Bit of an explanation as to what prompted me to make this post: I recently played through Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contracts 1 and 2 and I just felt off. I’ve slaughtered hundreds of innocents for my amusement in games like Fallout and TES, I play through No Russian with a grin, but for some reason, I refrain from killing bad guys in SGW? The first one has you hunt down Russian oligarchs and war criminals, while the second one is about Middle Eastern terrorists and this is the game where I feel bad about killing? There’s just something about the soldiers talking about their daily problems like making no money, uncomfortable boots and sweating too much, or showing eachother pictures of their dogs, not to mention the absolute horror when you’ve got a knife against their throat or when they find a body. I hope this isn’t weird, but I’ve never experienced remorse for killing a video game enemy, and I’ve played a lot of different games. I’d like to hear about your experiences, and which games do a good job humanising common enemies, the concept intrigues me.

  • Zealousideal-Plan454@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Etrian Odyssey.

    !Mostly the laberynth´s section where you find that old civilization that went to war with humanity, came to a pact of non aggression as long as they leave them alone…then many years later YOU and your party show up, kill everything within you and the nearest exit while piecing together what just happened. Then you continue to go deeper.!<

    !I felt some remorse over it. It was genocidal, and i did not thought much of it until i was through. Its fucking madness in the name of curiosity, all of it, from the 3rd layer and onwards.!<

    !At one point the towns governor even sends experienced adventurers you worked with before to kill your group because ´´you went to deep´´. The Town with the entrance to the Laberynth lives thanks to the income they get from adventurers wanting to explore the laberynth, so if someone sucessfully reaches the last floor and survives, the adventuring industry just stops, because why bother. So you kill the people that unlocked the Hex and Samurai classes to you. Your fucking teachers.!<

    It low key really hurts.