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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 9202569" data-attributes="member: 6795602">IMO. Your definition excludes Final Fantasy, Skyrim, Diablo and even Boulder’s Gate 3 from being RPG’s.If I had to choose between a definition that includes forbidden islands (not familiar enough to comment on it) but includes those and one that doesn’t include forbidden island or any of those then I’d choose the former.The fiction in any CRPG doesn’t matter to the resolution either.&nbsp; You play through the same story, you are presented with the same predefined list of choices that always come up at exactly the same moment in game time and always have exactly the same outcomes.I think your definition focuses to much on the specific table top medium, it’s why you apply the definitions to board games but not computer games.&nbsp; I think this leads to flawed conclusions about what’s important to RPGs and what are artifacts of the medium they are played in.For example, I wouldn’t limit myself to looking at computer RPGs and then conclude all RPGs must have a world that can be viewed on a screen, and a character than can interact with the world via player input from a control device (controller or keyboard/mouse).&nbsp; This is what it looks like to tie medium to a particular style of game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 9202569, member: 6795602"] IMO. Your definition excludes Final Fantasy, Skyrim, Diablo and even Boulder’s Gate 3 from being RPG’s. If I had to choose between a definition that includes forbidden islands (not familiar enough to comment on it) but includes those and one that doesn’t include forbidden island or any of those then I’d choose the former. The fiction in any CRPG doesn’t matter to the resolution either. You play through the same story, you are presented with the same predefined list of choices that always come up at exactly the same moment in game time and always have exactly the same outcomes. I think your definition focuses to much on the specific table top medium, it’s why you apply the definitions to board games but not computer games. I think this leads to flawed conclusions about what’s important to RPGs and what are artifacts of the medium they are played in. For example, I wouldn’t limit myself to looking at computer RPGs and then conclude all RPGs must have a world that can be viewed on a screen, and a character than can interact with the world via player input from a control device (controller or keyboard/mouse). This is what it looks like to tie medium to a particular style of game. [/QUOTE]

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