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Players either acting or vicariously participating
Wargame, novel, film, depends on referee/software
When gods really exist, behave differently!
Dunno why I laughed out loud from this... guess it's because my idea of a role playing game is nostalgic memories of playing The Bard's Tale (original) when I was a young-in... which was more about stats and gear than some ridiculous contrived story where you get to be the "jedi" fighting against "evil", bold set pieces and cinematics and laughable "Love scenes" (they all seem creepy to me, sorry)
Now seems like when I hear RPG I think Mass Effect, Dragon Age, or Skyrim (where everone else says how great they are, I look at these games and wonder whether RPGs in general have gotten away from me... ) You see... when I was a kid...
Crowdsourcing has ruined tabletop RPG market
WotC desperate to arrest declining market
Alignment restrains tendency to thuggish behavior
Role playing can occur in non-RPGs
Seriously, RPGs were about being able to explore and slowly think/turn base combat. Now it's twitch combat/fast paced like Skyrim, FFXIII and Fallout New Vegas. Even with time attack (whatever it was called) on Chrono Trigger wasn't as break neck speed as FFXIII, and Skyrim as the defacto RPG of today is a far stretch from the slower paced Plan escape Torment (I know the Elder Scrolls were always more live combat).
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Grind is worse than real life.
(Depends on the game!)
Players either acting or vicariously participating
Wargame, novel, film, depends on referee/software
When gods really exist, behave differently!
Now seems like when I hear RPG I think Mass Effect, Dragon Age, or Skyrim (where everone else says how great they are, I look at these games and wonder whether RPGs in general have gotten away from me... ) You see... when I was a kid...
Read: RPG
Exploring your aspirations in good company.
Personal creative input under an alias.
Shooters and Action descend from D&D
Chaotic neutral thugs throw weight around
WotC desperate to arrest declining market
Alignment restrains tendency to thuggish behavior
Role playing can occur in non-RPGs
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This brought me back to remembering what hasn't been replaced through video games yet.
Seriously, RPGs were about being able to explore and slowly think/turn base combat. Now it's twitch combat/fast paced like Skyrim, FFXIII and Fallout New Vegas. Even with time attack (whatever it was called) on Chrono Trigger wasn't as break neck speed as FFXIII, and Skyrim as the defacto RPG of today is a far stretch from the slower paced Plan escape Torment (I know the Elder Scrolls were always more live combat).