So what is the worst fate you or an npc can suffer in an RPG?
Here is three I find pretty gruesome:
In the Elder Scrolls series getting your soul captured into a black soul gem. Not only do you die in a painful way - by sword or magic, but then you are forever condemned to walk around in some kind of crystal with nothing to do. I'm not sure how the lore works for when the black soul gem is used for enchantment - do you still wander forever in limbo or do your soul finally get set free?
The poor people in Deus Ex Human Revolution that gets kidnapped off the streets to be experimented on by evil corporations. You get experimented on daily to see if you are compatible to become some kind of human computer. If you are not compatible you eventually go crazy, wither and die. If you are compatible though, you are condemned to forever spend your life in some kind of computerish nightmare where pain and suffering is constant.
Richard Moreau's (The master) fate in Fallout. Don't think I have to expand on that But even if his fate was horrifying, it doesn't excuse the treatment of his future victims. A fate also worse than death - dipped into the vat to either be transformed or consumed by this mutant beast from hell.
Please add some more with explanations on why!
Here is three I find pretty gruesome:
In the Elder Scrolls series getting your soul captured into a black soul gem. Not only do you die in a painful way - by sword or magic, but then you are forever condemned to walk around in some kind of crystal with nothing to do. I'm not sure how the lore works for when the black soul gem is used for enchantment - do you still wander forever in limbo or do your soul finally get set free?
The poor people in Deus Ex Human Revolution that gets kidnapped off the streets to be experimented on by evil corporations. You get experimented on daily to see if you are compatible to become some kind of human computer. If you are not compatible you eventually go crazy, wither and die. If you are compatible though, you are condemned to forever spend your life in some kind of computerish nightmare where pain and suffering is constant.
Richard Moreau's (The master) fate in Fallout. Don't think I have to expand on that But even if his fate was horrifying, it doesn't excuse the treatment of his future victims. A fate also worse than death - dipped into the vat to either be transformed or consumed by this mutant beast from hell.
Please add some more with explanations on why!