characters in video games that you could think of to comment

[Paul2]

just now i recently realized most of the characters in video games suffer through many tragic stuffs that happen to them.  Not just video games but also movies too.

i didn\'t realize the story of final fantasy vii has quite a number of tragic events that happened to them.  especially the main protagonist characters.  most of them gone through some dark times.

i remember playing this game first probably in late 1998 when a friend let me borrow it.  i love the game, enjoy it a lot.  didn\'t realize the story is very tragic to many characters.

Like Cloud, if i remember correctly, i think he got stab by sephiroth in the mako reactor.  didn\'t die.  i think he probably got thrown into the mako water thingy?  got poisoned?  i don\'t know, can\'t really remember.  then, the 2nd major thing that happened to him was after he gave sephiroth the black materia, he fell into the ocean? when the scene thingy collapse...again, didn\'t die.  damn that was really tragic.  makes me realize i gone through some tragics times too but luckily not that bad.

Then the 3rd major tragic thing that happened to cloud was he was found in mideel after he got gushed out from the water thingy?  put in a wheelchair, didn\'t die either.  when tifa try to push him out of the collapsing ground.  both of them fall into the water thingy again.  like drown...didn\'t die.  amazing.

even to this day, i still don\'t get how i never realize this game was this dark back when i first play back in 1998.  how did they do that?  like they do it to make it not seem dark to player like me?  i play this game and finished it like 30 times already?  and still never realized the game was this tragic.

Not just cloud only.  but so was other main protagonists.  both of aeris parents died, and it was really tragic when her mother take her to midgar before she died.  then aeris got stabbed by sephiroth and died too.  she already lost both her parents and then she died too...sad.

then tifa, she got slashed by sephiroth.  survived that.  oh yeah, got drown trying to safe cloud too in mideel.  i can\'t really remember what else happened to her.

then barret, he lost his friend from fire from scarlett.  he also lost one of his hands and he grafted his missing hand with a gun too.  quite sad of what happened to him too.

then vincent, his secret lover lucrecia turn into monster?  he also got turn into a monster too.  then she die when vincent find her in a cave.  must be tragic to him too.

red xiii hated his father to later find out his father was a hero who turn into stone trying to save the canyon?  then his grandfather?  bugehagen guy died when he gave red xiii the ultimate weapon?

luckily, the other three main protagonists seem to have less tragic lives and seem to live a much happier life.

cait sith is a stuff animal and he looks cool.  the guy controlling him is reeves and it doesn\'t seems like he went through tragic events with his life.

yuffie is a playful character, and she is lucky her father is alive and she is mischievous but at least she seems to be happy with her life.

cid seems to have a live non-tragic life too.  he got his wish granted to went into outer space and his lover shera is alive too.  sure he has a temper but at least his life wasn\'t as tragic as other.

it was unbelievable that i play this game like 30 times in the past 13 1/2 years of my life and never realize it was this tragic to many characters.

even the semi bad guys like rufus died when the weapon shoots toward the tower where he is standing.  sure he is quite bad but he had to died too.  kinda sad thinking about it.

he seems cold toward his father who is also a bad character, president shinra who later got stab by sephiroth.  in a way, i feel that he deserved to died because he is so evil.  but from what i been through, i think that is quite sad too.

i thought hojo deserve to died too because he is very evil too.  but again, from what i been through, it does seems a bit sad.

i feel that sephiroth deserves to died too but he seems to went through tragic life too.  he hurt and killed a lot of people but at least he...wait, i don\'t think he went through that tragic life as other.  except i think cloud throw him into the mako water thingy.  that guy is lucky to survive that.  he deserve to get thrown into the mako water thingy because he killed a lot of people and he slashed tifa and cloud too.

oh yeah, zack, cloud\'s friend also got killed by sephiroth too i think.  quite sad of what happened to him.  isn\'t he aeris first love too?

the bombing in midgar killing many people in sector 8?  and in a different sector is also very evil and tragic too.  thinking about it, cloud, barret, tifa, and their other friends made that decision.  they killed like what hundred or thousands of people.  its evil but understandable though...whoa...again, thinking about it kind of make it too much for my left heart to handle.

even barret and tifa friends like biggs, jessie, and wedge also died too.  its sad, although they are protagonist.  but they killed a lot of people bombing like 2 sectors?  this i feel they don\'t deserve to die because they are good people.  sure they did awful but understandable stuffs...before they died, they feel guilty of what they did to other people.  pretty awful.

i think the cartoon designs and no voice acting probably helps make it less tragic.  there are quite a number of sad music in the games, probably more than i can remember but after i listen to it while playing the game.  i just continue enjoying playing the game like exploring, battle, etc.

i remember crying when aeris died and the sad music play.  when red xiii howl at his father who turn into stone.  it also makes me want to cry too.  the music is too tragic for me.  there are other parts that play tragic music that also makes me want to cry but i just continue playing the videogame without thinking or realizing it was this tragic.

sorry for this very long post.  i got so bored.

