7 Harrowing Game Over Screens We'll Never Unsee

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  @scarletkinkajou1 · 7 months ago

  Silent Hill-putting the ‘Demon’ in ‘Demonitized”

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• MA

  @MadMikeRyan. · 7 months ago

  I remember a Vietnam War era first person shooter called Men of Valor where the death screen was a fully voiced reading of the letter sent by your character's commander telling his family that he died in the line of duty and how. It changes with each level, and you can tell that the performance was taking a toll on the various voice actors that did the reading. But the really morbid part was that after the first few missions you probably memorized the protagonist's service number.

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• ST

  @STS-qi1qy · 7 months ago

  &apos;Boo!&apos;<br>&apos;Exactly!&apos; <br><br>Ok I loved the subversion of that joke

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• SA

  @SanmiAtleti96 · 7 months ago (edited)

  The first one to come to mind is Majora&apos;s Mask in the Nintendo 64, specifically running out of time and watching the moon crash down. As a kid it traumatized me so much that I speant years being afraid to look straight up at the sky. I vividly remember the nightmares I had at the time. Still one of my favourite games of all time!

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• OC

  @occultplatypus · 7 months ago

  The Lion King death didn&apos;t hit that hard for me, but I suspect I was desensitised somewhat from watching the Prince of Persia enspikening himself with grim regularity

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• DE

  @deanospimoniful · 7 months ago

  What about the horrific deaths Lara Croft has in Tomb Raider?

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• MI

  @mitiamed · 7 months ago

  You can&apos;t spell DEMONETISED without &apos;DEMON&apos;

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• FA

  @fableagain · 7 months ago

  The &quot;great and mighty poo&quot; clip is to Outside Xtra mentioning Conker what the &quot;clack clack&quot; clip is to Max Miller mentioning hardtack.

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• JO

  @jonathanhope3672 · 7 months ago

  I just assumed Simba was knocked out. He died?! Man...I need a sit down

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• KA

  @KayleighBourquin · 7 months ago

  That young Simba &quot;death&quot; is tame. I&apos;ve seen worse passing out from a concussion sequences than that.

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• MA

  @Maleketh42 · 7 months ago

  The lack of Chrono Trigger&apos;s &quot;But the future refused to change...&quot; disappoints me. &nbsp;It was simple, but haunting.

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• RT

  @RTitleySage · 7 months ago

  Was expecting a reprise of the terrors of Heart of Darkness

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