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Author: Stratadrake

Nov 14th 2012 at 5:16:19 PM

[[quoteblock]]I want this trope to be about games that exploit the player's attachment to/identification with their characters to force them to root for both sides in a fight. Ideally, an element of SadisticChoice (which character wins) should be present, as well as a massive PlayerPunch if the fight leads to a PlotlineDeath.[[/quoteblock]]
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Now that's a much clearer picture ... and I don't see any particular need to restrict it to a PlayerCharacter (in the D&D-based sense of the term, where it's the ''one'' character ''you'' play as).  The player can become attached to any character in their party, heck, sometimes even any character in the plot.

Along these lines, where the point is that the fight is tragic:

* In ''LegendOfMana'', during one mission Daena and Escad come to blows with each other over what to do about a demon who wants to destroy the world and an elderly priest who [[StarCrossedLovers fell in love with him]].  When you walk in on this argument, Daena demands you pick a side to be on - hers or Escad's. (Naturally, you end up fighting the other, and they are not seen again.)