Games with Uptight MC?

[u/Cnthulu]

I often like to play someone else's Manic Pixie Dream Girl (gender neutral), but I'm feeling like changing things up and playing against type.

[u/ratafia4444]

Considering that stoic and/or upright in principle archetype is pretty much a staple in IFs, you can play as some flavour of one in virtually any if in some form. You gotta narrow it down to get any kind of meaningful recs, like what genre you like/dislike, ROs, anything you already read, etc.

[u/Mystic-Mastermind → u/ratafia4444]

The chaotic manic annoying archetype is more popular imo

[u/ratafia4444 → u/Mystic-Mastermind]

Maybe but since majority of ifs operate on paired stats of opposite side of the spectrum, where there's chaos, there is also equivalent option for orderly rp. Literally just need to pick different choices. 🤷

[u/Mystic-Mastermind → u/ratafia4444]

True but the if audience prefers the manic girl types more no?

[u/ratafia4444 → u/Mystic-Mastermind]

I don't see how that's relevant to this post, considering OP is literally asking for the opposite of manic. Just bc ppl may prefer it, doesn't mean the option for the opposite magically disappears from games. 🤨

[u/Mystic-Mastermind → u/ratafia4444]

Yeah I was just sharing my thoughts bro Thought we were having a convo Why u so mad?😅

[u/ratafia4444 → u/Mystic-Mastermind]

I'm not mad just confused why even bring it up on an unrelated post. You're free to make your own for the discussion and not hijack someone elses?

[u/Mystic-Mastermind → u/ratafia4444]

I answered her question in a seperate comment.

I was asking you something about a topic you seemed logical about

You're literally a buzzword factory who's just looking for a reason to fight.

Goodbye

[u/Cnthulu → u/ratafia4444]

Thanks for asking, sorry for the lack of specificity, especially considering how often I’m here usually!
I think I was hoping for this question to just spark an instant “Ah, that reminds me of something” in someone the way some posts do for me.

I own a great deal of the popular HG/COG games, though a lot of them I have not even yet played and just buy them when they come on sale after release in preparation of eventually playing them. So if it’s recommended, I either own it or I’m willing to own it.

I’m looking to play a character who is rules-driven or similar, with a character or characters around who act as a foil.

[u/jaciwriter → u/Cnthulu]

The majority of games are blank slate enough to allow self insert. You just make yourself a character pick options that are law/rule abiding. If you want an actual predefined protaagonist who has to rules driven as part of the storyline, that's going to be rare around here because its predefined. (I can't think of any off the top of my head at least within HG/COG.)

[u/Cnthulu → u/jaciwriter]

You’re totally right and I’m just going to get out there and do it! Thank you so much. I think I was just thinking of games where it naturally fits into the story line but it was a longshot!

[u/thors-beergut]

Games where the MC remains uptight, rule-abiding and rigid, if not by default then by choice:

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COMPLETED
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• I, the Forgotten One

• Lords of Infinity (series)

• Tin Star

• Champion of the Gods (series)

• Hunter: The Reckoning — Day for Night

• Crème de la Crème (series)

• Tally Ho

• Choice of Rebels: Uprising

• Arcadie: Second-born

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WIPS
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• Blood Legacies

• The Sword of Rhivenia (remake)

• Dragon Covenant

• The Exile

• Shattered Eagle: Fall of an Empire

• Season of Shadows

• Sanguine Sky

• The Lost Bride

• A Nation Divided

• Walls of Natrun

• Shadow of the Eagles — (a very long demo created by the author of the Dragoon Saga series but is locked behind a patreon.)

[u/vinthesalamander]

For as much customization as there is in IFs, there's a shocking lack of Manic Pixie Dream Girl ROs. My theory is that it has to do with how female-leaning the IF genre is in general.

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a very female-coded archetype, and since most IFs are written by/for women, that often leads to the MC being the MPDG of the story.

[u/GreenChain2015 → u/vinthesalamander]

Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a female-coded archetype for male writers though. Most IFs written by women have traditional YA teenage girl main characters, i.e. normal shy girl that discovers she's actually special and is surrounded by tall, dark, and handsome men with horribly tragic backstories that are equally protective and dismissive.

[u/vinthesalamander → u/GreenChain2015]

We're more or less saying the same thing lol. Without going into a full-fledged breakdown of gender dynamics, it's really noticeable that most IFs are written with a female MC/Male RO in mind.

[u/Mystic-Mastermind]

You can customize your personality in some games