Do you like "pacifist" options in video games?

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Crimsoness
04/10/2024
04:02 PM
#1
I've only ever done them in Deus Ex and Dishonored
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Solar_Crimson
04/10/2024
04:03 PM
#2
There's also Undertale where you literally get the best ending by going completely pacifist.
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garan
04/10/2024
04:06 PM
#3
I like games where you can talk your way through encounters rather than always defaulting to combat.
super_felicia
04/10/2024
04:06 PM
#4
garan posted...
I like games where you can talk your way through encounters rather than always defaulting to combat.
How many games even do this?
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NoxObscuras
04/10/2024
04:07 PM
#5
I haven't played many games where it's a thing. Only Mirror's Edge, which was really hard to do lol
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cuttin_in_farm
04/10/2024
04:08 PM
#6
super_felicia posted...
How many games even do this?

Typically rpgs only. Western ones, specifically.
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RVallant
04/10/2024
04:08 PM
#7
super_felicia posted...
How many games even do this?

A few CRPGS.
Crimsoness
04/10/2024
04:09 PM
#8
super_felicia posted...
How many games even do this?
A lot of immersive sims do
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murrica
04/10/2024
04:10 PM
#9
Planescape: Torment has something like 6 fights in the entire game that you flat out have to do.
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super_felicia
04/10/2024
04:11 PM
#10
Ive only played undertale and nothing else I thought there wasnt even enough of this mechanic to list them
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Nemu
04/10/2024
04:12 PM
#11
if they can make it fun, yes. If the game is largely built around combat, and all youre doing is skipping the combat, then its kind of just a pointless option.
Jerry_Hellyeah
04/10/2024
04:13 PM
#12
When skipping combat means passing a skill check and keep some generic NPCs hanging around, I'm good.
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Aressar
04/10/2024
04:14 PM
#13
Not sure how much it counts, but these days whenever I play Subnautica I almost always do a vegetarian playthrough. Makes the game a little more challenging, as you have to be more resourceful and proactive when it comes to foraging.
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Ratchetrockon
04/10/2024
04:14 PM
#14
Nah it's too boring
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HannibalBarca3
04/10/2024
04:16 PM
#15
I did it in Age of Decadence where you don't have to fight a single battle if you go the diplomacy route.
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MrMojoRising
04/10/2024
04:16 PM
#16
I like it when they actually give you good options for it. I don't like it when it hampers you and locks you out of using really cool abilities. Deus Ex and MGS (especially V) do it the best imo.
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DocileOrangeCup
04/10/2024
04:18 PM
#17
If there's a way to not hurt things in games, I'm doing it.
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DuuuDe14
04/10/2024
04:18 PM
#18
This is basically the best route for MGS games.
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Dungeater
04/10/2024
04:22 PM
#19
yes and no

i like the challenge of having to avoid killing, like in hitman, or metal gear

i DISLIKE when games dont balance it right (imo)

like take dishonored. phenomenal game. very creative and fun to play. i will never know what is like to kill in it, because story and future mechanics are tied to killing

like, it's not "canon", and it "punishes" you later. im not into that. when its done like that, it feels obligatory, yk?
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murrica
04/10/2024
04:26 PM
#20
Dungeater posted...
like take dishonored. phenomenal game. very creative and fun to play. i will never know what is like to kill in it, because story and future mechanics are tied to killing

like, it's not "canon", and it "punishes" you later. im not into that. when its done like that, it feels obligatory, yk?
Admittedly, but damn is the game easier when you can just kill people and their bodies disappear.
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hitokoriX
04/10/2024
04:27 PM
#21
DuuuDe14 posted...
This is basically the best route for MGS games.

