How about school? One minute you have naps, juice boxes and understand triangles and then the next moment.. no naps, no juice boxes and the triangle is Greek.
How about that one time where Kippers, the Dovahkitty of legend, gained unlimited magical power, got himself arrested like an idiot and lost all of said power when his magical items were confiscated, leaving him stuck in jail when his singular lockpick broke?
Also known as the lord of all magic, slayer (and victim) of frost trolls and 'that weird cat we arrested earlier who can't seem to understand how to pass time in prison.'
I kept restarting Star Wars: The Force Unleashed just to play as Darth Vader. There's a bridge about halfway through the tutorial where you can just stand, reflecting blaster bolts, and throwing wookies to their deaths. It's so beautiful.
I think the first Assassin's Creed fits here. You start as a super cool Assassin who has enough gear to take over a small country, and then the next thing you know is that you are itemless AND have a wound in your torso.
What about in AC:B and AC:R where you get to use the apple of Eden to wreck everything and the spend the rest of the game with it dangling from your waist
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. You start will all the best items, then Death gets all upset because Alucard switched teams so he takes away all your stuff. You have to wonder why Death didn't pull the same stunt later when you shove all your new items into his bones and make Death... more dead.
what about that time in AC:Black Flag you were given control of a Man-O-War and demolished everything in your path? and then got downgraded to your puny ship?
Rahul Koti Dunny thing for me was that the man of war actually was weaker than my Jackdaw because I like to be high leveled so it took me ages to beat the mission because I didn't realise how wesk it was
War in Darksiders. In the starting mission, you're kicking arse with the full scope of his powers, and iirc, no time limit on his Chaos Form. Only to get the majority of his powers taken away from you, and sent on a mission to redeem yourself for answering the call for the Apocalypse, which was sent out too early. -.-
Well, kinda. He went to the earth when only 6 of 7 seals where broke (In lore all 7 needed to be broke to summon the 4), so that was somewhat his fault. You eventually learn that the angel broke the other 6 hoping to kill the demons and blame them. On the arrival of War, it caused a chain reaction that lead to the extinction of humans, the angel failing, and the demons taking over earth. At the very end, the final seal is broke. So you expect 2 to be a sequel with all 4 hours man. Nope, it a prequel with only death who trying to prove War innocent. And then thq went under and everyone thought 3 was never going to happen. Except it did and I haven't played it so I can't tell you the lore for it.
@@acidrain812 Darksiders 2 isn't really a prequel, its technically more of a side-along game that starts while the first is happening, but ending a little while after War beats whats-is-name last boss guy.
That was my first thought as well. So mean, taking away your awesome Kratos power to give you a less powerful, but way more pissed off Kratos. If you think about it, is Kratos power level proporional to his level of "pissed off"? I mean, he is angry enough to not die several times. Man, I can't wait for the next GoW game...
The power armor / minigun vs deathclaw showdown in Concord was a huge spike in power near the beginning of Fallout 4. I felt invincible walking at a steady pace and mowing down raiders and taking down a deathclaw, historically one of the toughest enemies from the earlier games. Once out of ammo and dwindling power you're right back to where you started..
Arkham City. You start of as an invulnerable billionaire who can knock out enemies with one counter handcuffed, be punched repeatedly with brass knuckles without serious damage, until you put on the batsuit...
Altered Beast. In every level, you get to transform into a creature with awesome fighting powers. Then after you beat the boss, the bad guy strips you of your beast form and powers, forcing you back to square one.
I am so thankful for that first comment of Luke's about The Great Gatsby. I just had to read it this morning for literature studies. I hate it so much. I cheered when he threw it.
Honorable mention......Makai Kingdom. You go from a powerful badass overlord to a literal book that commands allies since the main character confined his soul to a book called the Sacred Tome and thus caused him to lose his power and result to the aid of others to fight.
darkwzrd4 what about kingdom Hearts 365/2 days, except it's in reverse, you get this super badass moment at the end of the game also long enough for you to enjoy it, and then you lose it.
Jane, I know you're an incredible Sith badass, but not even _Vader_ could force choke an entire planet. That's why he had a giant space laser- did you learn NOTHING at ESA?
yall forgot Dragon Age 2 where u start of in Varric's fantasy-telling with like all the possible powers u could want, fighting of hords of blight-monsters, but then Cassandre that big cute meanie calls him out on it and suddenly u got almost no powers at all. rude.
Yeah bu you only have like 3 powers and you haven't even had the chance to make Hawke look epic. Not to mention forced to have Carver in your squad if you're a mage. Ew.
Yeah but like all these games it gives you that taste of power. I mean you took down the Colossus of Rhodes without a problem for Christ's sake, and then it was all taken away at once.
You definitely should've included the fierce diety mask from majoras mask because it makes you really overpowered but you can only use it against the final boss.
Not just the Song of Time, the autosave from beating the game also does that. I've found that actually, it's reasonably useful against Goht and Twinmold. With Goht, it becomes a powered-up version of the "stand by the door shooting him with arrows when he goes by" strategy. It's not as dynamic as Goron Rolling after him, but the Fierce Deity form's damage output means Goht goes down fairly quick even with the waiting. With Twinmold... While it doesn't wreck them the way the Giant's Mask does, the damage output and the energy disks still help a fair bit. Why yes, I have used the Fierce Deity Mask + Chateau Romani to WTFpwn the bosses over and over.
@David Reynolds Allow me to clarify for your puny little brain which is clearly drunk on its own self-importance. My point is that A. Playing the Song of Time isn't necessary to keep the mask, unlike what your comment wrongly implies. So I had to correct your idiocy. And B. In my experience, the mask is actually quite helpful for Goht and Twinmold, so you can fucking suck it. What are you, a forum "moderator" from the early 2000s?
Here are the times games started you off with with amazing, world-beating abilities, only to snatch those powers away moments later! C'mooon game, we were using those powers :( Enjoy!
