I don’t like how everyone has interpreted the story, that Gamma was the bird. It overlooks that the flickies merely power badniks, but ARENT the robots. I think it brings a lot more weight to think that he wasn’t freed from his robot body, but instead died to free the bird inside of him.
i didnt even know people interpreted it that way. its not like the bird controlled the robot the animals are just power sources if they could control the robots they could free themselves that seems obvious
@@wistfulanthophila9317 lol I scrolled down to a comment made about the same time as the OP and I saw someone reply with the "Gamma was the bird" interpretation.
I agree, absolutely. And what makes it especially problematic is the fact that the flicky inside him is female, so naturally people come to the conclusion "Gamma is female!". A female robot with THAT voice? The narrative would have made such a crucial detail quite obvious early on.
It's kind of encouraged by the fact Gamma on the surface seems to also interpret it that way, considering his quest is to "rescue" the rest of the E-series by shooting them until they explode... yet he seemingly sees the distinction himself too. (My original interpretation was that he just referred to the birds by the robots' names due to not knowing the names of the birds; although in a way it's entirely possible that if the birds were used to supplement AI, there may be some "hybrid" effect)
Darkjet Productions He died 2 months after the release of Sonic Adventure 2, he also voiced Pachacamac, the Train announcer and even the president in Sonic Adventure 2.
the worst part is that gamma died without anyone knowing/caring. sure Amy liked him but she never saw him die nor did she know his reason for dying. he might as well have friendless and with no one mourn him. RIP gamma.
that's the sad thing. with Gamma's death, he was forgotten from Sonic's world. the closest we had to someone remembering Gamma was Sonic/Tails (can't remember) saying "Hey, that robot looks like Gamma!" in Sonic Battle. and that's the worst possible timing. not only did A: that robot was a dumb clone, it was also B: 'remembered' by two characters who never even gave a crap about him. Only Amy genuinely cared about Gamma. I understand it's better through plot-line that Gamma remains dead, but I wish SEGA did more to help us know that they, too, genuinely cared about him by doing more that just that shameless Sonic Battle clone.
Beta just shoots Gamma out of anger, after that emotional brotherly fight...although Gamma survived the shot, it's just like being kicked out from a family, when I look at it now.
Beta was filled with hatred and never was enlightened like gamma was. But he was still a victim nonetheless. Beta was tortured by robotnik. He was turned into a broken spirited killing machine. Gamma loved him and as he lay dying gamma tried to help him. Beta could not contehebd that and so he shot him trough the chest. Fan as compassion in the end cost him his life. Though its probably for the best.
+Siglimic It's perhaps one of the *few* things the Sonic X cartoon did better--Amy witnessed it herself, and was moved to tears. Sadly, it doesn't have any more impact due to the method--here, it was Beta's cannon that ultimately did him in, while in Sonic X Gamma literally clashed with Beta and fatally damaged them both. The two detonated literally hand-in-hand. I'd say that hey did genuinely care about each other, but their loyalties got in the way.
The first time I saw this ending I was young... but I understood the thing and cried a lot... while screaming "¡NOOOO! ¡GAMMAAAAAAAAAAAAA! The most beatiful but sad ending in the game... A minute for silence for Gamma... who self-destruct for the flicky family can be together again...
+FiveNightsAtFreddys Lover Correct. Gamma is a "Throwaway Character" It was always Sega's intention for him to die. They wrote his final scene as poignant.
+watsg00dn199a 1999. When I finally got to this scene in SA1 for Dreamcast, I was laying in a hospital bed fighting for my life in late Autumn of 1999.
Another version of Gamma also appeared in Sonic Battle, he just looks a little bit different. Not mentioning his appearance in SA2 since he had no dialogue
To be fair, Sega had no intentions of bringing Shadow back. It was the fanbase who begged Sega to bring Shadow back. And another aspect is that Shadow was the 2nd most popular character besides Sonic. Sega was actually shocked Shadow was well liked and was just as popular as Sonic. So, you combine all of that and Sega had no choice but to bring Shadow back.
It seemed that Gamma had developed his own personality and desires despite being robotic. He truly began to care for others and wanted to help end his brothers' suffering under Eggman's orders and modifications. After realizing that he was holding an animal within himself, he allowed himself to succumb to the blast from Beta. What a legend.
