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SweetDalilah
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| | Subject: Adventure games in which you play as a killer Sun May 08, 2011 5:29 pm | |
| Sence Lucius is comming out soon, I was wondering if there are more games in which you take a role of a killer? The main character doesn't necessaraly have to be killing in the game (as sweet little Lucius) but can also be chased and prosecuted for his crime (doesn't have to be murder as long as it has somekind of Crime and Punishment storyline) The game doesn't have to be a horror game, it's good enough if it's a dark thriller Also I would like to know more games like And then there where none, were the characters get killed one by one. Now, this question is mainly for hatshepsut  , but anyone else can give me their recommendations | |
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hatshepsut
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| | Subject: Re: Adventure games in which you play as a killer Sun May 08, 2011 8:00 pm | |
| Well these games come to mind:
Phantasmagoria: Pray it's Only a Nightmare (horror)
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of the Flesh (horror)
Black Mirror (horror)
Post Mortem ( very dark)
Still Life (very dark)
Jack the Ripper (very dark)
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (horror)
Overclocked: A history of Violence (very dark)
The Gabriel Knight series
For a few horror games that are more psychological horror these come to mind:
Barrow Hill
All the Dark Fall games
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loth Nolder
The Delaware St John series
Necronomicon
Scratches (probably the scariest horror game that I have played and has a beautiful soundtrack)
At the moment the only horror games I can think of where you are the supposed killer or pursued as such are:
Black Mirror
Black Mirror II
Black Mirror III
For some really good short free indie horror games I would highly recommend the Trilby series by yahtzee.
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GreyFuss
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| | Subject: Re: Adventure games in which you play as a killer Sat May 14, 2011 5:33 pm | |
| I can't think of any adventure games off the top of my head where you actually "play the killer". It seems like there was one or two but I will have to give it more thought. | |
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gruefeeder
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| | Subject: Re: Adventure games in which you play as a killer Tue May 17, 2011 11:44 pm | |
| - GreyFuss wrote:
- I can't think of any adventure games off the top of my head where you actually "play the killer". It seems like there was one or two but I will have to give it more thought.
- Spoiler:
Samuel was the killer in Black Mirror.
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hatshepsut
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| | Subject: Re: Adventure games in which you play as a killer Wed May 18, 2011 12:57 am | |
| I have never been convinced that Samuel really was the killer in Black Mirror.
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AlienBZ
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| | Subject: Re: Adventure games in which you play as a killer Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:43 pm | |
| - hatshepsut wrote:
- I have never been convinced that Samuel really was the killer in Black Mirror.
Me neither. I thought he was the "out of state/country" college kid returning home to something bad that happened at home (aww, now I'm starting to emphiathize (sp)? with Samuel) and now he has to find out the truth about what happened? And by the third Black Mirror since no one either knows who done it, or no one believes Samuel, the cops think he did it (since he has hanging around the Black Mirror castle snooping around) and they arrest him? So could you say that in all three of the Black Mirror games, you're not really the killer, but you're the (although this is likely false) prime suspect? | |
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AlienBZ
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| | Subject: Re: Adventure games in which you play as a killer Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:55 pm | |
| People - I was asking some questions about a game here (please see my post above this one) but no one answered them. I'm wondering why no one replied to my questions about Sam in the Black Mirror series???  | |
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gruefeeder
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| | Subject: Re: Adventure games in which you play as a killer Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:50 am | |
| Back to the topic of the thread, I guess there are only two games where you could be playing the actual killer, Black Mirror and Phantasmagoria 2. I haven't actually played Phantasmagoria 2, but from what I can tell by reading reviews, you play a disturbed individual who might very well be a killer. Like Grayfuss says, it seems like there should be more but I'm not remembering any. If you want a game where you are on the run from the law, there are probably a few others -- at least for part of the game. - AlienBZ wrote:
- People - I was asking some questions about a game here (please see my post above this one) but no one answered them. I'm wondering why no one replied to my questions about Sam in the Black Mirror series???
Maybe because most of us don't want to hijack SweetDalilah's thread. Black Mirror was published 8 years ago, and there have been plenty of discussions on whether Samuel was the killer or not. - Spoiler:
It always seemed pretty obvious to me that Samuel's body was taken over by the evil spirit of Mordred during the times that the murders took place. Samuel had all those blackouts, which suggest that the evil spirit was in control of his body at those times. You could argue that Mordred's evil spirit committed the murders, using Samuel's body, but that excuse wouldn't convince the local police -- or Samuel himself. Some people argue that Robert could have done them, but I think it was Samuel because Samuel was the person who the evil spirit had chosen to take over. Samuel was the one who had the visions of the murders, not Robert. Even William could have been killed by Samuel/Mordred, because Samuel could have blacked out for the time period it took him to travel to Black Mirror and back to wherever he was staying. Yes the intro makes it look like something supernatural is flying up the side of the tower and hovering over the chandelier, but that could just be a misdirection. Or you could argue that the spirit of Mordred tried to take control of William once he no longer wore the ring, and William jumped out of the window rather than be possessed by it. That doesn't exonerate Samuel from the rest of the killings though.
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hatshepsut
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| | Subject: Re: Adventure games in which you play as a killer Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:09 am | |
| Phantasmagoria 2: the character you play isn't a killer. However Phantasmagoria: Prey it's Only a Nightmare even though you don't play the killer - Spoiler:
the character you play does kill someone
Black Mirror and Samuel - Spoiler:
I think it could be argued that Mordred was the killer not Samuel. I think thats why Samuel jumped at the end because he wasn't a killer. Of course that ending left a lot to interpretation mainly owing to the developers plan at the time for a sequel
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Enter The Story
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| | Subject: Re: Adventure games in which you play as a killer Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:24 pm | |
| Funny you mention that.  I'm just starting the design for my next game, The Picture of Dorian Gray (you heard it here first!). I haven't decided yet, but you will probably play as Dorian, as he starts off as a very sympathetic and likeable character. Later on of course things change, and one or two people die... As for games where everyone gets killed off, The Count of Monte Cristo is about a guy who takes revenge and each time he destroys someone he counts them off: "One." "Two." etc. The book is probably the first and most famous example. He doesn't actually kill everyone, but he maneuvres enemies into situations where fate takes its course, usually in fatal ways. | |
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