Am I Evil - Yes I AM!

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Feel free to hum the Diamond Head song as you read this, or play the Metallica remake (not because it's particularly relevant, but because it majorly kicks ass).


At any rate, I have been playing Baldur's Gate since it was first released, as I've mentioned numerous times around here. The thing is, with all of my playthroughs, which number too many to recount, I have ALWAYS played as a goody two shoes. Keldorn, Anomen, and Ajantis have been staple party members. The good path has always felt... "right".

But now that I'm well into chapter 3 of BG2:EE with an evil party that started its adventure in Candlekeep, I am enjoying this far more than I ever thought possible. Additions like Dorn and Hexxat certainly have helped to that end.

I'm done telling people that playing good is the most rewarding path. Not necessarily, and in many cases, actually not true. I think going forward I will be just as likely to go evil as go good.

So when asked, am I evil... in my current state of mind, yes I f%^$in' am is the best response I can give!!

Has EE influenced any other fallen Paladins among us? If so, I have one more offering to help you seal the deal:


Enjoy! And for those in the US, have an EVIL Thanksgiving!!! May the slaughter be abundant. The throne of Blood awaits!

(I originally posted this on the Beamdog forums, but thought I'd see what the response here would be also)

 

I refuse to play evil because, as we all know, doing so corrupts gamers' souls and I don't want to become a mass murderer.

 

Unfortunately I had not realized this in time, and I *accidentally* slaughtered half my neighborhood this morning. In my defense, I thought I was playing Baldur's Gate at the time.

At any rate, as a precautionary measure going forward I will be sure to play with a good party for one hour for every 2 hours I play with an evil party.

Spoiler

I might have actually been dreaming about slaughtering my neighbors in all honesty, or daydreaming... or making it up.

Oh, and for for it's worth, most of my neighbors are spiders and ants.

 

I rarely make decisions in-game just to further a greater good or evil. Most of the time I just want the best results possible (for me).

I guess that makes my characters neutral evil, though if we go by sheer results then my characters could as easily be neutral good (below average death count, lost of people helped/saved, etc).

 

This is why extreme and/or gratuitous violence in video games needs to be curtailed - people thinking they are acting out a video game situation. (I'm actually only half-joking about this.)

That pretty much summarizes my approach to gaming as well, although I tend to draw the line at some things. For example, I have no problem stealing from a "good" vendor to get something I want, but I wouldn't kill him/her to get the same result.

 

This. Although I do have a tendency to pick the good choices, I have no problems letting my paladin take over the kidnapping to get those silver pantaloons.

In general, though, evil in BG is unattractive because it isn't the most profitable. That and the choices are usually stupidly evil, which is mostly hard to roleplay as well, even for an ostensibly evil character. Unless you used INT as a dump stat. And WIS.

 

A few of the mods do a nice job of adding evil-choices to the game. Assassinations for instance.