Bioshock: rescue or harvest poll

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 28th, 2007, 10:27

As I have always taken the path of good, when playing games that gave you an option, I took the path of evil. Although I do get a slight feeling of guilt every time I harvest the little sisters.

What did you do? Is it possible to do both?

Post by **Grimmie** » August 28th, 2007, 11:06

Not come across one yet, but I'm sure I'll strive to be an evil Grimmie, as always.
The moral choice thing has never really phased me in games, but it will be interesting to see if Bioshock makes me think twice.

Post by **FatherJack** » August 28th, 2007, 11:37

I rescued, although I think I found the stroking animation more disturbing than the slug-ripping one.

I think a small dialogue change later on would probably cover all the possibilities, but I might replay it to find out for sure.

The Daddies always appear neutral to me until attacked - don't know if that changes if you harvest a lot.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 28th, 2007, 11:58

FatherJack wrote:The Daddies always appear neutral to me until attacked - don't know if that changes if you harvest a lot.

It's the same for me and I've been harvesting. It does take some of the menace out of them and it's also quite sad to see them thumping on a little sister hole and one doesn't appear because you've got rid of them, one way or another.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » August 28th, 2007, 13:15

I rescue them. I like the teddy bear. Does that make me bad?

Post by **tandino** » August 28th, 2007, 13:27

I've only 'come across' one so far and I harvested her good. I tend to vary my alignment in games a lot. Yesterday I was playing through Neverwinter Nights 2 and took great pleasure in choosing the "Slit X's Throat" dialog options.

I do have a Chaotic Neutral alignment to think of though.

Post by **Roman Totale** » August 28th, 2007, 17:04

I've been rescuing them.

In most games like this I always play through as a good guy first, then have another go as a complete and utter shit (most fun I ever had doing that was in KOTOR).

Generally what happens in games is that if you go bad, you end up with access to lots of cool stuff but nobody likes you, you go good and you end up sort of suffering in the short term but are better off in the long run (plus karma etc).

For me the benefits of Harvesting the Maddies don't seem worth it.

Slight tangent but still relevant: Oblivion let me down in that you burgle and murder the shit out of people, but as long as you didn't get caught the sun still shone out of your arse. I like that in KOTOR by making certain decisions it ended up affecting you.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » August 28th, 2007, 17:19

Roman Totale wrote:I've been rescuing them.

In most games like this I always play through as a good guy first, then have another go as a complete and utter shit

This. I often replay as the baddies too, but only if there will be a significant difference in the game as a whole, which I feel won't be the case with Bioshock. Played Fable as an angelic goodie all the way through to the last scene, where for no particular reason I thought "fuck it" and swapped to the dark side.

eion · Post by **eion** » August 28th, 2007, 17:33

Lateralus wrote:Played Fable as an angelic goodie all the way through to the last scene, where for no particular reason I thought "fuck it" and swapped to the dark side.

It can be annoying when games let you do this, because it removes the feeling that your actions have real consequences. Jade Empire is a particularly egregious example - there's a bit just before the final battle that determines whether you end up good or evil, regardless of how you've behaved up to that point.

nunoncastors · Post by **nunoncastors** » August 29th, 2007, 13:32

I find it almost impossible to play as "the bad guy" in any computer game, even when I know it'll make the whole experience much more entertaining.

I think this is because I find it quite easy to immerse myself in the games themselves so, essentially, I'm playing as me and I don't go around butchering people for fun. Even if I would like to.

Strange but true.

So, yeah, no killing of the little girls and a happy ending to the whole shebang. Well, except I'm still removing their stupid fucking DRM, that isn't so cheery.

Post by **Grimmie** » August 29th, 2007, 14:28

Moral choice my arse. I've been killing the little bitches and tugging the nasty slugs from their ribcages like a true bastard. I knew I would.

The Incredible... · Post by **The Incredible...** » August 30th, 2007, 19:04

I haven't had much time with my xbox since i got it yet, so haven't got far enough to decide yet, but i think i will rescue all of them first time round and kill all second time

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 27th, 2007, 9:43

I rescued every one of them. I didn't like killing the Big Daddies, because they were just big dumb cuddly bodyguards, but it had to be done. I'm curious now whether killing the Gatherers would have given me a different ending. I'm off to hunt down the spoilers thread to find out.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 27th, 2007, 12:21

There is a different ending. Youtube it, because you'll never play this game through again!

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » October 27th, 2007, 14:02

Normally I'll be a "goodie", but in Bioshock I've been killing the little blighters, the short term gain seemed worth it in this game.
Maybe all this Madeline McCann news has been affecting me.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 27th, 2007, 14:18

Affecting you physically?

Lexy · Post by **Lexy** » October 27th, 2007, 14:52

I rescued. Stupid xbox achievements lured me in.

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » October 27th, 2007, 16:26

Lexy wrote:I rescued. Stupid xbox achievements lured me in.

and they made me play though it again on hard difficulty

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