Mistyped - meant to say let her kill herself*
The way around that is to max out paragon/renegade on Noveria in ME1 with the glitch. I went through the entire trilogy choosing whatever I wanted without sticking to a path and the only check I didn't meet was on Feros with Ethan Jeong.
I totally agree, and renegade Shepard would sometimes be so ridiculously mean, like when he decks the reporter girl. It was genuinely laugh out loud funny, but also flagrantly retarded. There were times where it was more nuanced than that and renegade Shepard demonstrated some understanding that the needs of the many sometimes requires the sacrifice of the few, and it ultimately looked like a lead-up to something better than lawful good vs. chaotic evil in their extreme manifestations.. alas, we're still waiting for someone to pick up where they left off. I still don't think any other moral system with a tangible rating was executed better though, flaws and all.
KOTOR 2 did it better.
Most people are midwits, hovering around the 100 iq range, mathematically speaking. We start to classify as mentally disabled at far lower percentiles - I think it's 80 and below. Midwits are more dangerous though, since they're capable of pseudo-intellectual discourse, giving the illusion that they have something of value to say when the reality of the matter is a little... less than that.That doesn't technically make sense, considering half the population by definition are below average retardation.
Sure, I get that, but going around on a mass murder spree and making it a competition to see how many people can hate you does not lead one to a long and fruitful existence. People would be out to hunt you down in no time as you represent a threat to the continued propagation of the species. You're a parasite at the point, one that needs to be purged. No game that I know of makes a real attempt to deal with that reality, at least not without making you ridiculously powerful, hence the petulant child's fantasy bit.
Speaking strictly of outwardly appearance - at least the hero accomplishes some semblance of good in the community and inspires forward momentum. He might be some counterfeit cheat whose intentions are a little less pure, but if he manages to achieve hero status, the intentions don't quite matter as much since, at that point, he's instilled a sense of goodness in the people.
I suppose.. but there are times where that game becomes a little too preachy and self-aggrandizing. My favourite example is when you first arrive to Nar Shaddaa and are approached by the beggar who asks you for credits. Your only two options are to give him some, or to threaten to kill him. You can't just politely refuse and go on your way, and each instance leads to Kreia berating you - for being a simp on one hand, or a psychotic moron on the other. There are several instances of this in the game and it always manages to sour me on the experience a little bit. It feels too heavy-handed.
True, but how will that prevent them from playing a retarded evil character? I suppose a midwit might choose whatever is labelled as Good by the writer (in ME all it takes is blue text color), and if the writer manages to label/excuse truly evil actions as Good the midwit might choose them as well. I must have killed thousands of NPCs over the years with incredibly silly plot excuses. :-p
A cunning person may get away for many years. The trick is to either stay hidden (like a terrorist or serial killer) or have enough followers to protect you (like a genocidal politician).
Postal 2 comes to mind, where you annoy an increasing number of people up to the chaotic finale. I'd say the protagonist is more victim than evil though.
I meant narcissists (and everybody else, really) would choose playing as a hero character because they tell themselves it's what they resemble the most. I didn't mean they'd choose it to trick other people IRL, though it wouldn't surprise me in some cases.
Sons of Abraham DLC allows to play as Jews.
This obscure NES JRPG, Dark Half, You play as two characters whose stories are interconnected and switch whenever you finish the other's chapter.
The first protagonist is a silent, heroic warrior named Falco who aims to stop the demon lord. The second protagonist is the demon lord Rukyu, The Fallen One, and is the more interesting character. While Falco's story plays like a typical heroic fantasy, Rukyu aims to destroy all of humanity. It sounds simple, but there are interesting twists as the game goes on.
Anyway, Falco's side plays like a typical fantasy rpg where you have party members who can equip and forge items and cast spells. Rukyu is obviously different. He's a demon lord with high stats but is limited to casting powerful spells and has a party of AI-controlled monsters, whom you can recruit by capturing monsters in battle.
The game has a unique mechanic where you have a mana meter called Soul Power that depletes whenever your character moves on the world map, dungeons, or specific tasks. For Falco, Soul Power is required to forge powerful equipment and spells of magic. For Rukyu, it's required to cast his powerful spells. Falco can recover Soul Power by converting items. For Rukyu...
He gets Soul Power by killing human NPCs. Men, Women, and children, It doesn't matter, as Rukyu devours their souls to fuel his power. and he does in almost every one of his chapters, to the point that, by the endgame, you've depopulated the entire map of all humans living in the villages. It also interesting to see the responses of the NPCs as they face death. Some beg for their lives, some accept their fates and others are quite unique that are also connected to the main plot.
It's a good game.
It's annoying that when you accidentally kill someone, people who witnessed the unfortunate incident will report you to the authorities...unless they are quite clumsy and possibly trip and fall onto your sword.
This obscure NES JRPG, Dark Half, You play as two characters whose stories are interconnected and switch whenever you finish the other's chapter.
The first protagonist is a silent, heroic warrior named Falco who aims to stop the demon lord. The second protagonist is the demon lord Rukyu, The Fallen One, and is the more interesting character. While Falco's story plays like a typical heroic fantasy, Rukyu aims to destroy all of humanity. It sounds simple, but there are interesting twists as the game goes on.
Anyway, Falco's side plays like a typical fantasy rpg where you have party members who can equip and forge items and cast spells. Rukyu is obviously different. He's a demon lord with high stats but is limited to casting powerful spells and has a party of AI-controlled monsters, whom you can recruit by capturing monsters in battle.
The game has a unique mechanic where you have a mana meter called Soul Power that depletes whenever your character moves on the world map, dungeons, or specific tasks. For Falco, Soul Power is required to forge powerful equipment and spells of magic. For Rukyu, it's required to cast his powerful spells. Falco can recover Soul Power by converting items. For Rukyu...
He gets Soul Power by killing human NPCs. Men, Women, and children, It doesn't matter, as Rukyu devours their souls to fuel his power. and he does in almost every one of his chapters, to the point that, by the endgame, you've depopulated the entire map of all humans living in the villages. It also interesting to see the responses of the NPCs as they face death. Some beg for their lives, some accept their fates and others are quite unique that are also connected to the main plot.
It's a good game.
