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My other beef is Ikeburo, where a scenario plays out that seriously shifts your alignment either towards Law or Chaos faction. There is no Neutral option so you're basically forced to be stuck with one of the alignments for awhile before you reach a place that lets you change your alignment easily. Neutral alignment really is the hardest to play...
Ugh, this, so much. I'm playing Shin Megami Tensei IV and maintaining a neutral alignment is a study in micromanagement. Basically, almost every dialogue choice detracts or adds to your score, and the range for neutral is only -8 to +8. There is not a large margin for error given that +10s and -10s crop up a fair amount sometimes.
Funny enough, it's not as hard as you think. The easiest way to stay Neutral in IV is to ignore the Hunter Tournament missions and the few that change alignment and then simply always choose the first option in most dialogue options that doesn't have a neutral option. That or just make sure to check with the guy in the bar who tells you your alignment. It honestly sounds more difficult on paper than in practice.