Osvir Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) Asking everyone, and answering myself. From Update 31 ( EDIT: To be honest I forget that I could have just posted this in the Update Thread but wanted to highlight these two questions too). Question: "What's the conflict and why do I care about it?" Osvir: The conflict is a great event, either by taking place right off the bat, something that pushes my character into the world or into a situation. Perhaps a by-walker, a farmer or whatever, to the event and I just accidentally happened to be there. It could also be the state of the world, 2 factions are at war at this very moment. Even if 1 Faction takes over the other game it wouldn't mean the end of the game, the end is a different matter. In both Baldur's Gate and Kingdoms of Amalur (which follows BG's story a lot in some regards) I have this feeling that I have no idea what the conflict is and I have to figure it out along the way. Perhaps P:E is figuring it out right now? Even more so in Planescape: Torment. The conflict is not anything I might know entirely right off the bat. The Conflict could be between Gods, or a God specifically. The Conflict can be Man itself, rising up to rebel against God in spite of them (Greek Mythology), hubris of man. There is a War between Humanity and the Gods taking place. Another one is (a side-quest) that a Necromancer is raising the dead from Hell itself, and the world is slowly being overtaken by this Necromancer. I should be able to choose if I want to care about it or if I simply don't care about it. An evil path or a badguy path might not care for much of the conflict, except perhaps taking it over under a ruling fist and manipulate the people of it. Question: "What is my range of roles in resolving the conflict?" Osvir: I'd be a nobody, nothing special really, an infantryman perhaps.... to a start. Growing as a man and as a Hero the more I travel the lands, perhaps I don't have a resolve to resolve the conflict, maybe there is no need for conflict between the Hero and the World. If the World is in Conflict however, I can choose to enter it, and change it, or strengthen it. Or perhaps I can simply leave it be, because my character is on a different purpose. Perhaps I don't need to hunt down some Last Boss somewhere, but there could be several of them around the world. Gods that is. Perhaps I could rise up to Godhood and Dominate the world, or lead it to Harmony/Nirvana. Edited November 16, 2012 by Osvir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorian Drake Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Amalur was a good game bur how exactly did its story relate to that of BG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osvir Posted November 16, 2012 Author Share Posted November 16, 2012 Amalur was a good game bur how exactly did its story relate to that of BG? It just felt heavily inspired *shrug* sometimes I was wondering if they just changed wording on the script. I didn't play far at all btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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