Why can’t people ever fix their security in prisons? I mean, for goodness sake, you’d think that after years of people breaking out through the sewage system Shawshank Redemption style, prisons would increase security, 또는 at the very least, use some stronger cell bars. But, no, they always leave one crack in their prisons to allow prisoners to escape… So, naturally, video games have quite a lot of those. In video games, it seems that getting out of those prisons are as easy as getting out of any. So, today, I want to share with 당신 all the ten best prison breaks in video games. First, some rules. Only one game per franchise. Also, I am including games that I haven’t played, because if I didn’t, I would have no idea what I am doing here. Also, it doesn’t matter if the protagonist is trying to break out himself 또는 if they are trying to break someone else out. If it involves a prisoner breaking out, than it goes on the list. So, with that said, let us start the list.
#10: Stilwater Penitentiary from Saints Row 2
Let’s start with one that’s pretty simple. After waking up from a coma, The Boss, along with the prisoner, Carlos, are forced to find a way out of prison in order to get back to the mainland. So, naturally, the first the the Boss does after waking up from a coma is running through the prison yard, shooting police officers as he and Carlos make their way to the boats. Granted, 당신 could sneak up to the roof, but that only delays the inevitable shooting from the outside. After getting to the boats, Carlos will drive the 보트 to the mainland as the Boss shoots at police boats and helicopters in order to lose them… That’s something I find funny in sandbox missions. 당신 can slaughter officers and they will be gone in a few 분 during missions, but outside of missions, killing officers only increases their numbers. I never understood that. Still, this is a pretty interesting and attention grabbing way to start off a game like Saints Row 2. Good job, developers
#9: 성 Jail from Chrono Trigger
So, for a game that was rated E back in the day, 당신 should expect that having a girl with 당신 is punishable with death…. Oh, those old medieval times and their extremely unnecessary punishments. So, after being captured 의해 the royal guards for the supposed kidnapping of Princess Nadia, 당신 are put on trial for it. Of course, if you’re found innocent 또는 guilty, 당신 are still given the death penalty no matter what. What I find neat about this one is that 당신 have two options of escape. 당신 can either wait for three days, and your friend Lucca will come and save you, 또는 당신 can piss off the guards enough to where 당신 can attack them and leave through the door. Eventually, 당신 will regroup with your 프렌즈 in time to face the boss, a Dragon Tank, which can heal itself if 당신 don’t destroy the head. It’s pretty simple, and it’s kinda dumb that the king just decides to let 당신 go once 당신 escape, but whatever. It’s a JRPG. When did those ever use logic
#8: Coldridge Prison from Dishonored
Just like Saints Row 2, Dishonored starts 당신 off in a prison as the game's tutorial. However, this one is a bit 더 많이 interesting. After being told that 당신 were used 의해 the Spymaster as a fall guy (That’s old noir talk) for the Empress’s death, 당신 are then given a letter 의해 a group of rebels who wish to have 당신 가입하기 them, and leave a key under the note to help 당신 escape. So, from here, 당신 are now on your way to the exit. However, there are guards here that 당신 must be aware of. 당신 could just walk over and kill them, but the true challenge comes when someone wants to avoid killing everyone in the game, in order to keep Chaos low. Here, 당신 will need to do an assortment of sneaking through alternate routes and choking guards until they go unconscious. And it all ends with 당신 jumping off a bridge into the water as guards shoot at 당신 (Unless 당신 are better at stealth than I am, which, let me tell you, I am not the best with). It’s simple, sure, but still a neat start to a stealth game.
#7: Bargate Prison from Fable
당신 know, I never understood some things about prisons, but tell me why the guards of Bargate prison feel the need to take your clothes when 당신 are arrested? Seriously, they end up leaving 당신 in your boxers. Oh well, the escape is pretty interesting. In order to get out of Bargate prison, 당신 will need to spend a full 년 there, being tortured, and when a whole 년 comes around, 당신 will be forced into a race, where guards bet on prisoners to see who will win. After winning, 당신 will be sent to the Warden’s Office, where the prison warden will read to 당신 a line of poetry… I’m not making this up. While he is reading, 당신 need to look over the combination on a 벽 in order to open one of the three 책 that holds the cell key to your cell. After this, 당신 will be able to break out of prison, as well as your mother, and maybe even the other prisoners if you’re feeling like a good guy. And after that is done, 당신 will make your way out, only to be faced with a fight against a giant Kraken… It’s not as dangerous as it sounds. As horrible as Peter Molyneux is, at least this was a time before he 로스트 what little of his mind he had left.
