Yes. Yes they are. Which makes the whole Light Side/Dark Side thing a bit odd. Shouldn't good people want to jump ship from both? (Hence fanfic. *slightly embarrased*)
I don't mind that its a Black vs Black conflict, exactly, but it drives me up the wall that the writers assumed (or so it seems) that your characters would remain loyal to their factions or even become -more- loyal to their factions as the chapters progress. Especially as the factions look worse and worse as you go. There are moments when you can choose doing the right thing over what your faction wants (and moments when you pretty much commit treason) but they are too few and seem more frequent early on. If better motivation was provided for why you're still faction loyal or if you could subvert more missions, I'd be a lot happier. Hell, even if I got to snark, back talk, object, lecture, whatever the evil quest givers (both sides) more, I'd feel better about it - something, anything, to indicate that my characters aren't okay with working for evil people.
I mean, the Light Side/Dark Side choices imply an alignment choice, especially early on. I'd like to feel like I -can- play the alignments that Chapter One suggested I could all through the game. *sigh*
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Date: 2013-01-04 05:24 am (UTC)I don't mind that its a Black vs Black conflict, exactly, but it drives me up the wall that the writers assumed (or so it seems) that your characters would remain loyal to their factions or even become -more- loyal to their factions as the chapters progress. Especially as the factions look worse and worse as you go. There are moments when you can choose doing the right thing over what your faction wants (and moments when you pretty much commit treason) but they are too few and seem more frequent early on. If better motivation was provided for why you're still faction loyal or if you could subvert more missions, I'd be a lot happier. Hell, even if I got to snark, back talk, object, lecture, whatever the evil quest givers (both sides) more, I'd feel better about it - something, anything, to indicate that my characters aren't okay with working for evil people.
I mean, the Light Side/Dark Side choices imply an alignment choice, especially early on. I'd like to feel like I -can- play the alignments that Chapter One suggested I could all through the game. *sigh*