Quote Originally Posted by SturmChurro View Post
Well, I don't mean 'right' or 'wrong' in sense of morality necessarily, but literally out of order.
Oh. Well, I suffer from that too. Just not in every game. It's definitely why I don't like speed running either.

In Dark Souls, the NPCs have very convoluted questlines that you probably won't figure out your first time through without a guide. Once I knew about them, it was sort of a death knell for speed. I can only barely force myself to ignore certain NPCs and move on. I like to save all of them, and get them to Firelink Shrine. Buy their wares, chat them up, and listen to them talk. It's a compulsion.

Even if I'm playing a STR based Himbo who will never use Sorcery, I will raise my sorcery to the point where I can buy Bighat Logan's spells right off the bat.

I always go save Rhea of Thorolund from the Tomb of Giants, even if I have no intention of using Miracles in the playthrough.

Sometimes when I force myself to break the mold, I won't delete the character... at least not for a long while. They'll sit there, taking up space, and by the time I want to play the game again I'll look at them and think, "Oh, they killed so and so, and they didn't talk to this one NPC, so now their options are limited. Might as well start a new character."

I definitely don't suffer in the way or as bad as you, but I kind of get what you're saying.