I mean it’s not big faults. It’s like two sides of a coin: the emotional superintelligent robot with nothing at stake but some birds, verses the emotional idiot that is Big with the world at stake with his frog
While I personally think Sonic Adventure 1/DX's story hasn't aged well and is one big camp fest for the most part; there are a small handful of moments that deserve credit and this ending...still gets to me to this day. The fact that Gamma dying at the end manages to get an actual emotion out of me means that the writer at least succeed in one area; that being making me care about one of the new characters. However, this does mean we will never see Gamma ever again. Oh, sure, there is a dream entity pretending to be him in Sonic Shuffle and there are those replicas in Sonic Adventure 2/Battle; but that's the most we will ever see from him again outside of Adventure DX. Speaking of death; may Steve Broadie himself rest in peace. He and Deem Bristow had the best performances in Sonic Adventure DX.
I remember playing this when I was a kid and cried this scene.Gamma so far the best story of all characters and saddest. It’s crazy the least played character is the most saddest one.
It was a honorable suicide... He was mortally compromised... But he could have healed himself, alas he was to broken emotionally... He had to kill his brothers and his last brother mortally assaulted him as he tried to render assistance to him as he was writhing in agony... He lost the will to live and self terminated... Taking out what was left of the egg carrier. This always filled me with inconceivable loneliness and sorrow, as my soul is also horribly damaged... And I used to cry every time I saw this... It still is painful to watch even after watching it over 20 times...
+Zachary Kenniston In the Japanese Dreamcast version, Gamma kills himself by shooting himself in the head. Because of Columbine, Sega of America cut that scene out.
+Tornado1994 Is this actually true? Because that's how I remembered it, but I've never been able to find it on TH-cam so I wonder if it is confabulation.
Snowflake Pillow The original Japanese version of SA1 was recalled and went OOP in favor of its fixed US version. SA International is the fixed,non glitchy version of SA1.
I liked Gamma, Great Robot Design, great background, and even if Dr.Robotnik created him doesn't mean he will obey. He's going take control and save his other robot brothers from being corrupted & those little animals living inside them. Also Giving up his slowly dying body to release a pink flicky bird to be with her family. E-102 Gamma will always be the best Robot.
Literally the best ending in the game. The development was spectacular. Gamma is the only robot in any video game, show, or movie that I have actually shed tears over, because the whole story was a huge emotional rollercoaster that ended in another rollercoaster. I’m happy that Gamma was reunited with his family and is safe and happy. That’s all he wanted in this story, was for all of his family in the E-Series to be free and happy.
Playing Gamma and Amy story is always a choked up experience for me. Just think, both Amy and Gamma went back to the egg carrier crash site. Gamma to free his brother, and Amy to find the bird siblings. *If you play Amy first* Amy finally reunite the family but the bird is attack by Zero who has a huge grudge against it. Amy destroy the robot out of rage and made sure all three birds make it off the crash aircraft safely *Meanwhile Prior to Gamma* Just before Amy battle with Zero Gamma has tragedy end his life in order to free one of the birds sibling from within him. But it was only after when his older brother Beta gave a last fatal blow before succumbing to his destruction.
I know Sonic games aren't known for their storytelling, and the quality is often hit-and-miss with them. But every once in a while... _damn._ They really knock it out the park with a moment like this. I'd say for its emotional impact, it is perhaps second only to the SA2 capsule scene. But perhaps even more amazing is that they pull it off without dialog. Don't get me wrong - this couldn't have worked without the rest of Gamma's story being equally good. But the emotional heavy lifting is really done here by the music. I mean, I always thought Gamma's piano theme had an undertone of sadness to it, from the moment you start playing as him. I always subconsciously connected this to him being, on some level, _unlovable._ He was never made to be loved - Robotnik only built him to serve a purpose and later be destroyed, either by Sonic and his friends, or broken down for parts when he no longer served that purpose. Born to die, as it were. Likewise, his redemption could only be found in his death. That moment finally happens when the drums die down and the theme plays yet again - no longer cold and mechanical - this time it's evocative of something small and vulnerable, almost human. But like 'Sweet Dream' from the second Sonic game, it is very clearly the music of an ending. It's no less sad when you realise this is exactly what Gamma wanted - in the same way that he knows he has to 'save' the other E-series bots. You know it is not really death but rather _transformation,_ though you can't help but feel as if someone were dying. I am not religious, but I can't help seeing this as a metaphor for a person's soul rising from their broken body. And even though the loss of the body is exactly what allows the pink Flicky to fly free, she is on screen for less than a second. (It's rare for a Sonic game to be this subtle.) And only after watching a series of pictures from Gamma's short but meaningful life, do you finally get to see the bird, happily reunited, with her little yellow friend. I still feel that the pink Flicky _is_ Gamma, in much the same way that a soul _is_ the same person who they were in life, but perhaps both are lacking in some essential trait that defined them in life. Although just as every other character got a picture of themselves enjoying life after the game, Gamma's picture is of the Flicky. So I have to conclude that she (or he? they?) didn't die after all. Then again, I might just be saying that because I can't bear to admit that Gamma is dead. Because if any of the E-series are worth that reaction, it's Gamma. So anyway, let's have a Γ in the chat for the best fictional robot that ever lived.
