That's fair, I fully support the game allowing that, but I very much want to be the hero who saves everyone. And more importantly even if I can't save everyone - I'm fine with not being able to save everyone, sometimes things just can't work out, nor should they - I don't see grounded reality being an excuse to make allowing me to be kind something few and far between. I know plenty of people in this real, grounded reality that are kind and enthusiastic and care about people and are interested. I reject entirely the notion that grounded reality translates to kindness being rare, or frequent kindness being inauthentic. The harshness of the world makes it even more important to me that my character can be kind and a respite from that harshness. Yeah, life is hard but using that as an excuse to also be hard has always rung false to me. Life is cruel, but each and every person has the right to make the choice if they also will be. And I don't appreciate a game that's selling itself so thoroughly on freedom and options taking that choice away from me in the interest of being "grounded".
