I don't care if it's complicated so long as it's clear.
Aemon Send a noteboard - 22/09/2011 08:27:46 PM
I want to see:
A) Go outside (good)
B) Stay inside (evil)
Now, I don't know what effect my choices will have, obviously. Maybe if I go outside I get eaten by a bear, and if I stay inside I become king of an alien civilization. Who knows.
My point is just that, while any action I take (in real life, or in a game) may have a variety of unforeseen results, I ALWAYS know what sort of motivation drove me to perform that action. My character should not become more evil if I think I'm acting morally. It's very frustrating to me when I try to help someone in a game, and all of a sudden, "EVIL +5. YOUR SWORD OF ALTRUISM TURNS TO ASH IN YOUR HANDS."
...or whatever.
A) Go outside (good)
B) Stay inside (evil)
Now, I don't know what effect my choices will have, obviously. Maybe if I go outside I get eaten by a bear, and if I stay inside I become king of an alien civilization. Who knows.
My point is just that, while any action I take (in real life, or in a game) may have a variety of unforeseen results, I ALWAYS know what sort of motivation drove me to perform that action. My character should not become more evil if I think I'm acting morally. It's very frustrating to me when I try to help someone in a game, and all of a sudden, "EVIL +5. YOUR SWORD OF ALTRUISM TURNS TO ASH IN YOUR HANDS." ...or whatever.
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- 20/09/2011 03:56:19 PM
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I don't think I know anything that matches what you want.
- 20/09/2011 04:39:22 PM
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- 28/09/2011 12:58:11 AM
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You are a horrible human being. *NM*
- 20/09/2011 08:24:05 PM
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*NM*
- 20/09/2011 08:24:05 PM
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I'm morally grey! Women love me, and men want to be like me. *NM*
- 20/09/2011 09:15:31 PM
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- 28/09/2011 12:58:11 AM
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It'd be pretty difficult to specifically reward you for being a 'gray' character. (Two games)
- 20/09/2011 05:02:28 PM
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Take Knights of the Old Republic, for example
- 20/09/2011 05:08:04 PM
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That's not so much an alignment as just metagaming the system.
- 20/09/2011 09:27:49 PM
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Maybe I didn't explain right
- 20/09/2011 11:19:51 PM
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I'd say that's evil.
- 21/09/2011 03:00:32 AM
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of course, then you get into question of whether actions like that example are evil
- 21/09/2011 04:03:03 AM
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That's actually a pretty narrow view of Neutral when it comes to Alignment or Morality.
- 21/09/2011 02:19:34 PM
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You might want to try The Witcher series.
- 21/09/2011 05:16:05 AM
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Grey decisions are good but...
- 21/09/2011 06:19:04 PM
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they don't reward it because, for the most part, they don't want you taking a middle ground.
- 21/09/2011 07:10:48 PM
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Well that's just stupid. Tired of picking the 2 sides over and over *NM*
- 21/09/2011 08:02:11 PM
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Neutrality is often boring or selfish. Good stories seldom have truly neutral protagonists. *NM*
- 22/09/2011 06:27:05 PM
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Are you kidding?
- 22/09/2011 06:54:19 PM
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There's a difference between doing "bad" things for a good purpose, and being neutral. *NM*
- 22/09/2011 09:12:16 PM
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I have an on-topic comment as well as a general rant on game morality systems.
- 21/09/2011 06:43:21 PM
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- 21/09/2011 06:43:21 PM
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if they wanted to make the conversation mechanics more complicated...
- 21/09/2011 07:14:21 PM
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I don't care if it's complicated so long as it's clear.
- 22/09/2011 08:27:46 PM
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