You know, I've always interpreted Gamma as being the bird itself just with his memory wiped. So his entire story was about freeing the other animals without any clear indication as to why he's doing it and when he's destroyed he himself is freed and regained his memories. But I suppose the actual story is that Gamma and the bird are two separate entities and Gamma's final act was to allow himself to be destroyed so that the bird inside of him could be freed.
I feel like the more older i get, the more i appreciate Gamma's story. It literally made me cry, it's so sad and honestly deep for a Sonic game, it feels more mature and adult than all of the others in SA1. Gamma is the robot, not the bird. He literally killed himself to save the animals, thanks to Amy showing him friendship. It's so sad that he dies without anyone knowing it, at least in Sonic X Amy watches him die... He had a very short life, he will always be my favorite robot in Sonic, by far.
The scene is quite masterful for Sonic Adventure standards. The silence and atmosphere in all aspects is something that I don't think people really understand. Very much similar to knowing you are at the end of the line. And the solidarity of the waves being the only noise to accompany the entire scene. It's a criminally powerful scene that I feel needs no more excess to make a point. It ties the theme of being an Eggman Robo perfectly: an almost meaningless existence. To fight as an army, and serve under your creator. It mirrors in most aspects how easily most of Eggman's Robots are dealt with as if they are nothing. And in some vein, enlightens us to understand that in Eggman's egotistical brilliance, he has manifested creations with a degree of autonomy and reasoning. Which is certainly something that is consistently brought up throughout the series proper. The silence speaks volumes, and is a perfect demonstration of telling through showing. It leaves it up to so much interpretation. I honestly find it hard to believe that something this profound was alongside the more simpler stories of Sonic Adventure. Some of them have their moments. But I don't think the thread of the narrative is as nearly consistent as Gammas story. It basically is a full arc, and ends tragically. Like, I get chills whenever he goes over the remaining robots and includes himself among them to 'rescue'. I also believe Gamma's story works so well because it is set up in a world that has all of these pretty innocuous stories. It's a bit like whiplash, but it works because it is thematically a story of solidarity. And is a harsher parallel running alongside the average adventures of Sonic and his friends. Which is something that can be seen adjacent to real-life; the circumstances of ones birth, and the freedoms they are endowed. Gamma's story is perfect. And I'd hate if they did anything to change or retcon it.
*E-123 Omega:* I couldn't even beat Gamma or Beta. And that's the reason why E-123 Omega never fought them. Because he was locked away in Dr. Eggman's secret base for too long.
It's the perfect timing of the piano and the start of his slow explosion that absolutely wrecks me every. Single. Time. I go through this. No matter how old. 😭
Oh, it's so emotional his history, mainly in the final, with this screen. At this point, we know that Gamma destroyed yourself to free the bird in your inside. And this music theme is kinda melancolic too, but i like it
This ending used to make me cry so much 8 years ago as a kid, I'm going to relive the great memories of playing this epic game, when I find the disc to install it though xD
Gamma was the best character in this game. His story was the best because he had to save his fellow robot comrades from themselves because they were corrupted by Eggman and be free the birds that was contain in the robots as well.
Tears still flow the exact moment he begins to detonate. I was probably 7 when I got to know Gamma. His story was probably what led me to feel existential about life at such a young age. It's unfair. His life is shown on screen from start to finish. He was programmed to be a certain way, and by the end, he sacrificed himself to free the flicki powering him. "Of all the souls I have encountered, his was the most... human"
Gamma is probably one of my all time favourite video game characters he went through alot of character development from kidnapping litting creatures to sacrifice his own life to save another ones he was made by a villian but died a hero
Gamma, he never died to become a bad robot. He died to prove himself he was the true hero. He saved Amy From the robot who captured her, and the bird. He fights his brother, because it was the right thing to do. Gamma never wanted to die. 1 like =1 prayer to bring back E-102 gamma.😢😢😢 You will be missed.
