Do you play "Good' or "Evil" when given the choice?
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I usually play evil except for games where the character is such an asshole that it's not even funny anymore (Bioshock, Mass Effect)
I play good because the evil options are usually really stupid. There's no depth or trauma or tragedy involved. You're just an idiotic prick getting his jollies. It's sophomoric, as is the term sophomoric.
I always play good, hell I have a real hard time playing bad, even renegade hep is hard for me to play.
Usually good. What can I say? I like to be the hero. The only games I ever played evil in for my own enjoyment (rather than just achievement completion or to see how the story changed) were the Fable games because I hated all the annoying NPC jerks too much and Fallout 3, because, well, that actually enabled some pretty creative roleplaying as a cannibalistic serial killer, and that was awesome.
I played good and neutral in Fallout 3 as well, but I had a fantastic experience doing the evil roleplaying, because, essentially, it resulted in there being a story and character growth. I had started off as a not-particularly villainous character, but then a few mistakes led to my character spiraling off the deep end. Plus, a lot was implied in the dialogue that the Wanderer turned out evil because s/he resented being abandoned by their parents, and then grew to distrust and hate mankind.
That actually turned out to be more interesting than the good choices, and was better than most evil choices in games, which essentially involve the character being a dick for the sake of it. But, yes, generally speaking, if there is a morality choice in games, my first instinct is always to take the good path. I find it more rewarding when you don't alienate your party, which evil choices normally do.
I played good and neutral in Fallout 3 as well, but I had a fantastic experience doing the evil roleplaying, because, essentially, it resulted in there being a story and character growth. I had started off as a not-particularly villainous character, but then a few mistakes led to my character spiraling off the deep end. Plus, a lot was implied in the dialogue that the Wanderer turned out evil because s/he resented being abandoned by their parents, and then grew to distrust and hate mankind.
That actually turned out to be more interesting than the good choices, and was better than most evil choices in games, which essentially involve the character being a dick for the sake of it. But, yes, generally speaking, if there is a morality choice in games, my first instinct is always to take the good path. I find it more rewarding when you don't alienate your party, which evil choices normally do.
I always play good. I simply don't have the mindset to play an evil character because I don't take pleasure from hurting people (taking SATISFACTION from righteous retribution is a whole different matter).
Good mostly, but that's just because evil options are usually horribly written/scripted in games with the option. Evil usually means being a brutish, idiotic thug. There's rarely a chance to be quietly evil, or even to be a lunatic psychopath. Yahtzee already did a good rant on it in a recent review so I'll just leave it at that.
my first run through of a game i try and be me throught the whole game....well...me if i was jacked as shit had force powers carried a lightsaber and anyhing else my character would do. then im nice. Then....ohhh man no one like the evil...everyone dies like 4 times...oh man
If the game is good enough I end up playing through as both good and evil, but I generally go with good the first time through. Partially because I'm a nice person in real life, and mostly because the evil options aren't so much evil in the "the world will be mine" evil but more of the "kill some poor kids grandma right in front of him then wipe her blood off your hands with his shirt" kind of evil.
I try two things. I either play what I would play if I were that character (which is entirely situational) or I try and play the Cunning villian. For example, A Sith who uses the dark side for a charitable act, rather than for selfish power. Someone who seems cruel, but the cruelty masks his true intentions.