playing a million different characters and stories in swtor back to back as you're getting immersed in the world while being allowed to basically do everything like it's an offline rpg with the occasional random and deeply weird chat message on dormund kaas of two people arguing over the least arguable topic possible is a gaming experience flavor everyone must taste

maybe if i think really hard about video game character everything will be okay

"oh btw that loyal agent you sent to spy on me? i fucked them so good they work for me now" is an iconic rpg romance trope. shepard/miranda. inquisitor/iron bull. rogue trader/heinrix. tav/shadowheart. it always hits.

god the anchor deterioration was so good. remember how terrifying that was when you had no idea what was going on, and every once in a while the inquisitor would spontaneously hiss and flick their hand in first surprise and then pain, and then suddenly control over them would be fully wrested from your hands as they writhed and cried out in agony, and the music was a drumming heartbeat in your ears, and finally you could see it fragmenting and dissolving with shreds of it drifting off in the breeze like it was nothing more than vapor after a detonation. yeah.