Wow. In the time I spent finding that QC comic the comments have gone from "48 minutes ago" to "2 hours ago." Anyway, for the commenters' edition: Halo:CE's Scorpion tank. On a walkthrough playlist, it's 2 hours, 22 minutes and 39 seconds before he gets into the tank and 9 minutes and 30 seconds before he has to abandon it. You can't really count the Warthog as awesome power that was cruelly snatched away, because the Warthog is awesome power that lasted until you hit a pebble and put it into a quadruple back-flip.
in need for speed most wanted,in the first 3-4 races you were using the best car in the game and was totally destroying your opponents....only to get sent to prison,and after being released you were forced to drive a god damn wreck of a car!!
After you get used to being a two story flame monster of mass destruction it is stripped away along with all your power which leads to you watching your character die for the first time.
Also true enough. I think thats one plus for Darksiders 2, you don't lose your powers there, Death just feels somehow weak at the start of the game, if you think who he actually is...
@rainynight02 I think it still counts though. I believe you start the game pretty powered up, but get stripped down soon after. "War?" More like "War...did all of my abilities go?"
+tdylan I'm not referring to War loosing his abilities. (which was my example to them for a video about characters who start off strong, loose their power, then become even more powerful later on) Eric Lough's comment sounds like he started out being able to play as more than one of the horsemen.Which doesn't make sense because you only ever play as War in the first game. (and only ever as Death in the second game)
@rainynight02. I get you. Since you didn't say anything about War being depowered, I was just pointing out that though Eric's example makes no sense (for the reason that you mentioned), the game itself still counts.
Digimon World: Next Order. You start the game with WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon, and even digivolving to Omegamon.... then your Digimon are sent right back to In-Training I.
One of the Soviet missions in Red Alert 3, where you take down your fellow general, Nikolai Krukov. Sure, it's at an almost late point in the whole campaign, but since every level usually starts you off with very little to go by, it pretty much counts in its own technical way. Anyways, when Dasha gives you huge amounts of credits to quickly build up a vast army to take on the Allied forces, in fact so much credits, that you can't help but feel very smug and gleeful. But when you don't realize when playing the mission for the first time is when Krukov comes along and steals like 90% of your vast funds for himself. And what makes it even worse is when he is ousted as a traitor and turns on you. This when you're fighting off the allied too! Therefore it all suddenly became a three way free-for-all. However, like any other games that claims to be a "melee brawl", all of the computer ai are more focused towards you. Also, doesn't help the fact that you're situated kinda in the middle of the whole damn map. Anyways, the kicker is that you are facing off against two prebuilt armies with little credits. So you either have a choice of battling it out. OR you restart the game and quickly spend as much of the vast sum of credits that you can before he takes it away. Also, situate yourself into your "ally's" base with prebuilt armies of soldiers (or even engineers >w>) and take him down right as he becomes ousted as the traitor.
What? No mention of the bit at the start of Assassin's Creed 1 where all of your awesome stuff gets taken because you killed like one "innocent" dude? And then you have to painstakingly get each piece back by killing a bunch of "not innocent" other dudes?
My thoughts exactly. Slice people with claws, pound tanks with hammerfists, slice MORE people with the blade, and finish off with a devastator attack, then, ya know, 18 days earlier......
I think Prototype did it much better than Nier, though. Prototype shows you what awaits in the endgame with immense power. That makes you want it and want to work for it, even if you do feel a bit disappointed in the end. Nier shows you the endgame (I assume, never played), but then skips forward in time, making you think "well, maybe I won't get those like that". Prototype shows the future.
I like that they mentioned that real-life power suits are just suits with big shoulder-pads, but ignored the fact that Samus's power-suit also has massive shoulder-pads. ... Shoulder-guards? ... Shoulder-orbs? Whatever, they're big-ass shoulders is what I'm saying.
What about Prototype? You spend the first 5 minutes destroying everything in your path and feeling like a god, then to be downgraded to the point you couldn't even double jump. For Shame!
What about the final mission of Resistance 2; you get awesome super powers for 5 minutes right before being shot in the head in a cutscene. It's just rude.
How did Super Metroid not make the list? With that explosive curb stomp you put on Motherbrain at the end after getting all powered up! Easily one of the coolest moments in all of gaming!!
Tales of the Abyss: You get Jade Curtiss pretty early on and you get to kill the Liger Queen boss with a character 40 levels higher than the rest of your team. Shortly after that he gets hit with a fon slot seal and he's the same level as the rest of your team now.
Really? no mention of darksiders (where you play as a god for the first 2 minutes) or the prologue to ff7 where you get to play as sepheroth and see what it feels like to do 9999 damage with your basic attack and one shot a super dragon?
Heh, Jane hasn't completed the Force Choke training module yet. Im learning lightning currently. Well, I say "Learning", "Failing" is probably more accurate. My Master claims I keep getting myself shocked because I'm having too much fun, and not enough focus, on the fact that I'm throwing lightning around.
What about Infamous 2? You start the game all amped up (pun intended) and you have one fight with the prophesied beast and Cole looses most of his powers and runs away to New Marais
Roxas in KH II when he uses two keyblades was SUPER SATISFYING, until you went to I-slept-for-over-a-year Sora and had to EARN that level of damage output.
Dear oxtra I had a dream that involves you so it go were sitting on the purple couch with Andy and there is two pretty big spiders on the ceiling Ellen is in a ball in the corner of the couch Luke is fascinated by them and Andy is as well then the spiders start fighting and they fall off the ceiling then Andy catches them in a net and we go to a beach to show them off then Andy wants them in a sandwich hope your as confused as I am and also send help side note love the vids
Kingdom Hearts II, end of the prologue, mansion basement fight with Axel. Until then you were normal “hero learning how to swing a stick” training, but once Roxas realizes what’s going on and remembers who he really is he has to fight Axel to prove it and it is GLORIOUS. It’s basically a teaser for all the amazing moves you’ll get to eventually unlock as Sora when you play through the game. Dual-wielding key blades, some sick cinematic reaction commands, incredible combos both ground and air, and movements so fluid they feel effortless. It was incredibly badass and got me SO PUMPED for the game ahead. Easy winner in my book.
mike hutchinson it isn't stated in the video title that it has to be at the start. It's just that they have only chosen games where they have the powers at the start. I was actually expecting Final Fantasy XV too because of the video title and the game being recently released.
