Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 That's a little bit limited. Free-form forum RPGs aren't the same as tabletop games adapted for play-by-post, and for that matter you've left out tabletop and AIMhack (or other online variants). I think site-text means text-based? There aren't very many single-layer text based games, but there are plenty of online ones (MUDs, MUSHes, and other MU*s). That brings up the MMORPGs, which don't really have a spot on your list. I'd also distinguish between 2D graphics (Exile, Ultima) and 3D (Neverwinter Nights, Dragon Age). Where does isometric fit there? I'd put it with 2D, so Spiderweb's games are all in the same field and Baldur's Gate goes there too. And what about ASCII roguelike games? They're the most basic form of 2D, in that they're literally text... —Alorael, who doesn't have a preference. He likes truly 3D and 2D graphics. He enjoys text-based games. He doesn't RP on forums much, but he's had fun with that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Death Knight Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Ive played many rpgs but the ones (the only ones) that i can stand enough to play through the game are isometric topdown rpgs. An rpg could be really great, have a great story, excellent replay ability but if its not that type, i likely will get bored of it in a few days and never finish it. Take vampire the masquerade: Bloodlines-great story, cool races, but would have been much better if it was isometric imo. There's something about the top down view that makes it more simplistic to figure out. As such i got bored once i got past the 1st major area. One of the main reasons i got away from 1st person games was because before i got into rpgs i was into 1st person shooters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I don't understand the last option. Some of the most highly lauded RPGs simulate warfare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I still like table top players RPGs. They still offer the option of gong after the best loot, your fellow party members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 ES, I think he was going with First Person Shooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 *touches his nose* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Originally Posted By: Randomizer I still like table top players RPGs. They still offer the option of gong after the best loot, your fellow party members. I'm never playing D&D with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 D&D nothing. The standard intro one-shot for Burning Wheel is called The Sword. It opens in medias res, after the dungeon crawl, when you've at last reached the artifact in question. All four characters want it for different purposes. Backstabbing is par for the course. Spiderweb might be the only place I can assemble the eight players necessary to run the Burning Wheel demo game The Gift, too. Four on four, elves versus dwarves, in a diplomatic engagement that goes horribly wrong from the beginning. —Alorael, who mostly sees one downside: getting people to play Burning Wheel. It's rather far from its D&D ancestor and grasping the gameplay can be difficult even if everyone has read the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Kreador Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I recall in the ancient days when I played Call of Cthulhu I enjoyed making sure my fellow party members were driven insane and eaten by horrid creatures so I could have all of their stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Death Knight Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Thats pretty funny kreador. I haven't heard of Call of Cthulhu though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 One party member used to run away at the start of the fight so he would survive with the loot if the rest of us died. However with the DM enforcing encumbrance reducing movement allowance, we just kept him so loaded down with heavy treasure he couldn't outrun a snail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Same thing I do in exile. I send someone into cover, put some force barriers around him, and kill most everyone. If everyone else dies, he picks up the most important stuff, go back to town, and ressurect them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Kreador Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Originally Posted By: Death Knight Thats pretty funny kreador. I haven't heard of Call of Cthulhu though. Call of Cthulhu description on Wikipedia It's a fun game generally set in the 20s, though campaigns can be run at most any time period. Lots of discovering ancient texts and secret societies and big nasty alien gods. You have a Sanity stat because the stuff your characters see can make them insane. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk SamSniped Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Over on a different forum we play RPGs of types varying from medieval fantasy to SpecOps to SciFi on a chatroom. There are different rules depending on the game and GM, but it's always fun. If anyone wants a link, I'll post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 How'd you do that? ------------- 3d seeable rpg: Actually, the geneforge was the one that made me choose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I prefer 3D unseeable RPGs to those boring, mainstream, seeable ones. Even finding the disk to put into the console becomes a major struggle that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Yeah, and translating the braille onscreen is just a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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