#6: Imperial Prison from Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Man, there are a lot of game tutorials that take place in prisons. Anyway, 당신 know 당신 have a good game when the first person 당신 meet is a prisoner who insults 당신 due to what race 당신 chose. Boy, racism right off the bat. Quite a tutorial. But what makes this one interesting are the many different ways 당신 can escape. 당신 can go with the Imperial guards, who will be flanked 의해 assassins and killed, leaving 당신 to fight them, 당신 can go through a crumbled wall, filled with rats, skeletons, and the body of a Goblin Shaman. After which, 당신 will arrive to meet the Emperor, who will try to be attacked 의해 Mythic Dawn members, which 당신 will basically kill. And for the first time in forever, the member of royalty actually DOESN’T want the guards to kill you. What a shock. Instead, he gets killed 의해 assassins, and 당신 kill them as well, with the last of the Imperial guards giving 당신 a key to leave and go out into the world of Oblivion. With all the story being told and all of the events occurring, it’s interesting to see how this all happens just within the tutorial. Easily the best of the prison tutorials.
#5: Forsaken Fortress from Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
After having Link’s sister, Aryll, taken 의해 a giant bird, what is the best thing for a twelve 년 old boy to do? Go to a large prison alone filled with giant monsters with no weapons to find her. Either bravery 또는 stupidity. I’ll let 당신 decide on that one. Anyway, This is the only moment besides the opening where 당신 are empty handed. The place is filled with Moblins and Bokoblins using large 검색 lights. The only way 당신 can hide is 의해 either staying out of the light 또는 의해 hiding underneath the barrels. This is so much like Metal Gear Solid in a way (And don’t worry, we’ll get to a Metal Gear Solid entry soon). This is completely different from the other sneaking sections from other Zelda games before. Ocarina of Time had 당신 going through some 성 hedges. Majora’s Mask had 당신 go through a Deku garden. All of which had the punishment for getting caught being thrown out with no penalty. They both also had 당신 go into the Gerudo thieves hideouts, but those were pretty simple. Here, 당신 are a young boy sneaking past real dangerous monsters. And all this without a weapon. At least Link had weapons in Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. Here, 당신 got NOTHING! Toon Link is truly the Snake of Zelda.
#4: Island from Resident Evil 4
So, after Ashley gets sent to a prison island, the only thing for the badass Leon to do is to go to that island with a multitude of weapons to go and get her out… Resulting in a lot of things, like much 더 많이 intelligent Ganados that wield better weapons, a J.J, with a mini-gun, a psychotic ex-marine with incredible 칼, 나이프 skills and the dumbest boss fight ever (Krauser), a giant centipede-ish monster, and don’t even get me started on the nightmare inducing Regenerators. This is a lot different from the Spanish village and the large 성 just outside of it. I mean, this is a maximum security facility, complete with gatling guns, large trenches, and even a room with freaking lasers. All of that just screams what Spain is known for. But, of course, this is still a great place, as it is where the climax for the game is, and is a very fun idea. Also, if 당신 ever wanted to see just how much of an action film this game is, look no further than the freaking helicopter that helps 당신 blow up Ganados. Seriously, how come no one ever talked about that one?
