Creepy Bad Endings # 46 

Episode 47: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ipnckKSjbW4.html

you know you messed up when the silent protagonist *talks*

Sometimes the hero wins and everyone gets a happy ending, but sometimes the hero can do everything right and yet due to human selfishness, misunderstanding, and mistrust it can all go wrong. It is easy to be a hero when the world is inherently good, but it is much harder when the world has those who would betray you or those who won't listen to you. Oersted was a good man whose life was destroyed in a day by his best friend and by the woman he loved. And because of this he turned to hatred, and became a the very monster he set out to destroy. The real tragedy of it all is that in the end, he didn't get a hero's death after all of his suffering, he died in a room surrounded by heroes who never suffered his hardship and monuments to his hatred, and his last words are a desperate plea to not give into hatred like he did before he fades away. P.S. The princess is a complete bitch. She not only doesn't give Oersted the time to explain what is going on, she cheats on him with this best friend just because he got there first and then stabs herself right in front of somebody who cares for her and who she said she loved earlier. She and that traitorous bastard Straybow belong together in hell.

I feel bad about making this joke, but... Uranus died in prison. How apt.

Once there was an evil demon knight. He was so evil that everyone died. The end.

"I hate weak main characters" how did this guy ever get into Fire Emblem

You know... I legitimately feel horrible for Oersted. He was unfairly vilified by the people, tricked into murdering the king, betrayed by his "best friend" simply because he was sick of not having any glory for himself, when Oersted deserved the glory, basically had his love turn on him and refuse to hear him out... He really embodies the saying "you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain".

Oersted. They guy who fought while there was at least one person to believe in him. But in the end, there was no one. I'm sorry, but even after all the things he has done, I can't hate him.

That was darker than most SNES RPGs. No wonder it never hit U.S. shores.

Developers: This story is so deep.... LETS GO DEEPER! Me: (Mind blown into Jupiter)

Orested got the shaft the hardest out of everyone. In every ending, he suffers through no fault of his own. And all due to what WAS his best friend being a petty jealous jerkass who sold him out because he sucks too hard at life and an idiot gullible princess who didn't even try to hear him out and didn't really believe in him in the end. Not all humans suck, but BOY this is a fine example of humanity at its worst.

You were expecting a dinosaur, but it was me! Odio!

Pogo's way of talking with people is absolutely flawless, though. I can arleady picture that. ''Dammit, Pogo, our investment rates are going down low! We need to do something *NOW!* What do you suggest?'' ''!!....L....L!...LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!'' ''Holy shit, we've never thought of that before! You're a GENIUS! You saved us all!''

Oersted became the demon king, and yet he was still more redeemable than Straybow.

Straybow: Oersted.....give it everything you've got. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU IF YOU GO EASY ON ME!!! *Oersted doesn't hold back an wins* Straybow:YOU'VE RUINED EVERYTHING! EVEN IN THE TOURNAMENT! Bitch, you're the one who asked for him not to hold back....!

Honestly... Oersted got his life FUCKED UP.... won a contest, feel in love with a princess only to have her captured (by his friend(?)) tries to save her and fails... thinks he sees the actual demon king, but its actually his own king that he just butchered... and the (second to) last person to believe in him... died. THEN EVERYBODY IN THE FUCKING KINGDOM (Except for the one kid) HATED HIS GUTS... So he thought he would save the princess to show everyone hes not a bad guy... he faces his fears to save his princess only to come face to face with his (Asshole, who also is a pansy) friend who reveals that he set it up... so they have a fight to the death... he wins sees the princess only to have her yell "GET AWAY FROM ME" Just think if you tried to save the life of the girl you loved, and you had nothing else to go back to since everybody thinks you're a murderer (And objectively, they are not wrong) you had to face your fears came face to face with you friend and had to kill him (Even if he was an asshole, it would still hurt) but you saw the girl that you love and thought just for a second "I did it... I saved her life" and then have her shout at you to get away... Fuck man... and not only that she proceeds with saying she was in love with your recently deceased asshole friend... and then she kills herself... This is not just him giving up in his frustration... he must have been feeling total despair... I mean, the man had nothing to live for anymore, the one fairy tale he clenched onto with his life just shattered right before him... he has nothing left... He cant cope with everything he is feeling and blames all of his problems on humanity... and so he decides to become the demon king... Its fucking tragic... Side note: I have no idea how Straybow got Alicia to fall in love with him, but i think it was some form of emotional manipulation... some scumbag shit for sure... or at least that is how i interpreted it

Straybow just destroyed Oersted's life. He made Oersted kill the king to get the hate from the world and while in prison he went to the princess. I feel bad for him, I can't hate him because everything was so effin' unfair

When Pogo(a caveman who can only say the word "Love") actually makes a valid point to Oersted/Odio.

