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Aeolus451 on 14 April 2016
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MikeRox said:
Aeolus451 said:

People want to play as characters they can relate to or identify with. Similar race/sex makes sense. People from many different races and males/females/transexuals complained about it. There's a reason why most devs won't use a randomized race/sex for player generation without being able to customize their character's look. 

 

I really don't get this whole thing of needing to identify with a game avatar to be able to enjoy a game. Seems pretty narcissistic to need a likeness to yourself to enjoy a game.

 

Have people really lost the imagination to be able to enter someone else's world?

 

Somehow I don't think Mario became so big due to the large number of overweight Italian plumbers with twins/brothers...

In my opinion, it's not a bad thing or narcistic. People prefer main characters in movies, tv shows, comic books, books, manga, anime, etc to be relatable to 'em or a ideal version of who they want to be. It's the difference between a character being likeable and the character feeling alien to 'em.  People will naturally seek out kindred spirits or/and others they can look up to. It's how we choose our friends for the most part and lovers. Sometime in common to something to relate. Any decent writer will want whoever is reading to either relate to their characters/form bonds or look up to their characters and want to become them. 

 

Being able to customize a character is the easiest way to please every gamer that plays that game and to where they bond or form some kind of attachment to the character. Personally, I play games like that and the ones like the witcher where you play as a set character with a set storyline.  I like both. The witcher is like reading a book where you're along for the ride. A game like Fallout 4 relies on your imagination to form your own character and story.