Comment on Playing Pillars of Eternity for the first time

• micka190@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Tyranny was such a fun game (rushed act 3 aside). I really wish we’d get more games that explore being the bad guys without:

  • Immediately trying to overthrow them
  • Making it into a joke/comedy

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  • MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    True true. We need more anti-heroes.

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    • micka190@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No no no, see that’s the opposite of what I want. I want more games where you can just straight-up be the villains. Not an anti-hero, not someone who’s trying to change the system from within, not a secret rebel who needs to go along with the bad stuff to keep their cover.

      I want more games where you can just be a villain. I want more games where you can rob the banks, kill the NPCs that aren’t listening, have a big fortress of doom, and fight-off heroes who are trying to stop you.

      Not because of some gray moral backstory that somehow justifies some of it (or that will have people jumping through hoops to justify it like with Mr. Freeze and his wife).

      Just because you can.

      Tyranny gives you a bunch of options to just be evil and not enough RPGs do that properly.

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      • MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah, I misunderstood you. Yeah, it would be refreshing to see that as well.

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