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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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I haven't finished it, but I'd say Vampyr makes you make some difficult choices

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[–] knatsch@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

Yes, your grace, is a great short game

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Depends on the kind of games you enjoy.

While not particularly about consequences of decisions, I highly recommend Frostpunk. It always feels like any decision is about trying to choose the less horrible one, but without ever knowing if it will work out or not. The atmosphere of that game is just superb.

[–] gogosempai@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

Detroit: Become Human fits the bill perfectly! It's a great game with some of the hardest choices you'll ever make in a game period.

[–] Arcane_Trixster@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Banner Saga

[–] daniyeg@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

i'm gonna blatantly disregard your "but where the consequences actually matter" and recommend most of telltale's games (The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us are the better ones).

besides them and the suggestion of others i would also recommend Tyranny. great CRPG made by Obsidian.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I made the choice in GTA that let me continue the free roam unhindered despite it not being what was best in game.

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