Nuvendil said:
Uh...the opening of XCX depicts the genocide of over 9 BILLION human beings. Xenoblade Chronicles also has some dark undertones and extreme evil acts. Xenoblade is, imo, a bit darker than Metroid so far, though Metroid is close behind. |
Darkness isn't really determined by killing off a whole bunch of people off screen; if it was, then the "refusal" ending of Mass Effect 3 would be the darkest moment in gaming history. Games that are dark are usually ones with heavy atmosphere, death/destruction that you physically get to witness/observe, and characters that the player feels attached to being killed off/hurt in some way. As a practical example, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney is a much, much "darker" game than Dead Rising, despite the fact that millions of people die in the latter and a grand total of five people die in the former. Death means relatively nothing if we have no attachment to the characters who die in the first place.
