Re: Hyper Rogue
By: Lupine Furmen to Marisag on Wed Feb 05 2020 03:36 pm
That's ok. I'm Old Skool and as far as I'm concerned now computer game can EVER be a true RPG, because your actions are restricted to what the programmers want you to be able to do. A TRUE RPG is totally free-form and you can haggle with the Game master on whether or not your ideas will work.
Yes, but they can at least try :-)
Lots of computer games are hack and slash games with RPG-like combat mechanics, and they are marketed as Roleplaying Videogames. Now, compare Diablo I with Baldur's Gate II, in which your dialogues change the outcome of the quests, there is character development (you can maintain a romantic relationship with members of your party, even!) and a lot of world building. It is obviously limited by the videogame format, but at least it sort of tried.
Then there is X-men legends, which has RPG writen everywhere in the manual and marketing material. It is a kill-kill-kill game and dialogues don't matter at all. And it is sloppy at being a hack-kill-hack game at that.
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