[Marshmallow]

[Dracko]

Also: http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=2607

I'd actually be interested in giving this one a proper go.

How does Demonophobia end?
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[bleak]

Guys, anyone ever play Tomba? Butt plants everywhere imo
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[RobotRocker]

[UnitedBiscuits]

[dongle]

[shnozlak]

Memonophobia seems mostly silly; the art is too ms-paint to have any impact...
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[Toups]

here is one of (many) great moments in illbleed:



(spoilerish I guess and also maybe not very safe for work)
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[UnitedBiscuits]

[belthegor]

My pick for most fucked up game would have to be Lady Sword for the PC Engine. This little writeup should give you an idea why (note: I did not write this.)

I've played through the game multiple times, and even made a GIF out of the floating disembodied head in its various forms.

[Talbain]

Yeah Lady Sword is pretty fucked up.
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[Predator Goose]

I stopped playing Drakengard because it required me to kill kids. I really wasn't comfortable with that and the rest of the game up to that point wasn't really compelling me to continue playing. So I didn't kill the kids.

The OP makes me really wish I had the stomach to soldier through that part.
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[Dracko]

[Wall of Beef]

Im going to pick it up next time I see it!
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[BalbanesBeoulve]

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream


I haven't played it, but I've read more in depth descriptions of the story than what wikipedia has. Maybe someone can find them.
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[zombieman000]

I forgot about that! Ellison also took part in adapting the story to the game. You can find the original story online. A notable thing about the game (fortunately for the characters) is that there are multiple endings.

[Dracko]

Yes, but even the best one results in their death.

Ellison voicing AM is so appropriate, let me tell you. Unfortunately, the stylings and art direction are sort of ridiculous and remove from the misanthropic wet dream of it all.

Last I heard, it's ScummVM compatible now! And there's a playthrough here.
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[zombieman000]

[Dracko]

If you're lucky, you'll still have a modicum of sanity when it's lights out!

You can also quite easily get the original ending from the short story for all the characters, if you manage to kill all but one off. I can't honestly say I like the very heavy changes over the original short, but it's still an interesting experiment. Allegedly, Ellison only accepted to take part in creating the game if it was impossible for the player to win, no matter what. It would also have to reward you for doing good. This is why even the best possible ending gets you fucked, but with bitter sweet possibilities opened up regardless.

Oh, I'm going to toss Fear Effect into the arena too. That game did a number on me when I was a teenager. What starts off as a hyper-violent cyberpunk B-film slowly turns into a survival horror with a Chinese mythos edge, the final act being set within Hell itself.
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[CubaLibre]

Isn't that the one with the lesbians?

Out of This World sort of gave me a headjob as a kid - while it's eventually a pretty inspiring story of friendship, the fact that you can and will die on every single screen gives it a sort of horrible fatalism, especially nearer the beginning when you have no idea what's going on.
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[DonMarco]

[Dracko]

[RobotRocker]

[Max Cola]

[Dracko]

[CubaLibre]

[Dracko]

Forced how? It seems absurd and grotesque like dreams are to me.
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[Max Cola]

[extrabastardformula]

[CubaLibre]

[Dracko]

I'm weirded out by it, though. :(

Especially that ending, man...

Apparently it came with a novella explaining exactly what's going on, and it's to do with demonology and femme fatales and shit, but where's the appeal in that?
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[CubaLibre]

That is super dumb for real, we are bros on this point Dracko. Nothing kills a mood like exposition.

And yet I love Metal Gear Solid 3. I am a man of many contradictions.

This might be an idiosyncratic choice, but Diablo sort of freaked me out as a kid. Not because of all the demonic imagery and blood and guts per se (although the Butcher's room was pretty gross), but because the game was so dark and nihilistic in general. If you paid attention to the "plot," that is. There's no redemption, only an endless cycle of evil. Gave me the gibberies.

Of course Diablo 2 has an actual way to kill the helldemons and an actual ending (even if it is a "cliffhanger"), which makes the game a lot brighter and more optimistic in general. Interestingly, perhaps intelligently (if accidentally?), the gameplay itself seems to be more wide-open and bright as well, which sort of makes the entire experience more buoyant. It's probably why I ultimately prefer the first game, despite the latter's increased depth and polish.
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[Dracko]

[CubaLibre]

Out of This World, Flashback, Blackthorne, Heart of Darkness, the Abe's games (?).

That's all I can think of.

That Weird Dreams game is pretty much like one, I suppose.

What's the limiting criteria for a "cinematic platformer" anyway? Beautiful animations that are deliberately slow because they need time to play out, so you have to be very careful how you manipulate them?
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[haze]

Laser Lords is very fucked up at times...

like accidentally agreeing to sell your face to a robot, who then rips it off your head before you can react.

or given a bomb in a lunchbox by some rebel organization and sent on a suicide bombing mission without even being told (you would assume it's just one of those RPG fetch quest things)

playing Russian Roulette against someone with the same sprite as your character, because he's yet another of the many "chosen heroes" who've been picked up from Earth by the Yoda-lizard-figure to save the galaxy (and never did)


in an entirely different form of fucked up, the Arfenhouse 3 game is pretty weird. but kind of genius, for a 1-hour RPG where you can win every single fight by running away.

[zombieman000]

[Dracko]

Cuba, you forgot Prince of Persia. :(

I think cinematic platformers are platformers that attempt to have a more weighted, "realistic" feel in general. Your character can't jump much further than an average person can, or take that much damage, often dying (elaborately) in one hit) and usually fighting enemies on par with him or having to flee from them. They probably have more to do with the touch-and-go, death-laden adventure games than straight-up action too.

Another lesser known one is Bermuda Syndrome! And Nosferatu for the SNES (FUCK YOU CYCLE)!
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[Marshmallow]

[BotageL]

Everything I've read about Drakengard indicates to me that if I'd suffered through the gameplay a little longer that one time I rented it, I would have experienced something amazingly horrible. How young-looking are these child-soldiers you slaughter, anyway? And should I spend $10 to grab it from a Gamestop bargain bin to experience it firsthand?
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[diplo]

[dessgeega]

i've been playing demonophobia. with lots of level skipping, because i can't bring myself to actually play through the boss fights. it's interesting, because you (the player) become an accomplice to the demons just by playing. the secondary goal is to see all the ways the protagonist can get killed, because they're what the developers spent the most time and effort on. this girl is getting endlessly murdered and resurrected to be murdered again, and you're the one who's pushing that RESTART key.

the developers were obviously getting off making this game, by the way.

i don't think i'd be able to play it if there was sound.
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