When you think about it, it really makes sense. Dr. Robotnik designed the military weapon to survive, serve Eggman, and serve your purpose as a destructive robot. As a top notch military machine, he was programmed to learn in order to calculate the best decision to perform your duties. However, upon meeting Amy, he was given a question that could not be logically answered according to his design, therefore rendering him incapable of learning.
Imagine the conversation at the SEGA offices. “Hey you know what we should do to make the game better?” “What?” “Let’s make all the kids cry.” RIP Gamma
![Sonic Adventure DX Ending (Knuckles) [1080 HD]](/img/n.gif)
A historic moment in Sonic history, Gamma is the first character in the series to die on screen.
And motobug of Sonic the hedeheogh 1 LoL
He didn't die. He was freed.
The robot died, not the Flicky.
Argh, Motobug even counts as a character?
The 1st MAIN CHARACTER to die on screen
I don’t like how everyone has interpreted the story, that Gamma was the bird. It overlooks that the flickies merely power badniks, but ARENT the robots. I think it brings a lot more weight to think that he wasn’t freed from his robot body, but instead died to free the bird inside of him.
i didnt even know people interpreted it that way. its not like the bird controlled the robot the animals are just power sources if they could control the robots they could free themselves that seems obvious
@@wistfulanthophila9317 lol I scrolled down to a comment made about the same time as the OP and I saw someone reply with the "Gamma was the bird" interpretation.
I agree, absolutely. And what makes it especially problematic is the fact that the flicky inside him is female, so naturally people come to the conclusion "Gamma is female!".
A female robot with THAT voice? The narrative would have made such a crucial detail quite obvious early on.
Gamma was the robot not the bird. He knew that, and he knew that wasn’t okay. Its his whole story
It's kind of encouraged by the fact Gamma on the surface seems to also interpret it that way, considering his quest is to "rescue" the rest of the E-series by shooting them until they explode... yet he seemingly sees the distinction himself too. (My original interpretation was that he just referred to the birds by the robots' names due to not knowing the names of the birds; although in a way it's entirely possible that if the birds were used to supplement AI, there may be some "hybrid" effect)
Gamma is just the best. He had the best story mode, the most development, the best ending, and the best character theme out of any Sonic character.
MasterSnake820 Should there be a top 10 list of video game characters we did not want do die?
SuperBONNIE 78Gaming! Savage. Too savage what you just said...
ok ok i delete the comment
Agreed
@@MARKY2428 what comment bro
It's unfortunate to know that both Gamma and his Voice Actor both passed. ~___~ R.I.P.
Darkjet Productions He died 2 months after the release of Sonic Adventure 2, he also voiced Pachacamac, the Train announcer and even the president in Sonic Adventure 2.
Wow so we really won't see him again after all..
@@MultiFunkyjunk yes like in the game. Soo sad. Why this had to happen😔
Rip Steve broadie😔
Rip Legends🥺💔😔🙏🪦⚰️
"Units remaining...Gamma"-Gamma
I didn't get how serious that line was when I was a kid I was so confused. R.I.P. Gamma
No words. Visuals only, Saddest part of the game.
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THIS scene is why Sonic Adventure needs a remaster. Imagine how much better this already good scene would be with proper animation and directing.
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and better music.
@@Allosaurus1456 ayo what
the music is great what are you talking about
the worst part is that gamma died without anyone knowing/caring. sure Amy liked him but she never saw him die nor did she know his reason for dying. he might as well have friendless and with no one mourn him. RIP gamma.
+Mark Jordan I couldn't agree more
that's the sad thing. with Gamma's death, he was forgotten from Sonic's world. the closest we had to someone remembering Gamma was Sonic/Tails (can't remember) saying "Hey, that robot looks like Gamma!" in Sonic Battle. and that's the worst possible timing. not only did A: that robot was a dumb clone, it was also B: 'remembered' by two characters who never even gave a crap about him. Only Amy genuinely cared about Gamma. I understand it's better through plot-line that Gamma remains dead, but I wish SEGA did more to help us know that they, too, genuinely cared about him by doing more that just that shameless Sonic Battle clone.
In Sonic X, Amy witnessed Gamma's death. Even more emotional, Gamma died holding Beta's hand. ;_;
I was around 14 and I sobbed my eyes out the first time I saw this.., his existence doomed by robotniks cruelty. His family created just to die.
Mark Jordan In Sonic Battle they show that ignorance
1:08 the way the music completely cuts out at this part gives me chills
It's always the characters that aren't human(or in this case animals) that effect me the most....
