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Name a game game: "...and then it ends with you fighting A GOD." (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Katana314@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Trope or not, gods just end up being a common target for games about heroes escalating in power while fighting increasingly world-destroying consequences.

So, for each post, name a game and describe it, with the assumption being that every description automatically ends with the phrase:

"...and then it ends with you fighting a god."

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[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Actual gods, or do self-proclaimed gods that are actually something else count?

Cuz if the latter, Final Fantasy 1 (same year, few months earlier) might be Patient Zero for killing "gods" in jRPGs.

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just checked, and Dragon Quest 2 released in January of the same year as both of those games and ends with you fighting Malroth, god of destruction. If anything is patient zero, it's the Dragon Quest series.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Haha, I think it's very likely there are even earlier examples than both of those. I debated counting final fantasy, and did not recall the final boss of Dragon Quest 2.

I think ultimately, Man v God is a story that's existed for a looong time.