As a tangent, because Grand Theft Auto occurred to me when thinking about this, have you ever tried to be law-abiding in a GTA game? Outside of the story missions, I mean. It's frigging impossible. The car physics are so wonky that it's almost impossible to stay on your side of the street, and the other cars go so slow that you can't get anywhere. And the moment you mess up your driving and bump someone, the police try to arrest you and the next thing you know you're firing rockets at SWAT helicopters.
I have no idea what you're talking about, Senator...
*whistles while walking away*
Kel (formerly Tristan de Luna)
Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce
Time is a confidence game invented by the Swiss.
Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce
Time is a confidence game invented by the Swiss.
This message last edited by Kel on 28/09/2011 at 12:58:40 AM
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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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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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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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if they wanted to make the conversation mechanics more complicated...
21/09/2011 07:14:21 PM
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