My problem with Far Cry is much the same as my problem with Monster Hunter
I don't want to kill rhinos, or the fantastical equivalent
The Far Cry games I've played (3 and part of 4) are definitely problematic in a lot of ways, and this is one of them. Killing exotic-ish animals for the sole purpose of upgrading your equipment is cringey, for sure.
I enjoy the other gameplay so much, though, that I have been overlooking these sorts of issues.
:eh:
How many humans have you shot/stabbed/driven over in you video game-playing career?
Humans > rhinos
I mean
I'd say killing humans who of their own volition are trying to kill you is less fucked up than you just going out and killing endangered animals who are just minding your business just so you could be killier
Baloney. Rhinos charge in FC4 as soon as you walk up close to them. Sew their hides into wallets and grind their horns into aphrodisiacs.
I don't like killing animals in games in general, even the aggressive ones. I mean, I'll do it but it's not enjoyable. If a game is entirely about that it probably won't be my thing.
One of the things that turned me off of GW2 was the fact that there were hostile mama bears who would attack you and they had adorable little bear cubs with them who would also aggro on you. That's not fun. It's like kick-a-puppy online.
Then there was Nagrand in WoW. God, the dying sounds of the many, many animals that the quests sent you after started to weigh on me after a while.
I'm sure if a video game sent me out to murder hobos or something I would probably just flat out turn the game off. But the human enemies are inevitably not innocent nor are they typically just minding their own business. And of course this is the reason I essentially never play evil characters in the various RPGs that give that option. Whenever I try I typically find my interest in the game rapidly decline (a noteworthy exception is the dark side Consular storyline in SWTOR, here the "evil" path primarily involves making decisions and killing people in a thoroughly pragmatic militaristic way which wouldn't even be considered evil in any other game, and the "good" path revolves around being a derpy jesus figure and redeeming people with your carebear stare powered by your own life force and other silliness).
Also I have the (controversial) opinion that the survival of an entire species outweighs the enrichment of some number of humans. I say "enrichment" rather than survival because typically when it comes to endangered species we aren't talking about human survival, we're talking about building a strip mall or making fake medicine for Chinese people and I frankly give zero fucks about those things and place negative value on them.
We are as one in this.
This is also a major complaint I had with Dragon Age Inquistion.
I spent SOOOOOOOO long killing dogs, wolves and bears. It was just utterly endless. More like: Dragon Age: Fuck the Animalsition.
Of the things I want in a video game, killing lots of dogs is quite low.
And the Inquisitor's battle barks were in full effect as you were bravely stabbing rams, or whatever.
Inquisitor hates rabbits like woah.
So gleeful whenever I accidentally nailed one.
+1
ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
Should also mention that the "rural" mindset which preaches pretty hard for the extirpation of all predators has proven repeatedly to be ecologically unsound and ultimately detrimental to humans.
So suck it, rural people. You're wrong about wolves, wrong about bears, wrong about coyotes, and wrong about foxes. You have a great track record of not knowing dick or squat about what actually happens when you eradicate species.
There was a pretty great thread on another forum I frequent about how the world would react after the events of Far Cry 4, i.e., a dude basically soloing the entire army of a small country in a revolution
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I like the skyrim mod that drops you in a random location with random race/class and a small amount of gear
and the main story is turned off so you just make your own story
I like the skyrim mod that drops you in a random location with random race/class and a small amount of gear
and the main story is turned off so you just make your own story
wow
You have not heard of this? They are called "alternate start mods" there's more than one. Some of them allow you to disable the main quest, while others simply make it easy to delay the start of the main quest. The one Chanus is talking about has an option to disable the main quest and still get shouts directly from the word walls (no main quest means no dragons which means no dragon souls so you can't unlock shouts without starting the main quest unless using this mod and that option).
Playing Skyrim as a person who isn't the Dragonborn is very entertaining.
I like the skyrim mod that drops you in a random location with random race/class and a small amount of gear
and the main story is turned off so you just make your own story
wow
You have not heard of this? They are called "alternate start mods" there's more than one. Some of them allow you to disable the main quest, while others simply make it easy to delay the start of the main quest. The one Chanus is talking about has an option to disable the main quest and still get shouts directly from the word walls (no main quest means no dragons which means no dragon souls so you can't unlock shouts without starting the main quest unless using this mod and that option).
