Wednesday 17 January, 2018

As I was playing Shadow of Mordor I started looking specifically for ethical choices the game throws at you. As I am running around killing stalking an uruk captain I came across the option to save a group of captured slaves or I could ignore them and continue on with my mission. It would take maybe a minute to free the slaves but would I want to risk breaking stealth. I am almost forced to make a choice between doing the right thing or condemn someone to a life of slavery. Its an easy choice to make in the game and thankfully Uruk-hai are not real so we don't have to worry about saving slaves or killing orcs in real life.

Nice job Derek! It’s interesting that the game developers could have givin’ you a simple decision of freeing or ignoring the slaves, but decided to add an extra level of consequence for trying to free the slaves. Do you think this is a commentary on the ramifications of acting ethically, and if so, what do you think the developers are trying to tell you when making decisions in the game?