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There's a difference between doing "bad" things for a good purpose, and being neutral. *NM* lord-of-shadow Send a noteboard - 22/09/2011 09:12:16 PM
The best stories have protagonists with dark sides! The anti-hero, if you will. That's pretty neutral, if you ask me. Not that they don't lean toward good. It's just that they use "evil" means sometimes to achieve their goals. Take killing bad guys, for instance. Batman doesn't do it. Superman doesn't do it. But the Punisher does. He's a good guy but he makes sure no bad guys will ever come back.
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My companions! Lend me thine vast expertise Dark Knight - 20/09/2011 03:56:19 PM 1151 Views
Hm. It depends on what you mean by "rewarded." beetnemesis - 20/09/2011 04:15:18 PM 842 Views
No, not quite Dark Knight - 20/09/2011 04:29:42 PM 778 Views
I don't think I know anything that matches what you want. Nate - 20/09/2011 04:39:22 PM 750 Views
You are a horrible human being. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 20/09/2011 08:24:05 PM 326 Views
I'm morally grey! Women love me, and men want to be like me. *NM* Nate - 20/09/2011 09:15:31 PM 357 Views
Kel - 28/09/2011 12:58:11 AM 782 Views
I thnk Fallout 3 gave you bonuses for being neutral. MightyYT - 20/09/2011 04:52:11 PM 743 Views
That was the first that came to my mind, too. *NM* ironclad - 21/09/2011 09:46:11 AM 322 Views
P.S. re: "thine" Nate - 20/09/2011 04:57:27 PM 710 Views
Damn, I knew it! Dark Knight - 20/09/2011 05:11:25 PM 761 Views
"Netural" isn't about picking "good and evil" choices. LadyLorraine - 20/09/2011 04:59:42 PM 756 Views
It'd be pretty difficult to specifically reward you for being a 'gray' character. (Two games) Jacob - 20/09/2011 05:02:28 PM 890 Views
Take Knights of the Old Republic, for example Dark Knight - 20/09/2011 05:08:04 PM 809 Views
That's not so much an alignment as just metagaming the system. Fanatic-Templar - 20/09/2011 09:27:49 PM 766 Views
thank you for phrasing that better than me *NM* LadyLorraine - 20/09/2011 11:11:54 PM 330 Views
Maybe I didn't explain right Dark Knight - 20/09/2011 11:19:51 PM 694 Views
I'd say that's evil. Fanatic-Templar - 21/09/2011 03:00:32 AM 872 Views
of course, then you get into question of whether actions like that example are evil LadyLorraine - 21/09/2011 04:03:03 AM 742 Views
Questions of morality are the great fun of philosophy . Fanatic-Templar - 21/09/2011 05:24:50 AM 707 Views
Re: I'd say that's evil. Dark Knight - 21/09/2011 06:23:11 PM 868 Views
Re: I'd say that's evil. Fanatic-Templar - 21/09/2011 10:21:17 PM 866 Views
That's actually a pretty narrow view of Neutral when it comes to Alignment or Morality. Jacob - 21/09/2011 02:19:34 PM 760 Views
I thought I had allowed for what you said. Fanatic-Templar - 21/09/2011 04:33:30 PM 666 Views
It's not a neutral outlook Dark Knight - 21/09/2011 06:27:27 PM 800 Views
See, what you're talking about IS in fact considered EVIL. Jacob - 21/09/2011 08:33:30 PM 743 Views
You might want to try The Witcher series. Zalis - 21/09/2011 05:16:05 AM 727 Views
I just played the first one... LadyLorraine - 21/09/2011 02:14:13 PM 770 Views
Grey decisions are good but... Dark Knight - 21/09/2011 06:19:04 PM 815 Views
they don't reward it because, for the most part, they don't want you taking a middle ground. LadyLorraine - 21/09/2011 07:10:48 PM 690 Views
Well that's just stupid. Tired of picking the 2 sides over and over *NM* Dark Knight - 21/09/2011 08:02:11 PM 367 Views
Neutrality is often boring or selfish. Good stories seldom have truly neutral protagonists. *NM* Zalis - 22/09/2011 06:27:05 PM 347 Views
Are you kidding? Dark Knight - 22/09/2011 06:54:19 PM 780 Views
There's a difference between doing "bad" things for a good purpose, and being neutral. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 22/09/2011 09:12:16 PM 319 Views
That's chaotic good, not neutral. *NM* Ghavrel - 22/09/2011 10:36:28 PM 358 Views
I have an on-topic comment as well as a general rant on game morality systems. Aemon - 21/09/2011 06:43:21 PM 905 Views
if they wanted to make the conversation mechanics more complicated... LadyLorraine - 21/09/2011 07:14:21 PM 823 Views
I don't care if it's complicated so long as it's clear. Aemon - 22/09/2011 08:27:46 PM 707 Views
I agree with this, actually. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 22/09/2011 09:17:23 PM 357 Views
I agree with that, too. *NM* Ghavrel - 22/09/2011 10:38:15 PM 344 Views
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