Hello all.

I wanted to thank you for answering and letting you know that all your responses have been of great help to me. They allowed me to get some first hand insight which I have used to construct a series of interviews with students from my university and the current findings are extremely interesting (which is also why I went absent for a while - I have been really busy going through the interviews and coding the responses).

I cannot say anything about the results yet, as my research is still ongoing, but I want you to know that I deeply appreciate anyone who took the time to answer in this thread. There was one in here interested in reading my findings and I will atleast post some information when I am done. The project is expected to be finished at the end of May.

Thanks again guys :)

Thank you @Korvus85 . It has helped me a lot to be able to use this site for my preliminary research.

I could still use a couple more, so bumping up the thread one last time.

Thanks guys :)

Calleja's incorporation theory is really interesting and I have used it in previous studies, but thanks for the heads-up. I'll see what I can do about putting up a link.

Thanks for bumping and answering. It is okay if the games mentioned doesn't "fit the bill" 100%, because though some users answer for other types of games it helps to understand how we as players relate, so that's just wonderful.

Thanks for the responses so far. I find your answers really interesting and valuable for my research, but the more the better :)

I think whether you like Dragon Age depends on your playstyle. IMO Dragon Age will become a favorite game for people enjoying the interaction between characters and how their actions affect the story, as the combat system isn't that interesting - as has been said, the warrior doesn't require much interaction. I personally loved DA:O - I spent I don't know how long on talking with the NPCs and doing sidequests to get certain objects for each of my companions.

DA2 has a better combat system, but the level design is ridicilously simple - no matter what cave you walk into, it is the same cave, but where some doors have been blocked and others have not. However, I found the game to be a valuable experience as a story with interesting characters and where choices seemed less black-and-white than in DA:O.

I personally think both DA games are worth the play through (DA:O is definitely the better one), but I have met players who said that they couldn't handle all the talking. My guess is that if you are into Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls and heavy story games, you will like them.

Hello all.

I am currently writing my thesis in game design and I would therefore appreciate any thoughts you have on the subject.

I am doing a study on player-character relations in third person games (games where you can't create your own character and where you see your character while playing, such as Batman: Arkham City, Alan Wake, Tomb Raider, and Gears of War), and I would like to hear your thoughts on how you view your relationship with the playable character while playing.

Which 3rd person games have you played and how would you, in your own words, describe your relation to the character in these games? How do you view the character and how do you view yourself while playing?

The answers will be used in my master thesis and if you do not wish to have your user name printed in the paper that is of course alright - just let me know. I appreciate you taking the time to answer and anything you can add is helpful.