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Indeed, some folks do re-role until fate favors their egos... lol =3

In a way, the more modern video game mechanics based on traditional starter-map games must also choose between a chaotic open-world, or a structured linear mission story (often degrading into a rail-game like snakes/chutes-and-ladders.)

Certainly, many of the iconic characters were a mix of several genres:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Dealer_(painting)

It was initially about people having fun, and a shared experience with friends on a rainy day. The golden age before the rise of the Internet. =3



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