+SuperDuperCooper08 Damn right it does
Yea and gamma is one of them
But Gamma is a robotized bird, but still a animal , he did not die he was freed
Exactly who cares about human characters
@@kursatemekse9737 ikr
Gamma had the most touching and emotional story in dx
SA*, but yeah
In Sonic history
Beta just shoots Gamma out of anger, after that emotional brotherly fight...although Gamma survived the shot, it's just like being kicked out from a family, when I look at it now.
Beta was filled with hatred and never was enlightened like gamma was. But he was still a victim nonetheless. Beta was tortured by robotnik. He was turned into a broken spirited killing machine. Gamma loved him and as he lay dying gamma tried to help him. Beta could not contehebd that and so he shot him trough the chest. Fan as compassion in the end cost him his life. Though its probably for the best.
What makes this sad is that he died alone nobody was around to know let alone care :'(
+Siglimic It's perhaps one of the *few* things the Sonic X cartoon did better--Amy witnessed it herself, and was moved to tears.
Sadly, it doesn't have any more impact due to the method--here, it was Beta's cannon that ultimately did him in, while in Sonic X Gamma literally clashed with Beta and fatally damaged them both. The two detonated literally hand-in-hand.
I'd say that hey did genuinely care about each other, but their loyalties got in the way.
Cynical Aspie I am probably the only one to hate the Sonic X Gamma ending. The silence makes it less cheesy and more emotional.
😢😢😢😢
Didn't he become the bird who appears flying in the end?
perfect example how I want to die.. fuck the world
Man I wish Amy would still have Gamma's Bird on her side nowadays...
He would symbolize Gamma's Soul...
For real 😞
Yeah it’s really sad 🥺 but at least Gamma is with his Family now & can live happily ever after 😊
@@emmanuelharris6445the flicky is a girl i heard
Rip gamma
The first time I saw this ending I was young... but I understood the thing and cried a lot... while screaming "¡NOOOO! ¡GAMMAAAAAAAAAAAAA! The most beatiful but sad ending in the game...
A minute for silence for Gamma... who self-destruct for the flicky family can be together again...
Dude, the same here. I was just 8 years old and it made me cry. My mom even heard me and she had to calm me down because fuck that´s sad, savagely sad
I also cried when I saw this. I think I was 9 at the time.
One of the saddest moments in sonic history tbh, it was a clever twist in the end, and it was heartbreaking to play as him just to see
him die
That was the most quiet and slowest explosion I've ever seen.
+FiveNightsAtFreddys Lover Correct. Gamma is a "Throwaway Character" It was always Sega's intention for him to die. They wrote his final scene as poignant.
The extremely loud waves were drowning out all other sound
And, curiously enough, the biggest one out of all the robots.
That piano music gave me the feels, ugh memories
+watsg00dn199a 1999. When I finally got to this scene in SA1 for Dreamcast, I was laying in a hospital bed fighting for my life in late Autumn of 1999.
Tornado1994 .......um oh okay
E-102: Gamma
A robot with a soul.
Gamma was a kickass robot, an unthanked hero, a beautiful person. There isn't much else to say.
You know what makes gamma so great? The fact that they never written used him ever again unlike shadow
Another version of Gamma also appeared in Sonic Battle, he just looks a little bit different. Not mentioning his appearance in SA2 since he had no dialogue
@@SoniMarSponge That version is called "Chaos Gamma" to differentiate him from the real Gamma.
They should've just left Shadow in only one game, he was just a clone at the end of the day.
To be fair, Sega had no intentions of bringing Shadow back.
It was the fanbase who begged Sega to bring Shadow back. And another aspect is that Shadow was the 2nd most popular character besides Sonic.
Sega was actually shocked Shadow was well liked and was just as popular as Sonic. So, you combine all of that and Sega had no choice but to bring Shadow back.
Nice profile, King
Eggman accidentally programmed his robot to be of the most human characters in Sonic's history.
This ending is a real tear-jerker.
R.I.P. Gamma
The best Badnick.
I guess you could say he's a GOODnick!
No, I will not leave.
Metal Sonic: Well no, but actually *yes*
It seemed that Gamma had developed his own personality and desires despite being robotic.
He truly began to care for others and wanted to help end his brothers' suffering under Eggman's orders and modifications.
After realizing that he was holding an animal within himself, he allowed himself to succumb to the blast from Beta.
What a legend.
