5 of the Biggest WTF Moments in Gaming
Master Chief and Cortana fight their way through
the alien Covenant to rescue the crew of the Pillar
of Autumn. It transpires that the ring-shaped
worlds are actually ancient weapons designed for
a single purpose, to eradicate all sentient life in the
galaxy - a certain type of life anyway.
John Marston, a former gang member and thief,
you’re blackmailed by the now civilised American
government into bringing down your old partnersin-crime. With life as a free man on the line, you
make your way across the dying Wild West to hunt
each one down. The authenticity of Rockstar’s old
west is unparalleled, and when you finally receive
Believing the Covenant to be the only threat your pardon for your service to the men in suits,
makes the introduction of the Flood all the more you’re rewarded with a calm, quiet life back with
disturbing. Hearing the muffled screams over your your family on the farm.
radio and the mutilated corpses of Humans and
Covenant alike, you’re soon overcome by small With all debts paid, it should be over, and for a while,
green blobs that trickle out of every dark corner, it is. Marston is content to live out the rest of his life
revealing the true evil of the Halo series.
at home without further trouble, but as the player,
you know it won’t, and can’t end happily ever after.
Red Dead
The government cronies won’t let Marston go, and
Redemption - The Ending
the gunslinger won’t go quietly. When you walk
through those barn doors, resigned to your fate,
GTA’s equally accomplished western brother you can’t help but shed a tear for the poor bugger.
saw Rockstar’s storytelling abilities flourish. As
Issue 50 • December 2013
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