[Paul2]

after i was so amaze of how awesome final fantasy 7 was, i thought final fantasy 8 was going to just as awesome or better.

After i past the game in final fantasy 8, i thought the cg video were awesome but the gameplay was annoying and somewhat boring.  i got even more confused with the story of ff8 than ff7.  i never cry once in this game if i remember correctly.

i can\'t really remember much of the story of ff8, but thinking about it.  i think most of the main characters seem to have little to no tragic story or lives behind them.

like squall, i think he got slashed in the head?  that was bad but luckily he survived.  it took me a while to remember i think he got electrocuted once which is bad but luckily he survived that too.  he thinks too much at times like there are so many thoughts going through his head.  strange thing is i can relate to it because there are times where i think too much too.  but i find the game like annoying, frustrating, and too hard at time.  i guess if gamers want to try out difficult and frustrating game.  this game is it for them.

added:  now i just remember squally got punctured by edea with the ice spike thingy through the heart?  he also fell into the floor of the building and he seems to be all right too.  but for some reason, i got so in awe with the graphic, i couldn\'t comprehend what really happened.  the music doesn\'t seem that tragic either.

But there are time in my life where my brain just blank out and i don\'t know what to think and i couldn\'t explain it.  which could get me in trouble too.

quistis if i remember correctly, she doesn\'t seem to have gone through any tragic life.  lucky her.

so is selphie.

and zell.  that guy is lucky his mother is still alive too.

irvine kinneas doesn\'t seems to have gone through any tragic life either.  lucky him.

rinoa doesn\'t seem to gone through much tragic life either maybe except her mother died?  confused...can\'t really remember.  but at least she still had her dad.

laguna- he doesn\'t seem to went much tragic life either except his girlfriend?  or wife died.  man, i don\'t even remember the story of this kind of annoying game.  i remember the ending where he get to give her the ring in her finger before she died.  i was so mesmorize by the graphic that i didn\'t really comprehend what happened there.  now i realize maybe he wants to marry her?  or make her happy before she died?  i don\'t know...but i remember the sad music that play during that time, but not as severe, but i kind of felt sad in my heart but didn\'t really comprehend what really happened.  i remember like later he see her in her grave, like the gravestone and he seem fulfilled that he get to gave her the ring before she died or something.

seifer got slashed back in the face by squall too.  that is one minor injury he got.  beside that, he is lucky to not went to any major tragedy.

oh yeah, there is edea.  she got possessed and that is pretty much it.  so luckily, she didn\'t went through much tragic life...

there are some other characters that i feel tired and don\'t feel like bringing them up to clarify what happened to them either.  i honestly don\'t even remember their names and if they went through any tragic.

i remember the ending where it seems like all the protagonists were having a party in the balamb garden thingy that float or fly.  not only most of them didn\'t went through much tragedy in their life, but all of them were united to have a party which is good for them.

there is a part of me that feel like, if great gameplay like ff7 is this tragic.  it makes me feel this ff8 should be more tragic because the gameplay is frustrating and really hard.  the story is kind of boring too.

oh yeah, it makes me wish that ff7 shouldn\'t be that tragic because is nearly perfect in every way because ff8 pale in comparison and isn\'t as tragic.  by that i mean ff8 deserves to have tragic story for having annoying gameplay and stuff.

but there is a part of me that feel like, luckily all of the ff8 characters are united and well in the end.  if the story is too tragic, then you started feeling sorry for the characters and it can be bad for your health.

i had all kind of feeling when i think about the story of each characters.  sometimes i can relate to it too...weird.  like sometimes, i can relate to what he been through, but i think he deserve to die.  then when i been through what he been through, i think he deserves to died but felt guilty if he died so he should be alive even though if this character is evil.  its like i keep changing my mind.

i keep going back and forth.  but ultimately i don\'t want to carry the guilt, so if that character died, say if that character is evil, it won\'t be by my hand but by somebody else.  even then, i still feel guilty if this character died by somebody else\'s hand.  weird.  too complex.

luckily its only a videogames but i never really thought much about each characters though.  not to this extend.

