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[HoonDing]

for me its a game where you play a role

[Darkpriest]

for me its a game where you play a role

In CoD you are playing a role of a soldier so by this definitio it would also be an RPG

[HoonDing]

mmaybe

[Keyrock]

 

for me its a game where you play a role

In CoD you are playing a role of a soldier so by this definitio it would also be an RPG

 

In CoD you have no player agency.  Heck, some of the time you can't even open doors, you have to wait for an AI squadmate to do it for you.  You are guided down what's effectively a corridor moving from setpiece A to setpiece B (Ironically that also describes FF XIII) For me player agency is a key factor, though not the only one, in what makes a RPG.  You have choices in how you build your character, how you respond to people, how to approach battle, how to approach obstcles, where to go, who to talk to, etc.  You character's build, the first choice you make, ties into most, if not all, of the choices you make later, as it influences what is the path of least resistance for said character.  Not all RPGs give you control over all these factors, but most give you control over some or many of them.

Edited March 10, 2016 by Keyrock

[GhostofAnakin]

for me its a game where you play a role

 

So basically every single video game ever made was a RPG in your eyes.

[Elerond]

RPGs to me mean games where you have control over your character's story, personality, and actions which are more or less constrained by overall story and rule system of the game.

[sorophx]

^ that is nearly impossible to do well in a video game. some control - sure, like a binary choice here and there that determines what you get to experience and to what extent immediately after making the choice.

 

personality is even harder to do in a consistent way (like - making certain choices removes other subsequent choices that contradict your previous choices in character), I can't name a single game off the top of my head, that would do something even remotely similar.

 

and you control your character's actions in most games (games that don't depend heavily on QTEs). 

I'd kill for a game like this.

Edited March 10, 2016 by sorophx

[Zoraptor]

 

[trolololo]

In CoD you are playing a role of a soldier so by this definitio it would also be an RPG

 

 

Pong is an RPG. I play the role of a paddle, and I can decide at any time to simply allow the 'ball' through; or to hit it back giving it player agency. Now, some would say that Pong lacks stats and thus cannot be an RPG, or lacks stats that effect the gameplay. Not so, the length of the paddle is a stat, as is the speed at which it moves and the ball moves. And if you really want, the weapons in CoD have stats, hence...

 

The alternative is Need For Speed is an RPG, you can improve the stats of your vehicle etc.

 

 

Rpg is a game where you play a role is codexian argument #1324 of a series of 10000. Y'all a bunch of puppets, to quote the great philosopher Mark Henry.

 

[Malcador]

RPGs are those games whose fans argue a lot over minutiae

[HoonDing]

"So basically every single video game ever made was a RPG in your eyes."

 

[Malcador]

[Agiel]

If you got Dawn of War 2: Retribution, the Necron Lord hero for The Last Stand mode is free for a limited time.

[Oerwinde]

For me RPG is when the stats define your character and driv eit through the game. Any agency aside of dialog choices and tactics that overrides the stats makes it less of an RPG. Those are action games with a story.

Pretty much. Stats drive combat, player drives narrative.

[Humanoid]

But that would suggest combat should always be auto-resolved, no? Positioning and movement, which spell to cast, commanding allies: all those kinds of decisions that make up "traditional" RPG combat should really be controlled purely by character stats (such as a "tactical prowess" stat). Consequently player input to the actual fight should logically be no more than "I want to fight this other person" (and perhaps side-decisions such as whether you're taking a lethal approach) then having the computer spit out the result (spoiler: you probably died).

 

I'd be happy to see such a system, but I suspect the broader market, including purist RPG grognards, would find it rather unpalatable.

[Darkpriest]

The problem with that system is the lack of a good ai who could deal with it. But perhaps in 100 years (see what i did there, 'who')

Edited March 11, 2016 by Darkpriest

[Katphood]

Californium sure looks pretty:

 

[Amentep]

 

For me RPG is when the stats define your character and driv eit through the game. Any agency aside of dialog choices and tactics that overrides the stats makes it less of an RPG. Those are action games with a story.

Pretty much. Stats drive combat, player drives narrative.

 

I'd argue "An RPG is a game where stats drive conflict resolution and where the narrative provides, and is reactive to, player choice" personally.

 

But then again what I think of as an RPG in video game wouldn't cut the muster in the P&P world.

Edited March 11, 2016 by Amentep

[Keyrock]

EverQuest Next bites the dust

 

 

I’m writing today to let you know that, after much review and consideration, Daybreak is discontinuing development of EverQuest Next.

This was the game that was supposed to redefine MMORPGs.  So much for that. 

Edited March 11, 2016 by Keyrock

[Hurlshort]

EverQuest Next bites the dust

 

 

I’m writing today to let you know that, after much review and consideration, Daybreak is discontinuing development of EverQuest Next.

This was the game that was supposed to redefine MMORPGs.  So much for that. 

 

Crazy, that thing was pretty deep into alpha testing.  I ran around and did some minecraft type stuff at one point.

[Amentep]

Yeah, I wonder what happened.  I'm not a MMO player, but I know a few who were who thought some of the ideas they were trying to do could be really good if they panned out.

[Ganrich]

I always expect cancellation after an IP changes studios, and if it doesn't get cancelled I expect Duke Nukem. I really enjoyed EQ1 many years ago, but I expect little from the franchise these days. It looked interesting, and i always hate seeing innovation die before it is realized, but I am not surprised.

 

As an MMO player the only game I have any real interest in is Camelot Unchained, but I was always a PvP player. Seeing that 99.9% of MMOs are PvE games with PvP strapped on... I haven't enjoyed many games in the genre. UO, DAoC, Shadowbane (was revlutionary, but combat was dated even for its time), etc. I like PvP with meaning, but without penalizing newer players with gear gaps, item looting, etc. I am tired of it being relegated to instanced matches with a huge gear tread mill like it is PvE content. MMOs need some innovation. This game getting cancelled will inhibit that, for sure. Even if it was trying to innovate PvE content the building/destruction could have benefited PvP too... I am sad to see it die before it had time to shine.

[Malcador]

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/witcher-3-dev-teases-new-game-for-2016-another-aaa/1100-6435527/?ftag=GSS-05-10aaa0a

 

CDPR putting new game out in 2016

[Keyrock]

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/witcher-3-dev-teases-new-game-for-2016-another-aaa/1100-6435527/?ftag=GSS-05-10aaa0a

 

CDPR putting new game out in 2016

Gwent CCG incoming. 

[Malcador]

I still we get a Dandelion RPG.

[the_dog_days]

I still we get a Dandelion RPG.

Combat strumming a mandolin mixed with the sex cards for W1.