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RPG Heroes Are Jerks

Posted by samzenpus on from the leave-no-box-unopened dept.

I have to give him credit for smashing the vases to get the medicine, and finding the legendary wedding dress among the rags. However, he forgot to kill the peasants for xp and you should always check the fireplace for any remaining food.

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  1. What the fuck? by bcmm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What the fuck has happened to Slashdot?

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    # cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i llama
    Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.
  2. Re:Karma by Enderandrew · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It all started with Ultima IV, where the goal of the game wasn't to kill the big baddie, but to ascribe to a series of morals.

    Richard Garriot realized precisely this problem, the "protagonist" in most RPGs was causing as much harm as they were supposedly doing good.

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  3. Re:this is terrible by osu-neko · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you don't like idle, why are you even reading this article? Seriously, it takes a special kind of stupid to be here commenting on an article then. It's like going out of your way at a buffet to grab a heaping load of beans, and then complaining about how much you hate beans and how idiotic it was for them to put the beans up on the buffet.

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    "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies."
  4. Re:LOL by Rich0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Better still is the hero that has some kind of official backing from a kingdom, or government, or whatever who starts out with a knife and a T-shirt, and has to start out exterminating rats or whatever.

    Then he has to steal or earn money doing menial tasks to buy equipment.

    If this guy is the hope of the world or whatever, you'd think that the king who sent him out could at least equip him as well as the castle guards...