First off, I love this game! Seldom have I suffered from such gaming addiction and at my age of late, but Stardock has definitely hooked me into their latest piece of work—and oh what a joy it is! Now, on to my post about Alignment Scenarios and their choices...
Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve noticed that most of the game’s alignment scenarios offer added bonuses to ‘Evil’ or ‘Neutral’ choices with few exceptions, while choosing ‘Good’ seems to almost always result in a more negative tone for your empire.
Rarely have I seen ‘Evil’ or ‘Neutral’ suffer much of a consequence, but rather gives extreme bonuses to PQ, Economics, etc., leaving ‘Good’ empty handed and even undergoing setbacks if anything. On maybe one or two instances has ‘Evil’ suffered any drawback. At least choosing the ‘Good’ option should reap approval bonuses for your civ, but no, that’s not even on the table.
Sure, as stated in the manual, the overall alignment bonuses of civilizations seem to break down evenly, but this of course is something that is chosen later in the game upon researching ethics and such and therefore forcing aligment. Then perhaps by leaning towards ‘Good’, provided of course any of the other civs have chosen this path, might there be a pay-off. Otherwise, why do the ‘Good’ thing, when hardly there's ever a reason to?
I’ve been playing the game for many hours now, hoping that as the game progresses I’ll see ‘Good’ start to receive it’s due rather than getting the shaft. Here’s hoping cause, well, I simply like being one of the ‘Good’ guys.
Thanks