Curious to hear a religious perspective on "Lucius"

[Palaxar]

Awhile back, Dodger aka presshearttocontinue did a Let's Play on a game called "Lucius", and its got alot of themes that I personally think wouldn't be popular among religious crowds, but I was hoping to get a religious perspective on the game. I'll be giving some specific examples covered in spoiler overlay for those who may be interested in seeing or playing the game for itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-ZaU3g ... ToContinue

Spoiler:

In Lucius, you play as a little boy who is an incarnate of the devil's son, and your powers start to awaken on your sixth(I think?) birthday. In the game, you live in the house of a wealthy family who are your biological parents, and the objective of the game is to kill the various servants that work in your household. The maids, the butler, and you eventually have to kill your parents. Over time as you kill more people, more of your powers begin to awaken. Gaining powers like pyrokenesis, the power to make people forget things, etc.

The game is "morally wrong" as I'm sure some sites might think, but in my opinion, its got fleshed out mechanics

[Palaxar]

bump for hopefully some replies.

[ccgr]

haven't played it, sorry

[Sstavix]

Neither have I, but I'm willing to provide a little bit of my own perspective. I do tend to have a problem with games that tend to depict "evil is fun." This would apply certainly to Lucius, but also to more mainstream games, like the Grand Theft Auto series or Bayonetta. Regardless of the mechanics, if the game allows - no, requires - the player to commit evil actions in order to proceed, it's not really a game that I want to play, or let my children play.

But like I said, that's just me. I tend to prefer games where you play the hero of the story, where the end result is that you make the world (or universe) a better place.

[Deepfreeze32]

GTA I would say is less requiring of you to do evil than Lucius (And frankly, most of my hours in GTA IV were spent driving and "stunting". Yes, driving.).


That said, I have played it. Disregarding morality, the game is a little clunky. It's not very obvious what you need to do sometimes, and the solutions can be obtuse.

Now for the moral content...


Did you ever see the movie The Omen? If not, it's basically the same kind of story (with modifications). A prominent politician has a son, born on June 6th, 1966 (6/6/66). When the boy turns 6 (Yes, the 666 metaphor is incredibly ham-handed in both the movie and the game), he manifests demonic powers. But you probably know this already.

Honestly? I didn't have a problem with it per se...but I will admit I was sufficiently unsettled at times. I know enough about biblical scholarship to know that 666 isn't something to necessarily be taken literally (666 is probably a reference to Nero, or some other persecutor in the early 1st and 2nd centuries). But still...there's just something unsettling about it. I can't put my finger on it, but I'm betting it's the similarities to The Omen, and the fact that you don't have a choice.

Sorry for a non-answer, I'm not really sure how to articulate my feelings.