You’re validated in feeling this way about CRPGs. I also have a weird relationship with them. I know myself well enough that I cannot play this genre by myself. I have to play with friends. Not because I don’t have the attention for them, but because I don’t enjoy the depth I have to go to with each character to understand them. It’s like a full time job! I just want to enjoy my little Paladin. Not learn a whole entourage of classes, skills, weapons, feats. It’s a little too much in my opinion. It turns me off from the genre. I’d rather play with friends who can each play their customized role.
Thanks you for sharing! I like your comparison to old school tabletops, I personally find it to be one of the aspects that I wish I could feel more in cRPGs.
It’s hard for me to build my own character, and having 3-4 other party members with me that I also need to manage the character customisation gets overwhelming to me. Where its not an issue in tabletop campaigns with each player handling a character and you can workshop ideas together.
I hope you are enjoying DOS II, I hope to get to it one day!
You’re validated in feeling this way about CRPGs. I also have a weird relationship with them. I know myself well enough that I cannot play this genre by myself. I have to play with friends. Not because I don’t have the attention for them, but because I don’t enjoy the depth I have to go to with each character to understand them. It’s like a full time job! I just want to enjoy my little Paladin. Not learn a whole entourage of classes, skills, weapons, feats. It’s a little too much in my opinion. It turns me off from the genre. I’d rather play with friends who can each play their customized role.
Thanks you for sharing! I like your comparison to old school tabletops, I personally find it to be one of the aspects that I wish I could feel more in cRPGs.
It’s hard for me to build my own character, and having 3-4 other party members with me that I also need to manage the character customisation gets overwhelming to me. Where its not an issue in tabletop campaigns with each player handling a character and you can workshop ideas together.
I hope you are enjoying DOS II, I hope to get to it one day!