[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

This. Every single character that I and/or my wife have "made" in either Mass Effect or Fallout, we've attached a bunch of personality, backstory, and subsequent personal investment to, regardless of what information (or lack thereof) is in the game proper..

I have to agree. It's really how you tackle the game.

For example, my wife found herself getting bored with Skyrim as it seemed that after a few hours, she started pursuing the same power up goals and equipment, no matter the character she created. Having come from an older school of pen and paper RPGs (D&D and Shadowrun) I told her that she should make up rules about what her character will and will not do, and allow those to guide her next quest through Skyrim. For example, if I was playing a Khajiit, I had no issues joining the Brotherhood, although I would only tend to take missions where I would kill Nords, due to the amount of racism I had encountered in the land. I would never kill other Khajiit, Elves, or Argonians since they dealt with the same race issues. Being a male character, I wouldn't equip armor looted off of female bodies. In fact, wearing looted armor was disgusting, as I didn't want the blood of my enemies caked in my Khajiit fur, so I only wore armor I purchased or made myself...and so on.

Of course, this is just an example, but it also shows how you can let your created character's backstory and rules guide your quest, as opposed to allowing the game to hold your hand and force you to play the way they want to.