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And so does this guy at Gamespot

To put it mildly, an odd point of view and certainly not one I share.

I agree; it's an rather odd point of view.

Mildly speaking, I found some pretty hard puzzles to figure in many RPGS. Perhaps he sould do chores for his family.

Was that mild enough or should I edit my post? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

I find that not knowing the 'best' weapon to have is part of the strategic start of the game. After you have played a few RPGs you know that the sword will be the more available weapon, If I choose a player class that is better with the axe than I am following my 'play style' and if I do find a powerful wsord later in the game, well caching money in my pocket.



or go to a casino.

Well, that's amusing.

Strategy? Why bother playing strategy games? Man, go out and, oh, apply for being a commander of some army or the other. Better yet, run a campaign for the next election!

Puzzle? What are you doing here? Why play adventure games? Go study rocket science! Now that will challenge your mental faculties, surely!

apparently cassey wills, the author likes his RPGs but for different reasons. & he has, i admit, very generic view on how RPGs supposed to be after all these years. well, that's his vision, albeit a tad cross-eyed to me.

seeing your character progress from a zero to a hero is indeed RPG element. but sadly(at least to me) the author seems to emphasise on hack & slash element, which is more strategy than RPG so .... . <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

oh hell the mootiness of it all! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I like Divine Divinity! 'Nuf said on this topic form me.

He's a bizarre fellow, with a twisted, almost self-contradictory opinion about games in general. Look at the games he lists as favs and you can see the angles an arcade and platform gamer with ONE saving grace that he likes System Shock 2. All that means is that he's just not into the kind of games we like so his opinion is really only a matter of taste, but he tried to back up his dislike of the genre with poorly thought out ideas.

"Well, if depth of story is important to you, then why not pick up a good book? The only advantage the RPG has in terms of story is the illusion of player participation. You feel as though somehow your decisions are making a difference and in some meaningful way affecting the storyline."

That can be applied to any game or any genre.

Games are not real Mr. Casey, when you're playing your Mario games you're not actually Mario jumping about and collecting your coins!! It's just a game, you either like it or don't. I don't like Real time strategy games. Should they be abolished? Should every game incorporate real time elements to make them all a better whole?

Basically what he's trying to say is from now on only create his type of game like Mario etc. but chuck in a bit of 'rgp' so make Mario jump higher or run faster when he gets more coins. If you want story read a book instead. What a load of tosh.

The main problem with people who write for magazines or websites is they seem to be of the opinion that if you have 'hit points'and you can raise them through the game then it's suddenly an RPG!! Most people think Diablo is an RPG but it's nothing of the sort in my eyes. But that's really the only niche it can fit into. Your character is not created, just chosen, and he/she has no personality what so ever.

The huge amount of people who play the online rpgs can't be wrong can they? Or should we call be dancing together on line with Dance Dance Revolution or jumping on turtles in Mario with 20 other humans?

I don't think I'm right, but I had a feeling as if the writer of this opinion only knew console RPGs.

Woah that bloke has lost it. He's got know idea about RPG's because by the sounds of it he has never played one! Good RPG's (and i stress the good bit) have strategy dialed, puzzles challenging (well, some) and story better than any other genre. Storyline is the main reason people buy RPG's because they have to have a good one so it feels like you are playing the 'role' of someone, hence role playing game. What an idiot.

OI!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" /> don't ever call anyone an idiot! not in this forum! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" />

so what if he's wrong? he only tells it as how he knows it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

but on the other hand, since the dude is never a forum member, ...... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />
feel free to do whatever then. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

that guy is a tard....seriously.......it's hard to believe that guy is being serious......i know that he's just stating his opinion..but that's tarded......

Luckily, being stupid doesn't hurt <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

being stupid against wrong people does....