Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7153552-20130626214137/@comment-10862555-20130627080154

I started TES at Skyrim, and I had no RPG experience before other than Mass Effect. Did the same thing, but I got bored of Skyrim because I had a boring character. After a while I made a new character (I named this account after her) and role-played with set morals and a compelling backstory. I play Skyrim obsessively now!

My friend decided to play as well and he just wants to kill things. His character means nothing to him and he constantly complains about the game not being what he expected.

I think that since games used to put the burden of characterization on the player because of hardware limits, RP was the norm. Now that games often force-feed people story and characters, the drive to invent a background for the mysterious wanderer you play is not as common.