Everybody wants to be the "bad guy"...

ladyonthemoon

Playing the bad guy is boring.
Playing the good guy is boring.
So I play in the middle.

Stranglehands

i think the guiltiest i've ever felt in elder scrolls was when i picked the vampire side in dawnguard and had to kill those dawnguard dogs

AlienSlof

Bad guys are more fun!

My main is a vampire and an evil ba..illegitimate sort of guy. However, not all the time - it depends on his mood at the time. Not all my characters are bad guys, though. I tend to play a mixture of good, bad and indifferent.

CherryCake

In online games such as ESO people can become what they are probably too afraid or ashamed to be in real life, sometimes even trying to mend things or release anger with the help of their character. Yes, deep stuff, all the feels in the air xD.

UltimaJoe777

SerenaAnastasia wrote: »

In online games such as ESO people can become what they are probably too afraid or ashamed to be in real life, sometimes even trying to mend things or release anger with the help of their character. Yes, deep stuff, all the feels in the air xD.

Not so much ashamed as afraid. If they tried any of the crap they pull online in real life they'd either get slaughtered on the spot or arrested.

Tyrix

It's good to be bad

UltimaJoe777

Tyrix wrote: »

It's good to be bad

So it is bad to be good?

CherryCake

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Not so much ashamed as afraid. If they tried any of the crap they pull online in real life they'd either get slaughtered on the spot or arrested.

You are right, and lets be thankful for that!

Tyrion87

My character is almost always a good guy. Almost, cause at the end of the Mages Guild storyline I traded Valaste for Folium Discognitum. Felt morally bad about that but 2 skill points.... who wouldn't do that for 2 skill points? Aaach perhaps she is happy with Sheogorath now.

RDMyers65b14_ESO

I just don't understand the need to play a bad guy. My life has enough darkness in it already. Why would I want to add such to my escape?

This doesn't mean that I play a goodie two shoes as pilfering happens. Just have to draw the line.

Jura23

I used to play bad guys in games in the past, but more older I am, more I feel like being a good guy. Not sure what that means.

Angarato

i wouldn't say i play a bad guy perse, im pretty ruthless to the enemies in cyrodill but i honestly had a crisis at some of the quest disicions (mages guild for instance). i do ussually hear their story out and depending i let my morals guide my choice. I ussually do not spare traitors but can be mild in other cases.

CherryCake

RDMyers65b14_ESO wrote: »

I just don't understand the need to play a bad guy. My life has enough darkness in it already. Why would I want to add such to my escape?

This doesn't mean that I play a goodie two shoes as pilfering happens. Just have to draw the line.

I agree and it is the same reason for me to play as the good girl, gaming is an escape, and at least there I want things to be good...

Lynnessa

I'm chaotic good IRL, but my game characters tend to be chaotic neutral. I always set out to be an evil conqueror in games, but can't ever commit to it... except in Star Wars games, because the Dark Side is so much cooler.

phairdon

Situational choice for me in games. Never go out of my way to be the 'bad guy, although from time to time I'll choose the dark path'. I love games with choices & consequences.
Certainly do not tie any in game actions with real life, as these are games & nothing more.

Shardaxx

Goodie here, except when the villain in the story arc REALLY deserves death.

PBpsy

TheShadowScout

I play according to my character idea. Different for each character, some are very good and honorable, one might be a very bad girl (its a vampire thing...) most are somewhere in between...

Part of the fun for me I suppose, imagining how this or that character would make that quest choice... the ruthless mercenary bunty huntress? Go for the money. The stalward orc templar? Go for rightousness. The naive librarian? Go for whatever seems wisest. The pious priestess? Go for the good choice. The thunder priest? Go for honor. The vampiress? Go for the evil choice. The argonian? Go with the flow. The Huntress? Go for whatever works...

Personally I ahve to say, both the "always good" -and- the "always bad" characters are the most boring... the ones where I have to consider more then a eyeblink, where I have to reclal their backstory and put all the choice consequences in light of their personal history to come up with the "what would -character name- do"... those are the fun ones!

CapnPhoton

chaserstorm16909 wrote: »

Great post! And you are right. People tend to play the opposite of who they truly are in real life. That is why I play the worst evilest character possible in all games.

I wish this is something that could be true of everyone.

dRudE

In pvp versus enemy factions(I only play EP so far) I guess I could be considered 'the bad guy' but to my Guildies and friends I'll drop whatever time I have to help them, to be fair I'll even help an enemy if I think they need it.

shadowwraith666

let me see

• kotor & kotor ii - sith
• fable series - evil
• fallout 3 & NV - evil karma
• bioshock 1 and 2 - kill little sisters
• forgotten realms games (baldur's gate, neverwinter nights, icewind dale) - true evil
• TES series - DB/morag tong, thieves guild

yup pretty evil in games, also there are questlines in ESO that i wished that you could side with the bad guy likes faulchu or even side with the main big bad in the tes games like molag bal, mehrunes dagon, alduin or dagoth ur.

SHADOW2KK

GreySix wrote: »

I am RM. That means retired military. Have been in combat, and combat in video games holds no comparison.

Nor would I wish others to experience actual combat. It isn't fun.

Just enjoy the game.

Same here mate, even the most intense combat in games, not just ESO or Battlefield or anything, nothing remotely comes near the real thing...

At least in games you know you are not gonna be lit up and can enjoy it.

Stranglehands

The ebony blade in skyrim really got to me because it gives you a simple task (betray and murder 10 of your friends) and leaves it up to you to go about carrying it out. I've never been as sociopathic and evil in a computer game before

Daraugh

Bad guy? Nah, chaotic neutral like in real life. I've tried playing goodies and baddies but they're just so...predictable. It doesn't pique my interest.

MrDerrikk

Stranglehands wrote: »

The ebony blade in skyrim really got to me because it gives you a simple task (betray and murder 10 of your friends) and leaves it up to you to go about carrying it out. I've never been as sociopathic and evil in a computer game before

That was the quest that truly turned off my internal moral compass for games. It does give you a very, very good sword at the end though, so it really depends on how far you're willing to go for it :P

Gidorick

I personally dislike that the choice is usually good or evil in games. Karma systems seem so false and forced. I love the InFamous franchise but the whole good/evil thing just seems artificial. Life is lived within the gray shades of uneasy choices.

One of the things I enjoy so much about the Elder Scrolls franchise the ability (or the seeming ability) to play in-between good and evil. Some of the best quests in ESO involve decisions that are neither right or wrong choice.

Personally I wish there were more ways to make different choices in ESO. Like... it would be nice if more quests, or more quest lines, provided a way to choose to not help the particular quest giver. The long-term effects could simply be the tonal attitude the quest giver has toward you at the end of the quest and afterwards. Do they regard you as a confidant and friend or an enemy they must reluctantly use as a means to an end.

Volkodav

Naah.I dont think we play opposite our characters.I have done only two bad things in all my life,and regret both.So I dont think I am particularly evil or bad and I play whatever way I play.Usually good,but not contrived.

Shadesofkin

Nope, I don't play bad guys. I find it to be counter intuitive to my style of play.

Valrien

Ace_of_Destiny wrote: »

GreySix wrote: »

"Evil will always triumph because good is dumb."

Good has rules...they will always lose against someone without them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5JnqPSzSLo

Shadesofkin

Valrien wrote: »

Ace_of_Destiny wrote: »

GreySix wrote: »

"Evil will always triumph because good is dumb."

Good has rules...they will always lose against someone without them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5JnqPSzSLo

As much as I dislike the era post Tennant, I'm glad you put this up, I thought of this almost immediately too.