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Re: Choice defines a person.
Posted By: Narcogen <narcogen@rampancy.net>	Date: 9/7/06 6:16 a.m.
In Response To: Choice defines a person. (Peptuck) [snip] : However, when presented with such a situation as a Marine who is shooting at : you and is clearly out of his mind with fear and terror, things : get....complicated. I'm not sure if Bungie even intended for their to be : anything you were "suppossed" to do with him; unlike the : Covenant or your Marines, there is no defined role that this deranged : fellow plays. : In such a case, the decision as to what you do with him suddenly lies : entirely within your own hands. This creates ambigiuty of purpose and : instantly makes the world a lot more gray than the clear-cut black and : white you've dealt with before. Here you've got a deranged Marine who you : should, by all rights, be helping, but you can't save him. This makes : things more complicated. Much like the Arbiter and the Covenant in general : in Halo 2, things suddenly become a lot more complex and difficult to : decide on, and preconcieved notions go out the window. The mere fact that : you're asking the question of "what am I meant to do with this : guy?" shows that. : In the end, what you do with the Marine is almost a window into yourself, as : you and only you make the decision as to how you react to this thing that : doesn't fit the game's comfortable, preconceived and clear-cut modus : operandi. : I like it :P I do, too. Another thing in Halo 1 that is entirely missing from Halo 2. The Arbiter *never* faces human opponents during gameplay. You're not given any choice in terms of picking sides in the intra-Covenant fighting. There's no moral aspect to your actions in that game whatsoever.

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Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Ross Mills [subnova]	9/6/06 6:19 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Ciarán	9/6/06 6:43 a.m.
Lob a Plasma Grenade on him :P *NM*	Bluestone	9/6/06 6:45 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Ross Mills [subnova]	9/6/06 7:10 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Hawaiian Pig	9/6/06 7:30 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Grantix	9/6/06 7:37 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Speedhuntr	9/6/06 8:09 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Count Zero	9/6/06 9:51 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	vlad3163	9/6/06 10:13 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Vironex	9/7/06 12:43 a.m.
ESRB does rate games.	Narcogen	9/7/06 6:14 a.m.
Shotgun to the face?	Narcogen	9/7/06 6:12 a.m.
Re: Shotgun to the face?	Louis Wu	9/7/06 6:37 a.m.
Re: Shotgun to the face?	Narcogen	9/7/06 7:38 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	jester_343	9/8/06 10:14 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	serpx	9/6/06 8:09 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Rox	9/6/06 8:37 a.m.
Choice defines a person.	Peptuck	9/6/06 9:25 a.m.
I just shoot him. And I like it :)	Captain Spark	9/6/06 9:58 a.m.
Re: I just shoot him. And I like it :)	KoCKynVainn	9/6/06 10:16 a.m.
Re: Choice defines a person.	Narcogen	9/7/06 6:16 a.m.
Re: Choice defines a person.	Bodie	9/7/06 6:22 a.m.
Re: Choice defines a person.	Peptuck	9/7/06 8:45 a.m.
Re: Choice defines a person.	scarab	9/8/06 4:04 p.m.
Re: Choice defines a person.	Peptuck	9/8/06 4:13 p.m.
Re: Choice defines a person.	scarab	9/8/06 4:53 p.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Simpsons Rule	9/6/06 10:47 a.m.
Missing cutscene and carnivorous flood	Narcogen	9/7/06 6:22 a.m.
Re: Missing cutscene and carnivorous flood	ShortRoundMcfly	9/8/06 1:44 p.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	KP	9/6/06 12:36 p.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Raigns	9/6/06 2:49 p.m.
The first time I played it...	jester_343	9/6/06 2:49 p.m.
I never shot him :(	Jillybean	9/6/06 2:57 p.m.
You could mercifully...	Blackstar	9/6/06 4:22 p.m.
Re: You could mercifully...	Jillybean	9/6/06 5:30 p.m.
Re: You could mercifully...	jdogmoney	9/6/06 5:33 p.m.
Re: You could mercifully...	LoneRanger 2.5	9/6/06 9:48 p.m.
Re: You could mercifully...	Jillybean	9/7/06 6:35 a.m.
Re: You could mercifully...	Bodie	9/7/06 6:46 a.m.
According to Jaime...	Marty the Elder	9/6/06 8:53 p.m.
Re: According to Jaime...	vlad3163	9/6/06 10:31 p.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	The Freeloader	9/6/06 10:31 p.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	Narcogen	9/7/06 6:07 a.m.
Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?	vlad3163	9/7/06 11:24 a.m.