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onsdag 17 april 2013

A powerful moment (Demon's Soul's spoilers)



"Leave us, slayer of Demons.
This is a sanctuary for the lost and wretched.
There is nothing here for you to pillage or plunder.
Please, leave quietly."


For me this is one of the most memorable moments in Demon's Soul's. Let me paint the setting for you.
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As you emerge from the fog you stand deep down in a pit of dispair. Several dirtbrown plagued waterfalls collect in an almost crimson pool. A pool which can be seen just a few meters from a ledge close to whence you came from. 
 
To your right in close vicinity you are made witness to wretched and twisted humanoids seemingly praying for no apparent reason, perhaps praying for salvation?

In the pool below, plagued babies crawl around in the almost mud like liquid. On the far end of the chasm, a fair dressed maiden lies upon a plateu with a knight clad in heavy armour at her side. She beckons him.

"
Go forth, Garl Vinland.
May you be unharmed." 


Garl arms himself with his large bludgeon weapon and begins to make a slow looming approach towards you, walking on a slope on the left hand side.

As you stand there, trying to grasp the moment, you know in your heart you came here to end their lives but for what exactly?


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And if that isn't powerful enough, depending on who you kill first, the other will want to be by their side and as such will commit suicide.

This moment in Souls games are perhaps equalled only to one other moment. These games tempt at our deepest emotions without needing to shove stories in our faces. Let them be a testament to great and deep storytelling. A forgotten art among RPGs

Signed, Mireneye
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