Yes actually. I try to be helpful and the good guy in most games, with the exclusion of Fable (Original One) Where I was a Bad Guy One Time for the lols, and Red Dead Redemption which for some reason I want to just kill off entire villages.
Poll: Do you find it Difficult to play the Bad Guy?
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Ha! But yeah, even with Oblivion, as fun as it is, the story tends to become somewhat generic for whatever genre an open world game belongs to.
I play the good guy, I would generally play and make decisions based on my own moral compass first. On the second playthrough (if im that bothered) I would change things up a bit.
I move about a bit. I kind of fell into evil in Oblivion for instance. I accidentally killed someone during the main quest and along came the Dark Brotherhood, I didn?t look back really considering the goodies and awesome quests you get from it. Stealing on the other hand wasn?t really my thing in that game since it seemed such a bother considering the trouble you need to go through to sell it.
In Fallout 2 on the other hand I generally play a good character who occasionally partakes in the five finger discount, and by occasionally I mean increasingly often.
I generally play good characters though, just because that is what I tend towards at first and because evil seems not to be worth the trouble a lot of the time.
In Fallout 2 on the other hand I generally play a good character who occasionally partakes in the five finger discount, and by occasionally I mean increasingly often.
I generally play good characters though, just because that is what I tend towards at first and because evil seems not to be worth the trouble a lot of the time.
I love being the most horrible person ever in RDR, pushing old ladys down stairs, shooting random people in the face, etc. But in real life, I can never really be a bad guy, girls always consider me as 'a nice guy' which isnt good if you know where Im coming from :\
The only games I was never able to be Evil in was the KotOR games.
I still don't know why, I can do it easily otherwise. In Mass Effect it's actually funny.
I still don't know why, I can do it easily otherwise. In Mass Effect it's actually funny.
Usually I can, but I couldn't in Bioshock. I'm sorry I just cant harvest a harmless little girl.
Depends how it's done, I guess. If the 'bad dude' is just an amoral thug (e.g. KotOR), then I find it difficult, largely because it's boring. If the 'bad dude' just has an attitude (e.g. ME2 Renegade) then it's fun, but not really evil.
Now, if there was a game that let you play truly evil dudes PROPERLY (e.g. Emperor Palpatine, scheming in the background, sacrificing millions of lives just for more personal power), then I think it could be fantastic. Unfortunately, I've yet to play that sort of game.
I find that the motivations and means are usually lacking for most 'evil' gameplay, so I don't go there much. Would love to play it though!
Now, if there was a game that let you play truly evil dudes PROPERLY (e.g. Emperor Palpatine, scheming in the background, sacrificing millions of lives just for more personal power), then I think it could be fantastic. Unfortunately, I've yet to play that sort of game.
I find that the motivations and means are usually lacking for most 'evil' gameplay, so I don't go there much. Would love to play it though!
I always choose what suits me most, now I can be evil by killing random people, sure. But if they've been introduced in the game and therefore actually exist by my standard it comes down to the situation. If the evil action grants me some sort of bonus, or advantage, and whether or not the evil action suits my principles.TheLefty said:
I played Mount and Blade Warband, and as pathetic as it might sound, whenever a lord actually showed some respect (which means very little there as their fondness or hate of you is displayed as an integer anyway) I would immediately refain from slaying him.