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Games that force you to make hard choices (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey all!

I'd like to request recommendations (spoiler free!) for games where you need to make choices, take sides, kill or not kill someone, follow or do not follow orders, but where the consequences actually matter - and most importantly, where the choices aren't "obviously good choice vs obviously bad choice".

Give me games where I can choose to side with one kingdom or another, but there's no clear moral high ground, or where I need to decide to save someone dear to me at the cost of innocent lives. I do not want things like "save all the children and get the happy ending and make flowers grow" versus "kill everybody and everything blows up and the world gets all its water replaced by acid".

What games fit this requirement?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Fallout: New Vegas. Hell, Fallout 2. In 2 early on, you only have time to one of two quests and people die when you can't help them. You can't save everyone.

Very different from later games where time doesn't matter and the whole world waits for you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

FO3 as well - Megaton specifically lives or dies by your decision.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That and Tenpenny Tower are the only instances that stand out in fo3 though.