Neofelis Nebulosa wrote...
It's the consequence of freedom of choice.
If I have the ability to be the good samaritan and help everyone for a paragon playthrough, it's only natural that I want to experience the opposite too. It has nothing to do with being a good guy, or being a psychopath, it has to do with enjoying the game's facets.
I play games with choices like that usually threefold at least: The initial playthrough where I do what I'd do based on my morals, then a playthrough where I am strictly adhering to the "good" morals (and forcing myself to play with those consequences for being good) and finally a playthough where I am strictly adhering to the "bad/ruthless" morals.
It's roleplaying, nothing more, nothing less.
I would in fact question people why they don't do it? For example there's a heap of players in the Mass Effect franchise who always, ALWAYS play paragon. As in never played a renegade Shepard. That of course means they miss on quite a sizeable portion of the game's content for limiting themselves to one perspective.
I prefer to see ALL perspectives and if that means I have to play like a homocidal psychopath, I'll do so. Nevermind that being simply evil for evul's sake can be quite enjoyable, being able to just doom everything for no reason other than you can is quite a riveting experience for me personally, mostly because evil characters tend to be a bit more spectacular than good characters, or simply because the polar opposite to what they pose compared to an everyday man's morals feel so unique because it is quite real a completely new experience for people who aren't evil beings. It's a thrill ride.
That's exactly what I was thinking about this topic. Plus, it's cathartic and it can be a stress reliever. I usually don't play evil in my RPGs (Chaotic Good is my typical alignment) yet I can see the appeal in it. When I used to play ToR, it was great fun to fire up my crazy Sith Inquisitor and go shock some folks. Most of the time, I play more good aligned characters, but I have played a couple of bat guano insane Wardens.
I'm not a psychopath or sociopath in real life, but pretending to be one for a couple of hours on occasion is not bad for me. :innocent:
As for the nature of good and evil, I'm staying well out of that debate. It's pretty far off topic and a philosophical debate that's been going since long before any of us were born.
@Neo Just ignore them. They'll be at that for awhile.
Modifié par Starsyn, 12 février 2014 - 08:03 .