


Creating the characters and the customization was fun as hell.and even with the games problems, was easily worth the price for that part alone. I think a good example of a game like this, that I know got some bad press, was The Temple of Elemental Evil. So outside the obvious choices, I am looking for smaller, even independent hidden gems on steam that fit this. I also don't like games that eventually you unlock everything so one character is not that much different than another. I don't like games that leveling up and taking one path over another has very little impact on combat and your experience. I also love when the game really diverges as you level up and you can spend countless hours stressing over paths you take in skill trees and trying to find a way to "break" the game.

I still pop in Icewind Dale from time to time and spend an hour or so creating characters. I love games that can take hours trying to roll the perfect team. I guess it goes back to playing D&D as a kid, but part of my favorite thing about any RPG is the character creation (not the way they look but the stats) and the leveling up of characters.
