Today I saw Playing a bad guy is hard, and I felt completely identified.

Whenever I try to do an evil playthrough I can’t help to feel bad. For example, I feel bad when I have to kill Narfi, I feel bad when I have to break Bersi’s urn or when I have to threaten Keerava. I don’t even kill Nazeem.

What’s wrong (right?) with me? What’s your experience about this? Do you feel the same way about being evil in a game? And, since this is a modding community, do you have any mod recommendations?

  • Jamoke@lemmy.themainframe.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    100% relate to this. Same thing in every game. Especially RDR2, literally no way I will ever make different choices through multiple playthroughs. Same with Witcher 3 and really any game with choices like that. I don’t know of a mod that could help really.

    The thing is, I don’t really feel like I’m missing much by not doing a bad playthrough. If I really want to I can go watch a video or something. That’s just me, though. In the end, I guess what I am saying is, there’s nothing wrong with playing like this. Just play the way you want to. :)

    • Kwakigra@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Witcher 3 is my favorite game to be heroic in since the correct choice is often either not obvious or otherwise totally unpredictable. I got into character with Geralt’s personality because even though I was trying to be a hero, the consequences of my decisions were often out of my control. As I got used to how things worked and was exposed to how terrible it was for most people, playing heroically became more rewarding.