DavidtheWavid There are only two times that you fight with those full powers. He might still have it story wise, but you can't use it outside those two battles. So basically had awesome cool powers for a few minutes aaaaaaaaaand it's gone!
What about Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne? It's one thing to have powers for a few minutes and then losing them. How about having your powers drained level by level after you spent the previous game gaining said levels and earning all the power that is now taken from you little by little? Poor Arthas...
Metroid & Kingdom Hearts does this in practically every game... In Chain of Memories, entering Castle Oblivion wipes all of Sora, Donald & Goofy's abilities from KH1, forcing them to slowly regain them while they venture further inside... KH2 has double the Superpower Blue Balling; As Roxas, his memories from 358/2 were blocked and his powers don't return till his final battle with Axel where he dual wields Keyblades! THEN, we're made to play as [single Keyblade] Sora, who should have all his abilities from KH1 & CoM, but doesn't for no real reason... In Dream Drop Distance, Sora and Riku should both have their skills and powers from KH2... BUT of course, they get nerfed... And in Birth By Sleep, we play as three, properly trained, Keyblade *Masters*... but because of gameplay, they're super nerfed until the end of the game... As for Metroid games that matter... Metroid Zero Mission: After beating the 1st half, Samus's ship is shot down, and damages her 1st Power Suit till she finds her signature "Shoulders" version, after sneaking around the Space Pirate's base... Metroid Prime 1: Explosion to a wall really hard... Metroid Prime 2: Her powers are literally stolen from her by the Ing... Metroid Prime 3: The PED suit suppressed some her normal powers for the OP Hyper Beam (quite the fair trade)... Metroid Other M: [Goddamn] Adam Malkovitch... Metroid Fusion: X-Parasite infection, had to be surgically removed; Metroid Vaccine turned what was left into the Fusion Suit...
She earned the official title, yes... Remeber, Terra [and Ventus by the end of the game] was also at the level of Master... but because of [bullshit] reasons, Terra didn't gain title... Same goes for Sora in KH:3DS; he and Riku both completed the test but Yen Sid gave a bullshit reason for why only Riku passed...
Kyzoren D. Tirrem "bullshit reason" Terra was weak to the darkness, and remember master eraqus only serves the light Riku became immune to the darkness, and he saved Sora, fought the Xehanorts while Sora was sleeping, and he was supposed to be the true keyblade user, not Sora So Riku made things on a different level than Sora
Clarifying the "Bullshit Reasons": Terra was not made a Master because Eraqus, being a "Light Only" Keyblade Master, expected his students to control that power, and that was the reason Terra wasn't given the Master title, because he was about to use the Darkness, not because he's weak to it... As for why Sora not being a Master is [super] bullshit... Remember that Sora & Riku's test was to free the 7 Sleeping Worlds? Well, they were both successful in that, and so, they should've both passed... BUT, their test was compromised by outside interference, Young Xehanort & New Org. XIII... HOW does that prevent Sora from being a Master, since he still passed the test?! On top of that, Sora already has extreme mastery over the Keyblade without formal training... and has saved the Worlds TWICE! I think that's more than worthy of a the title of Master... By the way, it had no relevance to anything and it was worded confusingly, but I thought I'd address as best I can anyway... Riku was NOT meant to be the "True Keyblade Wielder", that was retconed and explained; Riku was able to take the Keyblade because he had already been given the ability to wield one by Terra back in BBS, in it was a matter of willpower [or something like that]...
I thought the same. You start off with all of your powers from the first game, but the beast kicks your ass and your powers become broken. Just so annoying.
StarCraft: Brood War, specifically the Terran campaign. Mission one you're stealing a bunch of Dominion battlecruisers, spamming Yamato cannons at the enemy fleet, and then in mission two you're...helping Duran do something. And why didn't anybody else in-universe pick up on the fact that NARUD is DURAN backwards?
“Starting up a Star Wars game and finding out you’re Darth Vader is a lot like taking a driving test and finding out - you’re Darth Vader. “ Great description. And yet, everyone still understands the feeling of surprise followed by a morbid excitement. 😂
Titanfall 2, you know what I'm talking about. Towards the end of the game you get the Smart Pistol. For anyone that didn't play the first game and went to the story before the multiplayer this gun changes everything you have played so far. Forget aiming, the gun does it for you. It actually gives you the power that the trailers promised with you running through enemies and taking them out like you were an action hero. Forget the Titans themselves, give me the Smart Pistol and the time travel gauntlet.
Only if they add more to the story. I thought Force Unleashed was much too short, until Force Unleashed 2 came out. How long was the story mode in 2, 4-5 hours? It's no coincidence the game is abbreviated to F U.
No. Enough remasters. People should try and have new ideas, not make graphic overhauls of old, but good ones. Plus it's not cannon anymore so the chances are rather slim.
Why Final Fantasy XV? They didn't give you epic powers right at the beginning, and the list, while not specifying, was composed entirely of games that started you off awesome and then you were a noob again. Darksiders and Prototype. Those are two I was expecting.
What about at the end of metroid prime where you get the super charged weapon using the phazon???????? No you are telling me you never finished the game?????
Could also list the Hyper Beam from Super Metroid, which was only good for one boss fight and escaping a planet that's about to explode due to a self-destruct sequence.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and the AC Unity DLC Dead Kings come to mind. Both give you the power to play with an apple of eden only to snatch it away from you afer 5 minutes.
Final Fantasy 6 allowed you to start the game as Terra driving a battle suit, which easily creamed every enemy you ran into for a few glorious minutes. Then they went away. On the other hand Final Fantasy 8 gave you the beauty of Triple Triad, Card, and Card Mod. You could almost start the game as a god of war, and you never lost it.
The biggest one for me that fits this category has gotta be the gba game, legend of Spyro : the eternal night. The very end of the game, you play as dark Spyro for a minute or two and it's AWESOME.
