This poll may have been a little over the top in terms of choices. 75 of you took the time to answer though. The only real conclusion I can draw from the answers is people prefer to make less complicated choices to more complicated ones.
Character completely anonymous | 9 (12%) |
Pre-generated amnesiac e.g. Planescape: Torment | 6 (8%) |
Pre-generated archetype e.g. Half-Life | 6 (8%) |
Pre-generated character e.g. Metal Gear Solid | 7 (9%) |
Choose from several pre-generated characters | 5 (6%) |
Choose name | 33 (44%) |
Choose appearance | 29 (38%) |
Choose background or plot arcs | 19 (25%) |
Randomly generate background or plot arcs e.g. Traveller | 22 (29%) |
Choose career, class and/or race at start | 31 (41%) |
Choose skills, abilities and/or powers at start | 22 (29%) |
Spend money on equipment at start | 17 (22%) |
Choose which skills/career to advance | 25 (33%) |
Don't make choices at the start; but have decision points early in the game | 19 (25%) |
Don't make choices at the start; but have decision points later in the game | 15 (20%) |
No explicit stats | 9 (12%) |
No stat variation | 9 (12%) |
Pre-generated stats | 4 (5%) |
Point assigned stats | 24 (32%) |
Random stats | 16 (21%) |
Answer questions to decide stats | 12 (16%) |
Generate one main character + group with pre-generated characters | 11 (14%) |
Generate multiple characters to form a group | 11 (14%) |
Other | 4 (5%) |
The next poll is one of my semi-regular 'Tell me what you think of my writing' type polls. The links to the articles are accessible below the poll.
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