Lovecraftian on 9/9/2007 at 19:36
Quote Posted by Caduca
I felt that the Hag was a rather weak enemy. She was at her best when she was either in her little girl form or her elderly woman form, as both were fantastically creepy. Her final shape was rather underwhelming. I found that she wasn't particularly intimidating. Where Karras and Constantine both impressed and rather frightened me, the Hag just left me feeling, "Oh... That's
it?
That's the game's final boss?" The most cliched of all three final enemies, I felt.
Yeh, the hag was a total anti climax. We didn't get to learn that much about her, and she seemed rather distant compared to Karras and Constantine, where there were both a real feeling of a struggle going on.
Her final form looked like a Resident Evil rip off. Her motives seemed rather cliched compared to those of the Trickster and Karras, who both kept you wondering right up till the end. i half expected her to don a moustache and top hat and mumble "Damn that meddling Garrett!"
Mikael Grizzly on 9/9/2007 at 19:47
I may be controversial, but I think Gamall was a great boss, even better than either Trickster or Karras. While they both wanted to fulfill epic plans, Gamall wanted one, basic thing.
Survival.
Everyone is scared of death, whether they admit it or not. Gamall is a tragic character, as she, in the quest for life and knowledge (note her hiding spot and the books. Not to mention position as interpreter), was given a powerful tool - the Glyph of Transformation, which was deemed too dangerous and sealed off.
Gamall broke the seals and took it, prolonging her life, but trading her humanity away, becoming a monster.
It's sad and tragic, as in order to preserve her human life, she begun to lead a monster's life.
Very personal, and, well, I can sympathize with her goals.
Or maybe it's just because all that divine shibang (sorry Constantine) or high pitched mad genius stuff (no luck Karras, although I love your style) doesn't appeal to me as much as personal struggles.
SubJeff on 9/9/2007 at 20:08
hey guys I think griz relates to monsters or something :p
Peanuckle on 10/9/2007 at 03:19
I agree. We should choose a hero from amongst us to embark on a quest to his house and smite him before he grows any stronger.
An easy way to deduce who the best villain is follows as thusly:
Place all three of them in a room. What happens?
Karras, a measly human who can do naught but piss people off with his speech impediment, quickly gets chewed up in round one.
The next several rounds are nothing but long, drawn out beating the tar out of the other guy/thing, with all kinds of magical side effects.
Finally, Gamall is disqualified because she keeps going invisible to regenerate, whereas the Trickster is a freakin god, and therefore invincible.
Also, I just remember he can cause you to lose life without taking damage, so he could do that to Gamall too.
nicked on 10/9/2007 at 07:44
yes, but you're forgetting, Karras is weaselly enough not to have got himself into said room in the first place. He'd arrange to have an army of robots take his place. :laff:
Lovecraftian on 10/9/2007 at 08:25
Quote Posted by nicked
yes, but you're forgetting, Karras is weaselly enough not to have got himself into said room in the first place. He'd arrange to have an army of robots take his place. :laff:
True. He'd just leave some robots and a viktrola with him laughing on it.