In Metroid Prime you lose your suit right at the beginning and have the chance to get all your gadgets back right in the first part of the game (the loss of power is expected and overturned). It would be perfect if the video showed when you have the phazon suit and you get the brief chance to enhance it with pure phazon. THAT was a real badass (but brief) moment!
How about school? One minute you have naps, juice boxes and understand triangles and then the next moment.. no naps, no juice boxes and the triangle is Greek.
David Evans nice one bro
Damn you, Pythagoras!
+Physcho Cheese Woah there JD.
😐 *dials the first 9*
David Evans lol
How about that one time where Kippers, the Dovahkitty of legend, gained unlimited magical power, got himself arrested like an idiot and lost all of said power when his magical items were confiscated, leaving him stuck in jail when his singular lockpick broke?
DeadmanHoppin Kipper?
Also known as the lord of all magic, slayer (and victim) of frost trolls and 'that weird cat we arrested earlier who can't seem to understand how to pass time in prison.'
You guys should start putting time stamps in the description. So that we can skip over the games we don't want spoiled.
That is a very GOOD idea.
Put time stamps to skip terrible jokes aswell.
@@Misanthropolis I want time stamps to slip directly to the Jokes
Ya
Yes!! Chapters! Pleeeeesse??!?! With a cherry on top?
I kept restarting Star Wars: The Force Unleashed just to play as Darth Vader. There's a bridge about halfway through the tutorial where you can just stand, reflecting blaster bolts, and throwing wookies to their deaths. It's so beautiful.
Connor Tyler I love that intro mission. It's just sheer carnage and killing.
there needs to be a way to play as darth vader only, like a sandbox.
i know your feelings
Such beauty
"so long, and thanks for all the fish"
absolutely brilliant
That was my first thought when that segment started.
It's a good thing you learned you couldn't breathe under water anymore by another dolphin, instead of, you know, learning it the hard way....
I think the first Assassin's Creed fits here. You start as a super cool Assassin who has enough gear to take over a small country, and then the next thing you know is that you are itemless AND have a wound in your torso.
When I saw the title the first thing I thought of was Assassin's Creed. Was mildly surprised to see I was wrong.
Maybe, but it's not really at the beginning of the game.
I was thinking of Assassin's Creed too
Assassin's Creed, where you not only lose all your equipment but also seem to forget how to grab ledges or how to throw someone.
What about in AC:B and AC:R where you get to use the apple of Eden to wreck everything and the spend the rest of the game with it dangling from your waist
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. You start will all the best items, then Death gets all upset because Alucard switched teams so he takes away all your stuff. You have to wonder why Death didn't pull the same stunt later when you shove all your new items into his bones and make Death... more dead.
HIGHSPOT Plays! I was wondering why no one mentioned it, its the biggest downstep i ever played
HIGHSPOT Plays!
Well...Unless you accidentally or purposely sequence break past that scene and keep all your gear.
HIGHSPOT Plays! hey that's a great game shout out for this list! one of my favorite games as well
+HIGHSPOT Plays!
I thought of an other Castlevania entry: Castlevania Order of Ecclesia where you lose your powers because of an ambitioned sibling.
Absolutely, can hardly think of a more offending and egregious example.
what about that time in AC:Black Flag you were given control of a Man-O-War and demolished everything in your path? and then got downgraded to your puny ship?
Rahul Koti Dunny thing for me was that the man of war actually was weaker than my Jackdaw because I like to be high leveled so it took me ages to beat the mission because I didn't realise how wesk it was
Rahul Koti lol that man-o-war is f×cking weak
Late but yeah by that point my Jackdaw was able to turn that Man-o-War into toothpicks.
I honestly was really sad when that happened
That was nothing.
War in Darksiders. In the starting mission, you're kicking arse with the full scope of his powers, and iirc, no time limit on his Chaos Form. Only to get the majority of his powers taken away from you, and sent on a mission to redeem yourself for answering the call for the Apocalypse, which was sent out too early. -.-
SirMethos you got menchand in the commenter one dude!
so to be clear...he was punished for doing his job when someone else fucked up?
Well, kinda. He went to the earth when only 6 of 7 seals where broke (In lore all 7 needed to be broke to summon the 4), so that was somewhat his fault. You eventually learn that the angel broke the other 6 hoping to kill the demons and blame them. On the arrival of War, it caused a chain reaction that lead to the extinction of humans, the angel failing, and the demons taking over earth. At the very end, the final seal is broke. So you expect 2 to be a sequel with all 4 hours man. Nope, it a prequel with only death who trying to prove War innocent. And then thq went under and everyone thought 3 was never going to happen. Except it did and I haven't played it so I can't tell you the lore for it.
Dancorps13 it is disappointing that 2 was a prequel but be honest, it was pretty fun lol
@@acidrain812 Darksiders 2 isn't really a prequel, its technically more of a side-along game that starts while the first is happening, but ending a little while after War beats whats-is-name last boss guy.
I can just imagine one of them sitting in a room for an hour trying to think of all of the puns below the names of the games...
Locked in a room more like. "Luke you don't get out until we have 7 puns for the next video." "But I need to wee!" "Then pun quickly."
Cod Sworth That's what I was thinking about too. XD
That Metroid one took me a minute >.< But yeah, I love the puns they come up with.
I think the little puns in the bottom of the subtitle cards are one of the main reasons I watch this channel.
Right? Also the rare times when the descriptions of the hosts have puns in them.
Oliver Watts this episode was the best for that
Oliver Watts yeah it's a nice small joke
Oliver Watts I was just gonna comment something similar to this, I thought I was the only one who appreciates them!
Then with those days gone by...Samus rolling under.
God of War 2 and 3 are prime examples for letting you taste immense power, then stripping them away immediately
i was about o comment the same
That was my first thought as well. So mean, taking away your awesome Kratos power to give you a less powerful, but way more pissed off Kratos.
If you think about it, is Kratos power level proporional to his level of "pissed off"?
I mean, he is angry enough to not die several times.
