sabishii said:
I'm not attacking anyone. I just want to know how to enjoy replaying RPGs, because if I can learn this skill perhaps I wouldn't be so fixated on finding new RPGs to play.
Because a good CRPG, even the hack & slasher action types, should play differently with different character types. You might get the majority of the overall plot one time through, but you won't get the total experience of the game with just one play through.
Besides, the overall plot is rarely as interesting as the smaller details of the people and places in the game. What happens if I try to sneak my way through this area? What happens if I bribe this guy? What happens if I piss this guy off? Things like that not only allow the game to be played differently, but also show different sides of NPCs(Unless BioWare wrote the dialogue, then pissing off the guy and being nice to the guy gives you the same dialogue response and there is no impact on the game).
If you're not interested in how the changes in your character build affects the game and only in the story, then you can eliminate the majority of the hassle of playing a CRPG and just stick with adventure games.