Choosing Cube for the finale makes the confrontation cutscene kinda hilarious. I mean, Oersted is ranting about his motivations and demanding answers from a mute robot who just stares at him and can't respond verbally :P

Hah, Straybow even refuses to take any responsibility in all this. In Akira's dungeon in the end you can see the ghosts of some of the characters of Orsterd's chapter, and Good ol' Straybow questions that "maybe" it was his actions that caused Orsterd to go down this dark path,

Y'know, had Straybow at least tried to iron out his diferences with Oersted and let him know how he felt while sorting things out, lots of tragedies might have been averted here. Poor comunication kills, indeed.

Did you notice how the Knight chapter is the only one in the game that doesn't give you a brief synopsis of what you'll have to face? The moment you see what happens to poor Oerstead, it all becomes clear why that synopsis isn't there. Truly haunting.

The previous heroes that slew the Demon King being disillusioned and disgruntled is a big foreshadowing to what Oersted will suffer later.

It's interesting how this game presents itself. On the surface it doesn't seem that dark. And the choice in setting is most appealing to kids that would play it. What kid doesn't want to be a cowboy, or sneak around as a ninja, or fight as a robot? But hoo boy, that last scenario turns things on it's head....It takes all the standard RPG storyline tropes and presents them straight at first, then screws you over. When I played this game, I was floored at the way this game ended.

Man.... Classic JRPGs never cease to amaze me with their ability to mindfuck people. I wish this game had been released in the West and I had played it when I was a kid.

17:55 "Why didn't you come for me!" HE DID COME FOR YOU! Did you think he went all the way to the top of an evil tower and fought his former best friend for a carnival ride! "You could never understand how awful it is to always be the loser!" A: Says the princess who was going to marry said winner. B: That doesn't excuse screwing your best friend over! Am I the only one who was ticked off at that? I wouldn't mind if she at least tried to hear him out.

if you think Garfield should watch his back, Odie is one letter off from matching perfectly

Comment section is full of people who feel for Oestred. This game's awesome story affected me though, I want Square Enix to make a remake of this game. It totally deserves that.

Odio: Finish Me... The Player: Option A: Uhoo! Option B: Blabla!

The whole thing was one hell of a story throughout. Honestly, I wouldn't mind a remake for this, just so more people will get to see it. Dunno if it's just me, but damn.

So anyone coming back to these Live a Live videos after the recent announcement that they're Finally making this game available worldwide?

You know, if you choose Oboro for the finale, it makes it hilarious when you recruit Akira. Why? Because, when you recruit Akira, he says that he's dealt with "shadier folks than you". If you're playing as Oboro, then Akira's basically telling you that the Crusaders are more dubious than a ninja! How crazy is that?

I'm going to start calling my punches "pissed fists" from now on.

This is when we can say "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

Another interesting observation that I haven't seen anyone else make: To further drive home Oersted being the prototypical main character, he's also modeled after the Fighter/Knight class from the original _Final Fantasy_. Even has the blonde hair like they do in the remakes.

A game where you are the boss(es) would be fun, screw being the hero! Also, at the endings Ostred: "what is the difference between you and me?" Pogo: "I don't mostly talk in text, besides, I am not breaking the 4th wall" *screen shatters*

I love how if you choose the evil route, the game literally gives you an "I win" button

"Sad End" Oersted: Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions.

I find amusing that the final boss, the one that represents hatred is named odio, considering that odio is hatred in spanish.

has anyone noticed the Oersted has 666 HP?

...It's not Oersted's fault...those fucking people...Straybow...everyone betrayed him...even the girl he loved...she obviously didn't love him back, if she did, she would've at LEAST heard Oersted out! *sighs* I'm sorry...I jut REALLY REALLY REALLY hate when a main character falls to the dark side...ESPECIALLY WHEN THE REASON FOR HIS FALL WAS THE IGNORANCE AND SELFISHNESS OF THE PEOPLE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT AND/OR HIS FRIENDS AND ALLIES!

You expected a normal RPG settings. But it was I, Odio! What a fascinating game.

Live is evil backwards. Mind blown!

If all it takes is one bad day to turn a man into a monster, then Oersted had the worst day ever.

O_O... I think that's the darkest Square's ever gotten. Especially when compared to games during that era like FF6 and Chrono trigger.