Man, I can't wait for the next GoW game...
GVirusG Odd that they would exclude the game that literally starts you off as a god.
GVirusG sorry bro
What about playing as Ciri in The Witcher 3 when facing the wild hunt, then having to switch back to Geralt
Rudy Sekava meh,i can switch to ciri with console command
A gamer collects all the powers.
A master mows down the army and defeats the final boss with nothing but a ladle.
The power armor / minigun vs deathclaw showdown in Concord was a huge spike in power near the beginning of Fallout 4. I felt invincible walking at a steady pace and mowing down raiders and taking down a deathclaw, historically one of the toughest enemies from the earlier games. Once out of ammo and dwindling power you're right back to where you started..
Rene Dufour-Contreras I actually ran out of ammo and my armour broke but thankfully the deathclaw got stuck in the sewers
JoeMcBob how damn bad is your aim
Rene Dufour-Contreras lol I remember that fight! Lol I ran out of ammo and was like fuck.. now what do I do?
Goom Depends on the difficulty how many bullets you need
Goom it was my first time and I wasted it all on the raiders
Arkham City. You start of as an invulnerable billionaire who can knock out enemies with one counter handcuffed, be punched repeatedly with brass knuckles without serious damage, until you put on the batsuit...
NotFamous I like the part where you're a billionaire, that's enough power for me lol
NotFamous Thomas Wayne was a billionaire, but he is dead
NotFamous fart
getter3in1 booooo
lol true XD
Altered Beast. In every level, you get to transform into a creature with awesome fighting powers. Then after you beat the boss, the bad guy strips you of your beast form and powers, forcing you back to square one.
I am so thankful for that first comment of Luke's about The Great Gatsby. I just had to read it this morning for literature studies. I hate it so much. I cheered when he threw it.
Honorable mention......Makai Kingdom. You go from a powerful badass overlord to a literal book that commands allies since the main character confined his soul to a book called the Sacred Tome and thus caused him to lose his power and result to the aid of others to fight.
What about Castlevania: Symphony of the Night? I know it's 20 years old, but it falls under the category of this video.
Being able to slay beast in a single hit, then many to kill a skeleton? Thanks game.
+Private Gallade If I remember correctly, this was one of the first games to do this.
This was my first thought when I saw the title
Most of the Castlevania games after that one qualifies too.
darkwzrd4 what about kingdom Hearts 365/2 days, except it's in reverse, you get this super badass moment at the end of the game also long enough for you to enjoy it, and then you lose it.
The Hitchhiker's Guide reference at 5:46 made my day.
tacoman2.147 I agree
I genuinely laughed out loud!! That earned a hearty "Well Played!" from me...my neighbors probably think I'm crazy...
Jane, I know you're an incredible Sith badass, but not even _Vader_ could force choke an entire planet. That's why he had a giant space laser- did you learn NOTHING at ESA?
Nah they got Darth Nihilus for that.
I thought Majora's Mask would fit here. At the end when you become the fierce deity and absolutely destroy the final boss with very little effort.
It's like when I was the God of War... And then I wasn't...
Y'all really love the "Ecco the Dolphin" franchise.
yall forgot Dragon Age 2 where u start of in Varric's fantasy-telling with like all the possible powers u could want, fighting of hords of blight-monsters, but then Cassandre that big cute meanie calls him out on it and suddenly u got almost no powers at all. rude.
Iben Breüner oh yeaahhh
Damnit, Cassandra! You have your fantasies, let Varric have his!
Yeah bu you only have like 3 powers and you haven't even had the chance to make Hawke look epic. Not to mention forced to have Carver in your squad if you're a mage. Ew.
First game that popped into my head when I read the title
Or when she ruined his story about finding his brother, epic solo assault on mansion, one shot one kill!
Bethany is also significantly bustier in that scene.
No God of War II? That was such a punch to the face right at the start.
Yeah but like all these games it gives you that taste of power. I mean you took down the Colossus of Rhodes without a problem for Christ's sake, and then it was all taken away at once.
You definitely should've included the fierce diety mask from majoras mask because it makes you really overpowered but you can only use it against the final boss.
Or in fishing holes on 3DS later. I could tell those fish were scared.
Not just the Song of Time, the autosave from beating the game also does that.
I've found that actually, it's reasonably useful against Goht and Twinmold. With Goht, it becomes a powered-up version of the "stand by the door shooting him with arrows when he goes by" strategy. It's not as dynamic as Goron Rolling after him, but the Fierce Deity form's damage output means Goht goes down fairly quick even with the waiting. With Twinmold... While it doesn't wreck them the way the Giant's Mask does, the damage output and the energy disks still help a fair bit.
Why yes, I have used the Fierce Deity Mask + Chateau Romani to WTFpwn the bosses over and over.
@David Reynolds Allow me to clarify for your puny little brain which is clearly drunk on its own self-importance. My point is that A. Playing the Song of Time isn't necessary to keep the mask, unlike what your comment wrongly implies. So I had to correct your idiocy.
And B. In my experience, the mask is actually quite helpful for Goht and Twinmold, so you can fucking suck it.
What are you, a forum "moderator" from the early 2000s?
"I can throw small objects around, that's why I got banned from Home Depot."
Ah, you too buddy?
I feel ya.
Here are the times games started you off with with amazing, world-beating abilities, only to snatch those powers away moments later! C'mooon game, we were using those powers :( Enjoy!
Wow. In the time I spent finding that QC comic the comments have gone from "48 minutes ago" to "2 hours ago."
Anyway, for the commenters' edition: Halo:CE's Scorpion tank. On a walkthrough playlist, it's 2 hours, 22 minutes and 39 seconds before he gets into the tank and 9 minutes and 30 seconds before he has to abandon it.
You can't really count the Warthog as awesome power that was cruelly snatched away, because the Warthog is awesome power that lasted until you hit a pebble and put it into a quadruple back-flip.
