Timothy Cain - What is an RPG?
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His checklist approach and saying the CRPG genre is a continuum is very similar to the RPGWatch CRPG Analyzer.
Yeah well good luck with that man. Better developer's have tried before.
We can't even agree what an RPG is on a site made to cover RPGs.
Sure the checklist is a good way to deconsruct what an RPG should be, but here's the kicker. Almost every game in any genre has adopted RPG element's. Good luck.
We can't even agree what an RPG is on a site made to cover RPGs.
Sure the checklist is a good way to deconsruct what an RPG should be, but here's the kicker. Almost every game in any genre has adopted RPG element's. Good luck.
Doesn't the CRPG Analyzer have must-haves?
Ah, I didn't.
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What's so difficult? It's a game. It has action mechanics. It has progression and possibly a story beyond "Narrative 101". We can figure it out neural networks and we cannot tell what kind of game we play?
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I think that's because there's never been an official definition (*), yet aficionados all have their own view about the features that make up an RPG, according to their experience. Like Tim above and other influencers... and many of us.What's so difficult? It's a game. It has action mechanics. It has progression and possibly a story beyond "Narrative 101". We can figure it out neural networks and we cannot tell what kind of game we play?
The fact that the usage changes with time adds to the confusion.
(*) We know the origin, but it was before the video games.
Card-based RPGs are the only ones apart from numerical ones.