Death in Final Fantasy

          Every gamer has come across and had to deal with death in video games. However, not many people pay attention to death in video games and it is possible that death in video games may directly influence society. Some examples of a video game death may include a character  being obliterated into several microscopic pieces or simply slowly fading off of the screen. Video games have a  habit  of making character deaths look as comical as can be, but they are usually more brutal than they appear. For example in Super Mario you can see Mario crushing his enemies into nothingness with his pure body weight. In Final Fantasy the player has infinite lives, but death is seen as more realistic in the sense that your defeated characters lie on the battlefield motionless. Unlike in other games where your character vanishes the dead characters in Final Fantasy lie there until the battle reaches a conclusion.  The video above shows a Game Over screen  in Final Fantasy  9. There are no consequences for getting a Game Over in Final Fantasy 9 instead you are simply returned to load  screen where you can  continue from the last save point.