Have you ever had player's remorse?
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I played Kane & Lynch 2, does that count?
*shudder* God I feel so dirty.
In general, not really. If there's an action that's optional in a game that makes me feel uncomfortable, I tend just not to do it. If it's a choice between two uncomfortable options, I either a) look for a third option, or b) have another beer and not worry about it.
I suppose I did feel kinda bad for getting Boone killed at the end of Fallout: NV when I was doing my hardcore playthrough, but I figure that's the way he'd have wanted to go.
*shudder* God I feel so dirty.
In general, not really. If there's an action that's optional in a game that makes me feel uncomfortable, I tend just not to do it. If it's a choice between two uncomfortable options, I either a) look for a third option, or b) have another beer and not worry about it.
I suppose I did feel kinda bad for getting Boone killed at the end of Fallout: NV when I was doing my hardcore playthrough, but I figure that's the way he'd have wanted to go.
BL2: the quest where you help the people of overlook turn on their shield..... I miss Dave so much.... I know there wasn't an option in the quest and that was the only choice but I still feel bad for killing the best character in the entire game....
FO3: I actually started the game with the full intention to be a evil sniper chick and murder my way across the map, but after talking to the people I started to feel really bad about it and ended up becoming a saint by the end of the game. I usually play evil when ever they give the option in a game unless the story telling is good enough to draw that kind of guilt or pity out of me, the only 2 games capable of doing that so far are Bioshock and FO3.
Otherwise the only times I regret things I do is when I either didn't understand what the action meant or the description was so freaking bad that the character did something completely different from what the context sounded like.
FO3: I actually started the game with the full intention to be a evil sniper chick and murder my way across the map, but after talking to the people I started to feel really bad about it and ended up becoming a saint by the end of the game. I usually play evil when ever they give the option in a game unless the story telling is good enough to draw that kind of guilt or pity out of me, the only 2 games capable of doing that so far are Bioshock and FO3.
Otherwise the only times I regret things I do is when I either didn't understand what the action meant or the description was so freaking bad that the character did something completely different from what the context sounded like.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines has quite a few quests that left me feeling icky with the choices I made in them.
For example: There is one moment where you stumble into an abandoned building, just in time to see one person fleeing the building while having a babbling nervous breakdown. If you decide to investigate further, you'll meet a disturbing Vampiress named Pisha of an apparently rare clan, who is even more grotesque than the Nosferatu.
You can get on good terms with her, if you decide to help her. She immediately asks you to find the person who escaped the building, and kill him - for he has seen too much.
I tracked the guy down to his apartment, and found him cowering inside his closet - still having a mental breakdown over what he's seen. I remember telling him that I regretfully had to kill him, the guy was too scared to even defend himself before I bled him dry. The man just saw his friends flayed and eaten in front of him, then a Vampire breaks into his home to finish the job. Sucks to be him....
.....Although there is one moment where you can trick an incredibly annoying human into believing there's a party in that same abandoned building. She wastes no time going right on over.... If you decide to speak to Pisha afterwards, she'll thank you for sending her a snack.... lol
For example: There is one moment where you stumble into an abandoned building, just in time to see one person fleeing the building while having a babbling nervous breakdown. If you decide to investigate further, you'll meet a disturbing Vampiress named Pisha of an apparently rare clan, who is even more grotesque than the Nosferatu.
You can get on good terms with her, if you decide to help her. She immediately asks you to find the person who escaped the building, and kill him - for he has seen too much.
I tracked the guy down to his apartment, and found him cowering inside his closet - still having a mental breakdown over what he's seen. I remember telling him that I regretfully had to kill him, the guy was too scared to even defend himself before I bled him dry. The man just saw his friends flayed and eaten in front of him, then a Vampire breaks into his home to finish the job. Sucks to be him....
.....Although there is one moment where you can trick an incredibly annoying human into believing there's a party in that same abandoned building. She wastes no time going right on over.... If you decide to speak to Pisha afterwards, she'll thank you for sending her a snack.... lol
This... I just want to see this through. But, at the same time, I don't want to...kman123 said:
Bioware is pretty good at that. Although I don't know anyone that did it, people may want to search what happens when you
betray Wrex
Skyrim is another option. I joined the Stormcloak early in the game to get the achievements; but I didn't noticed that they are a bunch of xenophobic brutes until after I joined them. Funny thing is, I am not even a Norse.
All four episodes of the Walking Dead have been riddled with such remorse. In fact, I had to convince myself not to Alt-F4 on several occasions. I decided to play the game morally, I saved and spared everyone I possibly could, chiefly because that's how I'd act in real life...I hope.
Not really a whole moral choice but whenever I play Journey, I'm always sad at the end, especially if I played the game with one person through the whole thing because I know I will never see that person again and the music doesn't help either, it makes me cry.
The Walking Dead was perfect for things like that. I never reloaded anything as I wanted to see how things turned out naturally, but damn were there a few moments where I regretted the choices I made.Zhukov said:
I played the game for the first time the other day. I kept seeing random characters appear here and there, and had no idea why. I assumed that you got help at certain points and they left at others.Quiet Stranger said:
I then finished the game and realised that other people had been travelling along with me. I don't know why, but it made me really happy for some reason.
