Re: 20 Day Video Game Challenge - Day 4: Game that hit an emotional spot in your 
The recent game that hit an emotional spot in my heart is Terranigma.
This is an SNES RPG, but in my opinion, it is more impactful than Chrono Trigger even though the latter is more fun to play. Terranigma's story is basically the creation of the world, and the player character, Ark is from the Underworld. He had inadvertently unleashed the contents of the box, which necessitates that he go to the five towers to bring continents to the surface, and then go to the Overworld to bring life to the plants, then animals and then humans. This brings to mind the Genesis. And then he had to help the humans advance their civilisation.
The reason for impacting me is due to the fact that the main character is pretty much alone in his quest to do all of this, and while he certainly isn't alone (there is a fairy-like helper that lives in the box, which is his inventory), it usually felt like it because of his nature: since he is from the Underworld, he doesn't have a lot in common with the people in the overworld, yet at the same time the people in the underworld are not able to understand the huge responsibility that Ark had been tasked to do (except his lover). It is even more tragic because he is basically used by the main antagonist, as later on in the story he resurrected a key figure under the antagonist's instruction. The very nature of Ark meant that he is tied to the final boss' existence, so basically once the final boss is defeated, he will eventually fade from existence. Basically thinking about it, Ark is a hero with tragedy in his wake, so I felt for the hero of the game.
What basically helped is most certainly the music. The Underworld theme is very haunting and lonely, and when the Overworld is more flourished, it sounded more lively yet still felt solemn. Some of the in-game events also helped (though I probably don't explain since that would spoil certain points of the game). Anyway, here's the Underworld theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3mqIDAVObA
Thank you for reading.
The recent game that hit an emotional spot in my heart is Terranigma.
This is an SNES RPG, but in my opinion, it is more impactful than Chrono Trigger even though the latter is more fun to play. Terranigma's story is basically the creation of the world, and the player character, Ark is from the Underworld. He had inadvertently unleashed the contents of the box, which necessitates that he go to the five towers to bring continents to the surface, and then go to the Overworld to bring life to the plants, then animals and then humans. This brings to mind the Genesis. And then he had to help the humans advance their civilisation.
The reason for impacting me is due to the fact that the main character is pretty much alone in his quest to do all of this, and while he certainly isn't alone (there is a fairy-like helper that lives in the box, which is his inventory), it usually felt like it because of his nature: since he is from the Underworld, he doesn't have a lot in common with the people in the overworld, yet at the same time the people in the underworld are not able to understand the huge responsibility that Ark had been tasked to do (except his lover). It is even more tragic because he is basically used by the main antagonist, as later on in the story he resurrected a key figure under the antagonist's instruction. The very nature of Ark meant that he is tied to the final boss' existence, so basically once the final boss is defeated, he will eventually fade from existence. Basically thinking about it, Ark is a hero with tragedy in his wake, so I felt for the hero of the game.
What basically helped is most certainly the music. The Underworld theme is very haunting and lonely, and when the Overworld is more flourished, it sounded more lively yet still felt solemn. Some of the in-game events also helped (though I probably don't explain since that would spoil certain points of the game). Anyway, here's the Underworld theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3mqIDAVObA
Thank you for reading.
