Affect and Like

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Like and affect are semantically related. in assume topic. In some cases you can use "Like" instead a verb "Affect".

Like verb - To wish to have.

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Affect and like are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

character	affect character	like character
life	affect life	like life
work	affect work	like work
people	affect people	like people
Other words: children, someone, time, way, characters, anyone, humans, animals.

Many different things within the game affect this meter, mostly your actions in regards to quests and other similar things, like killing evil monsters or going on a rampage through some town.

Source: Karma Meter
There are some opportunities to affect the final ending in both games, which predates games like Soul Blade where you can do a similar thing.

Source: Older Than They Think / Video Games
Mimic and Disable will affect one of the opponent's moves at random, instead of the last one they used, like in all later generations.

Source: Video Game / Pokémon Red and Blue

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