Outside Xtra Heavenly Sword? A fight with armies and Demon Bohan before you just get lost to a cutscene
Outside Xtra nice hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy referance
in need for speed most wanted,in the first 3-4 races you were using the best car in the game and was totally destroying your opponents....only to get sent to prison,and after being released you were forced to drive a god damn wreck of a car!!
One for each time the last was scratched by a cat.
I would have mentioned Darksiders' Chaos Form in the first game.
After you get used to being a two story flame monster of mass destruction it is stripped away along with all your power which leads to you watching your character die for the first time.
The death maybe scripted but that doesn't mean it's any less aggravating.
Exactly! You start off with nearly all the abilities and character stats and then lose it all within the first level of Darksiders.
Also true enough.
I think thats one plus for Darksiders 2, you don't lose your powers there, Death just feels somehow weak at the start of the game, if you think who he actually is...
What I like about the darksiders game is that the difference between gameplay from 1 and 2 is lore friendly.
No Darksiders? For shame! I was so pissed when I was reduced to "only" one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse!
Eric Lough
you only ever played as only one of the horsemen though.
@rainynight02
I think it still counts though. I believe you start the game pretty powered up, but get stripped down soon after. "War?" More like "War...did all of my abilities go?"
+tdylan
I'm not referring to War loosing his abilities. (which was my example to them for a video about characters who start off strong, loose their power, then become even more powerful later on)
Eric Lough's comment sounds like he started out being able to play as more than one of the horsemen.Which doesn't make sense because you only ever play as War in the first game. (and only ever as Death in the second game)
@rainynight02. I get you. Since you didn't say anything about War being depowered, I was just pointing out that though Eric's example makes no sense (for the reason that you mentioned), the game itself still counts.
well Darksiders 2 doesn't blueball you like that!
So long, and thanks for all the fish... basically the most iconic line from Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I'm surprised star power in Mario wasn't on this list
What about the start of Infamous 2? That was a Beast of an opening... :D
What about near the end of it where you basically became God for like a minute?
... ha
I get that joke :D
yes, but the storm moment was the coolest one. Really godlike powers.
That Guy Called Dewi honestly I was thinking the same thing.
Hitchhiker reference!!
kyle hood Same!
yess
have you read the books
Me too!
I JUST SAW IT I AM SO PROUD OF ELLEN RIGHT NOW 😀😀😀😀
This would also apply to sunset overdrive when you get the sword with ATOMIC POWER !!!
Yes please. Well at least that was late-game so you're quite powerful anyway.
Edit: Fireballs? Lightning? I have teddies. Teddies are all you need.
They are TNTeddies
Really? It's like I've never played the game before!
Digimon World: Next Order. You start the game with WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon, and even digivolving to Omegamon.... then your Digimon are sent right back to In-Training I.
One of the Soviet missions in Red Alert 3, where you take down your fellow general, Nikolai Krukov. Sure, it's at an almost late point in the whole campaign, but since every level usually starts you off with very little to go by, it pretty much counts in its own technical way. Anyways, when Dasha gives you huge amounts of credits to quickly build up a vast army to take on the Allied forces, in fact so much credits, that you can't help but feel very smug and gleeful. But when you don't realize when playing the mission for the first time is when Krukov comes along and steals like 90% of your vast funds for himself. And what makes it even worse is when he is ousted as a traitor and turns on you. This when you're fighting off the allied too! Therefore it all suddenly became a three way free-for-all. However, like any other games that claims to be a "melee brawl", all of the computer ai are more focused towards you. Also, doesn't help the fact that you're situated kinda in the middle of the whole damn map. Anyways, the kicker is that you are facing off against two prebuilt armies with little credits.
So you either have a choice of battling it out. OR you restart the game and quickly spend as much of the vast sum of credits that you can before he takes it away. Also, situate yourself into your "ally's" base with prebuilt armies of soldiers (or even engineers >w>) and take him down right as he becomes ousted as the traitor.
What? No mention of the bit at the start of Assassin's Creed 1 where all of your awesome stuff gets taken because you killed like one "innocent" dude? And then you have to painstakingly get each piece back by killing a bunch of "not innocent" other dudes?
You missed prototype
My thoughts exactly. Slice people with claws, pound tanks with hammerfists, slice MORE people with the blade, and finish off with a devastator attack, then, ya know, 18 days earlier......
Badjuju2stronk exactly
Yeah, just thinking that. I mean how awesome was killing everyone with tentacles and jump kicking helicopters in the first 5 minutes.
I think Prototype did it much better than Nier, though. Prototype shows you what awaits in the endgame with immense power. That makes you want it and want to work for it, even if you do feel a bit disappointed in the end. Nier shows you the endgame (I assume, never played), but then skips forward in time, making you think "well, maybe I won't get those like that". Prototype shows the future.
The Annihilator aaaw you stole my comment
Dragon Age 2 also gave you a taste of power before revealing those characters were only exaggerated story versions of the proper protagonists.
literally covered my face in shame an muttered "oh no" at Ellen's Hitchhiker's guide reference
I like that they mentioned that real-life power suits are just suits with big shoulder-pads, but ignored the fact that Samus's power-suit also has massive shoulder-pads. ... Shoulder-guards? ... Shoulder-orbs? Whatever, they're big-ass shoulders is what I'm saying.
What about Prototype? You spend the first 5 minutes destroying everything in your path and feeling like a god, then to be downgraded to the point you couldn't even double jump.
For Shame!
Zeusalmighty170 ah... the power of a story ostensibly in flash back form... *
What about the final mission of Resistance 2; you get awesome super powers for 5 minutes right before being shot in the head in a cutscene. It's just rude.
The one evil power Jane cannot use... the force!
Not for lack of trying. Bless.
How did Super Metroid not make the list? With that explosive curb stomp you put on Motherbrain at the end after getting all powered up! Easily one of the coolest moments in all of gaming!!
Tales of the Abyss: You get Jade Curtiss pretty early on and you get to kill the Liger Queen boss with a character 40 levels higher than the rest of your team. Shortly after that he gets hit with a fon slot seal and he's the same level as the rest of your team now.
