Happy Easter! The Top 5 Iconic Respawn Moments in Video Gaming
Christ is died, Christ is Risen, Christ will come again. Celebrate the Good News by rewatching these five iconic respawns from Video Game History!
Death Stranding (2019) - Sam Porter Bridges literally has to swim around in gunk to find his own body then have an adventure through Ouroboros’ playhouse as he daps up a baby in his own esophagus to reincarnate, every time you fuck up in Hideo Kojima’s most recent opus. Sometimes the baby moons you.
2. World of Warcraft (2004-infinity) - Nothing says “you fucked up” like having to hike through Stranglethorn Vale for your body in WoW. Playing as a Warlock with ez-respawn powers was like my own cottage industry for gold back in the day. Make the trek more than a couple times and you’ll be throwing hella gold my way for a soul stone every quest.
3. Grand Theft Auto (series) - WASTED learned to walk in GTA so that it could learn to fly on Vine. It’s a credit to Rockstar’s sound and visual design that it seems like it was so damn easy to superimpose the GTA death graphic on America’s Funniest Home Videos and make the nutshot genre feel FRESH again.
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020) - Once you learn that Call of Duty is NOT a game about shooting, it’s a game about spawn camping, you will learn how to line up sick headshots like me. FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK.
5. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003) - “Wait, that’s not how it happened.” - Me every time I watch back one of my livestreams and see the cringe.