Best Story: Gamma
Worst Story: Big
@papa kofi insaidoo YES
I mean it’s not big faults. It’s like two sides of a coin: the emotional superintelligent robot with nothing at stake but some birds, verses the emotional idiot that is Big with the world at stake with his frog
I couldn't even beat bigs first level
Agreed
History:
Gamma>Tails>Sonic>Knuckles»Amy>Big
Gameplay:
Sonic>Gamma>Knuckles>Tails>Amy»Big
While I personally think Sonic Adventure 1/DX's story hasn't aged well and is one big camp fest for the most part; there are a small handful of moments that deserve credit and this ending...still gets to me to this day.
The fact that Gamma dying at the end manages to get an actual emotion out of me means that the writer at least succeed in one area; that being making me care about one of the new characters. However, this does mean we will never see Gamma ever again. Oh, sure, there is a dream entity pretending to be him in Sonic Shuffle and there are those replicas in Sonic Adventure 2/Battle; but that's the most we will ever see from him again outside of Adventure DX.
Speaking of death; may Steve Broadie himself rest in peace. He and Deem Bristow had the best performances in Sonic Adventure DX.
while i personally think youre wrong i really dont give a shit what u think.
Free as a bird...
I just beat his story a few moments ago.. I’m literally about to go cry.
The part that gets me most is that he died alone and nobody would even remember him or his sacrifice.
That was so sad when Gamma Died, but I love his music.
damn...i cried when i played this, really really long time ago
I remember playing this when I was a kid and cried this scene.Gamma so far the best story of all characters and saddest. It’s crazy the least played character is the most saddest one.
I’m sure he would of found a way to take himself out. He knew he needed to go out to finished the job. So it was definitely bitter sweet.
E-102 Gamma’s theme was so chilled and relaxing every time i here’d it
oh come on i thought this was a good comment then i notice you're an object thingy
It was a honorable suicide... He was mortally compromised... But he could have healed himself, alas he was to broken emotionally... He had to kill his brothers and his last brother mortally assaulted him as he tried to render assistance to him as he was writhing in agony... He lost the will to live and self terminated... Taking out what was left of the egg carrier. This always filled me with inconceivable loneliness and sorrow, as my soul is also horribly damaged... And I used to cry every time I saw this... It still is painful to watch even after watching it over 20 times...
True true
He let himself die so that the bird that was trapped inside if him could be back with its family.
+Zachary Kenniston In the Japanese Dreamcast version, Gamma kills himself by shooting himself in the head. Because of Columbine, Sega of America cut that scene out.
+Tornado1994 Is this actually true? Because that's how I remembered it, but I've never been able to find it on TH-cam so I wonder if it is confabulation.
Snowflake Pillow The original Japanese version of SA1 was recalled and went OOP in favor of its fixed US version. SA International is the fixed,non glitchy version of SA1.
I liked Gamma, Great Robot Design, great background, and even if Dr.Robotnik created him doesn't mean he will obey.
He's going take control and save his other robot brothers from being corrupted & those little animals living inside them.
Also Giving up his slowly dying body to release a pink flicky bird to be with her family.
E-102 Gamma will always be the best Robot.
WE DONT CARE ABOUT UR OC
Yea he wasn't killing he was rescuing the animals trapped inside the robots
Literally the best ending in the game. The development was spectacular. Gamma is the only robot in any video game, show, or movie that I have actually shed tears over, because the whole story was a huge emotional rollercoaster that ended in another rollercoaster. I’m happy that Gamma was reunited with his family and is safe and happy. That’s all he wanted in this story, was for all of his family in the E-Series to be free and happy.
And in history, when I was 7 years old I experienced my first heartbreak after seeing this scene.
Playing Gamma and Amy story is always a choked up experience for me.
Just think, both Amy and Gamma went back to the egg carrier crash site. Gamma to free his brother, and Amy to find the bird siblings.
*If you play Amy first*
Amy finally reunite the family but the bird is attack by Zero who has a huge grudge against it. Amy destroy the robot out of rage and made sure all three birds make it off the crash aircraft safely
*Meanwhile Prior to Gamma*
Just before Amy battle with Zero
Gamma has tragedy end his life in order to free one of the birds sibling from within him. But it was only after when his older brother Beta gave a last fatal blow before succumbing to his destruction.
Fuck, this broke me as a kid. It was the first time I saw a protagonist die on screen. I was never the same after this 😢
Sure brings back memories. Seeing Gamma go out like that was sad.
i cried when i was 12 FREAKIN 12
but gammas has a non-canon perfect son
omega im looking at you
From all the souls i've encountered in my travels, this one was the most... human
One of the saddest deaths in video games of all time... RIP
this part was so sad. i loved gamma a lot as a character
Omega is a cool bot, but there will always be something that makes me love Gamma even more.
