I guess this would be mainly pertaining to RPGs where you have multiple party members. Do you find yourself giving the main character all the best gear first or all the stat boost items or anything like that?
I find I do, but I've been better about spreading out the love, in case focusing on just one guy bites me in the ass.
My thinking is that the main character is more likely to always be your playable character and often has the most balanced stats distribution.
I remember when I played Chrono Trigger, Crono always got all the tabsand first dibs on the best armor. Or in Wild Arms, Rudy got all the apples and the Sheriff Star. And then both of those throw in parts where the protagonist isn't playable for a while, and things are harder than they could be.
The worst I got was the first time I played Earthbound. I killed off all the party members except Ness so that he could get 4x EXP. That let me reach level 99 well before Magicant, and then I missed out on the major stat boost from beating that because Ness couldn't level up anymore. Whoops.
Do you do this, too, or is it just me?
I guess this could manifest in other genres, too, like maybe you always pick Ryu in Street Fighter or always choose the character defaulted to player 1.
I find I do, but I've been better about spreading out the love, in case focusing on just one guy bites me in the ass.
My thinking is that the main character is more likely to always be your playable character and often has the most balanced stats distribution.
I remember when I played Chrono Trigger, Crono always got all the tabsand first dibs on the best armor. Or in Wild Arms, Rudy got all the apples and the Sheriff Star. And then both of those throw in parts where the protagonist isn't playable for a while, and things are harder than they could be.
The worst I got was the first time I played Earthbound. I killed off all the party members except Ness so that he could get 4x EXP. That let me reach level 99 well before Magicant, and then I missed out on the major stat boost from beating that because Ness couldn't level up anymore. Whoops.
Do you do this, too, or is it just me?
I guess this could manifest in other genres, too, like maybe you always pick Ryu in Street Fighter or always choose the character defaulted to player 1.