Killer7 - Dissociative Identity

[@SciontheDark]

It's the way he says "oh.." right before the credits start. It literally hurts.

[@harrisonfackrell]

For as many times as he repeats to the player, "I'm a cleaner; I can feel no remorse from seeing a dead body," Emir is _so distraught_ to learn that he killed the syndicate that it's suddenly hard to believe him. I find that to be such an endearing detail. Despite everything, the Smiths had something special. Emir _cared_ about them. There was a certain kind of stable fulfillment to be found in blasting Smiles together, even while the geopolitical situation continued to deteriorate. I can't help but think that Emir felt the same way I did every time I crossed over the Vinculum Gate, feeling in equal measure the camaraderie of the group and the thrill of the battle. And then, on a mission that--for all outward appearances--was supposed to be like any other... it's all gone. From a certain point of view, it was never real in the first place. I empathize _so much_ with the expression of horror Emir makes when he opens his attache case for the final time. The quaver in his voice makes me _feel_ his terrified remorse, and it's beautifully heartbreaking. killer7 is one of those games that I don't think I'm ever going to forget.

[@Mazryonh]

Did Emir actually care about the Killer7? He killed them in cold blood like it was nothing at the tender age of 13. He also doesn't spend any time "bonding" with them during the course of the game (especially since they don't exist without him "projecting" through them), either, so I'm not sure about that. That said, I agree that Killer7 is one of those hard-to-forget games once you get through it.

[@harrisonfackrell]

@@Mazryonh I don't think 13-year-old Emir Parkreiner cared about the Smiths. I do, however, think that Garcian Smith--the man who cried out in denial upon learning of his part in their deaths--cared about them.

[@mah63648]

@@Mazryonh 13 year old emir literally tried to kill himself directly after killing the syndicate so he didnt "kill them in cold blood like it was nothing"

[@Mazryonh]

@@mah63648 We don't know why Emir felt he had to kill himself on the roof of the Union hotel. We aren't privy to his thoughts at that moment. Did his third eye compel him to kill the Smiths, and when it closed, he realized the enormity of what he had done?

[@rhysthereddragon1326]

“Oh...ah...no! It wasn’t me! It can’t be! I-it’s all a misunderstanding! Hah...oooh...” - Garcian Smith/Emir Parkreiner

[@wonghenry8731]

At least there's a bright side to this ending: For the first time in his life, Emir was able to make his own choices after being freed from the East and the West.

[@heardofrvb]

And his first major choice determines the fate of two countries.

[@zdude11]

Goes to show how even a little free will can change the world beyond what we can imagine.

[@__inf1nite__295]

And it goes to show that even if he’s free he can’t escape the east and west

[@bastardjokemen8518]

@@heardofrvb Definitely a SUDA51 game in that regard

[@ovensmuggler5207]

that's target 6 and it happens 3 years after this ending, though I guess that it's this dramatic reveal that gave him the freedom to do what he eventually does in that chapter

[@redpyre]

This track captures the feeling of crying your eyes out after a really bad night and someone trying to say it will be okay but it doesn't feel like it will be okay.

[@Chinothebad]

Don't cry Garcie.

[@zdude11]

"Why the glum face? What happened? Garcie, don't cry. That ain't like you. The last thing I want to see is you crying, Garcie. It just don't feel right."

[@pazdavis12]

It was nice to see a black video game character get such a story like this made me really happy

[@skullvitch2]

You may play as him the least, but Garcian is still the best character in the game. ... but depending on how you look at it, you've always been Garcian from the start.

[@bastardjokemen8518]

@@skullvitch2 “How many times do I have to say it? I’m a cleaner.”

[@IBigPrivateDickChinchillaI]

The ending man...Garcian didn't deserve all that happened to him. At least in the end he became a free man, able to even influence what happened to either the remaining forces of Japan or an all out war against America and the rest of the world. Even though in a hundred years time, twas all for nothing...

[@eatanotherzio6811]

@@skullvitch2 Its funny to think the whole time Garcian was having schizo episodes pretending He was 6 different people Imagine a bigass black dude hunch over with two pistols scurrying like speedy Gonzales

[@skullvitch2]

@@eatanotherzio6811 Should have been a secret little mode thrown into the Killer7 remaster.

[@jtlego1]

"That Wonderful *Smile* Is Gone For Eternity"

[@johnolmos8670]

He was the Killer 7 the whole time

[@harrisonfackrell]

_It was you, Garcian! You were the Killer7 the whole time!_

[@MAGNUSWAKERS]

Ever so slightly, evil opened its eyes.

[@danganlily]

Maybe the smith syndicate was the friends we made along the way.

[@DooDoo-f4v]

​@@danganlilyEver dated someone who stole your words/slang and habits? It's kind of like that lmao

[@Sam-oq7rb]

One of the most spectacularly shockeriffic endings in the history of games. And this tune fits perfectly with it's slightly sad tone.

