Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-108.66.77.108-20130703033838/@comment-24.96.133.64-20160418124644

If you are playing role-playing games simply to become extremely powerful as quickly as possible -- and treat all the characters simply as means to that end -- then you aren't getting your money's worth.

Instead, consider playing these games as the person you want to be. That means suspending disbelief and treating the characters as the people  they represent, and situations as if they were real.

When you play like the person you want to be, triumph consists of facing moral questions head-on. When is it OK to steal, kill, intimidate, bribe, persuade, lie, torture, use the wiki, or use the console? When you are given only bad choices, which one do you choose? Where do you draw your lines? You get to decide. Take those questions seriously and the game gets a lot more interesting.

Doing this is not for the impatient; it will take longer for you to "win." However, the in-game prizes will be (much) sweeter, and you may find something much more valuable:  your self.