I don't really have Restartitis. I have Obsessive Compulsive Character Creation Disorder. I make about 20 characters and only every play two of them - a Good one and an Evil one. I don't know why I kid myself that I'll ever have the time to play through all those games :P
Eh, sorta. I'm torn between wanting to play a Cavalier or some combination of fighter/thief. The Paladin because it's been a long, long time since I've played BG and the immunities that kit provides will really make the first game easier as I relearn the ropes, and the fighter/thief multi (or maybe thief dual to fighter) because I'd like to be able to handle traps that come my way without having to swap party members yet still be a tanky/frontline fighter. Ooo or maybe Swash/fighter...or maybe just swashbuckler?
... The constant battle after battle and increased funneling of the game play starts to feel increasingly tedious to me somewhere around the Underdark--and I'm much less a fan of BG2(EE) compared with BGEE. I just play one game or the other now.
I feel much the same. While many people much prefer BG2 I find the heavy focus on magic battles gets boring after a while and I'm very prone to abandoning BG2 midway through. I've finished 1 many more times than 2.
compared to Diablo 2, where the lack of dialogue options and like 2 quests make the game less roleplay-oriented as the BGs are.
LOL roleplaying in Diablo! Admittedly I'm not a big RP guy myself, sticking to broad "paragon of virtue" or "history's greatest monster" styles in BG, but I can't imagine RPing anything beyond "guy who kills thousands and thousands of monsters and really likes powerful gear", in Diablo
I always give my characters a personality, regardless of how easy a game makes it to express it in in-game choices.
I've had restartitis since I started playing this series. It's the same thing with Dragon Age and Mass Effect, and basically any RPG with class choice. It's that bad, because I have to try EVERY OPTION before I delude myself into thinking I'll be satisfied with what I chose at the end.
I'll come up with a concept that I really want to play, and stick with it through thick or thin. Hell, half the time I tweak good ("good" to me is 85+ Points) stuff to be 75-Point if I feel like it...
And no, like many others it seems I use rpgs in order to help "work out characters" a lot. Bioware has been very kind to me in the past in that regard. Be it Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2, Dragonage Orgins (even Dragon Age 2, but that resulted in a slightly disturbed character, strangely enough), I have acquired a vast spectum of characters thus far. Male and female, sane and insane, good or morally "interesting", I love the amount of creativity such games grant a willing mind with several hours to waste .
And no, like many others it seems I use rpgs in order to help "work out characters" a lot. Bioware has been very kind to me in the past in that regard. Be it Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2, Dragonage Orgins (even Dragon Age 2, but that resulted in a slightly disturbed character, strangely enough), I have acquired a vast spectum of characters thus far. Male and female, sane and insane, good or morally "interesting", I love the amount of creativity such games grant a willing mind with several hours to waste .
I've only ever restarted when my game is no longer playable (corrupt, bugged, I screwed up big time). However, I am constantly torn with how I want my character and party to be from a roleplay perspective.
On one hand, I want to be an average person, with an average group of adventurers.
On the other hand, I know I am this child of a God, and feel like I should go solo or keep the group as small as possible.
I feel the temptation but I will not submit.I will finish the game with my C.Neutral with evil tendencies female Fighter and then I will restart with my C.Neutral with good tendencies male Archer.
I make a lot a lot of BG1 characters, more to play around with low-level survival than anything else. I have Bex the Berserker > Mage gathering gold in Athkatla right now, and Adeste the Fighter > Cleric is currently trying to figure out how best to humiliate a Fighter > Dragon.
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ARGH!
Ooh, but I wonder what that class/race/combo could do!!
*exits game*
*goes to character creation*
It is time for more...experiments...
And no, like many others it seems I use rpgs in order to help "work out characters" a lot. Bioware has been very kind to me in the past in that regard. Be it Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2, Dragonage Orgins (even Dragon Age 2, but that resulted in a slightly disturbed character, strangely enough), I have acquired a vast spectum of characters thus far. Male and female, sane and insane, good or morally "interesting", I love the amount of creativity such games grant a willing mind with several hours to waste
On one hand, I want to be an average person, with an average group of adventurers.
On the other hand, I know I am this child of a God, and feel like I should go solo or keep the group as small as possible.