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Re: what is and isn't a roleplaying game

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Grommosh is not online. Grommosh
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26 Mar 2013 02:15 PM
a roleplaying game has:

-complex system of stats and attributes
-deep combat system based on stats rather than 'skill' (or hitting the enemy more than they hit you)
-can't do everything on one character
-legitimate game choices that alter story elements
-a good story

is a roleplaying game:

-planescape
-KOTOR
-neverwinter nights
-morrowind
-oblivion (to an extent)
-fallout 1, 2, and NV

isn't a roleplaying game:

-mass effect
-fallout 3
-skyrim
-diablo 3
-the legend of zelda

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Grommosh is not online. Grommosh
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26 Mar 2013 02:16 PM
also this is only WRPGs i don't play weeb games

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Piratyy is not online. Piratyy
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26 Mar 2013 02:17 PM
"also this is only WRPGs i don't play weeb games"

your principles apply to JRPGs too, good job op, you made an unknowingly great list
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charlie120asc is not online. charlie120asc
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26 Mar 2013 03:16 PM
how good the story is has nothing to do with if its a rpg or not. anyways good list i guess
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IsaiahthehedgehogALT is not online. IsaiahthehedgehogALT
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26 Mar 2013 03:20 PM


-mass effect
When was THIS considered rpg?
-fallout 3
wtf
-skyrim
I detest Skyrim anyway, but I like Elder Scrolls to an extent.
-diablo 3
I know nothing of this game.
-the legend of zelda
Who said it was a Roleplaying game?

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knilytsrihT is not online. knilytsrihT
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26 Mar 2013 03:23 PM
►-legitimate game choices that alter story elements

Iunno about this.

Spacecrabs. :U
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meldo is not online. meldo
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26 Mar 2013 03:25 PM
"-deep combat system based on stats rather than 'skill'"
"-fallout 1, 2, and NV"

don't think NV includes this

i can pretty much blast my way through the game with a varmint rifle based on skill rather than stats
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zororoarkmaster3000 is not online. zororoarkmaster3000
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26 Mar 2013 03:28 PM
Actually,
RP is pretty much your story and choices, example
I am ____. I have lived a tough life, I was scarred by war at a young age, ect
And somtimes combat needs to be good to fit your fighting style.
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killercorvette is not online. killercorvette
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26 Mar 2013 03:41 PM
I don't think NV fits the criteria, if FO3 doesn't. Like Meldo said, I can beat the entire game with 9mn pistols, varmint rifles, and single shotguns based on skill.

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mageofpower is not online. mageofpower
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26 Mar 2013 03:58 PM
Your thinking of pen and paper roleplaying games or Dungeon and dragon like games. A roleplaying game isn't defined by having stats and a deep combat system, those are just two common elements.
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PkMnTrainerCRYSTAL is not online. PkMnTrainerCRYSTAL
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26 Mar 2013 04:18 PM
"a good story"

not necessarily good, just a story
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Imafighter is not online. Imafighter
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26 Mar 2013 04:19 PM
@Mage

Its what makes an RPG fun, and unique.

Also, I would consider Borderlands an RPG, to an extent.

But NWN was possibly one of my favorite games out there.
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killercorvette is not online. killercorvette
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26 Mar 2013 05:21 PM
What exactly makes NV an RPG, but not 3? Besides the story, which is arguable?

I agree with the list, really I do, except for FO3.

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Grommosh is not online. Grommosh
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26 Mar 2013 06:45 PM
The more in depth, branching storyline, as well as stats mattering much more by way of more reason to take skills like repair and medicine.

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Nakattack is not online. Nakattack
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26 Mar 2013 07:12 PM
I thought Skyrim was a role playing game. It kidna seems like on.
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killercorvette is not online. killercorvette
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26 Mar 2013 07:56 PM
While I do agree that the main quests could have used less linearity, your choices still effect the outcome and gameplay. Do I side with the Enclave and infect the water supply, purging the mutants from DC? Do I do what my father wants and activate the purifier, helping civilize the wastes? Do I simply abandon it, making sure no one gets the project?

Plus, there are decisions outside the main quest. Want to do some good and kill off the population of Paradise Falls? You can do that. When you do, your deeds are announced by three-dog, and the slavers at the start of the Pitt know who you are and turn hostile. It's not much, but it's good for roleplaying. I remember you once said FO3 had better roleplaying than NV. Wouldn't a primary feature to look for in Role Playing Games be roleplaying?

Also, in my own experience, stats such as repair and medicine are just as important in 3 as in NV.

-/(Into each life some rain must fall but too much is falling in mine)\-
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Grommosh is not online. Grommosh
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26 Mar 2013 07:57 PM
>While I do agree that the main quests could have used less linearity, your choices still effect the outcome and gameplay

your decision revolves entirely around what name is used when mentioning who you're turning on the filter for rather than actual gameplay and story elements

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killercorvette is not online. killercorvette
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26 Mar 2013 08:06 PM
@altair

Depending in what you did at the purifier, the wasteland is pretty different either way after the vanilla main quest.

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