Story plot?

[MrQun]

So I want to talk about the games plot. According to the store page, you have to survive a cursed night until Death inevitably takes you. My questions is, why is Death after you? I've watch a lot movies, read many books and played many game where Death is the central theme. And what all these stories have in common is that Death is neither good nor evil, but just a force that ensures balance and that everyone is bound by the divine order: death. So if Death is neither good nor evil, again why is it after the player? Also in many of the stories that I've mentioned, Death seems to take great offence to beings that are immune to the divine order of death, such as the undead/ immortal which include Vampires.

We also know that we the player, are seeking a Vampire. We know this when ever we search a coffin, and the Character that comes out says " the Vampire is in another coffin." Questions is, why are we the player after the Vampire.

One theory is that each of the Characters that we can play as, are seeking the Vampire to slay it. But that doesn't explain why Death is trying to kill us, as I would've thought that Death would welcome any help to rid the world of such an abomination. So this theory is out.

Another theory is that each of the Characters that we can play as, are seeking the Vampire for one thing: Immortality. That could explain why Death wants us dead. But the obvious flaw with this theory are the characters that are already undead such as the skeleton Mortacio and the ghosts Exdash and Toastie. So this theory is out.

The most probable theory, that I think of that makes the most sense, is that Death itself, or at least its agents (Grim Reapers) are keeping the Vampire imprisoned as they are unable to kill said Vampire (no soul to claim). And in order to free themselves from said prison, the Vampire is using its many dark arts to control the living (or dead) to break them free. This, I think would explain why Death wants to kill you. Now you might ask, well what about all the evil creatures that are getting in our way, such as the Bats, Mummies, Werewolves and Witches etc. I think that what is happening is the Vampire's effort in repelling Death and controlling one of the "survivors," there is a lot of dark magic being omitted into the world, and it is causing all other evil beings to become restless and as such are blindly attacking any thing that they see.

What do you guys think?

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Publicado originalmente por KellyR:

Publicado originalmente por Sown-Laughter:

Since when do exterminators fail to seek out the nest if needed?
If you hypothetically saw that many ghouls being produced, don't you think it would be wise to look into the main bases of operation instead of waiting ones time for the hoard to regrow?

We're not exterminators, we're survivors.

And if you don't take out the reason of the hoard spawning in billions of foes then you won't be very good ones.
Not everything just comes to the hero or survivor. And if your up against a wave that large, your best bet for survival is killing or dismantling the source causing it.

You are talking to a logician realist.. not a casual optimist.
The whole enter Warp zone 1 cause why not, doesn't work in advancing plot.

Even Mario 1 had story, even smash TV had story, even Legend of Zelda had story.
Even Strider 1 had story. Even Contra Had story..

A game with out plot is usually due to the player never picking up the manual..

Most games retro and latter have story, unless it was just as basic as 2 players playing air hockey which in itself is its own narrative.

[KellyR]

Dude, you're just some guy who got jumped in your dairy farm. You get swarmed by 80,000 zombies, you don't have time to plan and go after the source. You're just trying to survive.

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Publicado originalmente por KellyR:

Dude, you're just some guy who got jumped in your dairy farm. You get swarmed by 80,000 zombies, you don't have time to plan and go after the source. You're just trying to survive.

ok then Which Hero fits the Dairy farm if they Own it ?

And why would it have a coffin of a hero? Or villain inside it?

If the coffin was brought in by the Hoard, why would they bring it inside and protect it with their own forces?