[GOTY Award 4] Biggest Game Changing Decision

Hello one and all

This thread is for the naming of your game where you feel decisions had the biggest impact. Think about the one memorable moment from 2009 (and 2009 release games only) where what you did had the bigest impact on your experience with said game.

For example, last year I would have put:

Fallout 3 spoiler

[spoiler] When deciding whether to blow up Megaton or not would have been huge as it made me open my eyes to how you play the game. I decided not to blow the town up but then came the events after, helping the sherif, the sherif being killed and me taking out his assassin. The events were all circumstancial and could easily have gone in different ways and thats what made me fall in love with that game. [/spoiler]

Please use the spoiler boxes if you wish to discuss the game for example:

My vote is for Fable II

[spoiler*]I picked this when deciding blah blah blah[/spoiler*]

Take the stars out and you have a spoiler box.

Do not post spoilers without warning, anybody who does so will have their post deleted and will not have their vote counted in the nomination.

Hmm, I really can't think of one...

I'll have to get back to you on that 1.

Yeah, I also recommend Dragon Age: Origins.

[spoiler] if you don't kill Loghain after the landsmeet, you can turn him in to a grey warden and then he becomes a secret companion [/spoiler]

i think i will choose Dragon Age Origins.

[spoiler] i say choosing which mission you begin with was the biggest decision ,it may seem not important as u can finish the game in any sequence but choosing the mission u begin with first does affect the gameplay a little bit an example if you begin with circle of magi u can make wayne join your party which is great because it is great healer [/spoiler]

Sup Ahmed, I don't think we've met before.

Welcome to DBGU. I'd love to debate with you on your topic but I haven't played DAO.

Fallout 3 Broken Steel (its 2009 DLC)

[spoiler] Just deciding to help the Brotherhood of Steel to destroy the base where the opposing forces are. It has many memorable moments like a trash talking giant robot, a rocket launcher which takes out helicopters in one go, and more. [/spoiler]

I am just lacking ideas for this so far as I have not really had many decision based games from 2009 specifically.

I nominate Dragon Age for this reason:

[spoiler] The decision you have to make in the Lair of the Werewolves after meeting the Lady of the Forest: whether to help the werewolves or kill them all. [/spoiler]

This is a hard one to call as none of us have really made a point as to why the game should be picked, its all story based which is good, but nothing is explained so I dont know how much of an impact these decisions made like who joins your party or whether you kill a certain person or not.

Would opening this up for those who put their request to put more thought into the responses be fair DMR?

This is a hard one to call as none of us have really made a point as to why the game should be picked, its all story based which is good, but nothing is explained so I dont know how much of an impact these decisions made like who joins your party or whether you kill a certain person or not.

Would opening this up for those who put their request to put more thought into the responses be fair DMR?

Garfield360UK

To further explain my post:

[spoiler] You usually have a choice to make concerning who will wind up aiding you against the Archdemon and the darkspawn horde. When a particular Main Quest section is completed, you then have a representative for the group that will help you standing in your Party Camp. All told there are four representatives, whom you may converse with, and provide what they may need to improve their performance at the end Boss Fight. [/spoiler]

I am going to say Dragon Age wins this then. Its really due to what I have heard elsewhere as people have not gone into enough detail to explain it. The story was what I was looking for, key things that affected that and really I have only heard stat changes which is not something I would say is the bigest decision.

Lets hope Heavy Rain and other games can really set this discussion alight next year. Thats what we needed more of as a person evaluting this, nobody really discussed anything to great depth.