We have so many RPGs that let you create your own really unique characters,like Skyrim,but in games like Skyrim you lose the story value and the character proggresion value.I think that if you get a set character history,race,looks,backstory you can have more RP value and more quallity character development and choices later on.Example:The witcher,you already have a set character,his gender,looks and backstory,but you still develop that character and enjoy the story,that's also a way to make an enjoyable RPG and it had more choices and character development than Origins IMO.It is not about creating your character and what's his/hers history before you started playing,but directing the story that's already been set by Bioware.Like an Interactive book or movie,you already have your set story,setting,character but you guide the story.
That's not to say that creating your own character is bad,not at all,I am an MMO role-player and I have to say that that really is the best place to create your own character,because there you create your own character development,your own story,and no scripted event will force you to do something with your character,and truth be told every dialouge option you make in DA:O is scripted and written by Bioware and not by you.So I'd say that single player RPGs are most enjoyable and have the space to make more decisions when you have set characters and stories and YOU developing and directing them the way you want.Like an interactive book or movie,you don't create your own characters,but you can guide them on their path.Another great example of this is the Walking dead:The game.You already have the protagonist,story,setting and everything set,but you can still guide your character and develop the story the way you want(OK not so great example,the walking dead is afully linear,giving you only the illusion of choice but you get what I'm saying)
The point I'm trying to make is that if you want to create your own characters go RP on an MMO or go play some D&D interactive kind of storytelling with your friends.In my opinion The best single player RPG stories are when you already have set characters and stories and then you guiding the story as it goes on.DA:O does that actually,you have to CHOSE between BIOWARE MADE stories and races and then follow BIOWARE MADE story.Which is fine,but still if they took all the development time they did to give you the Ilusion that you're creating your own character,when actually you're playing Bioware made stories,they could have just created 1 backstory,1 character race and let you continue develop the character over time.Because honestly you can't create YOUR OWN character story in an RPG,it's already set,and IMO games shouldn't focus on giving you Illusion that the character is yours by giving you more races,but creating one quallity backstory character that you can develop over time in the direction you want.
It's not like you're dropped in a universe and can do and type and emote anything you want,you're playing a scripted story and creating your own character just doesn't work here IMO.That doesn't mean that you can't guide the story and connect with the protagonist like I said about
Thank you for the attention,I hope I don't get flamed or raged on because my opinion is so much different than most other opinions.
Modifié par HeriocGreyWarden, 13 mai 2013 - 07:34 .
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