Skyrim is shit btw. Oblivion forever (oblivion is worse than Morrowind, but Oblivion was my entrance to the games so I love it)
Skyrim is shit btw. Oblivion forever (oblivion is worse than Morrowind, but Oblivion was my entrance to the games so I love it)
If you enjoy it all the more power to you. I just prefer playing systems that encourage the style of play I want, rather than wrangling some vacuus monster into a shape somewhat resembling what I’d like.
edit: Like what Certified Sinonist says - You can do that with basically every game you play
Yeah it’s definitely not for everyone
Can’t say I agree with that idea, most games simply don’t have the worldbuilding and lore to support in-depth roleplaying like the kind I described, every iteration and build I play is canon-friendly and supported by the cumulative lore of the series, otherwise there’s no narrative heft or consistency to the internal logic of the character and it becomes arbitrary daydreaming
Wether you follow lore or not isn’t really what I mean when I speak about the RPG as a system. The limitations you give yourself are artificial and self-imposed, you’re working around the system, not with it. The game isn’t doing the work for you, the game isn’t reacting to you being a vampire hunter outside of the vampire hunter dlc, where you will always be a vampire or vampire hunter, depending on what you choose.
I can role play in Crusader Kings, but I wouldn’t say thats a good RPG system either.
As long as the system allows the role-playing to be lore-consistent and character variety compelling, then my criteria for ‘good’ has been fulfilled. Obviously that’s not my criteria for a “GREAT” RPG, but “good enough” can, under a lot of conditions, have a quality all it’s own