Came here to say this. I remember beating MGS 4 no killing, tranq only. I was so proud lol
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Seaman_Prime
04/10/2024
04:29 PM
#22
I like going for no kill runs in MGS games. Except for the bosses, Ill try out the weapons on them, because I have an entire armory in my backpack and Im gonna use it.
Zikten
04/10/2024
04:33 PM
#23
I have heard you can do a pacifist route in Planescape Torment. Or at least, with the final boss. Supposedly there is an option to talk it out with the final boss instead of fighting.
Nukazie
04/10/2024
04:34 PM
#24
if it's an option, sure
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Smashingpmkns
04/10/2024
04:35 PM
#25
In stealth games yeah.
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eggcorn
04/10/2024
04:37 PM
#26
No.
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thronedfire2
04/10/2024
04:45 PM
#27
no because inevitably some NPC will piss me off and I'll want to kill them
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MegamanXfan21xx
04/10/2024
04:48 PM
#28
Yeah, if they put it in, they obviously wanted you to use it. I also like when the enemy has some useful device or item, and you can either destroy it to immediately beat the mission, or do some extra work to take it for yourself.
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DipDipDiver
04/10/2024
04:51 PM
#29
I like it when it works with the narrative. For example in Watch Dogs 1 and 2 they give you all kinds of weapons to use but IMO those games are at their best when you try your hardest to get through and not kill anyone
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Notti
04/13/2024
06:41 AM
#30
I wouldn't say I enjoy it exactly. But I will do it for a challenge or trophy.

I have gotten it unintentionally on speed runs.
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Bass
04/13/2024
06:44 AM
#32
Yeah, I prefer not to kill in MGS and games like it if I can help it.
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Newave
04/13/2024
07:57 AM
#33
I enjoy having a choice for most enemies, like I never kill the rats in Tomb Raider, they're just chilling in the cistern, swimming around, have the time of their life!
I'm not gonna be that guy and crash their party and mass murder them, hell nah, I'm jumping in and having a swim with them, good times, worst case scenario I get some love bites, it's all good, I ain't even mad.

Pierre, the gorillas and the crocodiles had it long time coming though. They're getting gunned down on sight.
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DnDer
04/13/2024
08:09 AM
#34
garan posted...
I like games where you can talk your way through encounters rather than always defaulting to combat.

Talk-no-jutsu gets the most xp and the best wrist rewards in most games.

Also, I just find I can't really be an asshole in those games, even when it's consequence-free. Might take the sarcastic good option, though, sometimes.

So, talking is always my best option.
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Ulfar
04/13/2024
08:13 AM
#35
Yeap have done it often in Fallout 1 and 2.
St0rmFury
04/13/2024
08:15 AM
#36
In Shadowrun: Hong Kong, there are many fights you can resolve by just talking it out depending on your charisma level & chosen etiquettes.

The last boss in the DLC can also be defeated without killing anyone if you fulfill several requirements. ( Her contractor has decided to double-cross her after the job is done and you got the deeds on that )
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ViewtifulJoe
04/13/2024
08:19 AM
#37
Cuphead was my first thought. That game wants you to beat all its platformer levels without shooting once.
I wouldn't exactly call it fun.
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reincarnator07
04/13/2024
08:27 AM
#38
Yes, so long as it's something interesting. A simple dice roll to avoid playing the game? That's no good. Offering an entirely new way of playing the game with different rewards and even story? That's great.
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_____Cait
04/13/2024
08:28 AM
#39
They can be really fun in some games. I remember Deus Ex on 360 was considered best this way. MGS3 is really fun played non-lethally as well.
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04/13/2024
08:30 AM
#40
thronedfire2 posted...
no because inevitably some NPC will piss me off and I'll want to kill them

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ANort
04/13/2024
08:43 AM
#41
It was shit in Dishonored since they didn't give you any easy nonlethal options for dealing with enemies once you'd been detected, but it was pretty fun in Dishonored 2 as Emily with that Mesmerize ability.
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party_animal07
04/13/2024
08:48 AM
#42
I like it being an option, but I'd never do it.
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GranTurismo
04/13/2024
08:50 AM
#43
Crimsoness posted...
I've only ever done them in Deus Ex and Dishonored
Mgs has a bunch, famous for it
GGuirao13
04/16/2024
02:43 AM
#44
I have no problem with them.
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Evthean
04/16/2024
02:52 AM
#46
I liked it in dishonoured, but thats the only time Ive done it
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YellowSUV
04/16/2024
02:53 AM
#47
Depends on the game. I beat Mankind Divided as a pacifist because its still fun to play. In a lot of games, it just makes things boring though.
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