I know Sonic games aren't known for their storytelling, and the quality is often hit-and-miss with them. But every once in a while... _damn._ They really knock it out the park with a moment like this.
I'd say for its emotional impact, it is perhaps second only to the SA2 capsule scene. But perhaps even more amazing is that they pull it off without dialog.
Don't get me wrong - this couldn't have worked without the rest of Gamma's story being equally good. But the emotional heavy lifting is really done here by the music. I mean, I always thought Gamma's piano theme had an undertone of sadness to it, from the moment you start playing as him. I always subconsciously connected this to him being, on some level, _unlovable._ He was never made to be loved - Robotnik only built him to serve a purpose and later be destroyed, either by Sonic and his friends, or broken down for parts when he no longer served that purpose. Born to die, as it were. Likewise, his redemption could only be found in his death.
That moment finally happens when the drums die down and the theme plays yet again - no longer cold and mechanical - this time it's evocative of something small and vulnerable, almost human. But like 'Sweet Dream' from the second Sonic game, it is very clearly the music of an ending.
It's no less sad when you realise this is exactly what Gamma wanted - in the same way that he knows he has to 'save' the other E-series bots. You know it is not really death but rather _transformation,_ though you can't help but feel as if someone were dying. I am not religious, but I can't help seeing this as a metaphor for a person's soul rising from their broken body. And even though the loss of the body is exactly what allows the pink Flicky to fly free, she is on screen for less than a second. (It's rare for a Sonic game to be this subtle.) And only after watching a series of pictures from Gamma's short but meaningful life, do you finally get to see the bird, happily reunited, with her little yellow friend.
I still feel that the pink Flicky _is_ Gamma, in much the same way that a soul _is_ the same person who they were in life, but perhaps both are lacking in some essential trait that defined them in life. Although just as every other character got a picture of themselves enjoying life after the game, Gamma's picture is of the Flicky. So I have to conclude that she (or he? they?) didn't die after all. Then again, I might just be saying that because I can't bear to admit that Gamma is dead. Because if any of the E-series are worth that reaction, it's Gamma.
So anyway, let's have a Γ in the chat for the best fictional robot that ever lived.
You know, I've always interpreted Gamma as being the bird itself just with his memory wiped. So his entire story was about freeing the other animals without any clear indication as to why he's doing it and when he's destroyed he himself is freed and regained his memories.
But I suppose the actual story is that Gamma and the bird are two separate entities and Gamma's final act was to allow himself to be destroyed so that the bird inside of him could be freed.
I feel like the more older i get, the more i appreciate Gamma's story. It literally made me cry, it's so sad and honestly deep for a Sonic game, it feels more mature and adult than all of the others in SA1. Gamma is the robot, not the bird. He literally killed himself to save the animals, thanks to Amy showing him friendship. It's so sad that he dies without anyone knowing it, at least in Sonic X Amy watches him die... He had a very short life, he will always be my favorite robot in Sonic, by far.
I'm remember playing this guy and he was cool it's sad that he's gone now
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Ugh, even at 17, I feel like bloody crying at this.
The scene is quite masterful for Sonic Adventure standards. The silence and atmosphere in all aspects is something that I don't think people really understand. Very much similar to knowing you are at the end of the line. And the solidarity of the waves being the only noise to accompany the entire scene.
It's a criminally powerful scene that I feel needs no more excess to make a point. It ties the theme of being an Eggman Robo perfectly: an almost meaningless existence. To fight as an army, and serve under your creator. It mirrors in most aspects how easily most of Eggman's Robots are dealt with as if they are nothing. And in some vein, enlightens us to understand that in Eggman's egotistical brilliance, he has manifested creations with a degree of autonomy and reasoning. Which is certainly something that is consistently brought up throughout the series proper.
The silence speaks volumes, and is a perfect demonstration of telling through showing. It leaves it up to so much interpretation. I honestly find it hard to believe that something this profound was alongside the more simpler stories of Sonic Adventure. Some of them have their moments. But I don't think the thread of the narrative is as nearly consistent as Gammas story. It basically is a full arc, and ends tragically. Like, I get chills whenever he goes over the remaining robots and includes himself among them to 'rescue'.
I also believe Gamma's story works so well because it is set up in a world that has all of these pretty innocuous stories. It's a bit like whiplash, but it works because it is thematically a story of solidarity. And is a harsher parallel running alongside the average adventures of Sonic and his friends. Which is something that can be seen adjacent to real-life; the circumstances of ones birth, and the freedoms they are endowed.
Gamma's story is perfect. And I'd hate if they did anything to change or retcon it.
