The 'best' morle choice system.

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Gralian

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My hat goes off to Deus Ex, Alpha Protocol and Dragon Age Origins.

Why? Because they did not quantify choice. They did not give you a morality bar. They did not make clear that choosing to kill this particular mook will grant you +2 to evil, or that giving money to that particular NPC will grant +2 to good. You were free to do what you percieved as right or most profitable without the game instantly reminding you that OH OH LOOKIT! HE'S GOING EVIL EVERYONE! +10 TO EVIL!

In essence, it placed more value on personal moral choice as opposed to an arbitrary morality system. This makes the decision to side with one faction over another more ambiguous, and ambiguity is what makes moral choices fun to begin with. Very rare in life do we come across a clear cut right or wrong path and games should try to emulate this.

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Kagim

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Infamous.

I felt the game rewarded you justly. By protecting the people Cole manifested his powers in such a way that spared innocent lives and unleashed pinpoint attacks.

Where as not giving a damn about the people Cole would manifest his powers in a more violent uncontrollable way showing how he only truly cared about his own goals.

Both paths were justly rewarded with powers that not only helped you beat the game, but were tailored to the game play style. As well since all abilities changed so drastically depending on the side you choose the tactics for defeating enemies. The good side required more tact and surgical attacks but screwing up was less of a set back while anti-hero(Because you weren't evil, just self serving) involved going bat shit crazy however use of your abilities left you exposed to enemies.

On top of that it honestly felt like an accurate depiction of how he would master his abilities.

A Cole who was trying to help the people would want the utmost control over his powers so as not to hurt them, thus you get focus oriented attacks and non lethal grenades.

Where as a Cole only concerned with his own safety has no reason to hold back, and has no problem leveling a city block if it means he is a step closer to his and his friends freedom.

It felt natural to me, seeing as how none of the choices were that extreme to me.

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The DSM

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I like Dragon Ages.

You arnt just good or evil, the only thing it affects is how characters react, your still saving the world, just using more ruthless methods, like in Mass Effect.
 

FlaviusM

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Either The Witcher, Dragon Age, or Alpha Protocol. Every other RPG with "morality system" I've played, is simply with choices about either slaughtering the entire family, or being a fucking saint.
 

AMMO Kid

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Fable 2 had the best moral choice system that I've personally seen. You could be either completely good or completely evil and it wouldn't affect anything in the game other than your moral level.

That is real freedom in a video game, when you can pick any choice you want and not be badly punished for it. You are just allowed to continue on your merry way making any choices you want without having to be afraid of making the wrong choice that screws everything up for you in the future. There is no "I want to be evil but if I am I won't get this certain ending I want," just freedom.