RPG Progress Report

[Ack]

I don't think there is any other way to play Mass Effect.

[Stark]

I played Mass Effect by being mostly good and punching people in the face that were asking for it or had a punchable face.

[isiolia]

My Femshep was pretty much a goodie two shoes.

She even saved (and romanced) Kaiden.

[Sarge]

Vanguard for life. Dashing in and shotgunning dudes in the face never gets old.

Also, male Shep, and good guy. Always good guy. I can't bring myself to do anything different. I literally agonized over one decision in Pillars of Eternity because I wanted a certain stat boost, but couldn't bring myself to do it. Even when I'm playing a fantasy game, I'm apparently trying to be in character from real life.

[MrPopo]

My Femshep was pretty much a goodie two shoes.

She even saved (and romanced) Kaiden.

Eww, Kaiden is terrible.

I play every RPG as a character that can run up and punch/shoot people in the face. I cannot stand squishy characters; the only reason I rolled a mage in DA:I was because I knew DA liked to give mages sufficient buffs to be able to handle combat just fine, and the Knight Enchanter did not let me down.

[noiseredux]

I just wanna stand over here and pick things off from afar w/ a bow and arrow. Maybe that's my problem w/ ME... no bow and arrow.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Even when I'm playing a fantasy game, I'm apparently trying to be in character from real life.

I do this too. The next one I play, however, I am definitely going to be just as evil as possible. We'll see how that goes...

[Ack]

I just wanna stand over here and pick things off from afar w/ a bow and arrow. Maybe that's my problem w/ ME... no bow and arrow.

And that right there is your problem. Come on, noise! Get comfortable with gore! You gotta wander knee-deep into the dead and stack 'em up like cord wood! Get your hands bloody! Because nothing is better than watching the life drain from your enemy's face as you beat them into a bloody pulp, up close and personal-like.

[isiolia]

I just wanna stand over here and pick things off from afar w/ a bow and arrow. Maybe that's my problem w/ ME... no bow and arrow.

...but it has guns, and telekinesis.

I played as an Adept. Many years of FFXI RDM made me pretty crowd-control minded. I think I tend to opt for hybrid classes more often than not really.

I'd say that I try to play things more like I actually would in real life, at least for initial playthroughs. Once that's been done, then it's easier to go with the evil route or something, because it's more like just seeing what the other road was.

[Stark]

I just wanna stand over here and pick things off from afar w/ a bow and arrow. Maybe that's my problem w/ ME... no bow and arrow.

Have you played a little game called ... The Last of Us? I have a feeling it would be right up your alley, the bow and arrow alley and the survival horror alley specifically.