Alright, the truth then. You’re right about one thing… I do need capital. And votes. Wanna know why? “I have a dream.” That one day, every person in this nation will control their OWN destiny. A land of the TRULY free, dammit. A nation of ACTION, not words. Ruled by STRENGTH, not committee. Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think – to act – for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chicken-shit bureaucrats. Fuck this 24/7 Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit. Fuck “American pride”. Fuck the media! Fuck all of it! America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There’s no saving it – we need to pull it out by the roots. WIpe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged, and the strongest will thrive – free to live as they see fit, they will make America GREAT AGAIN!
What the hell are you talking about?
You still don’t get it. I’m using war as a business to get elected… so I can end war as a business! In my new America, people will die and kill for what they BELIEVE! Not for money, not for oil! Not for what they’re told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!
Reported as:
Spam or abuse
Context to explain why this isn’t spam/abuse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmWQd8zhEg4
Leaving up.
Thank you. I didn’t think Senator Armstrong wouldn’t be recognized on the games community.
I never played that game, and without that context, it is genuinely scary how hard it is to tell whether it not this is a real thing a real politician actually said. God damn, Kojima saw it coming.
It’s crazy that the Japanese parodies of US politics are more accurate than any other portrayals from that era. They even got MAGA slogan dead on!
Yeah it is scary to hear make American great again before Trump ever campaigned in the 2016 election
There was a sci-fi book called Parable of the Sower in the early 90s that had it as the slogan of a shitty fascist president. It’s worth a read and will feel especially creepy right now.
It was Regan and Bush Senior slogan before that:
Ronald Reagan, the 1980 Republican presidential nominee, originated the slogan “Make America Great Again.” He and his running mate George H.W. Bush used the phrase on buttons and posters
https://www.si.edu/object/button-ronald-reagan-1980:nmah_522618
Exactly what I came looking for and your post did not disappoint
“CONTEXT? I MADE IT THE FUCK UP!”
I had you all wrong, you’re not greedy… you’re batshit insane!!
Senator Armstrong for President 2028,
He’s not as bad as what we’ve got!
Psycho Mantis as they can read my mind!
oh shit i forgot about him, yeah he’s probably the coolest one intro wise ngl
The post fight was also amazing. Such a well made character all around.
Boom Bewm
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4cfhQYGznAI
Start at 50 seconds in. I couldn’t figure out the link with timecode thing.
Nanomachines son!
The first time you fight Magus in Chrono Trigger.
Sephiroth - Final Fantasy 7
absolute cinema
Dark souls 3 Abyss Watchers live rent free in my head.
Replying to myself because I remember the og Artorias and Sif intros. That series is full of cool ones though.
Oh man, and the environmental component hearing the clash of metal get louder as you approach the arena. FromSoft has always been good at it, but that was really peak environmental design and story telling.
It has to be Riku in Kingdom Hearts. He takes about 5 minutes or more to tell you that your path ends there and he actually delivers. Then he tells it again when you inevitably try again, because you can’t skip the bloody cutscene.
Have recently played this for the first time, and I’m stuck on the final Riku fight, it’s excessively difficult and worst of all I just don’t really care about the characters for it to be worth it for me to finish the game, honestly a super overrated game.
For a long time I thought KH to be the best game ever but… It is ! When you’re a teenager, when you’re going through angst. But when you’re a grown up, it is not as good.
Sarah Kerrigan in StarCraft 2.
I am the Swarm. Armies will be shattered. Worlds will burn. Now at last, on this world, vengeance shall be mine. For I am the Queen of Blades.
Mic Drop!
Saren, in Mass Effect.
The descent of the Moon Presence in Bloodborne is still one of my favorite intros ever.
I was going to say Ludwig for mine, but this one is epic too
Voodoo One, Viper’s on station. Your journey ends here, Pilot - the skies belong to me. Nowhere to run… Nowhere to hide.
Anyone in Metal Gear Rising: Revengance of course!
Elden Ring, the Lord of Madness. Intro, and the mid fight phase change gave me goosebumps with the music
