Quoted from D:

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I loved Morrowind and Skyrim even more. I tried Oblivion but for whatever reason it really failed to get my attention at all. After the opening prison break I felt like I was unleashed into a very boring world, aesthetically. None of the dialogue caught my attention so I never went back. May have just been because I was burned out on Bethesda style games at the time, though.

From your list I only played Stanley Parable, which was definitely cool, unique and interesting. Not for a casual gamer though lol. I own Child of Light (at the recommendation of just_dandy) and Gone Home but haven't tried either of them yet.

also hi GI!

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Quoted from Pertti Susilainen:

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I didn't kill Paarthurnax but I was left with the impression that he had orchestrated the whole thing from the beginning and he needed someone to rid him of Alduin so as to emerge, effectively, as the leader of all dragons. But then I never saw anyone talking about that online, everyone talked about how you'd have to be an asshole to kill Paarthurnax, so I figure I misunderstood the story?

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Quoted from Ztolk:

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I feel like the Kill Paarthurnax thing is a semi-bug due to an incomplete mission. It's such a ridiculous option, kill one of the few character-having dragons in the game to please some nobodies, who have no leverage over the motherfucking Dragonborn. There's some code you can enter that moves the quest to the next stage without you having to actually kill him, so you can proceed with the Blade questline. It's pretty lame though, there's like a cool training area in the outdoor temple but that's it.

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Quoted from D:

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I feel like not that many like playing sneaky, everyone tells me it's boring and they wanna rage like a barbarian. I can appreciate that but I find it a lot more fun to sneak because I feel like it helps immersion. I like to actually be scared about what's around the corner so that i'm crawling around the corner and peaking and my heart is pacing as I go in for a quiet assassination. I can't get the same realism if I'm charging in guns (or swords) blazing because I would never do that, were I to ever find myself dungeon crawling in a haunted crypt. It also bothers me that the people in the very next room in some games somehow can't hear you having an epic battle in the hallway and don't come to help their friends, and instead patiently wait their turn to fight you. (Wolfenstein actually does a pretty good job at not doing this.)

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Quoted from Pertti Susilainen:

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Me, while creating a new character: "Ok, so she's selfish and kind of a sociopath, she's out there for power's sake"
Me, five minutes later: "STOP HELPING RANDOM FARMERS!!!"

It's very hard for me to make my characters deviate too much from what I'd consider acceptable. I can give them specific traits (like "can be ruthless if someone threatens their family", or "is really against fantastic racism", or "is pretty scrupulous with legal matters"), but nothing that would automatically make me feel bad about the decisions I'll take.

That said, my sneaky Skyrim character was a total psychopath, but as I said that's because I didn't find it that immersive. By the way, that was my second character - the first one (and the only one I played through the main quest with) was a pretty straight-forward warrior.

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