[Paul2]

i remember playing xenogears back in late 1998 or early 1999 and again, i thought this game story is probably the most confusing of the bunch.  probably one of the tragic, darkest, and evil story compare to ff7.

if it werent for the sad music, i probably couldn\'t comprehend the story was being this tragic.  i felt it in my left heart through the many sad music in the games, probably more than i could remember, although i got lost in the story and i try to enjoy playing the game.

Fei guy, i think he died many times and got reincarnated or something.  quite tragic.  and he created another character in the game?  i got so confused that i remember calling my friend and ask him to clarify the story for me.  he clarify it for me and i remember he said that "you didn\'t understand that" and even after he clarify it.  i forgot most of the story.  oh well, maybe i got so retarded.

i remember beside Fei is Miang that i think who also can be reincarnated.

thanks to the cartoon graphic to make it less scary and sad i think.

thinking about it, say if that person died, even when the person died, it must be very painful wouldn\'t it be?  even if that person got reincarnated again.  i didn\'t really thought about that back then when i play it.  i think i play it and beat the game like 2 to 3 times already?  then i lost interest as years gone by.

man, thinking about it, how many severe pain fei must have gone through when he died then reincarnated again.  so is miang, and elly.  unbelievable.

i think i remember my friend explain to me, can\'t really remember, but he told me that fei and elly ate human meats in one part of the game.  i didn\'t know that.  i think it was like near the end of the game or something.  maybe back then i was still a kid or something that is why i didn\'t feel disgusted by it. i don\'t know.  can\'t really remember.

now i realize xenogears probably has the most characters than i can remember.  more than probably ff7.

either way, i am tired now.  but whoa.  i thought final fantasy tactics story was tragic.  xenogears is more so in many ways.

[Paul2]

just recently now, i remember playing kid games when i was little like super mario 1, 3, then world, and then 2....i realize all of this games doesn\'t even have one single sad music in them.  not even one sad music.  not only that, the story is very simple although again even simple story got me confused and i couldn\'t comprehend it either.  but all of those mario games are fun to play.  except 1 which is kind of hard but still fun.  Maybe my english wasn\'t that good back then.  even now, playing old games.  i read the story then play and i still couldn\'t really comprehend it.

i think as i grow up, i enjoy playing teenage games and then adult games which are very dramatic and sad. and challenging too.  even that is an addiction.

i think i have what some woman said that i have "single track mind".  i think it means my brain can only do single function at a time.  if i try to do multi-function, it will be a struggle and i will jump from one function to the other, then probably back and forth and i will have trouble understanding or do say like 2 or 3 functions at a time.

say like my mom, how does she drive and talk on the phone at the same time.  2 tasks.  or drive and listen to the radio at the same time.  i wouldn\'t be surprise if she can do like 3 tasks at once like drive, talk to her passenger friend, and listen to the radio.

if it were me doing that, my mind will jump from here say like drive, to listen to the radio, and jump to respond to the other speaker.  say if i pay attention to the radio, my brain couldn\'t drive, if i listen to what the passenger said, i couldn\'t drive.  if i could comprehend what the passenger said, and if i try to respond to the passenger.  then i couldn\'t drive...etc...*me crazy*  eventually i will get into a car accident if i bother driving.

[Paul2]

oh yeah, even simply walking i even got lost too.  especially if i make a couple of turn.  thinking about it, i think i got lost more than i can remember as a child growing up.  i don\'t know, maybe i got brain damage, or some sort of severe defect that cause me to become retarded.

[Paul2]

Like I been living in this house for nearly 2 years, and there are times where i leave to walk around the neighborhood, and even that i forgot if i left using the front door or the back door.  there are times where i try the front door just to find that the back door is unlocked and vice versa.

Its like i have a bad short term memory loss or something.  actually both long term and short term memory loss.  as soon as i step out the door and started walking, i just right there completely forget and didn\'t cross my mind of which door did i just left.  i just like walking and enjoy the view of the neighborhood.  then when i was about to arrive my house, i realize and thought which door did i left from that is unlocked? i didn\'t remember so i try both doors.

[GmanJoe]

Jeeeeez.....did you forget to take your meds?

[Paul2]

nope.  meds are bad for me.  gave me heartaches and oversleeping.