Rev Rant: Moral Choice

In which Anthony argues that people are basically decent and moral choices in games that presume good and evil should be treated with total evenhandedness are naive and unsatisfying.

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[charlesr456]

i miss rev rants :(

[SanctusHospes]

Heeeeeeeee kinda did. >.O

[MrBeastDesign]

Only good example of moral decisions is imho The Witcher.

[HedgehogRebellion]

@Clesarie I cant agree, here is why: If I tickle a baby-bear cub and makie it happy, then clearly a good has been done, I have made it happy. Yet I am actively engaged in the process of making it happy. Do you see my logic, I dont want to come off as rude or pushy, but I really would like you to see my point.

[redplague]

I find his opinion slightly naive, multiple choices for a role playing game are usually limited by timescale for release and the resources they have. Also you contradict yourself with this video, you say that people mostly are good in a game so therefore they must care about other characters yet in one of your previous posts you state that empathy doesn't really exist in games.

[TheExcaliber452]

talking about fable 2, sorry i forgot to mention that....

[TheExcaliber452]

i acctually did good things in the spire.....loss alot of experience, but i never did the evil act....

[23wethekings]

i miss these so much...and hawp...

[MusicJustin15]

You did not talk about Mass Effect. Phew...my favorite game is safe from your criticism.

[son12509]

i like bioshock for its story telling. not its morality. good point

[Clesarie]

I think evils way harder to do in pratice. How many of us can honestly go out and rob a bank or kill someone for the profit of their stuff? Big rewards if you pull it off. Good is mostly just considered not doing bad. When really being good is something no one really does at all.

[LewisDunnHasOpinions]

Abe's Oddysee introduced a great morality system, if you save muddokens you get the good ending, you don't, you get the bad. Saving them requires beating hard as fuck puzzles that can make your life a misery.