well, i kinda disagree. im quite early on in the game, having just finished shurugeon castle, but i look at it this way: some ppl want to play evil parties. they want to finish the game as depraved evil b******s. after all, ive heard that you are offered the chance to side with cet in the endgame, and that the ending is changed slightly if u do.
(just for the record, im not one to play evil parties myself. dont intend to kill any of the good NPCs, didnt even kill lysandra, simply because she wasnt hostile. i just nicked the tusk (yikes! what an element. but at least it wasnt ribbed or anything) off her. in every game ive played (BG2, BG1) where there's the choice of being good or evil, ive always played the former.
but i definitely dont think that the way we play the game reflects the way we are inside. its a bit like saying ppl who watch action movies harbour violent tendencies deep inside. some might, but im sure most dont. i think most ppl dissociate their real life personality from their gameplaying well enough.
hell, the very fact that we play this game might get some ppl on their high horses, claiming that we're instilling violent tendencies in ourselves.
just a counterpoint, mark. but i agree with u that it seems odd that we can violate the oath of the mavin all we want and not suffer any consequences. IMHO, that shouldve been programmed in, along with an alternative way to complete the game, without having to take the oath (and maybe not get to wield the mavin, but then be free to act as evil as u like).
whaddya think?
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