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wy4786: Thanks for the responses.
I guess I'll do a little more research on the new fallout games.
I've tried planescape torment, but sadly found it a bit too slow-paced for my liking.
Arcanum was fun though.

@StingingVelvet;
I agree. That's why the tactics ogre series has always been my favorite.
FYI, you aren't missing much by going directly to New Vegas. Fallout 3 wasn't horrible or anything but it really only had "I'm a freaking huge game" going for it, it wasn't that great, honestly and it only took a little bit of effort to figure out how to cap all your skills at 100. You could also get 10/10 for all stats with a little bit of planning and some long suffering during some early levels.
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Delixe: You can rule out BioWare games. They either follow the D&D alignment system like Baldur's Gate or the good/evil system seen in KOTOR and Mass Effect. Dragon Age: Origins was unusual in that respect as there was no alignment, choices just mattered to your companions.

Fallout: New Vegas has an interesting system. It has Karma but it doesn't really have an effect. Factions treat you how you treat them so you can be the most evil bastard in the wasteland but as long as you were helpful to the NCR (for example) they were Bro's.
On the contrary any D&D based alignment system is going to give you one of the most complex and variable morality *systems* out there.

Planescape however does this much better than the Bio games. The D&D alignment mechanic is the same, writing and characterization are just more subtle and nuanced in PST.

Hell the D&D alignment system is what the 'chaos/lawful nonevil' stuff the OP was talking about in Ogre Battle was lifted from.

In general though I'm getting a bit fed up with morality systems as such. Black/white morality has always been asinine, and if you're shooting for moral complexity and gray areas better to actually write characters that way and provide murky, believable choices for the player.
Post edited April 23, 2011 by phanboy4
Like Ricotyrell said, I recommend the principal Shin Megami Tensei series (SMT I and II on Super Nintendo and III on PS2) , Majin Tensei who is a spin off of SMT (but I dunno if they have been translated),The Witcher,Romancing SaGa series who is very special (the first one has a remake on PS2 who has been released in USA and the third one on Super Nintendo has been translated by a fan).
Hope it will help you !