I always feel that when his theme comes out after he gets shot. Like you knew he was dead as it came on. What a scene
He doesn't deserve to be a Robot.
He is more than that.
wow is it weird that besides Shadow, the most developed and emotional Sonic character is a robot?
*E-123 Omega:* I couldn't even beat Gamma or Beta.
And that's the reason why E-123 Omega never fought them. Because he was locked away in Dr. Eggman's secret base for too long.
Just add Roy Batty's speech from Blade Runner and bam, fountain of tears.
It's the perfect timing of the piano and the start of his slow explosion that absolutely wrecks me every. Single. Time. I go through this. No matter how old. 😭
Save friends mission compl.....(DEAD)
"Remaining targets... Gamma
Oh, it's so emotional his history, mainly in the final, with this screen. At this point, we know that Gamma destroyed yourself to free the bird in your inside. And this music theme is kinda melancolic too, but i like it
I’m a grown ass man and I still cry every time i see this
Probably one of the deepest moments of sonic, all my brothers pour it for E102 "gamma". Free as life can be!
To this day I still and always liked E102 gamma he was my favorite
What a ending, gamma dying so he could release a bird, that's how caring gamma was, he was different, we need him to have a return soon
I always cried over this
This is the only game E-102 Gamma appeared in. And for good reason!
This ending used to make me cry so much 8 years ago as a kid, I'm going to relive the great memories of playing this epic game, when I find the disc to install it though xD
That was a first good dramatic character of my childhood ;(
Gamma was the best character in this game. His story was the best because he had to save his fellow robot comrades from themselves because they were corrupted by Eggman and be free the birds that was contain in the robots as well.
I never saw it as Gamma being dead, since the man's just reunited with his brothers once his suit was destroyed.
Pretty sure gamma is just the AI not the bird
You were the best of us, Gamma
this is... this is DISTOUCHING !!!! im gonna cry again
ahh this brings back great memories. wish my gamecube still worked.
Tears still flow the exact moment he begins to detonate. I was probably 7 when I got to know Gamma. His story was probably what led me to feel existential about life at such a young age.
It's unfair. His life is shown on screen from start to finish. He was programmed to be a certain way, and by the end, he sacrificed himself to free the flicki powering him.
"Of all the souls I have encountered, his was the most... human"
Gamma is probably one of my all time favourite video game characters he went through alot of character development from kidnapping litting creatures to sacrifice his own life to save another ones he was made by a villian but died a hero
"upset that gamma died" you are a good robot Rest in Peace
Gamma, he never died to become a bad robot. He died to prove himself he was the true hero. He saved Amy From the robot who captured her, and the bird. He fights his brother, because it was the right thing to do. Gamma never wanted to die. 1 like =1 prayer to bring back E-102 gamma.😢😢😢
You will be missed.
Gamma's death was legit nauseating as a kid then the realization that Omega isn't Gamma was also bad
Also Omega looks way scarier than Gamma like jeez
This scene legit made me cry as a kid.
You'll be remembered E-102Γ the best robot from the lendary E100 robot series ❤
First videogame that made me cry. I was sad because a robot was destroyed.
When you think about it, it really makes sense. Dr. Robotnik designed the military weapon to survive, serve Eggman, and serve your purpose as a destructive robot. As a top notch military machine, he was programmed to learn in order to calculate the best decision to perform your duties. However, upon meeting Amy, he was given a question that could not be logically answered according to his design, therefore rendering him incapable of learning.
Clip means a lot to me. Thanks for posting it.
I actually thought this is a sad ending but I see Beta is freeing Gamma like Gamma is freeing Beta
Then after the credits and you play as Gamma again, he miraculously comes back to life like nothing happened.
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Imagine the conversation at the SEGA offices.
“Hey you know what we should do to make the game better?”
“What?”
“Let’s make all the kids cry.”
RIP Gamma
R.I.P my bot Gamma!
Has anyone else noticed how freaking loud the ocean wave are?
Gamma's death is the most tear jerk death in the entire Sonic series
*salutes*
Gamma this is to you old friend ='(
Good bye Gamma :(
Thanks Sega for not fucking up E102 Gamma with Sonic Boom, now I see why he had to die now
The most emotional ending in this game.
Men, I start tearing during his theme in the credits, I know Gamma its a Robot
This is so hard when you play this game ending with Gamma
Now that we have Omega it feels like Gamma's legacy will live in him!
I hate Omega.
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my jaw dropped. i didn't think i would cry again. RIP
That ending make mi cry :'(