Wow... it's like the rpg version of the killing Joke... "It only takes a bad day" as it only took a really bad day for Oersted to become Odio and thus the king of demons. I'm legit sad

This game is actually pretty dark, especially given the era. Akira's whole story line is really demented as well and seeing the Captain Square glitch before Cube's final fight can only be appreciated after playing his scenario. A fantastic gem of a game.

*SPOILERS BELOW IF YOU PLAN ON PLAYING THE REMAKE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.* Oersted seriously deserved better. He was absolutely screwed over big time, with the lousy advice Uranus had instilled into him, his supposed "friend" Straybow orchestrating his fall from grace, and the princess Alicia completely crushing his last scraps of hope by siding with Straybow of all people, essentially saying that her belief in Oersted was either a lie or extremely fickle at best. Uranus kept preaching about not losing hope as long as someone believed in Oersted.... but what was he supposed to do when confronted with the thought of no one left that actually believed in him? That's something that he failed to take into account for all his talk of believing in others.... so ultimately, Uranus was wrong in this case. I cannot and will not blame Oersted for ultimately giving up on humanity at that point. He might've been held to a massive standard as a hero... but the reality was that he was human too before succumbing to evil, and there is only so much one man can take before ultimately snapping. All of Lucretia essentially got what they deserved, but it was the fact that he spread his influence out across all time that necessitated his destruction at the hands of the seven heroes. Was it right to massacre so many in his hatred? Of course not.... but if one ended up getting unfairly shafted as much as he had, they'd probably want to do the same thing. A truly tragic and sorrowful end for a once heroic knight. That's my take on the whole thing with him. Thanks for reading.

Hope this prepares everyone for the upcoming Switch adaptation of Live A Live.

Max Morgan = Hulk Hogan

36:40 The universally powerful fart of doom. one cannot best it

Hey, you finally covered this forgotten gem! YES. 17:16 - You did this on purpose, didn't you?

"Game: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U" What the fuck RU-vid?

FUCKING. SHIT. THIS CHAPTER IS DARK.

"I'm going to have trouble trusting anyone with o,d and i in their names" Oh, dear LORD.

Why was Cube called Lub on the finale protagonist select? Lub Lub, is that you?

It really blows that the remake of this legendary video got blocked by square enix it must have been the music that got it blocked by them.

666 ------ 666 am i really the only one who noticed Oersted's stats?

I see Alicia's getting a lot of flak in the comments, so I wanna say that I don't hate her, nor am I angry at her for what she did (I sure was shocked, though). Yes, what she did was wrong and she did them for silly reasons, but I actually empathize with her a bit. Why? Because...watch out, tl;dr opinions incoming. 1. We never see any siblings, nor a Queen, so it's possible that the King's wife died at some point, leaving him with an only child, thus driving him to coddle and shelter his precious princess and only heir to his throne from that pesky outside world, to the point of making her fatally naive. Papa holds a tournament to determine who her husband will be. She gets to marry the strongest man, and daddy can relax knowing his little girl is in capable hands. Alicia gets a husband that she knows will be able to protect her, thus she loves and trusts Oersted unconditionally. 2. Demons happen and take her away. She waits for her beloved to come rescue her, only for Straybow to show up instead. He probably had plenty of time to tell her a sob story about how he's a loser at everything and deserving of her utmost sympathy, while Oersted is a smug butt so full of himself because of how much he wins at life, that he decided to take his sweet time getting to her, essentially painting him as the kind of guy she would be utterly miserable to be the wife of, but Straybow came for her because of TRUE LOVE and showers her with all kinds of lovey-dovey bilge! Gullible, naive Alicia doesn't know any better than to think he couldn't possibly be lying to a princess, and decides it must be true love because Straybow is her real hero. 3. Oersted kills Straybow. Alicia was so thoroughly whisked into the passion of Straybow's sweet talking, that she can't imagine having to live her life without her true love and getting married to this horrible monster that killed him! She doesn't even want to hear what he has to say because she's so upset! Better to die than suffer as the wife of Straybow's murderer for the rest of her life! Good thing she had that weapon in her pocket, it saved her from a terrible fate. I realize this is all just speculation on my part, and I could be completely wrong about everything, but I think it's possible that Alicia was innocent enough to believe whatever Straybow told her, and that she was just as naive about what love is to think Straybow was the one truly meant for her, and Oersted robbed her of the perceived happy ending Straybow may have been filling her head with. I'm not trying to justify her actions, but I am trying to say that she could've been taken advantage of by a manipulative man, didn't know any better to realize it, didn't have the emotional maturity to really think things through, and maybe isn't wholly worth the amount of scorn everyone's giving her for what she did.