#3: Groznyj Grad from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Yes, I know, Metal Gear Solid probably had a better prison break than this. I’m sorry for not including it. But this one is just so good in my opinion. After being tortured 의해 Volgin and having his freaking eye shot out, Snake is left inside of a jail cell, where there different places 당신 would think to try, but fail. 당신 can hide under the bed, but that never works. 당신 could try to stab the guard with a fork, but that never works. No, instead, the only way to get out is to either use Frequency 144.75, get sick for the guard to see, 또는 use a pill to fake your death. Pretty interesting stuff. And after that, you’re on your own from there. 당신 have to make it through the prison, all the way ending with 당신 jumping out of a large pipe into the river in an attempt to avoid capture. 당신 may just bleed to death once there, but at least you’re out of your prison cell… Well, this is Metal Gear Solid, so it’s gotta be depressing for the protagonist in some way
#2: Undead Asylum from Dark Souls
Am I cheating… Does this count as cheating? I can’t really say, because this looks so much 더 많이 like a prison than an asylum. Asylums don’t have creatures trying to kill 당신 every chance they get. 당신 start off pretty weak… obviously for the start of a game. 당신 are then forced to walk out of your cell and out into the asylum, where other Hollowed prisoners await you. Granted, they aren’t much of a challenge. However, the true challenge comes in the form of the Asylum Demon, who 당신 can’t even fight the first time 당신 meet him. 당신 have to run off into an opening, then go and talk to a dying knight to get some equipment, and once 당신 got your weapon, then 당신 can go back and fight him. This prison shows 당신 how the game works, and it shows 당신 that this is as easy as the game gets. After 당신 leave this prison filled with insane hollow undead wanting to kill you, it gets so much harder. Than again, this is Dark Souls, so that isn’t too surprising.
#1: Carnate Island from The Suffering
All of these prisons, while interesting, all just had 당신 go through them for one 또는 two levels, and never had to deal with them again after that. The Suffering is all about escaping prison. Only, it is a lot 더 많이 dangerous than 당신 thought. As a death row inmate, Torque is sent to Carnate Island to the prison there. Here, many horrifying things happen. Monsters come from the ground and start killing everyone there, and all 당신 can do is do your best to get out of the prison and off of the island. 당신 are sent through many different parts of the prison, such as the cell blocks, the execution rooms, the boiler room, the courtyard, the old quarry, an abandoned asylum, the underground room, the front of the prison, and the town that surrounds it. It’s interesting how much effort went into just showing 당신 the prison in a state where even the inmates and crazed officers are not the most dangerous thing there. Oh, and 당신 gotta 사랑 the fact that monsters like ones with blades for limbs, creatures that have rifles on their backs, monsters with needles all over their body, and so much 더 많이 horrifying creatures. And in the end, all of this happened because Torque was suspected of killing his wife and kids. Is he innocent 또는 is he really the one who did it? Well, that’s what the morality system is. Either help the survivors 또는 kill them. Either way, it will tell 당신 what happened. But, are we here to talk about prison breaks 또는 how to be a morally good person. Carnate Island; a dark, terrifying, and insane place to be, but if it isn’t the perfect sign of a hidden horror gem, I don’t know what is.
Well, there 당신 have it. Did 당신 enjoy the list? Tell me what 당신 thought of it. With that said, I will see 당신 all 다음 time.
#10: Stilwater Penitentiary from Saints Row 2
Let’s start with one that’s pretty simple. After waking up from a coma, The Boss, along with the prisoner, Carlos, are forced to find a way out of prison in order to get back to the mainland. So, naturally, the first the the Boss does after waking up from a coma is running through the prison yard, shooting police officers as he and Carlos make their way to the boats. Granted, 당신 could sneak up to the roof, but that only delays the inevitable shooting from the outside. After getting to the boats, Carlos will drive the 보트 to the mainland as the Boss shoots at police boats and helicopters in order to lose them… That’s something I find funny in sandbox missions. 당신 can slaughter officers and they will be gone in a few 분 during missions, but outside of missions, killing officers only increases their numbers. I never understood that. Still, this is a pretty interesting and attention grabbing way to start off a game like Saints Row 2. Good job, developers
#9: 성 Jail from Chrono Trigger
So, for a game that was rated E back in the day, 당신 should expect that having a girl with 당신 is punishable with death…. Oh, those old medieval times and their extremely unnecessary punishments. So, after being captured 의해 the royal guards for the supposed kidnapping of Princess Nadia, 당신 are put on trial for it. Of course, if you’re found innocent 또는 guilty, 당신 are still given the death penalty no matter what. What I find neat about this one is that 당신 have two options of escape. 당신 can either wait for three days, and your friend Lucca will come and save you, 또는 당신 can piss off the guards enough to where 당신 can attack them and leave through the door. Eventually, 당신 will regroup with your 프렌즈 in time to face the boss, a Dragon Tank, which can heal itself if 당신 don’t destroy the head. It’s pretty simple, and it’s kinda dumb that the king just decides to let 당신 go once 당신 escape, but whatever. It’s a JRPG. When did those ever use logic
#8: Coldridge Prison from Dishonored
Just like Saints Row 2, Dishonored starts 당신 off in a prison as the game's tutorial. However, this one is a bit 더 많이 interesting. After being told that 당신 were used 의해 the Spymaster as a fall guy (That’s old noir talk) for the Empress’s death, 당신 are then given a letter 의해 a group of rebels who wish to have 당신 가입하기 them, and leave a key under the note to help 당신 escape. So, from here, 당신 are now on your way to the exit. However, there are guards here that 당신 must be aware of. 당신 could just walk over and kill them, but the true challenge comes when someone wants to avoid killing everyone in the game, in order to keep Chaos low. Here, 당신 will need to do an assortment of sneaking through alternate routes and choking guards until they go unconscious. And it all ends with 당신 jumping off a bridge into the water as guards shoot at 당신 (Unless 당신 are better at stealth than I am, which, let me tell you, I am not the best with). It’s simple, sure, but still a neat start to a stealth game.
