Sorting Algorithm of Deadness/Video Games: Difference between revisions

|| '''Death Value''' || '''''[[Four Is Death|4]]''''' || '''''3''''' || '''''2''''' || '''''1''''' ||

|| ''[[How to Kill A Character|Cause of death]]'' || [[Death By Irony|Irony]], [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|Bridge Drop]], [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|Overkill]], [[Stuffed in The Fridge]], [[Ret Gone]] || [[Redemption Equals Death|Redemption]], [[Heroic Sacrifice|Sacrifice]], [[Bus Crash]], [[Mortal Wound Reveal]] || [[No One Could Survive That]], just plain killed in battle || [[Suicidal Gotcha|Jumping]] ||

|| ''Body Found?'' || [[Deader Than Dead|Dead]] and [[Meaningful Funeral|Buried]]<br />[[Chunky Salsa Rule|Only Bits And Pieces]] || [[Waking Up At the Morgue|At The Morgue]] || [[Never Found the Body|Never Found]], [[Human Popsicle|Frozen]], [[Taken for Granite|Petrified]] || [[Left for Dead]] ||

|| ''[[Characters|Characterization]]'' || [[Red Shirt]], [[Death By Origin Story|Loved One]], [[Mauve Shirt]] || [[Recurring Character]], [[C List Fodder]] || [[Regular]] || [[Contractual Immortality|Protagonist, Archvillain]] ||

|| ''[[Season Fluidity|When did they die?]]'' || 10+ years ago, [[Grand Finale|Series Finale]] || 5-10 years ago || Same year || [[Story Arc|Same arc]] ||

* Genre: Comic book, so [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1.

* The Body: [[Deader Than Dead|Dead and buried]], but it's a little more complicated. Still, it's a 4.

* Last Words: "[[Famous Last Words|Try Me]]." 3.

* Characterization: It's [[Memetic Mutation|The Goddamn Batman]], people. 1.

''[[Persona 3]]'':

* Cause: [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: 3.

* Genre: [[Killed Off for Real]] in the initial release of the game, but ''FES'' and ''P3P'' muddy the waters considerably. 2.5, maybe?

* Genre: [[Anyone Can Die]]. 4

* Body Found? Nope. 3

* Last Words: None. N/A.

* When did they die?: Beginning of game. 3

* "Died" and come back?: Not yet. 4

* Genre: [[Anyone Can Die]]. 4

* Body Found?: In [[Downloadable Content|Return to Ostagar]] where it can be crematated, fed to wolves or left to rot. 4

* Last words: [[Oh Crap|A shocked cry of pain]]. 4

* Characterization: Naive King in a [[Crapsack World]]. 4

* Genre: [[Killed Off for Real]] (3), it happened to her and Carlos, as far as the Saints go.

* Body Found?: She's been [[Left for Dead]] (1)

* Last words: "Run, you fools!". (2)

* Characterisation: Protagonist (1)

* Genre: [[Killed Off for Real]] (3), it happened to Lin and Carlos!

* Body Found?: Although on a literal level he has been buried, he is [[Left for Dead]] (1)

* Last words: Not really words, but there is a 'oh shit' look on his face as he realises he's about to be buried alive, and he spends most of the cutscene begging for his life. [[Oh Crap]]. (4)

* Characterisation: [[C List Fodder]] (3) (at my count there's 10 antagonists, and Dane Vogel would be the [[Big Bad]].)

* Genre: it's adventure game series, but considering how low was the death rate until now... I say [[Disney Death]]. '''2'''.

* Body Found? Stabbed by a pike and thrown off the pier? That's [[Left for Dead]], I guess. '''1'''.

* Last Words: [[Final Speech]]...ish. I give '''3''' for this one.

* Characterization: Protagonist! '''1'''.

* Genre: Well, it's [[Suikoden]], so [[Anyone Can Die]]. 4.

* Body: Well, his body was pretty clearly found, and was riddled with arrows to boot, but was never actually seen being disposed of in any way, so...3.5.

