Do you self insert?
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Daystar, stop making threads about games and get back to making threads about awesome British food! We need a thread about Lea & Perrins, dammit! Unless you did that one already, in which case, get on and make one about...I dunno...Seriously Strong Cheddar, or something.
OT: I often find myself self-inserting (you're right, that does sound dirty), even in games that don't call for it. Games like Mass Effect, Skyrim and Half-Life 2 are prime candidates for this, but I also find myself doing it in games like Gears of War on occasion.
In fact, pretty much every game I self-insert, even if it's just for a moment to taunt the enemy (whoever they may be).
OT: I often find myself self-inserting (you're right, that does sound dirty), even in games that don't call for it. Games like Mass Effect, Skyrim and Half-Life 2 are prime candidates for this, but I also find myself doing it in games like Gears of War on occasion.
In fact, pretty much every game I self-insert, even if it's just for a moment to taunt the enemy (whoever they may be).
I mean I like to if possible. Helps me get into the game a lot more. So yes, if I get to create my character or if it's in first person.
No, I usually don't self insert (you're a dirty, dirty man).
When I play a game where you can make your own decisions, I try to imagine what that character would do in certain situations but it's usually not what I would do. Even in games with silent protagonists like Freeman or Link, I imagine what they could be thinking or what they would say and how they would react. But again, it's just this idea of the character that I have but it's not myself.
I pretty much always see the character that I'm playing and myself as two separate entities.
When I play a game where you can make your own decisions, I try to imagine what that character would do in certain situations but it's usually not what I would do. Even in games with silent protagonists like Freeman or Link, I imagine what they could be thinking or what they would say and how they would react. But again, it's just this idea of the character that I have but it's not myself.
I pretty much always see the character that I'm playing and myself as two separate entities.
I only self-insert (yeah, still dirty) with games like Oblivion, Skyrim, Guild Wars, Fallout, etc. where I am making a character to fill my role. In Half-Life, Dishonored, I am playing as Corvo, I am not Corvo. Even with grand strategy or MOBAs I think not how I would act, but how a commander would act, because I am playing a commander. Meh. Must be my acting experience.