About Bioshock, you're not told that you're going to eventually have more ADAM for saving them all instead of harvesting them. You're only aware that there are no penalties for choosing the morally right option in hindsight and only if you rescue every one of them.
I don't see what makes New Vegas a perfect example of making choices matter. A game where the morality works on the magically omnipotent karma system or with magical spies that know things they couldn't possibly know. It's not so different from most of the other games you mention and I'd say Mass Effect is at least as good at making choices matter if not superior.
It was extremely disappointing how little there was to actually do in the latter half of the game. It was obviously rushed. If you can let your mind twist that around and somehow make it a positive then whatever, more power to you.
Awesomenauts: Fake nostalgia, real action
Mar 30th 2012 6:28PM (Joystiq)Dark Side 'Cause It Looks Cool: The Failings of Moral Choice in Games
Feb 10th 2012 8:31PM (Joystiq)I don't see what makes New Vegas a perfect example of making choices matter. A game where the morality works on the magically omnipotent karma system or with magical spies that know things they couldn't possibly know. It's not so different from most of the other games you mention and I'd say Mass Effect is at least as good at making choices matter if not superior.
In defense of Xenogears
Jan 6th 2012 7:26PM (Joystiq)12 Days of Joyswag: PlayStation 3D Display, 3D PlayStation 3 games, Air Flow controller
Dec 26th 2011 12:56PM (Joystiq)12 Days of Joyswag: 250GB Xbox 360 with Kinect, Forza Motorsport 4, and Wireless Speed Wheel
Dec 25th 2011 6:35PM (Joystiq)12 Days of Joyswag: Nintendo 3DS plus eight games (and a ton of Skylanders)
Dec 25th 2011 6:16AM (Joystiq)Well unless I'm creepin' in the Gamestop/ToysRUs parking lot gettin' event pokemans.
12 Days of Joyswag: Nintendo DS and eleven (11!) games
Dec 23rd 2011 8:22AM (Joystiq)Penis penis penis
KlickNation is no more; long live BioWare Sacramento
Dec 3rd 2011 8:46AM (Joystiq)Resident Evil 6 includes Chinese setting, voice actress resume suggests
Dec 1st 2011 7:56AM (Joystiq)Rumor: Sony working on a Smash Bros-esque fighter featuring Sony all-stars
Nov 28th 2011 8:15PM (Joystiq)PARAPPA WINS!
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