The most startling "Game Over" screens

[Dylan]

Now that I think about it, in Majora's Mask if you don't stop the moon you get a pretty intense ending.



"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"

[flex wood]

The first time this happens in Demon's Souls and you lose all your souls.

I'm going to go start playing dark souls right now because of that.

[GameMasterGuy]

Screw DKC, Rare hit their peak of creepy game overs during the N64 era:

[ksloth]

There are some pretty brutal game over screens in Corpse Party on the PSP. Japanese school-kids getting slaughtered in a pretty nasty fashion.

[Duane Dibbley]

How about the sanity effects in Eternal Darkness? They aren't quite game overs, but they're definitely startling. My favorites are the BSOD and having the protagonist's head spontaneously fall off.

[KDub]

Too bad the actual game over screen for the game kinda sucks.

[MrEco]

The first time this happens in Demon's Souls and you lose all your souls.

That's exactly what I was thinking.


Though that's a screenshot from Dark Souls you tricky trickster you.

[brunoafh]

haha, you'd think I would have realized that with the Estus Flask being there.

SNAKE?!!! SNAAAAKE?!!! SNAAAAAAAAKKEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

Not all that startling, but as classic as it gets.

Some of the end-game game over screens in MGS 2 were a little jarring though, mostly out of weirdness though.

[Erik_Twice]

Dragon's Lair was most entertaining in the many death scenes.

I agree! Notice how Dick looks at you with his arms crossed before turning into a skeleton and crumbling, as if saying "ok dude, you fucked up really badly this time"

[FiftyDollarCurse]

I would go with the infamous game over screen from the bootleg Lion King 5 game, where Simba straight up hangs himself.



Timon and Pumba kill themselves too, but theirs are a little more cartoony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuSgevd1EwY