you go to the lab and access the crystal, you get to play one of the "prophecy" missions.
The last of the four prophecy missions is a vision of the future on what is to happen if <can't tell you, don't want to spoil it>. Basically, the swarm and the <new enemy> are now besieging the last remnants of the protoss in what is to be the final battle. Waves after waves of enemies come at you as you control the protoss survivors, determined not to go out without a fight.
The cinematic afterwards, the stars darkening and the planets shuffling into blackness, it all sent a chill down my spine. There's just something about a doomed fate for anything that really sucks me in and makes me feel quite emotional. The dreams I have about theoretical ends to the world are more intense for me as well.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Aug 6, 2010 7:12:27 GMT 1
Well the broodmother reminds me of NORG from FFVIII, but the backstory on how broodmothers are created are really nasty.
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Post by Hodster on Aug 7, 2010 7:18:02 GMT 1
Yes the last mission for the Protoss was AMAZING. Probally my favorite level!
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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 8, 2010 20:51:31 GMT 1
*arrives several days late for the conversation
I actually laughed out loud when I saw the Broodmother. The poem beforehand was good and creepy - I liked that. But the actual sight of it just seemed so bizarre I laughed.
As for the 'Mother' - all I could think of was Mom from Futurama. And Rita Repulsa. The part where she opened her head really was creepy though.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Sept 2, 2010 0:33:42 GMT 1
Bioshock 2's Big Sisters really creep me out. How strong and agile they are, coupled with the creepy design of their diving suits helps, but the main nightmare fuel factor for me is that they're just Little Sisters who've entered puberty, so everytime you defeat one, you've presumably just killed a girl in her early teens. Creepy stuff.
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Post by Knightfall on Sept 2, 2010 1:47:16 GMT 1
There's a bit in 'Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay" where you have to go through dark sewers with nothing but a handful of flares to get you through it. Also, there were monsters. Yeesh.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Mar 27, 2011 22:15:12 GMT 1
This little bastard: You meet him during the "Loose Ends" quest in Dragon Age 2's first act (the one where you go back to work for the mercs or smugglers.). Look at his horrible, unnatural looking face! He claims to be fifteen, but has the body of an eight year old and the voice of a man in his thirties. I gave him no money. Hopefully the creepy freak and his hellspawn siblings starved!
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Post by Knightfall on Mar 27, 2011 23:06:20 GMT 1
LOL! I noticed that, as well. I let him take the goods, though I'm pretty sure he was an abomination.
Reminded me of this:
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Mar 28, 2011 2:15:00 GMT 1
You're sure it's not Connor at all? Reminds me of him.
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Post by Clint Johnston on Mar 28, 2011 7:08:51 GMT 1
You're pretty sure he's an abomination? You realize in DA2, that's like saying you're pretty sure he exists...
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Post by Mister Buch on Mar 28, 2011 9:28:12 GMT 1
Oh yeah, it does look like Connor.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Apr 23, 2011 11:45:45 GMT 1
All the children in those games look the same. I don't think it's Connor, though *wink wink* (my Warden would never pass up the card-carrying villain cred killing a child affords you.)
I finally started on Half-Life 2 this week. The G-Man really creeps me out. He's like the Illusive Man, if he was a pale meth addict with some sort of metaphysical control over reality.
Bonus Fridge Horror: Commander Shepard surely killed thousands of children at the end of Arrival.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Apr 23, 2011 12:13:37 GMT 1
Fridge Horror indeed.
So Shepard is officially "The Butcher of Bahak?"
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