Have you ever regretted killing a NPC?

[teebeeohh]

i have admit, i did not notice the dots only disappear when i get close to them because i walked up to every group and just assumed some were set to disappear and some were not.
however this makes me more uneasy, since i am pretty sure i just reenacted a crazed gunman running through a mall.

Not terrible. Maybe apathetic. Anyway, this game has potential to make you think about your actions more than a lot of others. I do have to admit I didn't really like how he called it a "not-game," but I'm pretty sure he meant in the sense that it's not supposed to be fun. Anyway.

Also, as I said, AMERICANS are not allowed in N Korea. No one except a select few people each year are allowed to enter the country, and they are restricted from going where the Leadership does not want them. Which is anywhere. Think 1984. Seriously, it get's hard to describe it any better than Orwell did 50 years before it existed. The only Korea anyone visits is South Korea. People escape North Korea, not visit it.

of course people visit north Korea, there are a surprising number of journalists who apply to visit the country each year since there is literally no other way to get any information out of there. a few years ago a read a rather interesting article where the guy who wrote did a very good job of explaining what happens in the country by what he was and what he was not allowed to see. and i was rather distraught to see that at least some of trains used are trains phased put of the Berlin subway in the mid/late 90s.
oh and doesn't it marginalize the suffering of north Koreans by just saying "Korea" when you mean South Korea? should we always point out that there are two Koreas and in one of them people live in terrible conditions?

oh and of course if you capitalize every letter AMERICANS means citizens of the united states. even better 'MERICANS.

 

[God of Path]

oh and of course if you capitalize every letter AMERICANS means citizens of the united states. even better 'MERICANS.

No, it means people from the AMERICAS. There are two, they are continents. Your inferiority complex is forgivable, but AMERICANS means people from the AMERICAS, not just the US. If I meant US residents, I would have said. But that doesn't change my argument. Please don't misunderstand, Paraguayans are as capable of entering N. Korea as people from the US. Which is to say, not. If by surprising number, you mean a couple dozen journalists a year, then I guess, yeah, that's a big destination. But of course it would be completely normal to assume the isolationist Dictatorial state is the one the schoolteacher was talking about. Not the one with open borders that is an active nation state in global affairs.

 

[teebeeohh]

oh and of course if you capitalize every letter AMERICANS means citizens of the united states. even better 'MERICANS.

No, it means people from the AMERICAS. There are two, they are continents. Your inferiority complex is forgivable, but AMERICANS means people from the AMERICAS, not just the US. If I meant US residents, I would have said. But that doesn't change my argument. Please don't misunderstand, Paraguayans are as capable of entering N. Korea as people from the US. Which is to say, not. If by surprising number, you mean a couple dozen journalists a year, then I guess, yeah, that's a big destination. But of course it would be completely normal to assume the isolationist Dictatorial state is the one the schoolteacher was talking about. Not the one with open borders that is an active nation state in global affairs.

except your original argument, refuting my statement(although made in jest you seemingly considered in bad taste) that Korea is two countries that you should probably differentiate when talking about, was that Americans are not allowed in North Korea, which is wrong since, while not common, it is not impossible for people from either Americas to enter North Korea(i am really sorry for this sentence)
And i didn't say a surprising number enter the country each year, i they applied for doing so, which i considered weird since i don't see a lot of insight that can be gained from this that is not also gained by reports of refugees fleeing the country each year.
the fact that it is much more likely he visited South Korea does not change the fact that people should be more considerate in naming countries they visited. especially if there is a much bad blood between that are likely to be confused.
on that note: i am also a big fan of people who know (and utilize that knowledge) about the difference between England and the UK

 

[minispike47]

I can't complete the daedric quest to get the Sanguine Rose in Skyrim because I killed an NPC. Apparently I killed someone who was key to the quest and now I can't start it. I don't even know who I killed but I still regret it...

 

[Kaimax]

The "oblivion fanboy" in Skyrim, when I went for the Mehrune Dagon's dagger.

 

[C F]

The "oblivion fanboy" in Skyrim, when I went for the Mehrune Dagon's dagger.

The private collector you kill for Mehrunes' Razor?

