I dunno. Culturally they're all pretty distinct, and I think that's where all the really interesting RP possibilities come in - I don't care how alien or not they look, I care how alien or not they act.
A good example, to me, is Lord of the Rings Online. I'm a huge Tolkien geek. I've read pretty much everything he wrote, including all the random drafts and essays in the various History of Middle Earth books. I love Tolkien's elves. So, of course, I play an elf in LOTRO. Now it's not terribly easy to tell an Elf apart from a Man in that game, aside from beards, but culturally they're extremely different. Tolkien's Elves are alien. They don't die. They develop differently as children. Their existence is bound by the existence of the world (instead of leaving it and going who-knows-where, like Men do). When they look at something in the world, they see it, as opposed to Men who (in the words of Finrod) seem to be remembering something more dear to them from someplace else. Tolkien's Elves live in the world, while they call Men "Guests" because they seem to pass through it on the way to something else. It makes for a really fascinating perspective to RP.
Miqo's and Lalafell and all the rest of them aren't quite that alien from one another, but there's certainly enough differences to be interesting.
A good example, to me, is Lord of the Rings Online. I'm a huge Tolkien geek. I've read pretty much everything he wrote, including all the random drafts and essays in the various History of Middle Earth books. I love Tolkien's elves. So, of course, I play an elf in LOTRO. Now it's not terribly easy to tell an Elf apart from a Man in that game, aside from beards, but culturally they're extremely different. Tolkien's Elves are alien. They don't die. They develop differently as children. Their existence is bound by the existence of the world (instead of leaving it and going who-knows-where, like Men do). When they look at something in the world, they see it, as opposed to Men who (in the words of Finrod) seem to be remembering something more dear to them from someplace else. Tolkien's Elves live in the world, while they call Men "Guests" because they seem to pass through it on the way to something else. It makes for a really fascinating perspective to RP.
Miqo's and Lalafell and all the rest of them aren't quite that alien from one another, but there's certainly enough differences to be interesting.
