What's Your Alignment?

Written by Holly Green

Wednesday, 28 October 2009 10:19

So I'm still hung up on Fallout 3. Apparently, investing 100+ hours (and counting!) and reviewing the Game of the Year edition has not dampened my enthusiasm one iota. And amidst my prolonged hours of setting Ghouls on fire and taking down the Enclave, it occurred to me that I hadn't been playing the game as it would have played out in life.

Many of you are already familiar the varied interactions and missions in Fallout 3 that are contingent upon your player's "karma", i.e. the summation of the moral decisions they've made throughout the course of the game. While early on I'd made the decision to act "good" so as to reap the benefits and rewards contained therein, in many cases I was acting in direct opposition to my own instinct. Not only did this strike me as hypocritical (a character only acting good for their own benefit can hardly be considered sincere) but it also didn't align with who I am personally. In fact, as far as choosing my personal alignment (a staple of any good D&D based game) I realized that I'm really more on the "chaotic neutral" side of things. It got me to wondering and I want to hear from you--

What's your "alignment" in real life? And when it comes to gaming, do you deny or indulge it?

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written by Corinne, November 12, 2009

I personally love Fallout 3. I'm a nice person in real life, and I like to play the game in a "good" way too. Every once in awhile, I'll save the game and go on a killing spree in megaton just to try out the different weapons. I tried out the "bomb megaton" quest just to see what would happen. I got over to megaton and saw a ghoul standing in front. When after that ghoul greeted me, I realized it was that girl from the hardware store, and I was horrified. Her skin was all peeled off, and she was still in her normal cheerful mood. I reloaded my game and continued playing nicely, for the most part.

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written by Holly Green, December 02, 2009

Ah yes, Moira. I've made a few morally questionable decisions only to go back to my save file, too. There was a mouthy asshole scientist during the Waters Of Life quest that was so rude, I had to punch him, at least once.

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written by Corinne, December 04, 2009

lol I read that you don't like Moira, and I can understand that, but I still can't stand the site of someone being cheerful after getting their skin peeled off by a nuclear bomb.

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