* Last Words: [[Famous Last Words|"I am sublime! I am the true face of evil!"]] 3.

* Characterization: Archvillain. 1.

* Reaction: Pretty Distraught. 4

* Last Words: [[Final Speech]], See you next life. 3

* When: 1

* Died before: No. 4

* Genre: first "death" in the series. Add the {{spoiler|clone usage}} and it's 1.5

* Body: seems to be right there, but {{spoiler|seeing as he wasn't unmasked}}, let's count this as [[Never Found]] - 3

* Last Words: [[Oh Crap]] - 4

* Role: {{spoiler|Archvillain - 1}}

* Genre: Up to this point, only {{spoiler|Sturm}} had "died", but the {{spoiler|clone usage}} is useless for lowering his score - 2.5

* Body: Right there - 4

* Last Words: [[Famous Last Words]] - 3

* Role: I'd say [[Red Shirt]] - 4

* Reaction: Montage - 4

* Last Words: [[Famous Last Words]] - 3

* When: Same arc - 1

* Come back before: No - 4

* When: Same arc, again - 1

* Come back before: nope - 4

{{spoiler|The Mayor}}:

* Genre: For player Characters, [[Death Is Cheap|Death may be cheap]], but when they make a cinematic showing you die, then you usually stay dead ([[The Undead|with or without prefix]]): 3

* Body: either the disease rotted his flesh away, or he got burned by the breath of the red dragons. Either way, The Body's gone: 4

* Characterization: {{spoiler|Former Boss of Stormwind}} and major Character in Wrath of the Lich King: 2

* When: Same year: 2

* Genre: See above: 3

* Body: See above: 4

* Characterization: Recurring Character: 3

* When: Same year: 2

* Genre: Conflict here. This is the [[Fighting Game]] genre, where usually [[Death Is Cheap]] (see also: [[Street Fighter|Bison, M.; Gouken]]; [[Tekken|Mishima, Kazuya]]). However, this is also a [[Killed Off for Real]] considering [[Kaneto Shiozawa|Hyo's seiyuu]] died (this reason also killed off Zato-1 of [[Guilty Gear]]) and Rival Schools really hasn't had any major character deaths yet. Let's split the difference here - 2

* Body: Pretty much dies in Kyosuke's arms, but like his twin himself, the body has seemingly disappeared. Unless a future RS game shows a funeral, we'll split the difference again. 3.5

* Last Words: [[Famous Last Words]] to Kyosuke. 3

* Characterization: He's Kyosuke's beloved twin brother, so [[Loved One]]. 4

* Genre: This is [[Street Fighter]], so [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1

* Body: Never found, confirmed by Guile's SF IV intro. 3

* Last Words: Telling Guile that he'll finish off Bison and to get out of the base. Something of a mix of "Run!" and [[Famous Last Words]], so 2.5

* Characterization: His presence in the Alpha series is there to give impetus to Guile's story, so [[Death By Origin Story]]. 4

* Cause: Honestly? [[Puff of Logic]]. Not sure it's listed, but the fight had some similarity to redemption, so I'll give it - 3

* Body: She disappeared in a [[Puff of Logic]]; what do you think? [[Never Found the Body]] - 3

* [[Last Words]]: A thank you to Battler for having fun with her during their game. I'll call it a [[Final Speech]], I guess - 3

* Characterization: Archvillain for whom the main character is [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]. And he didn't - 1

* Body: The body is destroyed, but you don't know that that's the whole body. Also, software can be stored, so it's sort of like frozen. - 2.5

* Reaction: Waking Up - 1

* Characterization: Archvillain - 1

* Died and came back: This is the first appearance, so it's not really applicable.

* Genre: I don't know.

* Body: Never found. - 3

* [[Last Words]]: He can't talk.

* Characterization: Possibly a [[Cargo Ship|loved one]]. I'll just call it a 3

{{spoiler|Lucca}} from ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'', who was apparently {{spoiler|killed by Lynx}} in ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]''...