[@ikarugaxx3749]

"slightly"...

[@Cosplaybuddygiraffes]

It’s really amazing how the major end twist to a game centered on a killer having multiple personalities was that the killer had another personality. But like, done in the most unexpected, fucked up, and legitimately amazing ways possible

[@mega-flare]

@@Cosplaybuddygiraffes To me I felt like the twist was that the game led you to believe that it was about a global conflict (East vs. West) - and it still is, in fact the story takes place on many different levels of conflict - but taking the grandness of the conflict presented in the narrative and tying it up with an extremely personal, small moment was what got me.

[@soonmide]

I love this track. After a game that works hard to present a searingly stark feeling of violence at every single corner, for just a couple breaths here at the very end, we get to stay with Garcian and feel a tender human emotion for the first and last time in the game. ...and then the song is over, and it's back to killing.

[@customblade]

That ending still hurts watching, with this music even more; yet it is very moving.

[@Sam-oq7rb]

ikr, a bit depressing

[@dnx6665]

I love this Melody

[@Brucevsky]

What can be better than such ending in a video game? When you just stare in a TV and listen to the song in the background. It's a masterpiece.

[@garciansmith9515]

it's all a misunderstanding

[@darnoc001]

Garcian Smith;____;

[@taroturtle]

It can't be!

[@boredchannel5912]

No way!

[@rhysthereddragon1326]

“I-it wasn’t me!”

[@alex-bi7xr]

“No…..no……it can’t be……I-it wasn’t me…. “

[@redrevanantarcdemon441]

It was the mail man .

[@protomago917]

that fucking ending, holy shit

[@Seb1l]

Maybe the real Killer7 were the friends we shot along the way 🤔

[@FrenchFootballLegend]

Best ending ever

[@ovensmuggler5207]

more people should play this game, it feels so unfamiliar to anything else despite being made of already known elements

[@methuselahhoneysuckass]

happy new year yall

[@thepit7868]

Tfw you realize you were a government pawn.

[@rageracerriley9590]

very fitting

[@dohkininam4302]

maybe the true killer7 was the friends we made along the way

[@methuselahhoneysuckass]

*killed

[@Zephhi]

Peak fiction

[@DooDoo-f4v]

Idk man 😂😂😂😂😂😂 some plot beats tasting familiar. BLACKBURN DIDN'T KILL HIMSELF

[@GabrielVilanova-n3p]

Peak Cinema lol Absolute cinema

[@ianmata1998]

I wonder what happen to Garcian after see the weapons of the personas

[@Alastarsblade]

Did you play the chapter that comes after?

[@ianmata1998]

@@Alastarsblade Lion? Yes, i play it and i don't understand what happen, Garcian changed the clothes and the eyes are green, he founds Kenjiro and he says that Garcian is not longer controlled but he had to take a choice, after that he kills Kun, i meen, the last smile and then japan attacks or USA attacks Well, that doesn't respond my awnser

[@Alastarsblade]

@@ianmata1998 he's not Garcian anymore, He's Emir, opening the briefcase and seeing the other personae' s weapons made him finally accept that he was Emir Parkreiner, that was the whole point of this scene and Smile in general, Garcian remembering who he once was.

[@ianmata1998]

@@Alastarsblade and why the change of eyes? He got a new hability?

[@Alastarsblade]

@@ianmata1998 Emir/Garcian isn't human, He's immortal and maybe a demigod like Harman and Kun Lan. Hand of Killer7 (a companion book for Killer7 that explains the world and plot stuff not in the game) the only thing they say is that he gains "the eyes of the devil" which refers to the green eyes in Lion. I think they grant him the ability to kill heaven smiles without scanning the area like you had to before (notice how you couldn't scan for smiles in Lion?)

[@danganlily]

Life changing game..

[@BigBrotherGnE]

I think Capcom should invest into turning this into a series, at least with cooperation with SUDA 51.

[@danganlily]

I would love a killer7 prequel, NGL. I wanna see more of the Psyches...

[@BigBrotherGnE]

@@danganlily - I would like to see how Harman and Kun Lan's partnership started and how they became rivals.

[@danganlily]

@@BigBrotherGnE Me too. I also want more story on Curtis, The old Smith Syndicate and everything else.

[@BigBrotherGnE]

@@danganlily - If that is the case, they would use the Hand in Killer7 book as the basis for that prequel. That would be fascinating.

[@nev1532]

yes

[@vxxjst7431]

wyh Do i wanna die::?

[@cmf1402]

Are you alright bro?

[@mrcocoloco7200]

It's normal. A lot of people want to die. It's up to you when you want to die. If you have love ones then don't do it. If not then I don't know what to say to be honest. Either look for one or don't.

[@Diechie2]

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