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In RPGs, do you usually prefer the ones where your main characters that have their own designs/personalities like Final Fantasy games have mainly had or are you more into creating your own character that you can customize the look and choose how their story unfolds being good or bad ala Fable or Bioware games? For me, I can't really decide, I like both a lot. I'm leaning more toward having characters created already, because I can see myself liking them more than one I created, but then also I like that I can create that character to resemble what I want and have the freedom of choosing which side they are on.