Really? no mention of darksiders (where you play as a god for the first 2 minutes) or the prologue to ff7 where you get to play as sepheroth and see what it feels like to do 9999 damage with your basic attack and one shot a super dragon?
Heh, Jane hasn't completed the Force Choke training module yet. Im learning lightning currently. Well, I say "Learning", "Failing" is probably more accurate. My Master claims I keep getting myself shocked because I'm having too much fun, and not enough focus, on the fact that I'm throwing lightning around.
What about Infamous 2? You start the game all amped up (pun intended) and you have one fight with the prophesied beast and Cole looses most of his powers and runs away to New Marais
Reece Cowell all AMPED up! eeeyyyyyyyy!!
11.39..."waddling stealthily out of the building like you just hit reply all on an email you shouldn't have"...so funny!
Roxas in KH II when he uses two keyblades was SUPER SATISFYING, until you went to I-slept-for-over-a-year Sora and had to EARN that level of damage output.
I think you should have included the moment you get this rainbow star thing in mario, or at least when you pick up the hammer in smah bros...
KTech Offical would be boring not fun to watch and everybody knows that i want the top picks.
Dear oxtra I had a dream that involves you so it go were sitting on the purple couch with Andy and there is two pretty big spiders on the ceiling Ellen is in a ball in the corner of the couch Luke is fascinated by them and Andy is as well then the spiders start fighting and they fall off the ceiling then Andy catches them in a net and we go to a beach to show them off then Andy wants them in a sandwich hope your as confused as I am and also send help side note love the vids
Could that be some kind of a premonition? Should we worry?
umm what about God of War 2?? you were literally a god among men, smashing them like they were bugs and the game took all that from us :(
Metroid Prime's Phazon Beam? Absolutely devastated whatever you hit, but was only available for the second half of the final boss
Kingdom Hearts II, end of the prologue, mansion basement fight with Axel. Until then you were normal “hero learning how to swing a stick” training, but once Roxas realizes what’s going on and remembers who he really is he has to fight Axel to prove it and it is GLORIOUS. It’s basically a teaser for all the amazing moves you’ll get to eventually unlock as Sora when you play through the game. Dual-wielding key blades, some sick cinematic reaction commands, incredible combos both ground and air, and movements so fluid they feel effortless. It was incredibly badass and got me SO PUMPED for the game ahead. Easy winner in my book.
How about Prototype?(the first game)
no Final Fantasy XV?
the fight against Leviathan......
mike hutchinson it isn't stated in the video title that it has to be at the start. It's just that they have only chosen games where they have the powers at the start. I was actually expecting Final Fantasy XV too because of the video title and the game being recently released.
No, you got to keep that power.
DavidtheWavid There are only two times that you fight with those full powers. He might still have it story wise, but you can't use it outside those two battles. So basically had awesome cool powers for a few minutes aaaaaaaaaand it's gone!
It helps if you use correct grammar and spelling when insulting someone, 'specially if you do it for no reason.
What about Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne? It's one thing to have powers for a few minutes and then losing them. How about having your powers drained level by level after you spent the previous game gaining said levels and earning all the power that is now taken from you little by little? Poor Arthas...
That Hitchhiker's Guide reference was very well played.
5:46 wonderful wonderful Hitchhikers references!
Metroid & Kingdom Hearts does this in practically every game...
In Chain of Memories, entering Castle Oblivion wipes all of Sora, Donald & Goofy's abilities from KH1, forcing them to slowly regain them while they venture further inside...
KH2 has double the Superpower Blue Balling; As Roxas, his memories from 358/2 were blocked and his powers don't return till his final battle with Axel where he dual wields Keyblades! THEN, we're made to play as [single Keyblade] Sora, who should have all his abilities from KH1 & CoM, but doesn't for no real reason...
In Dream Drop Distance, Sora and Riku should both have their skills and powers from KH2... BUT of course, they get nerfed...
And in Birth By Sleep, we play as three, properly trained, Keyblade *Masters*... but because of gameplay, they're super nerfed until the end of the game...
As for Metroid games that matter...
Metroid Zero Mission: After beating the 1st half, Samus's ship is shot down, and damages her 1st Power Suit till she finds her signature "Shoulders" version, after sneaking around the Space Pirate's base...
Metroid Prime 1: Explosion to a wall really hard...
Metroid Prime 2: Her powers are literally stolen from her by the Ing...
Metroid Prime 3: The PED suit suppressed some her normal powers for the OP Hyper Beam (quite the fair trade)...
Metroid Other M: [Goddamn] Adam Malkovitch...
Metroid Fusion: X-Parasite infection, had to be surgically removed; Metroid Vaccine turned what was left into the Fusion Suit...
Kyzoren D. Tirrem In birth by sleep only aqua become a keyblade master
She earned the official title, yes... Remeber, Terra [and Ventus by the end of the game] was also at the level of Master... but because of [bullshit] reasons, Terra didn't gain title...
Same goes for Sora in KH:3DS; he and Riku both completed the test but Yen Sid gave a bullshit reason for why only Riku passed...
Kyzoren D. Tirrem "bullshit reason"
Terra was weak to the darkness, and remember master eraqus only serves the light
Riku became immune to the darkness, and he saved Sora, fought the Xehanorts while Sora was sleeping, and he was supposed to be the true keyblade user, not Sora
So Riku made things on a different level than Sora
Clarifying the "Bullshit Reasons":
Terra was not made a Master because Eraqus, being a "Light Only" Keyblade Master, expected his students to control that power, and that was the reason Terra wasn't given the Master title, because he was about to use the Darkness, not because he's weak to it...
As for why Sora not being a Master is [super] bullshit... Remember that Sora & Riku's test was to free the 7 Sleeping Worlds? Well, they were both successful in that, and so, they should've both passed... BUT, their test was compromised by outside interference, Young Xehanort & New Org. XIII... HOW does that prevent Sora from being a Master, since he still passed the test?!
On top of that, Sora already has extreme mastery over the Keyblade without formal training... and has saved the Worlds TWICE! I think that's more than worthy of a the title of Master...
