April 14, 2002 03:35 PM
What does RPG mean to you. Does it have to have skill building statistics?
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April 14, 2002 03:50 PM
quote: Original post by Order over Chaos
What does RPG mean to you. Does it have to have skill building statistics?
No. As far as I am concerned, a game like Thief had RPG characteristics. You played the role of a thief in an immersive game. I don''t believe there were any skill building statistics in that game.
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April 14, 2002 05:28 PM
No, not really. I''m currently working on a RPG project, which has no skills option type of thing. Just magic, and the basics. But I might "upgrade" it later.
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April 15, 2002 01:40 AM
If it doesn''t have some sort of stat building mechanism, then the game will have a very hard time finding its way into the RPG category, no matter how RPG like it is! (it''ll be labelled adventure or action game).
On the other hand, if it has some sort of stat building mechanism, it''ll find it very hard NOT to be shoehorned into the RPG catergory.
Zaptruder
On the other hand, if it has some sort of stat building mechanism, it''ll find it very hard NOT to be shoehorned into the RPG catergory.
Zaptruder
Zaptruder
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April 15, 2002 02:39 AM
But who cares? Make games.
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"To understand the horse you'll find that you're going to be working on yourself. The horse will give you the answers and he will question you to see if you are sure or not."
- Ray Hunt, in Think Harmony With Horses
ALU - SHRDLU - WORDNET - CYC - SWALE - AM - CD - J.M. - K.S. | CAA - BCHA - AQHA - APHA - R.H. - T.D. | 395 - SPS - GORDIE - SCMA - R.M. - G.R. - V.C. - C.F.
"To understand the horse you'll find that you're going to be working on yourself. The horse will give you the answers and he will question you to see if you are sure or not."
- Ray Hunt, in Think Harmony With Horses
ALU - SHRDLU - WORDNET - CYC - SWALE - AM - CD - J.M. - K.S. | CAA - BCHA - AQHA - APHA - R.H. - T.D. | 395 - SPS - GORDIE - SCMA - R.M. - G.R. - V.C. - C.F.
April 15, 2002 02:21 PM
Yeah... leave worrying about the genre to the marketers or whoever has to pitch your game to prospective producers. ''Role-playing'' is such a loaded term that it''s almost meaningless.
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April 15, 2002 02:33 PM
The technical definition of ''role-playing'' is acting, by that argument even a FPS could be called an RPG. When you think Deus Ex is based on the Unreal engine it confirms the analogy.
,Jay
,Jay
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April 15, 2002 07:59 PM
Role playing is just that. It''s being someone else for a while.
In role playing games however I think the emphasis should be on the story and the world in which it resides.
A detailed world and a good solid story to tell will make up for some things. {eg Gothic}
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In role playing games however I think the emphasis should be on the story and the world in which it resides.
A detailed world and a good solid story to tell will make up for some things. {eg Gothic}
It is a good day to code.
Armand -------------------------It is a good day to code.
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April 16, 2002 04:41 PM
Role Playing to me is defined as taking the role of someone/something, and developing the character of that person/thing through a plot. Thats how I commonly look at RPGs.
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April 16, 2002 07:57 PM
1. Skill stuff will come, first I got to get other stuff fixed.
2. RPG''s are more like role-playing in the mind to me. If someone can write a good RPG (like me with a pen and paper), it could create a real visual realization for the reader/player. The G or Game comes in because they feel like they are in or experiencing the game their playing. Like most of the Final Fantasy series (IMHO).
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2. RPG''s are more like role-playing in the mind to me. If someone can write a good RPG (like me with a pen and paper), it could create a real visual realization for the reader/player. The G or Game comes in because they feel like they are in or experiencing the game their playing. Like most of the Final Fantasy series (IMHO).
Max out the extreme, go hardcore
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