So its not a new thing that people will create their own rules to self enforce a different kind of playstyle. The most obvious being the Pokemon Nuzlocke where you nickname every pokemon, only catch the first thing on each route and release it when it faints. I've tried it a few times and before the games got so easy every move one shots the enemies it was a pretty fun time. But what other even more autistic examples can you think of or have tried yourself?Solo self found for arpgs is a pretty common one but honestly thats just how i play them in general because my friends only play turn based rpgs.I do have one friend that spent like 200 hours doing a "merchant run" of Oblivion where after leaving the tutorial sewers decides to become a merchant and put all his points into things like speechcraft and encumberance and never carries a weapon and walks from town to town down paths trading and upselling to get stuff like horses and a house. They are odd rules but i can get it. It not an rpg but i certainly enjoy single biome minecraft worlds where i have to go out my comfort zone and try new things. Which brings to mind stuff like the famous "FFV Four Job Fiesta" where a website rolls you up a job for each character and the moment you unlock it the character has to stick to that till the credits.Whats some rules you have made up to try and inject new life into an rpg you've played to death?
I have this game where every time I lose in a videogame I say racial slurs.
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>>3695535In RPGs you can just roleplay different characters, so that ensures different playstyles. Like that merchant guy in Oblivion you mentioned.On top of that I avoid metagaming, and using unbalanced items/mechanics. One example is those overpowered items that came from a DLC that some games have.I do whatever "restrictions" seem to improve the game's design, that make for a better roleplay.Also it can be fun sticking with preset, or otherwise specialized characters, instead of those minmaxed "do everything" terminators.
