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<blockquote data-quote="Sundragon2012" data-source="post: 2592064" data-attributes="member: 7624">I have never seen anyone, anytime, anywhere ever get emotionally involved in a CRPG outside of &quot;damn, I just got killed.&quot; I have never seen real emotion, real intensity from anyone regarding the events of a CRPG. I think that once things are externalized onto a computer screen as opposed to in your imagination there is a disconnect that makes the downfall of a &quot;hero&quot; on a CRPG nothing more than an issue of reloading your last saved game....yawn....and playing the same encounter until you get it right....yawn....no real risk......yawn.When I play video games I want a shooter or a Tom Clancy game for the pure exitement. When it comes time for a role-playing game, give me a table, my books, my setting, my notes, my friends and my imagination. I have yet to see a visual in a CRPG that trumped what I see in my mind's eye when I DM a game.I jst don't see a group of friends telling and retelling the stories of their glorious CRPG characters the way they do about the characters they may have had for years....characters who have histories that are vivid and part of the shared oral history of your group.Chris</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sundragon2012, post: 2592064, member: 7624"] I have never seen anyone, anytime, anywhere ever get emotionally involved in a CRPG outside of "damn, I just got killed." I have never seen real emotion, real intensity from anyone regarding the events of a CRPG. I think that once things are externalized onto a computer screen as opposed to in your imagination there is a disconnect that makes the downfall of a "hero" on a CRPG nothing more than an issue of reloading your last saved game....yawn....and playing the same encounter until you get it right....yawn....no real risk......yawn. When I play video games I want a shooter or a Tom Clancy game for the pure exitement. When it comes time for a role-playing game, give me a table, my books, my setting, my notes, my friends and my imagination. I have yet to see a visual in a CRPG that trumped what I see in my mind's eye when I DM a game. I jst don't see a group of friends telling and retelling the stories of their glorious CRPG characters the way they do about the characters they may have had for years....characters who have histories that are vivid and part of the shared oral history of your group. Chris [/QUOTE]

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