What are the most messed up arcade game storylines?
A friend of mine came over tonight and we beat Double Dragon. It got us thinking, whoever came up with the storyline had issues. Let's recap shall we?
Opening Scene: Girl gets punched in the gut and taken away. Wow.
Story: Two dudes (brothers?) have to go and save her by killing all the thugs in their path. Typical beat 'em up storyline.
Ending: After killing the boss, you have to fight to the death (and over a baseball bat) to see who gets the girl and "live happily forever." That's some heavy stuff.
And in DDII, they just forget about the whole kidnapping thing and she gets gunned down. She can't catch a break. And why couldn't they drive their hot rod or chopper (w/ missiles) in both games. I mean, you can see them in the garage. Were they being shopped?
But I digress, what other pretty jacked up storylines are there?
A friend of mine came over tonight and we beat Double Dragon. It got us thinking, whoever came up with the storyline had issues. Let's recap shall we?
Opening Scene: Girl gets punched in the gut and taken away. Wow.
Story: Two dudes (brothers?) have to go and save her by killing all the thugs in their path. Typical beat 'em up storyline.
Ending: After killing the boss, you have to fight to the death (and over a baseball bat) to see who gets the girl and "live happily forever." That's some heavy stuff.
And in DDII, they just forget about the whole kidnapping thing and she gets gunned down. She can't catch a break. And why couldn't they drive their hot rod or chopper (w/ missiles) in both games. I mean, you can see them in the garage. Were they being shopped?
But I digress, what other pretty jacked up storylines are there?
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