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more about #knightsoftheoldrepublic xeleion - Works at Best Buy: I understand the concept of Chaotic Good, but what exactly is Lawful Evil? Well, I suppose I could go Google it. more » Karlott: People like this guy really need to play The Witcher. more » DZeroStar: I have been disappointed by the faux choices given to characters recently. Altruistic good, "Highest bidder" neutral, and masochistic evil are the on... more » grumbel: The core problem with moral choices is that its stupid to let the game do the judgment on what is good and what is evil. Judgment should be limited to... more » Torgen got 99 problems but the PAXFlu ain't one: You know that there's no such thing as Lawful Evil and Chaotic Good anymore, right? Or even neutral variants. more » nantukoprime: The problem is they leave the choice up to the reader while still wanting the reader to follow their plot. So choices have to still leave the plot ma... more » SahilaAeolus: There are plenty of ifs. For instance, what one person considers evil, another might find virtuous. It is all a matter or perspective. As such, there ... more » Rachel Fogg: I don't play much WRPGs so I couldn't offer a view on that. However the option of good, evil, neutral, chaos has always been a problem implementing i... more » rexdart007: I think the moral choices offered in games often are based on moral guidelines I simply don't agree with. If I fight off a bunch of barbarians and sa... more » psychobaka: I think it should first be stated that we are trying to argue the nature of morality here, something that has been debated upon since man saw that the... more » SanchaliBam: The problem is actually quite simple - These games focus on good and evil, but totally forget that law and chaos exist. D&D got it right - if you wan... more » Caael: I agree with most of what's been said. "Good vs Evil" in games is never really that blunt; it's usually be arrogant or selfless, and as many people ha... more » MPgmr: EXPLORAN OPEN-ENDAN CHOICE-MAKAN CONSEQUENCAN more » ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom: What I hate is, in Fallout 3, theft is almost always a karma-dropper. What if I'm intending to do something charitable, and the only way is to pull a ... more » phisheep: It would be much more interesting – and perhaps even easier to implement – moral choices not as the result of express decisions made by the gamer ... more » CrazyHaze: The true problem is everything is broken down to good and evil and that is what effects your character. What needs to happen is a more cause and effe... more » smithy cat: Who actually felt that the "morality" presented in Mass Effect was Good v. Evil? I mean they called it Paragon and Renegade. Having played through th... more » p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e.: I think that the true handicap with alignment systems in general is that there is no such thing as good and evil, only perspective. No evil tyrant in ... more » Glaiel-Gamer: "do I bomb a hole in a wall or do I grapple over it" If you do choices like that in a game, you could have a much nicer "good-evil" scale. Combined o... more » Gortexfogg: Player choice and more dialogue options will evolve when the technology/time/manpower/etc. to explore all those options becomes profitable. As it st... more » -
#weekendreader
Alignment Error: Even Good Games Can Offer Bad Choices
Few things mar a game, especially a role-playing game, like being sold on creating a complex, even unique character and then being presented with tendentiously noble or evil choices to build out that role. More » -
#comics
This Week In Video Game Comics
Here's a rundown of the new video game-based comics going on sale in comics shops in the U.S. this week, including two from Blizzard's biggest series. More » -
#starwars
LucasArts Massive Reveal: The Liveblog
LucasArts and BioWare are holding a press event in San Francisco today to reveal their next massively multiplayer online game, known as Star Wars: The Old Republic. The title has already been formally announced as a PC release, a successor to the Knights of the Old Republic role-playing games and not designed as a replacement for Star Wars Galaxies. We're there, liveblogging the midichlorians out of the thing, furiously typing away as if our friends were about to be crushed to death by an Imperial trash compactor if we didn't update fast enough. Hit the jump for the thrilling, up-to-the-second liveblog of the event. More » -