By the way, it had no relevance to anything and it was worded confusingly, but I thought I'd address as best I can anyway...
Riku was NOT meant to be the "True Keyblade Wielder", that was retconed and explained; Riku was able to take the Keyblade because he had already been given the ability to wield one by Terra back in BBS, in it was a matter of willpower [or something like that]...
I thought Assassins Creed 3 would be here, the part where you get the apple of eden and go through killing all the people
Revelations also had a segment with an overpowered Apple (Altair memory 5).
What about infamous 2?
I thought the same. You start off with all of your powers from the first game, but the beast kicks your ass and your powers become broken. Just so annoying.
they have already done a video on it
StarCraft: Brood War, specifically the Terran campaign. Mission one you're stealing a bunch of Dominion battlecruisers, spamming Yamato cannons at the enemy fleet, and then in mission two you're...helping Duran do something.
And why didn't anybody else in-universe pick up on the fact that NARUD is DURAN backwards?
“Starting up a Star Wars game and finding out you’re Darth Vader is a lot like taking a driving test and finding out - you’re Darth Vader. “ Great description. And yet, everyone still understands the feeling of surprise followed by a morbid excitement. 😂
What about Prototype?
I was expecting Assassin's Creed, but I'm sure it was already covered.
Unchi Assassins Creed: Brotherhood or the whole series?
I guess Brotherhood kinda counts, but I was talking about the first AC.
Sorry, but I don't know what Home Depot is. I live in the Menards homeland and it is well defended.
we are the menards people
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HGTTG reference?! I think I'm in love
Titanfall 2, you know what I'm talking about. Towards the end of the game you get the Smart Pistol. For anyone that didn't play the first game and went to the story before the multiplayer this gun changes everything you have played so far. Forget aiming, the gun does it for you. It actually gives you the power that the trailers promised with you running through enemies and taking them out like you were an action hero. Forget the Titans themselves, give me the Smart Pistol and the time travel gauntlet.
Beginning of Dragon Age 2, anyone? Bethany knows what I'm talking about. Hehe.
Whoops! That was out of character.
oh hush, I still have nightmares about that transition from told-by-Varric fiction to the actual game fiction *shudders*
That was the best part of Dragon Age 2.
Sunset Overdrive nuke sword? It's an Xbox exclusive how did you NOT mention it?!
Will Griffith honestly it makes no sense
Will Griffith That was what I was thinking of when I started the video!
How was it not mentioned?!
Will Griffith I was thinking the same thing!
yea
I want a force unleashed remaster that would be awesome
Can you imagine, if they actually integrated the DLC and save system in a way that wasn't awful and broken?
Only if they add more to the story. I thought Force Unleashed was much too short, until Force Unleashed 2 came out. How long was the story mode in 2, 4-5 hours? It's no coincidence the game is abbreviated to F U.
It wasn't the best but if it was a remaster of 1 and 2 then it would worth it.
No. Enough remasters. People should try and have new ideas, not make graphic overhauls of old, but good ones. Plus it's not cannon anymore so the chances are rather slim.
Prototype. Start of the game gives you all the base powers.
The next level you have to restart from scratch
6:58 My favorite kinds of friendships are the ones like this: “This is a really bad idea… okay on three.”
What about forza?! It gives you a awesome million dollar car to race then takes it away and gives you a cheap street racer.
But Vader can't do Force Lightning, can he?
Stuff And Things Yes. He tortured Leah.
Oh Sirikin what does torturing Leah have to do with force lightning? He didn't use it during the interrogation
Matheus Tran I swear he used it. Maybe I'm wrong.
Nah he has a torture droid thing.
Vader used Force Lighting only once. And I completely forgot the circumstances. But he can't normally because of his metal arms.
I watched this right after I got through the beginning part of Metroid Prime.
That was an amazing Hitchhiker's Guide reference!
The thing where the game starts by giving you a preview of all the powers you can unlock later in the game has been dubbed an abili-tease.
2 games, final fantasy XV and I suddenly forget the second one but there is another
Prototype
Final Fantasy 6 (or 3 depending on how you are counting) start out in a giant magical mechsuit.
Why Final Fantasy XV? They didn't give you epic powers right at the beginning, and the list, while not specifying, was composed entirely of games that started you off awesome and then you were a noob again. Darksiders and Prototype. Those are two I was expecting.
What about assassin creed 1 or Prototype 1.
What about at the end of metroid prime where you get the super charged weapon using the phazon???????? No you are telling me you never finished the game?????
Could also list the Hyper Beam from Super Metroid, which was only good for one boss fight and escaping a planet that's about to explode due to a self-destruct sequence.
Can I just say that I love this channel and how dorky and cute you guys are. I have crushes on the whole team, which is a first for me LOL
"So long thanks for all the fish!" YAAAASSS
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if the switch cartridge isn't on here you're lying.
Lmfao
did anyone notice the text said Darth fader than Vader???
kallum hobbs yes, it's on purpose
Uh just thought they fugged up
Crosscode? That intro sequence, as short as it was, did give you a good taste of what being a god in a game means.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and the AC Unity DLC Dead Kings come to mind. Both give you the power to play with an apple of eden only to snatch it away from you afer 5 minutes.
Final Fantasy 6 allowed you to start the game as Terra driving a battle suit, which easily creamed every enemy you ran into for a few glorious minutes. Then they went away.
On the other hand Final Fantasy 8 gave you the beauty of Triple Triad, Card, and Card Mod. You could almost start the game as a god of war, and you never lost it.
The biggest one for me that fits this category has gotta be the gba game, legend of Spyro : the eternal night. The very end of the game, you play as dark Spyro for a minute or two and it's AWESOME.
I just want to say that I really appreciate all the puns under the game titles
andy's little "hey" was so cute
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In Metroid Prime you lose your suit right at the beginning and have the chance to get all your gadgets back right in the first part of the game (the loss of power is expected and overturned). It would be perfect if the video showed when you have the phazon suit and you get the brief chance to enhance it with pure phazon. THAT was a real badass (but brief) moment!