#7: Bargate Prison from Fable
당신 know, I never understood some things about prisons, but tell me why the guards of Bargate prison feel the need to take your clothes when 당신 are arrested? Seriously, they end up leaving 당신 in your boxers. Oh well, the escape is pretty interesting. In order to get out of Bargate prison, 당신 will need to spend a full 년 there, being tortured, and when a whole 년 comes around, 당신 will be forced into a race, where guards bet on prisoners to see who will win. After winning, 당신 will be sent to the Warden’s Office, where the prison warden will read to 당신 a line of poetry… I’m not making this up. While he is reading, 당신 need to look over the combination on a 벽 in order to open one of the three 책 that holds the cell key to your cell. After this, 당신 will be able to break out of prison, as well as your mother, and maybe even the other prisoners if you’re feeling like a good guy. And after that is done, 당신 will make your way out, only to be faced with a fight against a giant Kraken… It’s not as dangerous as it sounds. As horrible as Peter Molyneux is, at least this was a time before he 로스트 what little of his mind he had left.
#6: Imperial Prison from Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Man, there are a lot of game tutorials that take place in prisons. Anyway, 당신 know 당신 have a good game when the first person 당신 meet is a prisoner who insults 당신 due to what race 당신 chose. Boy, racism right off the bat. Quite a tutorial. But what makes this one interesting are the many different ways 당신 can escape. 당신 can go with the Imperial guards, who will be flanked 의해 assassins and killed, leaving 당신 to fight them, 당신 can go through a crumbled wall, filled with rats, skeletons, and the body of a Goblin Shaman. After which, 당신 will arrive to meet the Emperor, who will try to be attacked 의해 Mythic Dawn members, which 당신 will basically kill. And for the first time in forever, the member of royalty actually DOESN’T want the guards to kill you. What a shock. Instead, he gets killed 의해 assassins, and 당신 kill them as well, with the last of the Imperial guards giving 당신 a key to leave and go out into the world of Oblivion. With all the story being told and all of the events occurring, it’s interesting to see how this all happens just within the tutorial. Easily the best of the prison tutorials.
#5: Forsaken Fortress from Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
After having Link’s sister, Aryll, taken 의해 a giant bird, what is the best thing for a twelve 년 old boy to do? Go to a large prison alone filled with giant monsters with no weapons to find her. Either bravery 또는 stupidity. I’ll let 당신 decide on that one. Anyway, This is the only moment besides the opening where 당신 are empty handed. The place is filled with Moblins and Bokoblins using large 검색 lights. The only way 당신 can hide is 의해 either staying out of the light 또는 의해 hiding underneath the barrels. This is so much like Metal Gear Solid in a way (And don’t worry, we’ll get to a Metal Gear Solid entry soon). This is completely different from the other sneaking sections from other Zelda games before. Ocarina of Time had 당신 going through some 성 hedges. Majora’s Mask had 당신 go through a Deku garden. All of which had the punishment for getting caught being thrown out with no penalty. They both also had 당신 go into the Gerudo thieves hideouts, but those were pretty simple. Here, 당신 are a young boy sneaking past real dangerous monsters. And all this without a weapon. At least Link had weapons in Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. Here, 당신 got NOTHING! Toon Link is truly the Snake of Zelda.
