No never. I rarely have any kind of emotional connection to game characters or creatures. And when I do they are usually some main character, not someone you would kill. Murdering animals in Far Cry is 100% fun.
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Do You Ever Feel Bad for Killing Enemies in Games?
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Mostly not, but some games can make you feel sorry.
I want an alternate ending for DMC3, where I just let him have the sword and we walk home together. D:
I want an alternate ending for DMC3, where I just let him have the sword and we walk home together. D:
This is a weird take IMO. You're talking about the Cartels who kill plenty of people a year correct ? Also, in the Division, you're talking about the factions who are seen murdering the defenseless right?
Yes, especially if they're: animals, cute enemies, make cute sounds or are defenseless in any way.
I just started up Skyrim for the first time and my character is an Imperial who ends up being a warrior despite his express anxiety about killing people.
You have no idea how rough it is to not have the ability to talk your way out of being killed by bandits when you're exploring.
You have no idea how rough it is to not have the ability to talk your way out of being killed by bandits when you're exploring.
The OG Nier and Spec Ops. Nier Automata touches a fraction of what the original went into in this aspect.
In early highschool, like 04, I went on a Morrowind killing spree one boring afternoon. I got through a few cities, killing everyone, until I felt a bit bad. So many helpless NPCs made sad dying sounds. :(
I could probably kill anything in a game without feeling bad. Some stuff would make me feel weird or uncomfortable in some way, but I couldn't imagine feeling bad for killing something in a game.
I think things have changed this gen now that photogrammetry and realistic animation has become so ubiquitous. Its becoming harder for devs to justify the extreme acts of violence players are asked to commit on realistic looking humans. Perfect example it the recent Watch Dogs 3 gameplay the bad guys *checks notes* make fentanyl marijuana and are involved in human trafficking. They are having a hard time making the bad guys look worse than your act of murdering them and I dont think its working.
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Does it bleed? Then it must die.
Is it attacking me? It's gotta die.
Is it Human? Eh, may as well kill it.
An animal? Hey, I can probably use it's pelt for something. Shooty, stab, bang, dead!
Is there a benefit to killing it? Yup, it's gonna die.
Is it bigger than me? Kill it.
Is it smaller than me? Fuck it, murder it too.
And I won't regret it one bit. No sympathy.
Is it attacking me? It's gotta die.
Is it Human? Eh, may as well kill it.
An animal? Hey, I can probably use it's pelt for something. Shooty, stab, bang, dead!
Is there a benefit to killing it? Yup, it's gonna die.
Is it bigger than me? Kill it.
Is it smaller than me? Fuck it, murder it too.
And I won't regret it one bit. No sympathy.
I hate having to hunt down animals for crafting resources in most open world games.
More specifically, I am incredibly tired of games resorting to using wolves as fodder all the damn time. AC: Odyssey, for example, has packs of wolves attack you like every ten feet in some places. Wolves are not evil monsters, they only typically attack humans if they feel threatened or are starving. In Odyssey there are seriously approximately 5 or more deer or goats when looking in any one direction. Sometimes they are like right next to the wolves that for some reason want to eat Kassandra. Why?
More specifically, I am incredibly tired of games resorting to using wolves as fodder all the damn time. AC: Odyssey, for example, has packs of wolves attack you like every ten feet in some places. Wolves are not evil monsters, they only typically attack humans if they feel threatened or are starving. In Odyssey there are seriously approximately 5 or more deer or goats when looking in any one direction. Sometimes they are like right next to the wolves that for some reason want to eat Kassandra. Why?
The only time I remember really feeling anything about the enemies in a game was the end of Last of Us, fuck those doctors. I killed them with malice.
Sometimes, the one I remember the most is starting to feel bad for killing the colossus in SotC , then I learned that that was the whole point and made it a great unforgettable experience.
In GTAIV I remember the first pedestrian I killed. It was a man on some stairs. I shot him and he screamed out in pain. Then I shot him in the legs, the was still alive but clearly suffering. I felt awful.
In that game I barely killed npcs if I could help it.
In that game I barely killed npcs if I could help it.
is this one of those cringe gamer t-shirts
No chief, it worse! It's verbal Diarrhea.
I feel bad for gow3. I need to kill a harmless woman by stacking her to a wheel to open a path. She even begs for you not to do that. At that point of a game, i deleted it and promised not buy a game from that team again
Edit: sorry if it sounds too harsh, remembering that scene again makes me so enraged
Edit: sorry if it sounds too harsh, remembering that scene again makes me so enraged
Somehow I didn't think of this but every single colossus made me feel bad killing them.
Shadow of the Colossus. They were just minding their own business and you attack them, just felt weird.
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Just watching previews of that hurts. I don't even know how people can even play that.