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On Good and Evil in videogaming
Stryc9Fuego:
Here's a nice example for the Good v Evil bit:
Dwarf Fortress[/size]
There are so many ways you can make a "Good" decision versus making an "Evil" decision, and the repercussions thereof. Do you continue to trade with the Elves, or lock them up uintil they go insane? Do you listen to their pleas to not chop down so many trees, or continue deforestation?
If you get useless dwarves, do you let them live and train them in a skill that'll be useful, or do you strip 'em of all their weapons and tell them to wrestle an elephant?
Would you meet your foes on the field of battle with honor, stay locked behind a wall and fill them full of bolts, or do you pour an entire lake of fiery magma on their heads?
With the Elf decisions, you can either continue to have a peaceful and profitable relationship with the Elves, or risk war. With your fellow Dwarves, you risk word getting back to your capitol that your fortress is a deathtrap, and they don't send any more Dwarves.
And with the war? Well, honestly, it all depends on what's most fun for you. :wink:
Jackie Blue:
As someone else on here said, Dwarf Fortress isn't a game, it's a failure simulator.
PizzaSHARK:
Not sure what the OP is referring to, since it lacks a quote, but there are very few games that offer an evil/bad experience on par with the good or at least indifferent paths.
Tightly scripted games don't allow you to do much outside of their set path (example: you have to kill the bad guy. Good motivation for doing this is because it's gonna make the world a better place, evil motivation might be because he stole something from you), while sandbox games that allow you to play as you want tend to become extremely boring very quickly - the GTA games and Oblivion are classic examples of this for me.
Melodic:
I realized that my reply to you was basically this entire thread, in under 6 paragraphs. Read the thread, dude.
satsugaikaze:
You know what was even more tarded than the specific good and evil?
Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid (ie. the first game) said that it didn't exist and half the villains just said everyone was evil.
Go figure.
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