I don't think I have ever been emotionally invested in character in a video game

[BigDaddyCool]

Disclaimer, I'm not trolling just trying to have a discussion.

Now on to the topic. I do not believe I have ever been emotionally invested in the characters in games. Not a single one. I have liked them in so much as you can like a one dimensional plumber man stepping on turtles and mushrooms. But just not the way I am in other media. I have been emotionally invested in characters on tv and movies and in books and comics, but never have I felt the same level of connection for characters in video games. I believe there may be a few reasons:

1) Maybe it is because you can get extra lives and continues or try again. But then that doesn't really explain why there is no connection to the supporting characters who can still die.

2) Maybe the stories aren't written well enough for that connection to be made. I've heard time and time again the story usually comes later in the game making process so it has to be made to fit what is already there and there are some streches to be made which cause plot holes which breaks connections being made.

3) It could be I just haven't played the right games.

4) Maybe I don't understand what it means to be emotionally connected...which I doubt. I know it is more than just caring if they die or not. It should be being happen when they are happy, feeling pain with they feel pain, and going on the emotional roller coaster with them. But for whatever reason I just see them as little pixel men running around blasting stuff. But I know it isn't just because they are little pixel men blasting stuff because I have felt that connection to Buzz Lightyear and he is a little pixel man that has been known to blast stuff.