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Why do I almost always have to play as a good character?
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anthraticus
Banned
Play RPGs like the KotoR games (if you like SW), Planescape, Mask of the Betrayer, Arcanum, Age of Decedance, Fallout 1/2/NV
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
CRPGs exist.
crackajack
Member
Kane&Lynch is imho one of the few games were they fully commited to having bad guys as the playable characters, one even pretty mental, and only small glimpses of having some morales and care for others.
Whiny Kratos, or forced choice in Spec Ops, or just changed colors and slightly annoyed friends in Infamous (or some RPGs) never have the same impact.
Whiny Kratos, or forced choice in Spec Ops, or just changed colors and slightly annoyed friends in Infamous (or some RPGs) never have the same impact.
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L*][*N*K
Banned
Abby wasn't the bad guy, hell by most standards she had all rights to go after Joel, people didn't like that game because some parts of the story really sucked.
Laptop1991
Member
You shouldn't in games, you should be able to play the way you want, good, bad, neutral or a combination of them.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Talking about TLOU again...... 
Gandih42
Member
Tyranny was a pretty good stab at a nuanced take on playing as the "Evil" side of a story. You're essentially the enforcer of a ruthless conquerer and most of the cast have very little regard and empathy for the lives of others, but it's still very grounded in terms of how things unfold. Its never (to my recollection anyway) outright comically evil ala "muahahaha I will eat your children" kind of stuff.
I think most games that lets the player be "Evil" leans more on the comical, power fantasy side of things. Because first of all, most people probably (hopefully) don't really connect well with being truly Evil. And while a story from the point of view of an "Evil" character can be incredibly interesting, it's also a lot less digestible than following a more traditional Good character. If its a power fantasy (ala God of War), morality doesn't really matter because it's about the spectacle and gore. You don't actually feel like you're an Evil man killing innocent people, you're a badass anti-hero fighting monsters and comically killing health potions disguised as people.
I think Spec-Ops: The Line is a great example of what "Evil" plays like, and is a thoroughly unpleasant but interesting experience.
I think most games that lets the player be "Evil" leans more on the comical, power fantasy side of things. Because first of all, most people probably (hopefully) don't really connect well with being truly Evil. And while a story from the point of view of an "Evil" character can be incredibly interesting, it's also a lot less digestible than following a more traditional Good character. If its a power fantasy (ala God of War), morality doesn't really matter because it's about the spectacle and gore. You don't actually feel like you're an Evil man killing innocent people, you're a badass anti-hero fighting monsters and comically killing health potions disguised as people.
I think Spec-Ops: The Line is a great example of what "Evil" plays like, and is a thoroughly unpleasant but interesting experience.
Majukun
Member
Because research shows that an overwhelming amount of people, even when given the choice to do otherwise, decide to role play as decent human beings, at least in the first playthrough.
Although part of this might be dictated by the fear of missing some content if you are a jerk to npcs... I remember only games like alpha protocol making "bad guys choices" actually open up new content instead of locking you out of it.
Although part of this might be dictated by the fear of missing some content if you are a jerk to npcs... I remember only games like alpha protocol making "bad guys choices" actually open up new content instead of locking you out of it.
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Hugare
Member
Thats why I have one dope idea for an RPG, OP
You start the game playing as the "warriors of light" reaching the end boss. You try to defeat him, but you can't. He defeats you, everyone gets killed, world ends.
Then the end boss enjoy his world domination for some centuries, but eventually gets bored. No one to challenge him.
So he disguises himself as a human and go find the reincarnations of all the "warriors of light" to prep them to take down the end boss (himself)
Monsters would recognize you during battle and would be afraid to hit you, only hurting your party. You are immortal, so you "die" when all your team mates fall in battle, but you take no hits.
Gimme money to make a pixel RPG like this, Square
You start the game playing as the "warriors of light" reaching the end boss. You try to defeat him, but you can't. He defeats you, everyone gets killed, world ends.
Then the end boss enjoy his world domination for some centuries, but eventually gets bored. No one to challenge him.
So he disguises himself as a human and go find the reincarnations of all the "warriors of light" to prep them to take down the end boss (himself)
Monsters would recognize you during battle and would be afraid to hit you, only hurting your party. You are immortal, so you "die" when all your team mates fall in battle, but you take no hits.
Gimme money to make a pixel RPG like this, Square
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LostDonkey
Member
Because you can't be cruel to Spamels.
Spyxos
Gold Member
BoF4?
AtomicStarving
Member
That's why I like Infamous: Be good or be an evil piece of shit 
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Toots
Gold Member
I thought that you meant, almost always play good character when you have the choice to be bad.
My answer would be, because it makes me sad doing bad stuff even to brainless pnj. Plus often being bad in video games really mean being a cringy edge lord.
Toots
Gold Member
Hey yoYou can play as Razor Ramon in WWF Wrestlemania . "Bad Times don't last, but bad guys do! "
Spyxos
! You’re here in your thread talking about how you want to play bad guys and not just goody two shoes heroes. Well Big Kev,
SEGA_2012
and I were in the back and we just wanted to let you know….. WE DONT CARE…. Hey yo…
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Because even if you make a game where you’re the bad guy, people will rather rebuy GTAV.
Also, most people are the bad guy in their daily life one way or another. It’s understandable they want to be a candid hero when they have the chance.
Also, most people are the bad guy in their daily life one way or another. It’s understandable they want to be a candid hero when they have the chance.
SuperSaiyanWithDreads
Banned
You mean like Spider-Man Web of Shadows?
Spyxos
Gold Member
Never heard about it.