#4: Island from Resident Evil 4
So, after Ashley gets sent to a prison island, the only thing for the badass Leon to do is to go to that island with a multitude of weapons to go and get her out… Resulting in a lot of things, like much 더 많이 intelligent Ganados that wield better weapons, a J.J, with a mini-gun, a psychotic ex-marine with incredible 칼, 나이프 skills and the dumbest boss fight ever (Krauser), a giant centipede-ish monster, and don’t even get me started on the nightmare inducing Regenerators. This is a lot different from the Spanish village and the large 성 just outside of it. I mean, this is a maximum security facility, complete with gatling guns, large trenches, and even a room with freaking lasers. All of that just screams what Spain is known for. But, of course, this is still a great place, as it is where the climax for the game is, and is a very fun idea. Also, if 당신 ever wanted to see just how much of an action film this game is, look no further than the freaking helicopter that helps 당신 blow up Ganados. Seriously, how come no one ever talked about that one?
#3: Groznyj Grad from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Yes, I know, Metal Gear Solid probably had a better prison break than this. I’m sorry for not including it. But this one is just so good in my opinion. After being tortured 의해 Volgin and having his freaking eye shot out, Snake is left inside of a jail cell, where there different places 당신 would think to try, but fail. 당신 can hide under the bed, but that never works. 당신 could try to stab the guard with a fork, but that never works. No, instead, the only way to get out is to either use Frequency 144.75, get sick for the guard to see, 또는 use a pill to fake your death. Pretty interesting stuff. And after that, you’re on your own from there. 당신 have to make it through the prison, all the way ending with 당신 jumping out of a large pipe into the river in an attempt to avoid capture. 당신 may just bleed to death once there, but at least you’re out of your prison cell… Well, this is Metal Gear Solid, so it’s gotta be depressing for the protagonist in some way
#2: Undead Asylum from Dark Souls
Am I cheating… Does this count as cheating? I can’t really say, because this looks so much 더 많이 like a prison than an asylum. Asylums don’t have creatures trying to kill 당신 every chance they get. 당신 start off pretty weak… obviously for the start of a game. 당신 are then forced to walk out of your cell and out into the asylum, where other Hollowed prisoners await you. Granted, they aren’t much of a challenge. However, the true challenge comes in the form of the Asylum Demon, who 당신 can’t even fight the first time 당신 meet him. 당신 have to run off into an opening, then go and talk to a dying knight to get some equipment, and once 당신 got your weapon, then 당신 can go back and fight him. This prison shows 당신 how the game works, and it shows 당신 that this is as easy as the game gets. After 당신 leave this prison filled with insane hollow undead wanting to kill you, it gets so much harder. Than again, this is Dark Souls, so that isn’t too surprising.
#1: Carnate Island from The Suffering
All of these prisons, while interesting, all just had 당신 go through them for one 또는 two levels, and never had to deal with them again after that. The Suffering is all about escaping prison. Only, it is a lot 더 많이 dangerous than 당신 thought. As a death row inmate, Torque is sent to Carnate Island to the prison there. Here, many horrifying things happen. Monsters come from the ground and start killing everyone there, and all 당신 can do is do your best to get out of the prison and off of the island. 당신 are sent through many different parts of the prison, such as the cell blocks, the execution rooms, the boiler room, the courtyard, the old quarry, an abandoned asylum, the underground room, the front of the prison, and the town that surrounds it. It’s interesting how much effort went into just showing 당신 the prison in a state where even the inmates and crazed officers are not the most dangerous thing there. Oh, and 당신 gotta 사랑 the fact that monsters like ones with blades for limbs, creatures that have rifles on their backs, monsters with needles all over their body, and so much 더 많이 horrifying creatures. And in the end, all of this happened because Torque was suspected of killing his wife and kids. Is he innocent 또는 is he really the one who did it? Well, that’s what the morality system is. Either help the survivors 또는 kill them. Either way, it will tell 당신 what happened. But, are we here to talk about prison breaks 또는 how to be a morally good person. Carnate Island; a dark, terrifying, and insane place to be, but if it isn’t the perfect sign of a hidden horror gem, I don’t know what is.
Well, there 당신 have it. Did 당신 enjoy the list? Tell me what 당신 thought of it. With that said, I will see 당신 all 다음 time.
