In the course of history video games have repeatedly shown us how sensibly they can be creative, have shown us not only their entertaining value, but also the various ones possibility narrative, able not only to surprise and thrill, but also to shock and leave you dismayed. Here we are not only talking about stories but also about aesthetic study e sonoro, we are talking about those characters who not only shaken us deeply, but who inevitably remained anchored to our poor souls, immediately becoming an inner baggage, even cumbersome, from which it is still difficult to detach. It is about creepy characters, which not only disturb but mark and remain, even managing to separate themselves from their own narrative dimension, transforming themselves into the real ones (sometimes) icon massificatamene recognized and feared, but also in small ones trauma all personal.
All of us, with video games, have come to terms with them sooner or later, perhaps driven by afearless security personal, or simply involved by that kind of friend who enjoys making you suffer a little. Fear, of course, is not the only motivation for this top inhabited by shady ed undeciphered (still) figures walking on the smoky avenues of memories never completely forgotten. In fact, restlessness is all a personal and subjective matter and sometimes it takes very little to inspire it, perhaps a simple repeated sound, or a detail without apparent motivation. All to the eye that looks.
So let's kick off the dances!
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The Tomb Raider Butler
In fact, rethinking this character certainly makes you smile, yet the butler of Tomb Raider remains, in the eyes of all, one of the most disturbing characters of history of video games, a real symbol how simplicity manages to remain anchored to an imaginary that still today tries, in vain, to get rid of it. This ambiguous old man followed you with his gasps throughout the first phase of Lara's adventures, and in the silence of the villa you could hear him advancing more and more ... Slowly ... Inexorable. You all know the only solution to this torture, right?
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Flowey, Undertale
For those who have not had the good fortune to cross it along their path, Flowey is one of the main enemies (?) of Undertale. Initial and final trauma escaped from Toby Fox's mind. Madness that haunts you in every rum that you decide to face, e indelible memory. Do not be fooled by his sweet appearance and his kindness, Flowey will soon be able to overcome every barrier, destroying even those of fiction and bonding inextricably to you.
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The Sorrow, Metal Gear Solid 3
If we talk about disturbing characters, we cannot fail to speak of The Sorrow, historical bossfight ed iconic of the third Metal Gear Solid, but also a golden ticket to psychiatry, especially when facing the game for the first time since children. This gentleman is faced at a time in history when the dear Snake it is suspended between life and death. The setting from the very first frames speaks clearly, with one symbology aesthetics bristling with religious references, even ancient ones. With The Sorrow we are not faced with a normal fight, he will send us against, among other things, the spirits of those who we killed during the adventure, placing an absurd weight on the concept of death and above all on that which we we caused ourselves. The more our hands will be dirty of blood and more ghosts and suffering we will have to face, in a twisted genius worthy of the dear Kojima.
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The butcher, Diablo
Il butcher remains one of the most fascinating moments of our childhood. You are there that you relax in an empty afternoon from the responsibilities you accept a random quest and here you find yourself on this figure, all in a setting bristling with suffering and blood, with moans that freeze your bones. Its difficulty and resistance to our blows? Just the icing on an unsolicited cake.
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Exposito, Blasphemus
Exposito it's… something really hard to describe, yet in the agonizing amalgam of monstrosities that Blashemus offers this child abnormal remains a strongly marked element. It will be its design, it will be its attacks, it will be the shady "thing" that supports it in the dim light, the inhuman screams and the most unspeakably slimy one can imagine, But Exposito is not only this, it is much more, it is a reminder obvious to all nightmares, even religious ones that, quite coherently with the rest of the video game, take life and shape before your eyes.
