Hi Dark, Oh, I don't know. I think if David wanted to there is plenty of room for him to add some sort of moral choice into Shades if he wanted to make a more serious type of game with pros and cons for taking certain actions. It all depends on how far he wanted to go with the idea. However, it is pretty obvious when David created Shades he was trying to follow the concepts from Doom where everyone and everything is pretty much a villain that needs to be mowed down.
However, I do agree with you about Zombie Exodus. To me the moral thing to do would be to go ahead and shoot someone whom you know is going to turn into a zombie anyway. If there is no hope for him/her kill them and get it over with. That will be a mersey to them and everyone else. So I'm not sure why the developer would consider that brutality when I see that as just being practical. On 10/14/14, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Well, it depends upon the game and the function of what is in question. > Shades is mostly an action game with a horror atmosphere, and as I said the > > scientist strikes me as a big more of a joke anyway so it doesn't really > matter. On the other hand, a more serious gamebook like Zombie exodus from > choiceofgames or or dead man walking on chooseyourstory has similar > traumatized characters in a horrific setting and asks you to make more > serious decisions about them. > > zombie exodus is particularly good for this sinse you have a "humanity vs > brutality" stat, (working on a percentage like most choiceofgames stats), > and if your one way or the other there will be further consequences, though > > interestingly enough, the author of zombie exodus and I seemed to disagree > on interpretation of actions, for example I would view shooting someone in > the head who has already been bitten and is swiftly turning into a zombie, > and actually is asking you to kill them as a humanitarian act, where as the > > author of the game disagreed (I was quite irritated that my brutality went > up for that one). > > Still, this does illustrate the point that you can do something about moral > > choice in a game, albeit probably not in an action game like Shades, and for > > shades it's far more fun just to moe down the nasties :D. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
