Ok you don't need to reiterate that I said I was wrong. Could you just act nicer in the future? Not everyone thinks the same way as you.imahobbit4062 said:
Actions in Games That Made You Physically Uncomfortable.
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Ordering Logan's execution in Fable 3.
Sure he was a prick, but he was doing it for a really valid reason so killing him just always felt wrong. Especially since killing him is the evil option and if you're going with the evil options you end up doing the same shit he did, so it just doesn't make any sense either.
Actually come to think of it, most of the 'evil' choices during that part of Fable 3 made me feel uncomfortable, either because you stab your allies in the back or because you reduce Albion to a festering shithole.
Sure he was a prick, but he was doing it for a really valid reason so killing him just always felt wrong. Especially since killing him is the evil option and if you're going with the evil options you end up doing the same shit he did, so it just doesn't make any sense either.
Actually come to think of it, most of the 'evil' choices during that part of Fable 3 made me feel uncomfortable, either because you stab your allies in the back or because you reduce Albion to a festering shithole.
Tries to start thread fostering genuine discussion about the emotional power of games.
Ends up with two people fighting like schoolchildren over what constitutes a spoiler.
Ends up with two people fighting like schoolchildren over what constitutes a spoiler.
Yeah that's one of the things about the Fable series that I hate: decisions can never be as black and white as good or evil; like the utterly retarded choice to preserve a pretty lake because it's pretty or turn it into a refinery so you can fight the shoggoth creeping towards your shores.ReservoirAngel said:
The good and evil in that game is fucked. On my evil playthrough I reduced that kingdom to a smog-filled shithole yet because everyone stayed alive, they all still loved me. It's fucked up. I wanted to be a feared tyrant but the fuckers wouldn't stop being nice to me. The only way you can truly be evil in that game is to take all the evil choices, then before the final mission drain the treasury into your own bank account. Otherwise you're just an arsehole with a heart of gold by default.rob_simple said:
Say what you will about Fable 2, at least you could be an unrepentant monster if you wanted to.
Hell in Fable 3 even being evil your character LOOKS bad! He looks like a fucking cross-dresser with Youngblood's disease. Black holes where his eyes would be and it looks like he's wearing goth lipstick.
I can never bring myself to be mean to the dog in Fable 2 or 3.
Never.
He may bark at treasure on a constant basis and be useless in combat.
But he's my dog, dammit.
Never.
He may bark at treasure on a constant basis and be useless in combat.
But he's my dog, dammit.
Choosing between Tali and Legion, and by extension the Free Geth and the Quarians, when I had insufficent charm points to bring them together. Its even more gutting because now I know both ways, I lose Legion, another friend to add to the list. And not being able to really stick two fingers up at the Reapers in any meaningful way didn't help >.<
As far as I'm concerned, executing that irritating nutjob was the smartest decision the plot allows you to make.FelixG said:
while not an "action" per'se ...
in Mass effect 3 (endgame camp) you can hear a conversation where a medic is instructing a civilian over the radio in providing first aid for some guy who got his leg blown off
It was so painful to hear I actually had to get away...
in Mass effect 3 (endgame camp) you can hear a conversation where a medic is instructing a civilian over the radio in providing first aid for some guy who got his leg blown off
It was so painful to hear I actually had to get away...
Not being able to get the crucified people down/mercy killing in Fallout New Vegas. That really bothered me.
I killed Vulpes first time I met him because of that...
I killed Vulpes first time I met him because of that...
Yeah I remember that, I kept entering the conversation over and over hoping it would eventually give me the option to help them down.xXxJessicaxXx said:
See, now I read the title and took it the wrong way than was explained in the OP. Basically, whenever I play a game it causes discomfort and pain. Not so much of an emotional connection. However:
Also, minor point, but can people actually mark their spoilers? It's all well and good to just throw up a spoiler tag, but how would people know what the spoiler is without reading it? If you don't know, it's {spoiler=Title}Text{/spoiler}.
Just so it doesn't just read "Spoiler: Click to View", is all.
Choosing the "Destroy" option made me feel a little guilty about the Geth (don't really care about EDI 
), until I reasoned that people wouldn't necessarily destroy blueprints and the Cruicible wouldn't affect VI.
), until I reasoned that people wouldn't necessarily destroy blueprints and the Cruicible wouldn't affect VI.Also, minor point, but can people actually mark their spoilers? It's all well and good to just throw up a spoiler tag, but how would people know what the spoiler is without reading it? If you don't know, it's {spoiler=Title}Text{/spoiler}.
OMG MASSIVE SPOILS!!
Having to "kill" Repta in Red Faction 2. He's your ally for quite a bit after Tangier ragequits. When i got to the level and "killed" him, I felt pretty bad, only to realize he comes back as Repta Plus, who is a real pain in the ass to kill.
Shooting the sasquatches in Red Dead Undead Nightmare. Finding out they were a nice family made me feel bad.
I'm not even playing as a full Renegade, and that actually made it all the worse, knowing how necessary it was.arnoldthebird said:
I can never be mean to my dog in the fable games, either I mean hes my dog how could anyone be mean to him.
Mass Effect 3 had lots of emotionally charged moments with the characters for me probably far too invested in the whole game but the one below left me feeling really bad.
Renegade playthroughs on mass effect have a lot of just being a dick and then a bit of seriously fucking people over for your own ends... will need to be in the right mood to get through 3 with all my being an asshole finally coming back to bite me in the butt, but I was determined to see both sides.
Mass Effect 3 had lots of emotionally charged moments with the characters for me probably far too invested in the whole game but the one below left me feeling really bad.
The fall of thessia in mass effect 3 was horrible, pretty much knowing you failed and did it badly and lost the asari home world and got beaten by Cerberus all at once. Just the whole brutal failure every single time.
Renegade playthroughs on mass effect have a lot of just being a dick and then a bit of seriously fucking people over for your own ends... will need to be in the right mood to get through 3 with all my being an asshole finally coming back to bite me in the butt, but I was determined to see both sides.
Games that make me physically uncomfortable: the inevitable torture scene in every MGS game. The button mashing makes my hand cramp up.
Games that make me emotionally uncomfortable, which is more in keeping with the OP: can't think of any. Maybe playing something really fan-servicy or gory in front of my mother or one of my aunts would do it, but I can't think of a game that's really made me uncomfortable on its own. It's a game, not real life.
Edit: For those who don't get the MGS reference, the player character is the one getting tortured, and it's a segment where you have to rapidly mash the circle button to get through. It's a James Bond style "how is he going to get out of this?" torture scene, not a post-9/11 "this should be making you uncomfortable" scene.
Games that make me emotionally uncomfortable, which is more in keeping with the OP: can't think of any. Maybe playing something really fan-servicy or gory in front of my mother or one of my aunts would do it, but I can't think of a game that's really made me uncomfortable on its own. It's a game, not real life.
Edit: For those who don't get the MGS reference, the player character is the one getting tortured, and it's a segment where you have to rapidly mash the circle button to get through. It's a James Bond style "how is he going to get out of this?" torture scene, not a post-9/11 "this should be making you uncomfortable" scene.