I've played Live A Live a couple of times but damn, after hearing Oerstead say: "Maybe love is all I ever wanted" in the end, is soul crushing to hear.

Creepy Bad Endings # 46 - Remake got taken down by Square Enix according to the copyright law. whoisthisgit: Well, that's kinda unfortunate. I'm hoping they remove that take down but somewhere deep down in my heart i fell like they won't do this so early.

It's unsettling playing as the bosses and easily defeating the characters you stayed so long with.

17:19 - A clue of Oersted's true destiny...his max HP is 666.

man. . .That's like the equivalent to being mario, and you're betrayed by luigi, who then gets peach after all the shit you've been through just to save her. That would make you really hate luigi, huh?

This is what got me into live a live made me buy it TWICE. and yet square doesn't let the remake of this video exist. This is the video that effectively made a lot of people aware of this game in the first place and spread many a word from there. I just want to have that remake of this video not be lost media memories are faulty..

After getting knowledge of this game some time ago I wonder how the chapters would be in an hipothetical sequel/remake/spiritual successor. Oh, well I am bored. Here I go: -Chapter 1: Ancient Egypt In the year 12** B.C. the first undead apocalypse is happening. In the Abydos necropolis the dead are walking again, attacking nearby towns under the commanding of a creature believed to be a demon. Fortunately a priest with spiritual powers is willing to end the disaster. The main character can use a "aura vision" to see clues in the map (Like friendly spirits or hidden details) and in battle, wich may be inocuous except in some moments in the chapters. Discovering all the hidden secrets grants you the good ending. -Chapter 2: Imperial Rome Year is 80 a.c, in the frontier of the roman empire with the german tribes. The fort where the protagonist lives is suddenly under attack by a barbarian horde. As the commander of the garrison, he must hold the line against them and kill the bloodthirsty leader of the horde. Unlike other chapters, you control a hero with mainly support abilites and a bunch of generic units that must survive a series of battles until the final round with the boss. Depending of how many of them lived, you get a bad or good ending. -Chapter 3: Pirates of the South East Asia Indochina, 1410. A land which powerful pirate lords call home. This was discovered the hard way by a chinese merchant after being kidnapped by pirates and must escape of the wretched city they use as a hideout. Unfortunately for him the antagonist is an ex-peasant pirate who isn't very fond of high-class tweets. As a wealthy man, the main character can bribe his way through the adventure... with the downside you have a limited amount of money. For example, you can use it to recruit characters or buy certain unique loot (But maybe want it to spend it on equipment or healing items). If you adquire it all you get the good ending. -Chapter 4: Tomb raiders. Central America, early 20th century. The protagonist is an archeologist (Read = grave looter) looking for a treasure in a misterious ruined city in the middle of the jungle. But, it just happens this is the resident place of a deity who isn't fond of robbers or living beings in general, trapping him inside the ruins. Through the chapter, you can freely explore the place, but you are faced with trials to determine the nature of the archeologist's spirit, usually related to greed. You get a bad ending depending of the judgement of the deity. Also, in the bad one you only face a decoy. -Chapter 5: Bad cops. The events happen in a suburb of Miami in the 80's and you have to fight against crooks and thugs and arrest every bad guy that cross in your path.The main character is a cop in search of a mobster, just like a classic cop movie. There are a limited number of battles, but you must de cautious to not actually kill any of the enemies. Fortunately, the main character have some neat abilities to non-letally subdue them. Depending of the number of kills you get a good or bad ending. -Chapter 6: Cybernet The near future chapter, that takes place entirely in the cyberspace, inspired by things like Megaman Battle Network, SAO or Lain. The year is 21** and the net works pretty much like a gigantic MMO, where you play in online battles but also socialize and exchange information of all kinds. But, some time ago appeared a misterious criminal who takes a pleasure ruining the lives of every notorious people in the net. As a heroic hacker, the protagonist can use codes to gain advantages in the field and unlocke secure places. However, he can also uncover secrets and information of other people, wich may lead to a bad ending. If you are wondering how a guy with no physical skills can later appear as a warrior, I reminds you this kinda happened with Cube. -Chapter 7: Post-apocalypse The world has suffered a nuclear war, turned into a desolated wasteland populated by mutants where only strengh matters. Yes, is blatantly inspired in Hokuto no Ken. And yes, the main villain is a despotic overlord who is only challenged by a wandering hero and maybe said hero companions. The entire chapter is just a boss rush. To obtain the good ending you must rescue all the prisioners in the bad guys lair. Wich may be tricky since some of them are hidden in secret places, are forced to fight in battles or their location are only revealed when you spare some suspiciously coward foes.

