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* ''[[Shadow Complex]]'': The writers go through the trouble of fleshing out a personality for the evil quasi-Nazi [[Mad Scientist]] who has kidnapped your girlfriend...and instead of an epic boss fight or the scientist pulling out ninja moves or something to get away, {{spoiler|he is [[Killed Mid-Sentence]] in one shot by the hero, right in the middle of saying that the hero "doesn't look like a killer".}} |
* ''[[Shadow Complex]]'': The writers go through the trouble of fleshing out a personality for the evil quasi-Nazi [[Mad Scientist]] who has kidnapped your girlfriend...and instead of an epic boss fight or the scientist pulling out ninja moves or something to get away, {{spoiler|he is [[Killed Mid-Sentence]] in one shot by the hero, right in the middle of saying that the hero "doesn't look like a killer".}} |
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** At the end of the game, {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]] is ''not'' killed by the hero, whose family and loved ones he was threatening, but by the girlfriend, who is--surprise!--an NSA operative. Which explains [[Contrived Coincidence|what they were doing in the woods right by the enemy base]], but she ''really'' should've captured the guy alive.}} |
** At the end of the game, {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]] is ''not'' killed by the hero, whose family and loved ones he was threatening, but by the girlfriend, who is--surprise!--an NSA operative. Which explains [[Contrived Coincidence|what they were doing in the woods right by the enemy base]], but she ''really'' should've captured the guy alive.}} |
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* The "good" ending of the recent reimagining of ''[[The |
* The "good" ending of the recent reimagining of ''[[The Bard's Tale]]'' ends with the Bard saving the world from an ancient and terrifying evil. However, as nobody aside from a small cult who don't really like him know this, he's soon back to hustling inns for free booze and sex. |
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** The various "Chosen Ones" encountered during the game are victims of this. [[Blatant Lies|Bright, bold]] lads setting out to meet their destiny, they're quickly murdered by everything from wolves to trow to zombies. One sheriff even took to locking them up for their own safety. |
** The various "Chosen Ones" encountered during the game are victims of this. [[Blatant Lies|Bright, bold]] lads setting out to meet their destiny, they're quickly murdered by everything from wolves to trow to zombies. One sheriff even took to locking them up for their own safety. |
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* You ''can'' ignore the loyalty sidequests in [[Mass Effect 2]], but what do you think will happen when you take a team of people who aren't properly motivated to fight millenia-old [[Eldritch Abomination]] servants? |
* You ''can'' ignore the loyalty sidequests in [[Mass Effect 2]], but what do you think will happen when you take a team of people who aren't properly motivated to fight millenia-old [[Eldritch Abomination]] servants? |
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