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Killing animals in game - how does it make you feel?
- Thread starter MilesQ
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I don't like to kill animals in games, especially when I have to hunt them. For example, I didn't do any hunt missions in GTA V. But I also don't like to play an evil character in an RPG if I have a choice, and I try not to run over the pedestrians in a GTA.
And about killing humans? Most of the time, they attack me, so it's just self defense. And sometimes, I just kill everything on sight.
And about killing humans? Most of the time, they attack me, so it's just self defense. And sometimes, I just kill everything on sight.
I'm generally okay with doing whatever the game asks be done of digital wildlife, though I hate in Red Dead Online when you mortally wound a critter and it falls over after trying to get away and makes dying animal sounds. In regular Red Dead 2, you can mercy kill it without harming the pelt, but in Online, if that option is available at all, I've never seen it. You've either got to wait for the thing to noisily bleed out or ruin the pelt, going against the point of the kill in the first place.
Dont actually mind. I eat animals in real life, like dogs, pork, chicken meat. So basically i encourage people to murder more animals. So for something virtual, it is absolutely fine for me
Despite being a strict vegan in real life and a fervent promoter of soft-mobility, one of the most joyful gaming activities I had was to drive on biped homo-sapiens and others using two-heels vehicles in every GTA episodes, like a flipper with dummies.
Depends how the it's utilized across mediums. If animals are just displayed as viscous enemies all the time or as a tool for crafting like a checklist without remorse, I'm not going to feel any sympathy for killing them within the worlds. I can shoot any animal within most because of how they're represented. I've killed a few animals before and it's much harder for sure. An example of animals in mediums which made me feel was Chernobyl. People doing it out of necessity, you can feel that this isn't something they want to do and see the emotional reactions and that the puppy scene made me pause for a long while before I continued. It doesn't even show the deaths on screen which shows how powerful it was for me.
If a Nazi guard dog comes at me ready to bite my nuts off, it will be put down in defence. If I see a random animal strolling about I leave it alone.
Unlike one of my game mates who in The Division for example shoots -everything- that moves cause some people are born with absolutely no empathy and are lunatics.
Unlike one of my game mates who in The Division for example shoots -everything- that moves cause some people are born with absolutely no empathy and are lunatics.
Agreed. If you call it just pixels, feels like you're calling a lot of games highly acclaimed for their emotionally-affecting stories as silly as well.
I've never had any problems with hunting animals or killing them in games, but when you start humanising (?) them; for instance giving them character like the wolf in MGSV or Trico in TLG or even the horse in SOTC; and it sounds like TLOU2 is doing a tiny bit of that, then I'm going to hesitate to kill them.
Normally I don't care, as you tend to not get involved with the animals/humans npc you can kill.
However, I remember in the first Fable game I played an evil character, at the end of the game I had the option to kill my sister to get more power.
I just refused, even if she was just an NPC I can't really kill my imaginary sister!
However, I remember in the first Fable game I played an evil character, at the end of the game I had the option to kill my sister to get more power.
I just refused, even if she was just an NPC I can't really kill my imaginary sister!
Real answer, I generally try not to kill anything that can't fight back.... Even if they are gross slug people praying to a false god.
I don't mind it in RDR2, especially since you do it to feed your people or sell the carcass. Didn't have a problem with it in Horizon either.
It's good that they don't usually include cats and dogs in these games though, I don't know how I'd feel in that case.
It's good that they don't usually include cats and dogs in these games though, I don't know how I'd feel in that case.
Despite some glib responses in here, it's more nuanced than you made it out to be.
I am always in awe when i see deer out in the wild, but in videogames, sorry buck you are my wallet now.
It is just a game so I don't usually think much about it. Although I do find it kind of tasteless when developers throw in trophies or in game rewards for killing non aggressive animals.
killing an innocent animal for no reason is obviously gross but if it happens by coincidence any systems interacting in unpredictable ways it can be kind of funny in the same way all of that kind of death is funny in a video game.
I don't relate at all to people who feel bad killing animals that are trying to kill them. unless its like 100 in 10 minutes, but that goes for human or alien or whatever enemies as well. combat cant feel too excessive and unrealistic, like it often does in mmos, or you start to feel like a death god.
anyways this is just to say anyone whos like "awww why do i have to kill this sweet 7 foot tall demon pupper with glowing fangs" seems crazy to me.
I don't relate at all to people who feel bad killing animals that are trying to kill them. unless its like 100 in 10 minutes, but that goes for human or alien or whatever enemies as well. combat cant feel too excessive and unrealistic, like it often does in mmos, or you start to feel like a death god.
anyways this is just to say anyone whos like "awww why do i have to kill this sweet 7 foot tall demon pupper with glowing fangs" seems crazy to me.
In the context of the game I don't feel anything at all. If the gameplay gives me the means to kill animals i'll do it since i play for fun, interacting with the game is fun, hence killing animals (and everything else) is fun.
Also why it's always about the animals and no one ever asks how do we feel about killing actual humans?
Also why it's always about the animals and no one ever asks how do we feel about killing actual humans?
Don't go there bro :) (a hint: humans are trash).
Back on topic, it depends on how it's handled, if it's too graphic (realistic), it will turn me off.
They are just pixels to me. In some games where there are background animals I sometimes get this somewhat morbid curiousity to see what reactions are programmed into the animals.
Examples.
There is a cat that does flips and dodges all your attacks in Metal Gear Rising.
In The Division dogs will stop, look at you and cower when you point your gun at them (they also don't drop loot, in case you were wondering)
In Monster Hunter Kelbi will drop a shiny/horn if you beat their heads with a blunt attack such as hammer or GS shoulder charge. If you otherwise attack them you can carve pelts off them but they never die, they always get up and run away.
No shame about having shot at most things in game to see a reaction. Also no shame in admitting I feel a bit guity when I see a realistic looking reaction of a hurt animal. Guess it is a good reminder that while they are pixels I myself still have feelings when I see these things.
Examples.
There is a cat that does flips and dodges all your attacks in Metal Gear Rising.
In The Division dogs will stop, look at you and cower when you point your gun at them (they also don't drop loot, in case you were wondering)
In Monster Hunter Kelbi will drop a shiny/horn if you beat their heads with a blunt attack such as hammer or GS shoulder charge. If you otherwise attack them you can carve pelts off them but they never die, they always get up and run away.
No shame about having shot at most things in game to see a reaction. Also no shame in admitting I feel a bit guity when I see a realistic looking reaction of a hurt animal. Guess it is a good reminder that while they are pixels I myself still have feelings when I see these things.