02-11-2010, 04:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-11-2010, 02:03 PM by PrettyNier.)
usually I'm opposed to the system, but that's generally because it's execution is pretty terrible
or blatantly obvious. in which case - read above
I prefer when the moral decisions and what they would entail are blurred; not necessarily identifiable as a forced GOOD or BAD choice but rather a natural event that would require choice in some capacity
I find that the Shin Megami Tensei games usually do a great job of these kind of overarching and inherently moral (without actually being "good" or "bad") decisions, like for example the Reason* system in Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne or the more simplistic Law/Neutral/Chaos of the first two titles.
*in Nocturne, the world has ended and is in an almost "cocoon" state, from its previous form to its next form - s state wherein entities and factions begin warring and collecting power to try and shape the next world to their desire. Yosuga (survival of the fittest), Musubi (everyone lives in their "own" world), Shijima (everyone is at "one" with the universe, no emotion; a world of stillness) being the primary ones, though there are three other (neutral, demon and true demon) endings/paths you can take.
or blatantly obvious. in which case - read above
I prefer when the moral decisions and what they would entail are blurred; not necessarily identifiable as a forced GOOD or BAD choice but rather a natural event that would require choice in some capacity
I find that the Shin Megami Tensei games usually do a great job of these kind of overarching and inherently moral (without actually being "good" or "bad") decisions, like for example the Reason* system in Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne or the more simplistic Law/Neutral/Chaos of the first two titles.
*in Nocturne, the world has ended and is in an almost "cocoon" state, from its previous form to its next form - s state wherein entities and factions begin warring and collecting power to try and shape the next world to their desire. Yosuga (survival of the fittest), Musubi (everyone lives in their "own" world), Shijima (everyone is at "one" with the universe, no emotion; a world of stillness) being the primary ones, though there are three other (neutral, demon and true demon) endings/paths you can take.