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Siansonea II wrote...
Saberchic wrote...
Siansonea II wrote...
Saberchic wrote...
^Wow. Some people take things way to seriously on here.
It's just a name. Let it go.
No need to try to make people feel bad because they don't agree with your point. Attacking their user name is pretty immature itself.
Like it or not, we are judged by our appearance and presentation. It's just a fact. People with silly names, silly profile photos, people who don't use punctuation, who don't capitalize properly or who use all caps, and who use "texting speech" are going to be perceived as young/immature. Is it fair? Probably not, but that's the reality. When I see a user with a very juvenile presentation, I am going to assume they're a young person, and give them less consideration that I would someone who presents themselves in a mature way. Is it fair? Probably not, but that's the reality.
It's just typical for a young/immature person to equate tears with weakness. Do people think that Erinya's tears of impotent rage at the deaths of her daughters and bondmate were 'weak'? Or the asari who had lost the locket with the photo of her daughter's human father? Tears don't make you weak, and sometimes tears are the appropriate response to a situation. Should Shepard cry at the drop of a hat? No. Should Shepard be a blunted-affect sociopath? NO. There is middle ground, and Shep might shed a tear or two on that middle ground.
I think NPCs who show emotion are not seen as weak. It's when the PC does it that people object because then that takes the roleplay out of it. I like it when I hear my Shep get irritated or happy in dialogue because I'm selecting the option.
There's nothing wrong with showing emotion in conversations, and I agree with what the suggestion earlier mentioning having renegade or paragon options because then the player can choose. However, I don't think it would enhance the experience if you had all these "moments" all over the game. Inevitably, you'd have people arguing over when and which moment Shep should get introspective over. It's just all too much.
Oh, I definitely agree that Shepard's emotional moments should be player-opt-in, and varied. There should be the Frodo option, the HAL 9000 option, and the Duke Nukem option.
I like. The problem comes though when people want to choose paragon-sounding dialogue (NOTE: I'm kind of assuming Frodo=Par, HAL=neut, Duke=ren) that doesn't have tears, or even excessive emotion. Maybe left side of the wheel?
Retour en haut
stick to stuff that is consistent with the tone. I.e., not hilariously grimdark.
