My favorite example of an actual moral dilemma is in No Man’s Sky, of all places. You meet someone early in the game, and find out that they’re actually dead and what you’ve been talking to is just their soul trapped endlessly transmitting a distress signal.
No Man's Sky spoiler
You capture their soul in an electronic mcguffin, and have a choice between putting it in a simulation of the universe so they can continue to “explore” (which is eerily similar to what the player is doing, now that I think about it), or open it and let their soul free, killing them for good and letting them rest in peace.
I spent longer making my decision there than I have with any other decision in any other game. I absolutely love that nobody ever suggests that you made the wrong choice, no matter what you decide. I hope to one day make my players think that hard about a decision in my campaign.
My favorite example of an actual moral dilemma is in No Man’s Sky, of all places. You meet someone early in the game, and find out that they’re actually dead and what you’ve been talking to is just their soul trapped endlessly transmitting a distress signal.
No Man's Sky spoiler
You capture their soul in an electronic mcguffin, and have a choice between putting it in a simulation of the universe so they can continue to “explore” (which is eerily similar to what the player is doing, now that I think about it), or open it and let their soul free, killing them for good and letting them rest in peace.
I spent longer making my decision there than I have with any other decision in any other game. I absolutely love that nobody ever suggests that you made the wrong choice, no matter what you decide. I hope to one day make my players think that hard about a decision in my campaign.