Do you 'self-insert' in videogames?

[New Frontiersman]

That's how I tend to do it, at least for my first play though. I like to feel as though I'm in the game, that's really what I've wanted ever since I've been a kid: to be in my won video game, and character creation options let me do just that. I just love the feeling when I see myself in the game, and I try to make my characters act like I really would (more stealthy to try and avoid confrontation, pick the morally "good" options) rather than just go for whatever makes me more powerful. Maybe I'm an egomaniac to like to see myself in my games, but that's just how I am, I like to experience things as me rather than someone else.


That being said in more open games like Skyrim or Oblivion I might still roleplay my "me" character a bit by coming up with interesting back stories whenever the game doesn't provide one.


Of course on later playthoughs I usually create a character different than my own to try and experience things from a different perspective and play in different ways which is always interesting too, but I'll always have a preference for my "me" characters.

 

[Olas]

No


That seems like a weird thing to do, it's like narcissism incarnate. While I often insert my own personality, preferences, and morality into the characters I play as, because it just feels more natural to me, I don't see any reason why they should look like the blob of bone and flesh holding the controller.

 

[Odbarc]

I have multiple characters I bring into every one of my games. If I can name my character, they are given specific classes, roles, genders, ect.

 

[The Hero Killer]

No never, I'm one of the most uninteresting creatures on the planet. I play RPGs and create characters to play a role that couldnt be further from myself not to mention most of my characters are female.