Huthman
Queen of Neith
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Queen of Neith
#2: Mar 14th 2017 at 11:06:54 PM
Well, that's funny I'll need more tragic villains or heroes.
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VutherA
Since: Jul, 2009
#3: Mar 15th 2017 at 10:14:18 AM
I have little to add since I'm mostly playing multiplayer games.
However, I dunno if many would consider Andrew Ryan tragic...I feel like his focus on principles while also being a significant hypocrite probably just leads most people to to find him entirely unlikeable, with about his pretty much only good trait clearly counteracted in practice.
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Today, we are going to talk about tragic figures in video games. Video games are often thought of mindless escapism, just a immature and murder simulators and inherently incapable of mature artistic or literary expression. Sometimes, video games evoke emotions like any piece of medium and fiction.
What is a Tragic Hero? A tragic hero is a character that invokes sadness. The tragic hero often makes mistakes which creates his fall from glory and realizes it's too late to change the mistakes
What is a Tragic Villain? A tragic villain is a type of villain who does not intend to be a villain but forced to become one by tragedy and circumstances. The tragic villain has no control over emotions and circumstances made them.
That's the definition of a tragic hero and villain. It's a literary character in which tragedy often derives. Tragedy comes from the tears and sadness of the audience.
Here are examples of tragic heroes and villains in video games
1. Captain Martin Walker (Spec Ops The Line)
Despite John Konrad calling out to reveal him as a villain of his own story. It is clear most of the events were Captain Martin Walker's fault and he could prevent by just stopping. Captain Martin Walker/John Konrad is a example of Tragic Hero and Tragic Villain.
2. Shadowlord (Nier)
He was the original human Nier, he was designed to sustain the Gestalts/Shades. However his love of his daughter Gestalt Yonah has caused him to kidnap the Replicant Yonah, causing Nier to kill large number of Shades to get to him. He is killed by Nier, in which would cause the extinction of mankind in the long run.
3. Gigyas (Earthbound)
A alien warlord cared by two humans named George and Maria. After George stole the secrets of PSI, he was forced by his race to invade Earth, only calming down when [Talking the Monster to Death Ninten and his party sings the Eight Melodies to him]]. In Earthbound, he became insane and became a monstrous entity only stopped by Ness and his party with Paula's prayer.
4. Lusamine (PokemonSunAndMoon)
A kindly looking woman who is the president of the Aether Foundation and loves Pokemon. When her true nature is revealed, she is a sociopathic woman who is obsessed with her love for Nihilego. Despite being horrific villain for a game for children, her backstory makes it a tragic woman. She lost her husband and became insane due to Nihilego's neurotoxins, abusing and neglecting her children and bringing her downfall by fusing with Nihilego all because of her love of her lost husband and Nihilego.
5. Andrew Ryan (BioShock)
A businessman with a idea of utopia. He built the city of Rapture based on his philosophy and invited the greatest men into his utopia. But over time, his desire to keep Rapture secret and hatred of the lower classes has caused the rise of Frank Fontaine and the Rapture Civil War. Left in ruins, Andrew Ryan orders Jack to kill him because he knows Fontaine controls Jack.
What do you think? What are your opinions and suggestions?
edited 6th Mar '17 10:45:21 PM by Huthman
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