The ideal RPG

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An ideal RPG for me is Ultima or BG world and rules but using Morrowind
engine.

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On 24 Sep 2005 08:27:34 -0700, "Champion" <chromallly@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>An ideal RPG for me is Ultima or BG world and rules but using Morrowind
>engine.


I think somebody is doing this ! Have a Google


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RogerM <rodger.mckay@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>[frankenstein]
>I'd play THAT game - A LOT!

I wouldn't! After a game style has become established, I get bored of
it. I prefer new/innovative games, UIs, ideas, gameplay mechanics.

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Lucian

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>> WoW is filled with fedex stuff, just like about any other CRPG, but I
>> managed to run into a few decent quests no longer than I played, even. I
>> wouldn't by any means use WoW as a shining example overall, questwise,
>> but
>> it's probably pretty hard to completely fill something as massive as it
>> is
>> with intellectually challenging fare, and one could certainly do worse
>> than
>> citing WoW for them.
>
> I was thinking specifically at how the quests are handled. Good data
> available
> in log entries, and the ability to place the tally (for kills or drops) up
> on
> the screen as a running score, rather than the story quality of the quests
> themselves.

Plus...the quests are the jumping point for the more interesting part of the
game - role playing with other actual people who have personalities but are
limited to their character abilities. The drama comes when your mage has a
hissy-fit in the middle of a difficult area and must be plied on with
promises of clothing purchases at the Auction House...while a giant demon
tree-thing comes stomping down the road at you...

The quests are there to get you to the cool scenery. I am a WoW tourist.


> As I pointed out in my original post, I leave story preference to the
> individual, rather than picking my own favorite. As an online RPG, WoW is
> necessarily story-light. It's just about impossible to have a tight,
> coherent
> story in a game when players are joining and dropping out at any random
> moment.
> My own preference in RPGs is for gameplay over story, since even the best
> RPG
> stories are inferior to any quality written S&S fiction. For story, I read
> a
> book, for gameplay, I play a game.
>
> I also didn't choose a game for music, for similar reasons.
>