Another curious moment in DH:
Playing TRP as the soviets (and havent won yet, thank god! im getting my ass kicked! maybe tomorrow with my third game that will change. Unrelated tip: '39 IC build wont go well with soviets), and i get this curious event that says "accept spanish refugees". There are 3 options; take in the commie refugees only, giving me MP and supply, get more people then force them to be commies, which gives me a dissent hit and more MP, and finally a take them all in! option, that gives me 3% dissent and the most MP.
Looking at facts: i am Russia, as in i couldnt care less about a damn 15 mp trade for 3% dissent. Also, it means diverting other IC to consumer good to reduce it, further hampering my production lines.
But damn it, i have to take the last option. Why? well, if i dont accept them, those spaniards will get killed by the nationalists, and i cant let them die so coldheartedly (yes, i am aware that i represent an egomaniac as the avatar of Stalin, but hell).
And again, this is only an option. I know those people don't exist, and i know that if i simply click commie refugees only i get no dissent, but then my damn moral human side says 'come on you bastard, take them in' and always wins.
This is a videogame moment that has far more moral depth than any of those stupid Fable games, or in fact any other game ive ever played. All other videogames that purportedly try and have moral decisions fail miserably, going with the black and white options (will you save the world, or will you burn down the orphanage?). Rather, here comes DH TRP and instead of telling you, it simply IMPLIES that something bad will come out of your choice and affect you both gameplaywise and morally (The orphanage is on fire! Only you are around! 3 options: Check the entrance to see if you find anyone, lose no health; Go deeper into the orphanage, lose 5 health; Go to the dorms to try and save someone, lose 10 health). The implications are there, and you know damn well what will happen to those poor refugees if you dont embrace them all.
Playing TRP as the soviets (and havent won yet, thank god! im getting my ass kicked! maybe tomorrow with my third game that will change. Unrelated tip: '39 IC build wont go well with soviets), and i get this curious event that says "accept spanish refugees". There are 3 options; take in the commie refugees only, giving me MP and supply, get more people then force them to be commies, which gives me a dissent hit and more MP, and finally a take them all in! option, that gives me 3% dissent and the most MP.
Looking at facts: i am Russia, as in i couldnt care less about a damn 15 mp trade for 3% dissent. Also, it means diverting other IC to consumer good to reduce it, further hampering my production lines.
But damn it, i have to take the last option. Why? well, if i dont accept them, those spaniards will get killed by the nationalists, and i cant let them die so coldheartedly (yes, i am aware that i represent an egomaniac as the avatar of Stalin, but hell).
And again, this is only an option. I know those people don't exist, and i know that if i simply click commie refugees only i get no dissent, but then my damn moral human side says 'come on you bastard, take them in' and always wins.
This is a videogame moment that has far more moral depth than any of those stupid Fable games, or in fact any other game ive ever played. All other videogames that purportedly try and have moral decisions fail miserably, going with the black and white options (will you save the world, or will you burn down the orphanage?). Rather, here comes DH TRP and instead of telling you, it simply IMPLIES that something bad will come out of your choice and affect you both gameplaywise and morally (The orphanage is on fire! Only you are around! 3 options: Check the entrance to see if you find anyone, lose no health; Go deeper into the orphanage, lose 5 health; Go to the dorms to try and save someone, lose 10 health). The implications are there, and you know damn well what will happen to those poor refugees if you dont embrace them all.