Playing Skyrim as a person who isn't the Dragonborn is very entertaining.
Does it turn off all the people whispering about you being the Dragonborn?
Or the people talking about rumors that the Dragonborn has come?
I like the skyrim mod that drops you in a random location with random race/class and a small amount of gear
and the main story is turned off so you just make your own story
wow
You have not heard of this? They are called "alternate start mods" there's more than one. Some of them allow you to disable the main quest, while others simply make it easy to delay the start of the main quest. The one Chanus is talking about has an option to disable the main quest and still get shouts directly from the word walls (no main quest means no dragons which means no dragon souls so you can't unlock shouts without starting the main quest unless using this mod and that option).
Playing Skyrim as a person who isn't the Dragonborn is very entertaining.
Does it turn off all the people whispering about you being the Dragonborn?
Or the people talking about rumors that the Dragonborn has come?
It doesn't kill all dragonborn rumors, but no one refers to you as the dragonborn prior to that point in the main quest.
Cows, Pigs, Chickens, Goats, Bees, various kinds of fish we eat
Those would all fuck the world.
You could also kill one of our gut bacteria.
Diarrhea for everyone will be fun and totally worth 20 grand.
I wouldnt consider those animals.
Mmmm, good point, they aren't.
Your point still stands of course. Also given the impossibility of this button and the intensely wicked nature of it, it almost assures that whatever entity created it is perverse and evil if not in fact the Devil.
I would be skeptical that the randomness of the button would be truly random, and would expect worst case scenario to be the immediate or near-immediate result.
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you can just make everyone in the room your friend and steal their pants and move on
Inquisitor hates rabbits like woah.
So gleeful whenever I accidentally nailed one.
God damn it I love baseball
So suck it, rural people. You're wrong about wolves, wrong about bears, wrong about coyotes, and wrong about foxes. You have a great track record of not knowing dick or squat about what actually happens when you eradicate species.
and the main story is turned off so you just make your own story
Too late the honey badger has killed you and taken the flamethrower
you've doomed us all, override
see also: every souls game
Like, it's one of my favorite games based solely on the gameplay and some of the characters, but that whole narrative was so fucking stupid.
wow
om nom nom
here's a tiny room, a guy with a big sword, and two dogs
go fuck yourself
Dogmeat
Barkspawn
Angelo (Rinoa's dog in FF8)
I'm sure I am missing many awesome video game dogs who are heroic and awesome and also awesome
@desc @DasUberEdward
Nope.
Shoot the person who built the button. Take the money. Throw the button in a volcano.
very early too
edit - well. relatively early. idk I never finished it ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@organichu
Cows, Pigs, Chickens, Goats, Bees, various kinds of fish we eat
Those would all fuck the world.
Interceptor from FFVI
You have not heard of this? They are called "alternate start mods" there's more than one. Some of them allow you to disable the main quest, while others simply make it easy to delay the start of the main quest. The one Chanus is talking about has an option to disable the main quest and still get shouts directly from the word walls (no main quest means no dragons which means no dragon souls so you can't unlock shouts without starting the main quest unless using this mod and that option).
Playing Skyrim as a person who isn't the Dragonborn is very entertaining.
Does it turn off all the people whispering about you being the Dragonborn?
Or the people talking about rumors that the Dragonborn has come?
You could also kill one of our gut bacteria.
Diarrhea for everyone will be fun and totally worth 20 grand.
It doesn't kill all dragonborn rumors, but no one refers to you as the dragonborn prior to that point in the main quest.
I wouldnt consider those animals.
Mmmm, good point, they aren't.
Your point still stands of course. Also given the impossibility of this button and the intensely wicked nature of it, it almost assures that whatever entity created it is perverse and evil if not in fact the Devil.
I would be skeptical that the randomness of the button would be truly random, and would expect worst case scenario to be the immediate or near-immediate result.
You'd need to press it many times too. 100 times gets you decent money but that's a lot of species.
$20k, really?
Don't be stingy SKFM.
or you could kill off unico- nvm
It's what Deebs said he'd strangle a panda for.
id hit it.... 5 times
You can sell a panda for more than that!
You people have no sense of value!
zero financial reward, though
Deebs is playing with fire. I'm pretty sure if someone did that the Chinese government would kill them
Yes, yes, but what about the button?
Why you guys always gotta have buttons that kill something?