Monday, October 1, 2007

One of the Greatest Moments in All Gaming (Spoilers, but a Must See!!!)

You'd think horror is something that video games are not capable of. Well, you'd think wrong. All the way from 1999, we bring you a clip from one of the greatest horror games of all time: System Shock 2. The clip is by far one of the best sequences ever done in gaming. With its creepyness, feeling of betrayal and and some of the best sound design for a voice I've heard in a long time, it was one of the biggest plot twists of all time and changed the way storytelling was handled in games. One of the few games that could work well as a horror film (with proper handling of course).

To fill in the blanks in the story, the game centers around a time in the future where the main character awakes on a ship in the middle of nowhere space. Most of the crew is dead and monsterous aliens roam the halls. Your only guide is a survivor named Dr. Pelito, who gives you advice to help guide you to safety. After playing through the game a good time, you're convinced that all will end when you reach her. And then this happens:

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