A long review of Unavowed and its moral dilemmas

[woodpijn]

Alex and I have been playing The Unavowed, the latest story-driven point-and-click adventure from Wadjet Eye games, about a group of vigilantes who deal with supernatural problems. You play their newest recruit, who they've just freed from demon possession, and you have to figure out and undo the damage your demon did over the last year while you

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[cartesiandaemon]

Oh, that's fascinating, thank you. I played some Wadget Eye games before, and really liked them, although sadly I don't enjoy point-and-click adventure games as much as I used to, mostly because I don't have as much time to sink into them so I'm always impatient to get through the puzzles

[cartesiandaemon]

Stan the muse

Yeah, I'm really not sure. What I really want to do is give Stan a chance, but if he doesn't keep improving, then decide what the best solution is (and I'm not clear on the trade-offs, how bad not having a muse is, how much if any better Calliope was at the job, if she would reluctantly accept it again if it were really needed or not).

Robin the fae and the baby

Agh! Yes. I think I would have gone for agreement on the grounds of "if I don't have time to think about it, not getting the baby killed is better" and "something may rescue the situation later, or I may find a loophole, but death is forever"

But there's some good arguments the other way. One is, never giving into blackmail whatever the stakes, for the benefit of all future potential victims. And I agree, "what will their life with Robin be like" is a consideration, but I'll not decide death is preferable unless I'm really sure -- lots of people grow up in terrible situations but end up with a life worth living somehow.

[woodpijn]

Oh, yes, I meant to mention the "don't give in to blackmail" principle when making the original post. Thanks

[woodpijn]

Yay, this is the sort of thing I was hoping for when posting this - interesting engagement with the moral dilemmas :)