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Re: RPG versions
Posted By: Issachar, on host 207.30.27.2
Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at 13:20:19
In Reply To: Re: RPG versions posted by Faux Pas on Monday, June 18, 2001, at 07:20:52:

> I don't particularly care for computer RPGs (commonly referred to as CRPGs). To a child of Dungeons & Dragons (been playing since the blue box came out), these Final Fantasy games or other run-around-and-kill-things video games aren't really "role-playing".
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> No more going outside of the city to find bunnies and snakes slaying hordes of first-level stick-weilding characters. No more paying 200 gold coins for a suit of burlap armor. No more enormous cities that only have guild halls, weapon stores, and churches. The game Neverwinter Nights looks like a promising step in that direction. For me, I'll stick with the traditional role-playing game for a while.
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> -Faux "Wouldn't mind seeing Neverwinter Nights when it comes out." Pas

Agreed, regarding the reasons why a CRPG is not a true RPG. (And the blue box set! Oh, the memories!)

I too am eagerly looking forward to Neverwinter Nights, not least because I've been working with a group to design a persistent world for NWN. If I can beat the "high-magic-world" faction into submission, it'll be the BETS GAEM EVAR. :-) (If you'd care to, FP, ping me sometime and I'll spill a little more about the project.)

Iss "still love that far-out Erol Otus cover art" achar

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