Submitted 3 weeks ago by Katana314@lemmy.world to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
Trope or not, gods just end up being a common target for games about heroes escalating in power while fighting increasingly world-destroying consequences.
So, for each post, name a game and describe it, with the assumption being that every description automatically ends with the phrase:
“…and then it ends with you fighting a god.”
Final Fantasy Legends!
Earth Defense Force 5 ends with you fighting a god. EDF 6 basically starts and ends with this.
Depending on how you define all powerful God, Fallout New Vegas
OG Chrono Trigger
The entirety of Final Fantasy 14
The Age of Mythology campaign. It starts with you heading to the Trojan War because some pirates stole your statue’s trident…
Loop hero has you trying to rebuild a forgotten world as you traverse round a simple loop…
Yakuza 0 goes through all the emotions with its storytelling: you start by singing karaoke, then become a fugitive, you go bowling, lose a friend, watch a dirty video…
Also, holy shit, most of you guys missed the point.
Though you DO actually fight a god in Yakuza 4 as a sidequest.
Mario and friends find a secret door while on their quest to defeat weapon invaders from another dimension.
Final Fantasy Legend, on the Game Boy. There are multiple worlds, and in every world there’s a giant tower, and when you enter the tower, each level leads to a different world. Eventually you get to the very top and you fight God, who is guarding the door at the top level that leads to paradise.
Silent Hill and Silent Hill 3 - both games revolve around a cult that is trying to bring about the rebirth of their deity. You play as someone who finds themselves in the town of Silent Hill in search of a person. You solve puzzles, battle monsters, and navigate the town… and then it ends with you fighting a god.
Most of the Dark Souls are like that, ain’t they? I’m too weak sauce to ever reach those levels, though. Black Myth Wukong has you starting Heaven’s entire army, so I guess that qualifies too (I’m assuming you end up fighting a god at the end, but again, I’m not worthy)
Grim Dawn.
One moment you’re dying on the gallows, the next you’re fighting the tongue of a long dead god trying to reclaim it’s appropriated flesh.
And the stakes only get higher from there for the DLCs.
Asura’s Wrath, DMC1, Bayonetta
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Final Fantasy 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 13
JayEchoRay@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Haven’t finished 1,2,3 but spoilers below:
spoiler
Ff4 - have to stop a vengeful manifestation of an advanced race Ff5 - stopping a tree Ff6 - stopping a clown’s divinity Ff7 - well, that is more an alien with support from the spirit of the planet protecting itself Ff8 - sorceressess and time shenanigans Ff9 - ends with an abrupt challenge from a death god to convince it not to delete the current universe Ff10 - and be transported to a land where a dominant religion is enforced through the power of a wmd that is maintained by “faith” Ff12 - prevent the folly of a man trying to become a god, through the power of a renegade of the universe godhood pantheon Ff13 - become pawns of higher beings wanting to stop the nihilism of one of its brethen tired of the infinite cycle
megane_kun@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
FF8 spoiler
Was Ultimecia characterized as (a) god, or wanting to be one? I think Ultimecia wanted a world that consists of only her, hence she could be considered a god in her own world. She succeeded until the power of friendship and love defeated her but …
I don’t think it counts under what I understood the prompt in the OP is all about. But then again, it’s been a while since I last played that game, and I hardly paid much attention to the story (got too icked out by the love story). Cool game mechanics tho.