lomifeh

Myself, I want an ending that makes sense and is internally consistent to the story most of all. I don't need a super happy ending but I want an ending that isn't all gloom and doom. If I have a goal I want to achieve it. I'd prefer to see a mixed bag of results based on actions versus a dark ending just to be dark or the reverse.

Sure. But I'm willing to trust their judgement. After all, every author can only write/paint/draw/create what they can envision, and produce the best work they can. It has always been the case that author and critic might not see eye-to-eye on a particular work, but thems the breaks as they say. Interesting thread to read. I too trust their judgement as they know a bit more about this than I do. I also hope they take the IE engine and improve it where it needs and that they keep to the spirit of what the engine was. I don't think they should ignore everything that we have all learned about games and UIs since the IE games were released.

I always took that as the general perception of what you did. People in the game tend to perceive the NRC as better so your karma which is rep reflects that. I like the idea that you do horrendous things and it tells you outright you did something bad. Killing a village even if it is for the greater good is still an evil act to some degree.

Well priests/clerics are a bad example. Since they are supposed to be exemplars of their faith in appearance, deed, and word then he'd either be labeled a heretic and be stripped of powers by his god or something similar. A better example is other skills maybe that would not really fall afoul of tenants of a faith. Say a priest who happens to be really good at gambling even though technically he should not be doing so.

Hmm. IT would be pretty cool to see an aspected god. Maybe a god of seasons that changes depending on the time of year. Spring - The god appears as a child and represents new growth/rebirth and beginnings. The represent hope Summer - The god appears as a man/woman in their prime. They represent the strength, potential realized and the glorious times. Fall - The god is waning. They appear as a middle aged man/woman. They represent the harvest, among other things. Winter - The god at the end of the cycle. An old man/woman. They represent endings, death. It could be fleshed out but I think the base idea is there.