So I'm fucking hyped.
I never ever ever played RPGs, ever. Hadn't heard of Morrowind. Shunned Final Fantasy. The only turn based I could abide was Pokemon. I was 13, it was 2007, and I was in a supermarket with my brother about to buy Spider-Man 3, complete with exclusive Green Goblin.
Saw Oblivion, argued with my brother for around 40 minutes because I insisted this was supposed to be good and I heard it wasn't all about making potions and spending experience points making Derek the barber as strong as you were, so we got that.
Played it for 170 hours, one save alone. I'm sure it was a Nord, could have been a Redguard. I created so many other saves after that first one I can't remember too much. Which is why I'm having the dilemma I'm having now. Picking a race.
The thing is, I don't think I'm an RPG player. Sure I'll explore everywhere, I'll do the hunting, I'll probably have some ulterior motive for picking a race, but I don't think if I was to imagine a backstory for my character, if I was to say 'well I will only do Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild because he wouldn't do other ones' I'd feel like I wasn't having the complete experience, and I'm generally very likely to use much more sword combat than I am making potions and using soul gems and using spells other than fire ones. That's just me, I'd like to be able to say otherwise because it might help me with this.
The smart money's on a Nord; comes from Skyrim and I can easily see them being the heroes of the tale, ones likely to be Dragonborn and thus fitting in with the story more. Redguards for the same reason, plus they're black which makes them cooler (and outs me as a positive discriminator). I don't want to be an Imperial - too vanilla - or a Breton - too average. The only Elf I'll consider is Dunmer because they're fucking cool, are good at everything (but can I really see one being Dragonborn and Hero Of Skyrim?) and the beast races all appeal to me; Argonian less so due to its completely reptilian look. But the Orcs in Skyrim look fearsome and formidable, especially the ones with white eyes and protruding bones through their noses and whatnot, while the Khajit are fucking lion men. Lion men. The same problem applies though, will it feel weird saving people and doing quests and helping rid the world of dragons if I'm a fucking lion man?
That gives me a choice of 5 to narrow it down to. Nord, Redguard, Dunmer, Orc, Khajit. Convince me GAF. Take into account the fact that if I pick Nord, I probably won't walk around topless and raping wolves into submission, or if I'm an Dunmer I won't burn everyone I suspect has a hatred of me. I'll probably play it a very simple way; completing quests, hacking and slashing, exploring and saying wow fucking wow. Help me here.
