This can also be used not for morality's sake, but as a way to keep a game from being Banned in China, leading to a mere 18+ rating in many cases. And if you're really unlucky, as a last resort the game may just bust through the Fourth Wall entirely to mete out the real-life punishment of completely resetting your game progress. Consequences for your actions often include increasingly-less-subtle What the Hell, Player? moments from party members and NPCs, a boss fight against a Hero Antagonist who proceeds to karmically tear you to shreds, and a bad ending that's rarely worth any of the above effort. These games may allow you the freedom to be the most despicable Villain Protagonist possible, but that choice can now have a direct impact on the game's story. This also shows up in conjunction with Multiple Endings and Karma Meters with increasing frequency. Have you been carelessly marching your soldiers into certain doom? They're gone for good, and now you're badly outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy. Did you stab that passing Innocent Bystander to death? Turns out he had critical information, and now you can't finish the game. Were you butchering unarmed scientists who were just doing their jobs? You may have been amused, but MI6 wasn't - mission failed. Were you laughing gleefully while chaingunning your fellow soldiers? You probably won't be when the rest of them turn against you and fill you with bullets.

Sometimes, a game will allow you to be cruel, but will make sure that you get your comeuppance for doing so. At worst, you'll slide toward the evil end of the game's Karma Meter and the storyline will play out differently… or not.Īt least, that's how it usually is. Honestly, the exact reason many people find these games fun is because they can do horrible things with no negative effects. Some players are just fine with that and will gladly take advantage of it after all, the video game is a consequence-free world, one where you can do things such as shotgun a crowd of innocent bystanders, torture mooks for information and kill them even when they tell you what you need to know, or be an all-around jerk. Some games let the player do things that are a bit.

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