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I can see your point and I'll think about it - from my perspective the check that is being made is gung svefg, lbh'er abg va Pbzcyvnag zbbq, naq frpbaq, lbh qvq yvgrenyyl whfg pubbfr gur 'xvyy lbhe sngure' bcgvba orsber gung unccrarq, so you're clearly not a saint. :D 

Behind the scenes: Gurer vfa'g n Pehrygl fgng va guvf tnzr, cnegyl orpnhfr guvf phygher vf fb qvssrerag. Gurer vf n fgng gung trgf hfrq va gur rcvybthrf sbe fvzvyne checbfrf, ohg orpnhfr gur jnl vg shapgvbaf vagreanyyl vf qvssrerag naq vg'f onfvpnyyl vzcbffvoyr sbe gur cynlre gb xabj gung vg rkvfgf be jura vg'f orvat gjrnxrq, vg zvtug or n yvggyr pbashfvat naq abg tvir lbh gur frafr bs ohvyq-hc lbh'er gnyxvat nobhg. But I'll think about it.

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While that could be a drastic choice within the game universe, I think video game players have come to be conditioned that just beating up bad guys is the default way to solve problems unless the game firmly establishes that you should avoid confrontation. I also felt more like I was harvesting ending options from that one event, rather than any kind of role-playing experience. Like when you're done with your current playthrough in a game like Princess Maker or the classic Ateliers, so you re-load a save and sell your entire inventory, tweak some stats, and avoid the final flags to collect less prestigious endings for the sake of completion. At that point I've lost any sense of immersion :(

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I will say that I think a hidden cruelty stat might be nice. 


Znlor V'z zvfernqvat gur fgbel ohg vg qbrf srry yvxr gurer'f n fhogyr ner lbh zber lbhe sngure'f qnhtugre be qrfcvgr gur gehgu ner lbh lbhe "zbgure'f puvyq" qlanzvp tbvat ba. (Lrf vg'f zber biregyl ner lbh zber yblny gb lbhe Zlexxna hcoevatvat be Abina urevgntr).


V guvax gung univat n pehrygl fgng fb gung lbh pna shyyl nyvta jvgu lbhe sngure ng rvgure ovt erirny (Fb vs lbh qrgnva uvz nsgre gur bcren naq ner pbzcyrgryl pehry lbh shyyl rzoenpr orpbzvat uvf rzcerff. Be vs lbh jva naq orpbzr Rzcerff juvyfg orvat pbzcyrgryl pehry (jura lbhe sngure erirnyf uvzfrys nf gur znfgrezvaq gurer'f n fcrpvny rcvybthr vaibyivat ubj lbh rzoenpr uvf cynaf). Be gur bccbfvgr shyyl rzoenpr lbhe Abina urevgntr naq qrsrpg jbhyq oevat na nqqvgvbany sha ynlre. 

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Wasn't one of the Kickstarter goals that were met a rebel plotline? Maybe that will serve as the "fvqvat jvgu Abin" path?

I think it will tbh 

My two cents:

Tvira gung Mbenan vf jryy njner bs ubj fphzzl ure qnq vf (gung unq nyjnlf orra n xabja snpg, naq lbh unq gb vairfgvtngr n ybg shegure va beqre gb ernpu gung fprar), V srry yvxr nggnpxvat pbhyq or frra nf n 'cer-rzcgvir frys qrsrafr' guvat engure gura n 'xvyyvat sbe gur fnxr bs pehrygl' guvat. V qrsvavgryl frr gur nethzrag sbe nffhzvat lbh'er jvyyvat gb trg oybbq ba lbhe unaqf, gubhtu.

Znlor gur oynpxznvy flfgrz pbhyq or hfrq nf n fbeg bs cfhrqb-pehrygl fgng sbe guvf pnfr? 

V qrsvavgryl qba'g guvax gung vg'f nethnoyl frys qrsrafr. Mbenan vf fubja gb qrfver ybir/npxabjyrqtrzrag sebz ure snzvyl gung artyrpgf (sngure), nonaqbarq (oebgure) naq erwrpgf (zbgure svther) ure. 


Ure sngure gryyf ure gur jubyr beqrny jnf n grfg juvpu fur'f cnffrq naq abj fur'yy or npxabjyrqtrq nf uvf urve cebcreyl (rira gubhtu ur'f cerggl zhpu tbvat gb erireg guvatf gb oneryl orggre guna gur byq fgnghf dhb). 


Sebz ure cbfvgvba juvyfg fur unf rivqrapr bs uvf fpurzvat (yvxr ure orvat n pybar puvyq naq fbzrguvat hc jvgu gur Yhzra pelfgny/ure Abina urevgntr ur jnagf ure sbe) ur vf cebzvfvat n cynpr ol uvf fvqr juvpu vf cneg bs jung fur jnagf. 


Qrpvqvat gb gel naq nggnpx uvz vf abg arprffnevyl n pehry npgvba ohg vg vf qrsvavgryl pbzvat sebz n cynpr bs natre/erfragzrag/n qrfver gb ehyr vaqrcraqragyl. Fur ab ybatre jnagf uvf cvgvshy bssre bs snzvyl - ohg guvf vf abg frys qrsrafr. 


Vg cebonoyl jba'g unccra ohg vg jbhyq or vagrerfgvat vs gurer jnf fbzr xvaq bs 3eq bcgvba qrsrpgvba zbzrag. Vaibyivat uvtu Qrprcgvba naq uvtu Fgrnygu fxvyyf, ersyrkrf, rgp lbh cergraq gb tvir va gura fgrny gur pelfgny naq uvtugnvy vg bhg bs gurer. 


Naljnl 100% nterr oynpxznvy fubhyq envfr gur pehrygl fgng naq gurer fubhyq gbgnyyl or fbzr synibhegrkg bcgvbaf gung nyfb chfu gur pehrygl fgng.