I didn't feel bad, I felt drunk on evil when I killed him. Maybe it's because I never played Oblivion. I can't remember exactly, but I think I was laughing maniacally.

As a matter of fact, I felt like that for all the Daedric quests in Skyrim where you have to do something horribly evil to progress. Lead some poor sap to Boethiah's altar? Sucks to be you, Eric "the Slayer". Backstab that one priest from Dawnstar for the Skull of Corruption? Poor sod didn't even have time to turn around and get a counter-attack. I've also contemplated getting married in Skyrim just to slide the Ebony Blade up through my wife's spinal column. The only reason I didn't do this is because I don't want to marry myself off.

The odd part is: I'm generally a really nice and respectful guy to NPCs and the law. I think I have a toggle-switch in the base of my mind that allows me to switch into remorseless evil mode to prevent myself from feeling bad about these things.
I also think said switch has been overused ever since I learned how to flip it at will.

Look out, world.

 

[Odbarc]

I only regret whatever reward I'm locked out of, not the actual NPC.

In fact, games where I'm allowed to kill NPCs are my favorite.
GTA and Dues Ex come to mind. That one early mission in Goldeneye.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

I go out of my way of saving any and all NPCs I can...I miss freidnly fire too.... uhg games are too easy these days.....

 

[Vault Citizen]

Sometimes, I can't remember all of them though, the only time that comes to mind is accidentally stabbing a begger woman that I meant to punch in Assassins Creed

 

[Randomologist]

Usually its a case of mistaken identity. I recently killed a random hunter in Skyrim, because he was dressed in the usual iron crap you find on a bandit. Sorry about that old chap *resurrect* No hard feelings? Good, 'scuse me while I still nick things from your knapsack.

Spoiler: Incidentally...

This guy was an Orc. What the fuck is he doing in iron? For all your smithing skills, you're worse dressed than I was by the time I got to Riverwood.

 

[Jarek Mace]

Tamoko from Baldurs Gate. Sweet girl who just wanted to settle down with her loving sweet heart. Who's a big angry bastard who wants to be a god. I would've totally let her walk away but she sort of fired a flaming arrow at me towards the start of the game.
Nobody gets to attack me and live.
Nobody.

Also, an entire squad of flaming fist enforcers. Poor guys are just doing their jobs and I make them all explode in a shower of body parts.

I would've felt sorry for that mildly attractive coloured girl in Fable who keeps referring to you as farm boy (or something like that). When I fist fight with creatures capable of destroying villages then you don't get to call me that. Also, the money.

In another way, Jon Irenicus. I hated him more than any other villain ever, but after hearing him talk with his former love it made me feel so sorry for him, but he kidnapped my sister so I finished him off like I do with every evil boss or creature; I shout "RIGHTEOUS MIGHT, MOTHER FUCKER!". Poor guy.

Also, a great deal of the guys from the original Assassins Creed who turn out to be decent people who I stabbed in the face.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Oh man, too many times, in Fallout I'f find someone living alone, like grandma Sparkles, and I just beat the shit into her.

I was justified since I named my character Bane though.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Usually its a case of mistaken identity. I recently killed a random hunter in Skyrim, because he was dressed in the usual iron crap you find on a bandit. Sorry about that old chap *resurrect* No hard feelings? Good, 'scuse me while I still nick things from your knapsack.

Spoiler: Incidentally...

This guy was an Orc. What the fuck is he doing in iron? For all your smithing skills, you're worse dressed than I was by the time I got to Riverwood.

Haha, when I first played Skyrim, I automatically assumed that all Orcs were evil, and killed every one I saw. When I later found out they weren't all evil, I felt bad..

 

[PsychicTaco115]

I was robbing a train in Red Dead Redemption when I spotted a carriage that I wanted

I called my horse and went down a hill to try and catch up, but it was too far away. That's when I spotted a posse trying to hunt me down

Not going to let that happen, I pulled out my gun, aimed and fired.... the exact time my horse ran right in front of my path

The bullet hit my horse and fell lifeless to the ground

I felt regret. So much of it... because I needed him to escape. Dumb animal