It's a different Bioware game, but this applies quite well.wombat_of_war said:
I have a whole lot of trouble in New Vegas trying to join the Legion. Similarly, I have some moral qualms in Skyrim when it comes to the Stormcloaks since I can't shake that feeling that joining them makes me out as a racist...Not saying you are if you joined the Stormcloaks! It just seemed like they're dead set of bringing Nords back into power in Skyrim and screw every other race, government, religion, etc. Playing as an Argonian I couldn't help but feel offended by them. I took pleasure in 'dethroning' Ulric...or whatever the guy's name was...I honestly can't remember.
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Shadow of the Colossus...I still kinda feel like a dick after having killed that first colossus. My game decided it didn't want me playing it after that and I haven't tried fixing it quite yet...
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Shadow of the Colossus...I still kinda feel like a dick after having killed that first colossus. My game decided it didn't want me playing it after that and I haven't tried fixing it quite yet...
My moment came on my second playthrough of Knights of the Old Republic. After being a hero the first time around, I had every intention of playing through as a 'bad guy'- you know, to get the 'full effect' of the game. The longer I played, the worse I felt, until I finally just gave up. That's when I found out I just can't do it. I can't play the bad guy. So all those games that followed: KotOR II, Jade Empire, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, etc., etc.... I am a stickler for not missing out on 'content' but... I just can't do it. Makes me feel bad about myself. Weird? Yes, but it happens anyway.
In Mass Effect 2, starting a romance with Jack and then ending it at the climax.
Her entire life, everyone has been viciously using her. For her powers, her body, or both. Her childhood was nothing but torture, and she has been tormented to the point where she considers being gang raped by more then six guys to be not a big deal and death to be nothing but a "fucking on-off switch".
Romancing her involves showing enough respect and genuine caring that she lets down her defenses, refusing sex when she uses it to distance herself from you, convincing her that people are worth believing in and working with, convincing her that love might be worth a shot and there may be more to life then drugs sex and violence.
Until you have reached the point where she has worked through her issues enough that she is ready to admit she has feelings for you, that she can feel genuine love for anyone.
At that point, you can straight up tell her she isn't worth all this crap and to fuck off.
Man, the look in her eyes. A thousand dying puppies cannot compare. It makes things like Megaton just seem like a child smashing a lego set.
Her entire life, everyone has been viciously using her. For her powers, her body, or both. Her childhood was nothing but torture, and she has been tormented to the point where she considers being gang raped by more then six guys to be not a big deal and death to be nothing but a "fucking on-off switch".
Romancing her involves showing enough respect and genuine caring that she lets down her defenses, refusing sex when she uses it to distance herself from you, convincing her that people are worth believing in and working with, convincing her that love might be worth a shot and there may be more to life then drugs sex and violence.
Until you have reached the point where she has worked through her issues enough that she is ready to admit she has feelings for you, that she can feel genuine love for anyone.
At that point, you can straight up tell her she isn't worth all this crap and to fuck off.
Man, the look in her eyes. A thousand dying puppies cannot compare. It makes things like Megaton just seem like a child smashing a lego set.
I always felt bad when I shot down Tali in Mass Effect 2, but Liara was always my woman.
I also felt terrible after playing The Force Unleashed 2. Not because of any action on my part, jut because I played the game...
I also felt terrible after playing The Force Unleashed 2. Not because of any action on my part, jut because I played the game...
Not exactly a choice I made, but I felt really bad about killing the Rakk Hive in the first Borderlands. It went down without really fighting back, then just lay there gasping for air. I tried a couple of times to shoot it in the head and put it out of its misery, but it didn't work. I felt like a total bastard every time I had to walk past it, even after it had stopped twitching. 
I've been playing as an evil bastard in games for so long that I've stopped feeling sympathy for NPCs... Or so I thought. The evil choices in Fallout 3 would often make me laugh like the Joker, but there was that one unpleasant moment...
when I decided to kill Harold with a flame-thrower. I can still hear the screaming.
what is this remorse emotion of which you speak? it sounds like a debilitating weakness to me.
yeah, i almost always play the evil branch in games and i love games that let you play an anti-hero (see Disgaea) i do feel bad when i break my loyalty though. (which includes letting allies i WASN'T planning on double-crossing die) but remorseful? nah. i just reload and make sure they live.
i guess the most i ever get to remorse is when i have to kill animals or anthros/weres in games. people suck and i hold no remorse for them, but animals are innocent in that bullshit and i love anthros and weres. i don't wanna kill them. i wanna JOIN THEM
yeah, i almost always play the evil branch in games and i love games that let you play an anti-hero (see Disgaea) i do feel bad when i break my loyalty though. (which includes letting allies i WASN'T planning on double-crossing die) but remorseful? nah. i just reload and make sure they live.
i guess the most i ever get to remorse is when i have to kill animals or anthros/weres in games. people suck and i hold no remorse for them, but animals are innocent in that bullshit and i love anthros and weres. i don't wanna kill them. i wanna JOIN THEM
