Depends drastically on the game. I don’t think that it’s possible to give a single answer.
In general, I prefer Western RPG-style games over Japanese RPG-style games, and WRPGs tend to let you craft the main character, unlike JRPGs. And those kind of inhabit the same space. So I guess if you put me in a gun-to-the-head choice between the two, I’d prefer to create the main character myself. I also don’t try to create my real-life self in games.
But, I mean…if I’m playing a Metroid-franchise game, I want to play Samus Aran. I don’t want to play me, and I don’t want to play some sort of character that I craft from scratch.
Depends drastically on the game. I don’t think that it’s possible to give a single answer.
In general, I prefer Western RPG-style games over Japanese RPG-style games, and WRPGs tend to let you craft the main character, unlike JRPGs. And those kind of inhabit the same space. So I guess if you put me in a gun-to-the-head choice between the two, I’d prefer to create the main character myself. I also don’t try to create my real-life self in games.
But, I mean…if I’m playing a Metroid-franchise game, I want to play Samus Aran. I don’t want to play me, and I don’t want to play some sort of character that I craft from scratch.