* '''Genre''': Well, judging from the first game, [[Death Is Cheap]], but ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]'' tries to establish an [[Anyone Can Die]] sort of mood, so we'll just average 4 and 1 and say 2.5.

* '''Body''': Never Found. 3.

* Genre: first non-mook casualty so hard to say without information from the second game - 2

* Body Found: right there, {{spoiler|as he was talking with his son}} - 4

* Last Words: [[Final Speech]] - 3

* Characterization: {{spoiler|Regular - 2}}

* [[Audience Expectation]]: Since {{spoiler|She}} lacks the {{spoiler|[[Joker Immunity]]}} of the two previous characters, its quite possible that {{spoiler|Talia}} might be dead for real in the eyes of the audience. 2 because of other characters apparently cheating death.

* Body Found?: Like {{spoiler|her father's}} body {{spoiler|Talia's}} disappears during the boss fight following {{spoiler|her}} apparent death, so 2.

* Characterization: Loved One, 4.

* When Did They Die?: 2 for the same reasons as the above characters.

* Genre: [[Killed Off for Real]] - 3

* Body Found? Not by anyone else, but shown on screen after death - 4

* Characterization: Regular, almost protagonist - 1.5

* When Did He Die?: Three years ago in-universe, otherwise inapplicable

* Audience Expectation: 2.5

* Body found: Stolen by Wesker, thus never found. 2

* Last Words: His final speech. 3

* Characterization: [[Mauve Shirt]], seeing as how he was created specifically to die. 4

* Genre: [[Killed Off for Real]]. 3

* Body Found: [[Never Found the Body|No body left to find]]. 3

* Characterization: [[Big Bad]]. 1

* When: 10+ Years ago. 4

* Genre: [[Anyone Can Die]]. '''4'''

* Body Found: {{spoiler|Laying in a pile of Dragoon goo.}} '''4'''

* Characterization: Regular. '''2'''

* When: 10 years ago. '''3'''

* Genre: (I don't know, needs calculation)

* Body: Not sure where to put this one, see cause of death.

* Characterization: I would call him a Regular. 2.

* When: Towards the end, I'd call that... same arc? 1?

* Genre: [[Anyone Can Die]] - 4

* Body: 1.5 - would have been [[Left for Dead]], but one of your team members shoots him again to make sure.

* Last words: [[Final Speech]] - 3

* Characterization: Archvillan initially (except he actually isn't) - 1.5

* Genre: Nominally [[Killed Off for Real]], although by the end pretty much ''everyone'' is dead except for Chief, Cortana, and Arbiter, so might count as [[Anyone Can Die]] also. Again, I'll split the difference and give it a '''3.5'''.

* Body Found?: Died in Master Chief's arms. Chief never bothered to take a pulse, but I'll assume he's not an idiot and had some way of knowing Johnson had expired and not simply passed out. And then the Halo he died on blew up, although see below... So, [[Deader Than Dead]]. '''4'''.

* Characterization: Started out as a [[Red Shirt]] in ''Halo'', but was made a series Regular in ''Halo 2''. '''2'''.

* When did they die?: Doesn't really count, since the series ends after his death. No score.

* Genre: Same series, so 1 (see above).

* Body Found?: ''Episode 2'' fades out just as you reach his body, so there hasn't been time to check for a pulse, but he really looks [[Deader Than Dead]]. 4.

* Characterization: [[Death By Origin Story|Loved One]]. AND [[Wise Old Mentor]] to boot. Definitely a 4.

* When Did They Die?: The story is currently right up to his death, so definitely same arc. 1.

* Genre: {{spoiler|[[Death Is Cheap]] when it comes to gods}}, 1

* Body: {{spoiler|Got blasted into dust by a giant laser beam during the [[Final Battle]]; Hades even said he isn't even sure if he can get his body back}}, 4

* Last Words: {{spoiler|Hades said [[Famous Last Words]] as he was dying}}, 3

* Characterization: {{spoiler|Serves as the [[Big Bad]] of the last two-thirds of the game}}, 1