Noteworthy deaths in games

[Sarxis]

In "Undying", the myriad of ways the main character (forgot his name) would get killed was pretty gruesome (entertaining).

Different creatures would do different "finishing moves" on him:

The Werewolf creatures would come up and bit his head clean off, swallowing it whole.

The sword carrying 'gypsies' would take their two swords in hand and slice his head off with both at the same time.

etc, etc, etc..

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Admiral PJ
The nastier way to 'die' was to get stuck at the bottom of a tomb in a dank dungeon , because of a bug in the quake2 engine.. so I just drowned needlessly.

The bug-caused deaths are the worst ones. Both when talking of a computer bug, or a bug in Fallout 2

[loinburger]

My stupidest death in Fallout II was when I tried to rob the gun merchant outside of the NCR. My thieving skill wasn't very high, so when I was inevitably caught there were suddenly three guys with Bozars shooting little pieces off of me. Pleh.

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by loinburger
My stupidest death in Fallout II was when I tried to rob the gun merchant outside of the NCR. My thieving skill wasn't very high, so when I was inevitably caught there were suddenly three guys with Bozars shooting little pieces off of me. Pleh.

Yes but eventually, after trying for over a dozen times with a thieving skill of some 40 - 50 (I loaded if I got minced) and then got the Bozar. Then the other guy's Bozar. Since my earlier weapon was a Combat Shotgun, I became quite a threat to bugs after that...

[LotC]

Nethack again

The kitten bites! The kitten bites! The kitten bites!

You are dead.

Still makes me laugh when I see it.

[mactbone]

Ragnarok, the free adventure game, You have mixed the potions together and they explode cutting off your legs. You have mixed the poions together, and the bloody stumps that were your legs grow tentacles...

Alphaman (similar to NetHack), You use the "Dr. Kevorkian Death Chair" and kill yourself.

Now, Halo, trying to recreate he video, or running around in a death match wih everyone pistol whipping.

[MattyBoy]

Chowlett,
Running out of food has no simple answer.
If you are playing a wizard, gather throwing weapons at every opportunity
and use them so you get hit less, until you get a bit tougher. That way you don't have to sit around waiting to recover.

Also systematically get your pet to help you to choose armour. Avoid armour with too much metal, but you can wear some without affecting your chances of casting at all.

Pray if you are really low and food and can get away with a prayer. - better than going unconscious.

Don't wear rings and amulets unless you have too as they make you get hungrier. Run from tough battles if you are near stairs so you don't get too low on hit points.

When you are unconscious it is pretty much too late.

[Chowlett]

Originally posted by MattyBoy
Also systematically get your pet to help you to choose armour. Avoid armour with too much metal, but you can wear some without affecting your chances of casting at all.

Huh? Get my pet to help?

[loinburger]

Dink Smallwood, getting killed by a giant duck. Or getting eaten by a village girl.

[Juggernaut]

Dubbelmoral for Mac. Your bladder cracks due to not finding a toilet.

[Skanky Burns]

Not an actual death, but highly embarrasing.

In the Deus Ex training mission:
Standing next to a crate of TNT when the mech decides to blow the crate up, taking your legs out with it...
Then having your boss in the game tell you you're "Going to be the best agent they have" as you look up at him from the ground.

[MattyBoy]

Chowlett, have you ever noticed that your pet will only move "reluctantly" over some squares or that sometimes she won't follow you through a corridor? ...or that he won't eat an old corpse or a snake corpse? Sometimes your pet's behaviour can tell you quite a bit.

As you learn the hints that your pet gives out, you can systematically use that to help avoid some of the games minor setbacks.

[loinburger]

Recently, in Thief: Coming out of the shadows and blackjacking somebody, then picking up the unconscious body and turning around to move back into the shadows, but finding that two mages have strolled into the room in the meantime and are now standing behind you. "Oh, don't mind me, I'm must the janitor. These consarned bodies keep piling up..."

[Chowlett]

Originally posted by MattyBoy
Chowlett, have you ever noticed that your pet will only move "reluctantly" over some squares or that sometimes she won't follow you through a corridor? ...or that he won't eat an old corpse or a snake corpse? Sometimes your pet's behaviour can tell you quite a bit.

As you learn the hints that your pet gives out, you can systematically use that to help avoid some of the games minor setbacks.

I had, but hadn't known what to make of it.

Presumably, if they pick something up, it's quite light and shouldn't hinder me too much. If they eat something, I probably can as well.

And I guess that if they move reluctantly, there's either a secret there or the item is quite special, yes? I have no idea about the corridor thing, though.

Oh yes - what's the appropriate key-combination for ^-something? Eg ^P is read last message, but ^ is detect trap, which makes things tricky...

[ColdWizard]

in GTA3, killing someone and getting run over by the responding ambulance

in FO2, having Marcus gun down my character and everyone else in the party with a mini-gun