Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism/Video Games: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' normally is a game that decides whether the player wants to be idealistic or not. The Paragon and Renegade system itself is a [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]. Paragons have a idealistic view of the universe, putting moral code above all else. Renegades however are capable of doing nasty things to achieve the greater good and are much more cynical.

** Ashley and Kaiden also exemplify this [[Trope]]. Kaiden is an idealist and Ashley is a cynic.

* The first two games in the ''[[Arc the Lad]]'' series lie '''''far''''' on the cynical end, while the third game tries to be a little more idealistic, the fourth is again more cynical (but not as much as the second), and the fifth tries again to be more idealistic than its predecessors. As a whole, the series remains mostly on the cynical side of the scale.