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Do You Ever Feel Bad for Killing Enemies in Games?
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In my defense I planned on adding the other part as an edit but I had to walk away from my desk for a few minutes. I also forgot to put that although I don't care about killing whatever in a game, I also don't go out of my way to do it if I don't have to. I don't go around killing people in GTA because I can, that is dumb to me. I won't kill an animal in a game unless it serves a purpose (crafting, cooking, etc.) I don't do that because I feel bad though, I just don't think it makes sense or serves any purpose to kill random things all willy-nilly.
Some of these people are straight up offended that someone could imply that you could feel things while playing games. I wonder how they feel about literature? I mean, books are just words, but have been moving people to tears for hundreds of years.
The first African mission in MGS:V I had killed three militants before realizing they were child Soldiers.
That was fucked up Kojima...
That was fucked up Kojima...
Nah. Unless it's something meant to make you feel that way like the ending in TLOU.
Killing enemies is the point of a lot of games and I find it cathartic. Same with movies like John Wick.
Killing enemies is the point of a lot of games and I find it cathartic. Same with movies like John Wick.
Only if they are helpless
I had no problem crushing army's in AoE, but chasing those villagers until I find the very last one of then made me feel pity. Specially when they try to fight back with bones.
I had no problem crushing army's in AoE, but chasing those villagers until I find the very last one of then made me feel pity. Specially when they try to fight back with bones.
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No. Video games aren't real and the way shooting people is often represented doesn't have the same association to me as real life shootings or wars do.
In a videogame's own reality shooting just feels less "cruel" and that's not scary or concerning. It's just games being games imo. Doesn't mean I don't get sick of doing it though. Give us something else.
In a videogame's own reality shooting just feels less "cruel" and that's not scary or concerning. It's just games being games imo. Doesn't mean I don't get sick of doing it though. Give us something else.
I don't.
It's like that scene in Clerks. The scene where they're discussing blowing up the death star and morality of it. One of the characters in the movie compared it to working for a mafia boss.
If you're working for a villain or someone who's known to be evil and untrustworthy then it's your fault. You can't sleep with dogs and be surprised when you get fleas.
It's like that scene in Clerks. The scene where they're discussing blowing up the death star and morality of it. One of the characters in the movie compared it to working for a mafia boss.
If you're working for a villain or someone who's known to be evil and untrustworthy then it's your fault. You can't sleep with dogs and be surprised when you get fleas.
Not by I cringe everytime a game tries to portray an enemy as an irredeemable bad guy, just by calling it a thug, scavenger, bandit, terrorist, then just asking me to kill it.
Nope, I'll kill everything. Men, women, dogs, cats, whatever.
I was killing Newts in days gone yesterday (infected children) and my wife was all "Ooh, that's a bit unpleasant killing children" I said they're infected children, I'm doing them a favour? Surely dead is better than living as a zombie on a roof. I go out of my way to kill newts, I like to roleplay that I'm heroically putting the poor kids out of their misery.
I was killing Newts in days gone yesterday (infected children) and my wife was all "Ooh, that's a bit unpleasant killing children" I said they're infected children, I'm doing them a favour? Surely dead is better than living as a zombie on a roof. I go out of my way to kill newts, I like to roleplay that I'm heroically putting the poor kids out of their misery.
Never. They aren't real people/ creatures. They're just pixels. Things. I couldn't give less of a shit what happens to them.
I mean I don't go out of my way to kill things in game that don't try to kill me (unless they have drop/loot that I want/need), but I feel nothing when I kill them. And if I do try to avoid killing things, it's because doing so is to my benefit (killing shopkeepers in Fromsoft games means I can't buy their items), not because I feel bad.
I mean I don't go out of my way to kill things in game that don't try to kill me (unless they have drop/loot that I want/need), but I feel nothing when I kill them. And if I do try to avoid killing things, it's because doing so is to my benefit (killing shopkeepers in Fromsoft games means I can't buy their items), not because I feel bad.
If they're crawling on the ground and stuff then yeah.
In Metal Gear Rising you can chop off all of a cyborg enemy's limbs and he'll still flop around and try to headbutt you. This is first and foremost hilarious, but after that it's pitiable. I just want to pat those spunky guys on the head and take them to get fixed up. I don't like to kill them.
In Metal Gear Rising you can chop off all of a cyborg enemy's limbs and he'll still flop around and try to headbutt you. This is first and foremost hilarious, but after that it's pitiable. I just want to pat those spunky guys on the head and take them to get fixed up. I don't like to kill them.
The end of TLOU was the only time I actually went, "No I really don't wanna do this" when it came to the doctor and had no choice and was actually shaking my head at having to do so
In The Witcher 3, I killed a character that Geralt had just slept with the night before. The dialogue choices I made led to a fight that I was not expecting (i.e. "that_escalated_quickly.gif") and I felt really bad about that happening. Needless to say I was a bit more careful the rest of the game.
Yeah, my first thought. That game really gave feels. Man, when I realized...
