Boz,BOZ said:
Col_Pladoh said:
haakon1 said:The concentration on hack & slash in CRPG's may not be because it's preferred by players, but because it's easier to program impressively. The AI's in games -- RPG or strategy -- are pretty weak at interacting with player characters. Talking to another great power in Civilization or to a monster in Temple of Elemental Evil is pretty much on the level of 1970s text based games -- we're only 1 or 2 steps beyond 1970s tech in the "talkie" aspects, but way way beyond in graphical horsepower to display exciting, fast combat (compare to Moria to see the difference in what's essentially the same idea of combat).
I don't play World of Warcraft, but I wonder if anyone is doing yakking on there? I suspect not with NPC's, but possibly with each other.
As for problem solving, I find that annoying in most computer games, as it's usually the same old problem -- get the McGuffin to go with the other McGuffin to open the door/get the prize. Yawn.
But I'm glad that computer RPG's are so limited . . . it gives us an excuse to keep playing the real thing!
Col_Pladoh said:
Col_Pladoh said:No opposotion in my statement at all methinks...
Fixation on a single aspect of the RPG form makes for tedious play to my thinking. All combat, all exploration, all yakking, all problem solving, all any single thing is downright dull. Balanced play is about half of the favored aspect, with the others having lesser time in the adventure session--sometimes hardly any, although they should then dominate a near-future session.
That said, virtually all CRPG play is nothing more than seek & destroy missions, or griefing. That is the main fact enabling me to point out that H&S play is the most popular.
No need to concern yourself about typos in my case
Cheers,
Gary
Hadn't considered that, but there is some validity to the assertion. The main motivator is getting something for nothing but gaming, of course.gideon_thorne said:And even gambling has a bit of seek and destroy in it. Since one is seeking to destroy someone elses money pile.
Heh...DungeonMaester said:
Whatever pleases the group is correct for them.
Not to be concerned.DungeonMaester said:Deary Gary,
I think there is still a little bit of confusion between you and I. By political intruqe campain, it would be the total overview of the game. In this type, Pcs will find them selves working for a/many kings or factions, who give them orders and they do what ever it was the orders are.
In a session, I keep a balanace of role playing and fighting in a session, not matter whwat the session is, becuase all talking or al fighting is borning, so its about a 50/50. Its hard to do online though. The larger plots are about politics, betrayals and
rebelions and war.
Sorry for any typos in advance.
---Rusty
