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submitted 10 months ago by kadu@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

Hey all!

I'd like to request recommendations (spoiler free!) for games where you need to make choices, take sides, kill or not kill someone, follow or do not follow orders, but where the consequences actually matter - and most importantly, where the choices aren't "obviously good choice vs obviously bad choice".

Give me games where I can choose to side with one kingdom or another, but there's no clear moral high ground, or where I need to decide to save someone dear to me at the cost of innocent lives. I do not want things like "save all the children and get the happy ending and make flowers grow" versus "kill everybody and everything blows up and the world gets all its water replaced by acid".

What games fit this requirement?

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[-] EvilBit@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I agree! If by “enjoyable” you mean “incredibly stressful and intense”!

Few games have given me the same sense of “ohgodohgodohgod” as Heavy Rain did.

[-] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Hahahahaha, you're right. My choice of words is very debatable, but it's true that the moment you had to make a choice was implemented well and I was very concentrated in the heat of the moment

[-] EvilBit@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

No it’s definitely enjoyable, I’m just kidding around. It’s that it’s the complex kind of enjoyable that is fueled by adrenaline and harmless anxiety. I’m a big horror fan, so it feels familiar to that fandom.

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