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<blockquote data-quote="nute" data-source="post: 3406271" data-attributes="member: 10607">An MMORPG - since none currently exist aside from Neverwinter Nights. Some explanation:Computer and console RPGs are not &quot;RPGs&quot; in the classic term, because there is no real &quot;role-playing&quot; involved. While actions have consequence, there is no personality interaction and nuance like there is with tabletop (&quot;true&quot;) RPGs. Even on &quot;RP servers&quot; with MMOs, and player-versus-player conflict, there is rarely any way for players to effect change in the game world, etc.So far, most computer/console RPGs have been glorified versions of Gauntlet - solve the riddle/kill the monsters/take their stuff. Games like the Final Fantasy series are really no different than the &quot;on-rails&quot; shoot-em-up games in effect - you go from cutscene to cutscene in a mostly-predetermined pattern. Most DMs, if you ran a tabletop game like that, your players would revolt.I think the &quot;next generation&quot; of RPGs is starting these days with toolsets like NWN and &quot;virtual tabletop&quot; gaming - the ability to organize a completely human-run non-automated game over distance. Barring that, a real-time fully immersive online game using real-world events to update and change the setting. A true &quot;alternate now&quot; where players have to react to game-changing events on a scale that mirrors reality.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nute, post: 3406271, member: 10607"] An MMORPG - since none currently exist aside from Neverwinter Nights. Some explanation: Computer and console RPGs are not "RPGs" in the classic term, because there is no real "role-playing" involved. While actions have consequence, there is no personality interaction and nuance like there is with tabletop ("true") RPGs. Even on "RP servers" with MMOs, and player-versus-player conflict, there is rarely any way for players to effect change in the game world, etc. So far, most computer/console RPGs have been glorified versions of [i]Gauntlet[/i] - solve the riddle/kill the monsters/take their stuff. Games like the Final Fantasy series are really no different than the "on-rails" shoot-em-up games in effect - you go from cutscene to cutscene in a mostly-predetermined pattern. Most DMs, if you ran a tabletop game like that, your players would revolt. I think the "next generation" of RPGs is starting these days with toolsets like NWN and "virtual tabletop" gaming - the ability to organize a completely human-run non-automated game over distance. Barring that, a real-time fully immersive online game using real-world events to update and change the setting. A true "alternate now" where players have to react to game-changing events on a scale that mirrors reality. [/QUOTE]

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