True Or False: There Has NEVER Been A Game Where Choice Actually Mattered

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

There are any number of games, but this one for me really stands out:

KungfuKitten

Lets see if The Last of Us proves you wrong.Nengo_Flow

Lol choices in an extremely linear button prompt game movie game.

Anyways , New Vegas /thread.

Lets see if The Last of Us proves you wrong.Nengo_Flow

I don't think TLOU will have any sort of deep meaningful choices. ND have a habit of setting up your emotions for you and evoking a certain one at certain times. That's how they drive their narative, messing with that disturbs the focus

witcher 2, whole chapters change depending on your choises. mass effect choises are a joke

Krelian-co

This, i've never seen it done as well as in this game.

Tetris

[QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

witcher 2, whole chapters change depending on your choises. mass effect choises are a joke

jimmyrussle117

This, i've never seen it done as well as in this game.

then go play Heavy Rain.

Alpha Protocol had a lot of decisions as well right? That really changed the game? I really never got into that game. Such a shame. I tried 3 times and I stopped 3 times after the first 'real' mission.

All games have choices that matter, if you choose not to be any good at them, you will lose.

Trust me it mattered :c

bobcheeseball

You said game, you never said VIDEOgame.

Dungeons and Dragons. BAM. Discussion over.

:P

MetroidPrimePwn

Yup. And, to a lesser extent, 4X games like Civilization. No two Civilization matches are alike.

I'd say games focused on story (except D&D and other tabletop RPGs) are guilty of what Black_chamber99 says. They are constantly trying to create this illusion of "YOUR CHOICE MATTERS, BRO," while games with no story, like chess, manage to pull it off effortlessly because of their storyless nature.

Contrary to what you say, The Witcher 2 is a shining example of choice mattering. Just because the game ends with the same basic premise doesn't mean there aren't a ton of variables within it. No to mention, of course, the fact that about 1/3-1/2 of the game is completely different based on you immediate choices.

You don't necessarily need to have unique levels or characters that change based on your decisions to show off the fact that there are consequences. Even though the Mass Effect franchise doesn't have truly branching paths, for example, a playthrough as a full Paragon feels much different than one as a full Renegade.

There are a bunch of games where choice matters.

Heavy Rain is one, choice matters a lot.

New Vegas

Alpha Protocol

Pretty much all GODsidian games

Heavy Rain, unfortunately that game sucked so skip it.

And Mass Effect 3, the galaxy's color is all up to you!

[QUOTE="UCF_Knight"]Some games have more than one ending depending upon your choices. Stupid thread.parkurtommo

There is in FO:NV DLC Dead Money (though you do have to end up starting back lol)

And I'm sure a lot of Heavy Rain's endings can be constituted as "losing"

And FO:NV has a sh*t ton of endings, not even close to being similar. I like the way NV tackled endings.... it presented each faction/town/companion's ending based on the choices you made, in the form of a slide show.