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Originally posted by MagiK:
Im confused (no big revelation there) Are you saying you don't know that CRPG's while having a story line and some puzzles, actually make the violent destruction of virtual beings the only way to really advance your character? If you have played any of the current crop of CRPG's I think you had to have "virtually" participated in the destruction of many hundreds or even thousands of virtual beings and this in the fantasy setting constitutes violence. Or do you pose that virtual violence is not violence at all?
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Yes I have played nearly every CRPG currently on the shelf, and yes they do rely heavily on the violent destruction of some NPC's. I have chopped, hacked, bludgeoned and blasted my way through hundreds of hours of virtual destruction.
The key concept here is "virtual". This role-playing is not reality. In the better games, like BG and BGII, your character is dramatically affected by the choices you make, the monsters and NPC's you treatise with, or against, or kill. In real life, the choices I make dramatically affect the outcome of my life.
In a computer game, I am playing the role of a character. Sometimes the role offers choices I wouldn't choose in real life, but are consistent with the character I'm playing.
In real life the choices I'm faced with are sometimes of the "lesser of two evils" variety. (election years come to mind...) however, I don't get to reset, or load a saved game, or use a cheat code. It's real life, after all.