Specifically, you’ll need the blessing of your fresh-faced escort, Alma.
Mostly, this happens without the player needing to actually ask the question.
Sometimes, it happens in a cutscene.
There’s no Call Of Duty-style “friendly fire will not be tolerated” screen.
Nonetheless, some playersabsolutely lovegetting authorized to hunt the monsters.
It’s fastbecoming a meme, and maybe there’s something kinky about that.
Alma is the hand and you are the blade.
It offers both releaseandthe pleasure of being micromanaged by a nice lady who personifies a vast, carnivorous bureaucracy.
It could be that her dialogue was even written in response to playtester misgivings.
To buy a game with that name is to authorise yourself to hunt monsters.
They would have the power to deauthorise you in advance.
Come now, Capcom.
Perhaps the idea is to saucily roleplay the fantasy of having a meaningful choice.
A magical phraseto trigger you into deciding to do what you were going to do anyway.
Hmm, I think this is the first time anybody has tried to portray ludonarrative dissonance as a kink.
The thing is, the game doesn’t actively stop you initiating a fight.
Again, there’s some kind of wonky lampooning of consent going on.
The Guild Knights aren’t a playable presence in the games, however.
Perhaps they should be a multiplayer faction, akin to a PvPDark SoulsCovenant.
Hey, no judgement from me.
