The Melancholy of Slaying Monsters

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32 points | by prismatic 12 hours ago

4 comments

  • CurtMonash 7 minutes ago
    For a mainstream boss example I nominate the Lonely Giant in Elder Scrolls Online.

    There also are plenty of cute-animal mobs that weren't going to bother you unless you started something. An example that still stands out for me is the first set of sleeping bears in LOTRO.

  • david_shaw 12 minutes ago
    The Fallout games often exemplify this: nearly every decision you make is morally ambiguous, and often has far-reaching repercussions in the story and world.
  • ellefire 23 minutes ago
    The Cogwork Dancers in Hollow Knight: Silksong are a recent example of this

    https://hollowknight.wiki/w/Cogwork_Dancers

  • jdw64 35 minutes ago
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