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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 70 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

They're more enjoyable for the player. It usually sucks big time to be an NPC in a game

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

Sometimes I feel like an Adventures of Link NPC.

I am error.

[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Gotta give credit to games like Stardew.

[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on the game. Depends on the player.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

My bad, was meant to be an expansion, not a correction. I have the insufferable need to chime in sometimes and pre-resolve potential ambiguities. It's something im working on.

Reason I even brought it up is I'm usually nice to npc's in general, but man. Some people I see in videos or anecdotes from assosciates got me giving them a mad side-eye. 1's and 0's or not, the malice and sadism gets ridiculous sometimes. Makes me repeatedly realize how different some people consume the same game as me in ways I never thought of and/or could never bring myself to do.

Anyway, interjection over, that was it

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I dunno man, I think I'd enjoy being an NPC in some of the sim/builders I play. I enjoy it when my loyal subjects are happy.

On the other hand, if they're not happy I usually decide to give them something to be not happy about.

You know what, forget the whole NPC thing. Players are voletile gods.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

I am a benevolent but incompetent ruler. My NPCs would be happy right up until they all died because I put off some boring upgrade/maintenance task and the colony exploded.