Thanks so much for introducing me to this game! Thanks to you I had a super hype day today!

reminds me of that saying "you either due a hero, or live long enough to become a villain" also deeeeeeeeeep

Oerster: What is the difference between you and I?! Pogo: ...! L... ... L.......! ... Loooove! LOL

We did it boys! Live A Live is back!

Has your best friend framed you on a crime he did, caused your future wife to kill herself and influenced every citizen of your hometown to hate you? Now you can get revenge on those bastards! Introducing: Oersted's academy for future demon lords (OAFFDL)! Where you can learn how to start apocalypse in your home town, defy the laws of space-time, use dark magic and control bosses! Limited spots are available, so make sure to claim your spot! Oersted's academy for future demon lords: because if you are suffering, so does the world! Also, try our brand new "Odio course" where you will learn how to summon a bunch of heroes from different time periods and have them teach you an important lesson about life (assuming they won't kill you, we not covering that) Oersted's academy for future demon lords: where we let your hate fly free! Registration price stands for 100$ a year *the academy is not responsible for any death happening during the year*

When he breaks your mind so you break the the concept of reality across the universal timeline Oestered: _Get nae nae'd_

Whether Oersted decided to be the good guy or bad guy there seems to be no helping fate gave him the shitty end of the stick. Every ending is bad for him it seems like.

Live A Live bros... We made it...

By the way, I think I know why Git doesn't dig the Akira chapter. It's a huge love letter to shounen anime in general and giant mechas in particular. If you are not familiar with them at all, well... Also, it had liquefied humans that melt together a whole year before Evangelion, holy shit.

It's really great to see more people covering this brilliant game. This is easily one of Square's finest works and one of my favorite RPGs. Heck, it might even be one of my favorite games of all time, period. There's also one fangame to note, and it ties the game in with the Touhou Project series, of all games. It's called Touhou-A-Live, fittingly enough, and it's definitely worth a look into if you're a fan of the original game.

So oersted basically hated on by everyone and got so mad he renamed himself odio and thanos snapped all of existence cuz he was mad lol

came here from the new direct cant wait to play it!

I will never forgive Square for forcing you to take your remake of this video down!!!!

There's something so funny yet so insightful about Pogo responding to Odio's hateful questions with just "LOOOOVE!" Like I know it's the only word he can say but it carries such a deep meaning ❤️

I have never been so angry about a game not getting a remake in my life.

Dio Brando, what are you doing in my Squaresoft game?

congratulations! This video will have to be remade when the 2DHD version comes out…maybe

Aww, I can't help but feel bad for Oersted. A great hero, driven to evil by a chain of horrible events and misunderstandings.

Who's here after seeing the latest Nintendo Direct? Honestly probably wouldn't have said anything if I hadn't heard about this game through this channel.

Personally, I would call "Armageddon" an "Au-Dio warning".

I'm kinda disappointed you didn't cover the bad endings of all the OTHER chapters...There were a few that were quite disturbing as well, like Cube and Xin Shan Quan...(I'm a little late to the party with this video, I know, but watching it when it was first released convinced me to play the game on an emulator...Just finished it! A great, underrated gem!)

And then: live a live 2

Oersted’s ending is the epitome of “I won, but what cost?”

This game. Words cannot describe how much I love this game. I'm so glad it's getting covered more...

Games like this deserve a remake, hell maybe even a remaster.

Coming back to this video after seeing the latest nintento direct. Live a life switch is coming baby!

I can understand how Oersted felt, I'd have done the same thing in his situation. After all, "odio" means "hatred" in Italian.

Legends knew this game before remake thanks to this video

"Continue your apologies from the bottom of the Abyss, Oersted!" is an amazing pre-asskicking one-liner. Shame he's so easy lol.

Oersted has memory flashes. If you head to certain areas after people died during the chaptur 1 at uranus' house 1 at hash's grave 1 at where alicia got kidnapped.

This game looks pretty interesting, actually. In fact it may have made me set aside my doubts on whether or not a 16-bit JRPG can convey a good story.

Wow, this game is INTENSE! The plot and everything were crazy dark. Great video, Git! 10/10

I know it might be a bit late on this but did anyone notice that Oersted's spells out destroy. Well not exactly it spells out Destroe, but if you pronounce the last e like you would if it stands there alone it sounds exactly like destroy. Pretty fitting if you think about what happened with his life and what he wants to do with everything else because of the things that happened to him

Oh my god... Square Enix used to make good stories?!