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The Blood of Dawnwalker lets you complete areas in any order, kill any NPCs you like, and still complete the game after failing every quest: 'We're giving even more freedom to players' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 37 points 6 months ago (7 children)

"Your actions in no way affect the world of the game so you can do whatever you want!"

Is this supposed to be a selling point? Giving such freedom so as to make all of your choices meaningless?

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  • [–] 41 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    They didn't say it's meaningless, just suggested that failing every quest leads to some type of conclusion to the game's plot. It might not be a good conclusion, but the story ends.

    To me, this just sounds like failing a quest doesn't mean the game is over or that you need to reload a previous checkpoint or save to keep playing.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    this sounds like baldurs gate. There is little to nothing that actually ends the game.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    This to be honest is the correct way to handle choices. Like Baldur's Gate of Pillars of eternity games where they list down the conclusion of all the choices player made at the end of the game.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I'd say this is debatable. Listing all choices and their conclusion (I did not play that game, so don't know how it is presented) can take away the mystery and exploration of those choices. Some people might not like this and none way is wrong or right. I compare this to the "numbers popping up" in Action RPG games, when you hit enemies. Some like to see it, others don't want to.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Other games do the same, just without the freedom to do whatever you want. I mean I prefer a game that let's me "kill an NPC permanently", even if there are no further effects to the world and story. Would be nice to have those effects, but we all understand that it is probably an unrealistic request. So I prefer this over games, that does not let me kill NPCs permanently.

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