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

submitted 11 months ago by kadu@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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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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[-] germtm_@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago

Spec Ops: The Line is a pretty decent pick when it comes to having "morally ambiguous choices". the game itself states that there are no "real good choices" and thus, you must pick between the two evils.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

That was what I was going to recommend as well!

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

The right choice is to just stop, but this is a phenomenal game that should be experienced by more people. Just don't let kids play it, it's very much an adult game.