Best RPGs for Pacifist Run and Completion Without Killing
In some role-playing games, such as Deus Ex or Fallout, you don't have to resort to violence to complete the game. What's more, the so-called "pacifist run" or non violent often turns out to be much more interesting or challenging than usual combat.
Table of Contents
- Best RPGs for Pacifist Run and Completion Without Killing
- Undertale
- Disco Elysium
- Deus Ex series
- Alpha Protocol
- Age of Decadence
- Planescape Torment
- The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
- Bonus: Postal 2
- Gamedec
- The Forgotten City
Planescape Torment
Planescape Torment is a great RPG, with a lot of possibilities in developing our character, but also in influencing the game world. It is worth reaching for Planescape Torment: Enhanced Edition, the refreshed version of this title, but be warned that it's not the most dynamic part. On top of that, there is a huge amount of pages to read and dialogues to participate in.
Our protagonist wakes up in a morgue – as it seems, not for the first time. This is because he's unable to die and always resurrects, simultaneously losing his memory. This led to a situation where he tattooed a series of instructions on his body to make his next awakening less problematic. Our task is to discover our own past and investigate the secret of our immortality.
At this point, I would like to write that Planescape Torment can be finished entirely without fighting. Nevertheless, as the story commences, you have to defeat zombies to get the key, and on top of that, the scenario will force you to take part in the inevitable conflict with at least two characters (and some say even four). Interestingly, however, in the latter cases, you don't need to kill anyone – opponents just need to be knocked down and stunned, which doesn't break the rules of the 'pacifist run.'
At the same time, Planescape Torment allows you to avoid almost all other battles or conflicts. In situations where the enemy attacks us automatically because of the task, we can run away and abandon the mission of killing such an opponent. This all seems pretty interesting, considering that the main character is trying to discover why he is... immortal!
