I never played. Not enough kids willing to play. Either scared of sin or too cool. Any of the RPG stuff could be cool with friends that basically live together. Really, the modern 1st person shooter with online worlds is RPG lite pay for play. Which is dumber than pretending to be a magician or fighter, whatever, for free. IMO. We all live in a fantasy world in our own minds.
I read fantasy, especially Dragonlance. Dug the art minus the misogyny. I played a lot of rpg video games. Good waste of time. I asked my wife what her character would be and she said dungeon. I said you cant be that and she said dragon. I said some dm would allow it.
How funny would it be to die, and find out that you aren't you? That you are "a dude disguised as another dude, playing another dude?" And that this whole life was a fake world and you played this fake character and lived their life.
Who are you? What can you do? What would you do if there were no real consequences? Fantasy. Life is but a dream.