Destiny. The promise of being a Legend. The promise of power. The promise of getting more powers, therefore, getting more bang from my play through. I could just accept it for the sake of 'wishing for more fun' from what I was expecting, and disregarding the moral dilemma presented since, hey, it’s just a game, right? But really, I just can’t ignore the circumstances or the options given to me by the game, whose marketing was beautifully crafted — perfect, even — that people like me cannot just ignore it. But it’s just the same as someone asking you, would you do this or that? And just because it’s only a video game, doesn’t mean that the dilemma holds less weight on ones personal moral system than a question, or even a real life situation. It is the essence of it all, the core, the very problem that everyone should have a need to address. It should make you ask yourself: is this what I really want for what I am paying? do I really want to do this (compromise my principals?) Simple questions, yes? But one with the ability to summon grave consequences of compromising yourself in the real world. In psychology, it is called Cognitive dissonance which refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. This produces a feeling of discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviors to reduce the discomfort of conflicting morals and principals. So to me, your cognitive dissonance is nothing more than a lie you are tell yourself. People may run into problems with cognitive dissonance because it can be, in its most basic form, a sort of lie to oneself. As with all lies, it depends on the size of the lie and whether it’s more likely to hurt you in some way in the long run. Many tell “little white lies” everyday in their social lives (“Oh yes, that’s a great color on you!”) that brings little harm to either side and might help smooth over otherwise awkward situations. So while cognitive dissonance resolves the internal anxiety we face over two opposing beliefs or behaviors, it may also inadvertently reinforces future bad decisions - whether you think so or not. After all, dissonance theory suggests that if individuals act in ways that contradict their core beliefs, then they typically will change their beliefs to align with their actions (or vice-a-versa). So, since most people don’t like to believe that they may be wrong, they may limit their intake of information, or thinking, about things in ways that don’t fit within with their pre-existing beliefs. Psychologists call this “confirmation bias.” So if you are a person that is not a person of higher morals, or even moderate principals, it is a no brainer, after all its not real life to expect something for your money, its only a game (albeit, an expensive one.)