07-24-2017, 02:26 PM
I think...the worst thing I've ever done in a game only wins because of the scale involved. That game would be Spore, and the act involved would be personally and singlehandedly killing billions and billions of screaming, panicking lifeforms, claiming their planets as my own, and terraforming and rebuilding their cities in the appearance of my species' homeworld, thus eradicating even their history from existence.
The fact that everything in Spore looks like a plastic toy kind of...creates a cognitive dissonance around just how much pain and suffering you can cause. :frog:
It's harder to think of something truly benevolent, because most of the things I can think of were heavily incentivized by the game. In Fable 2, I chose the option to bring all the Spire workers back to life, but that was because I didn't really use my dog, and I was already a real estate mogul and didn't need unlimited cash. In EVE Online I did a lot of charity work for the Sisters of EVE faction, but that was just so they would agree to sell me their special gear and ships.
...I guess the most altruistic thing I do is just donate lots of money to homeless NPCs in any game that allows for it. Generosity, in general, is something I tend to practice in video games.
...just don't let me fly the space ship.
The fact that everything in Spore looks like a plastic toy kind of...creates a cognitive dissonance around just how much pain and suffering you can cause. :frog:
It's harder to think of something truly benevolent, because most of the things I can think of were heavily incentivized by the game. In Fable 2, I chose the option to bring all the Spire workers back to life, but that was because I didn't really use my dog, and I was already a real estate mogul and didn't need unlimited cash. In EVE Online I did a lot of charity work for the Sisters of EVE faction, but that was just so they would agree to sell me their special gear and ships.
...I guess the most altruistic thing I do is just donate lots of money to homeless NPCs in any game that allows for it. Generosity, in general, is something I tend to practice in video games.
...just don't let me fly the space ship.
And, we dream of home I dream of life out of here Their dreams are small My dreams don't know fear I got my heart full of hope I will change everything No matter what I'm told How impossible it seems We did it before And we'll do it again We're indestructible Even when we're tired And we've been here before Just you and I
Don't try to rescue me I don't need to be rescued
Don't try to rescue me I don't need to be rescued