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Article #508686Re: what is the deepest or most complicated rpg?!
From: Knight37
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:14
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:14
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It's elementary, my dear mtkafka <mcu...@prodigy.net>: > Werner Arend wrote: > >> freestone wilson wrote: >> >> > hi all. >> > >> > what is the deepest, rpg? >> >> Depends upon the definition of "deep": >> >> deep = asking meaningful questions : Planescape: Torment > > PULEASE! We're talking crpg not ADVENTURE, crpg-lite games! :p > I liked PST for what it was. But it was weak as a crpg game for me! > IMO! Troll. >> deep = deeper immersion : Thief (although not technically an rpg, >> it felt like one) > > uhm, thats a first person SNEAKER, not really a crpg. though anythings > anything these days. so I guess you;re right! Thief is not really an RPG. Deus Ex is though. There's a subtle difference. >> deep = complex story : Fallout 2, Deus Ex > > Deus Ex cheesey, Fallout 2 good, I'd add System Shock 2 if you put Deus > Ex in (more for deep ambiance, than story). Yeah, maybe SS2 should get the "deepest immersion" award. >> deep = complicated game mechanics (this is a bad thing): Wizardry 8 > > BAD THING?!? why?!?! ah I remember you. I had a few remarks about Wiz 8 > and classic crpgs and whatnut in December with you... iirc... I guess > for you its bad. Not bad for me! I think based on what I've read of > freestone wilson's past posts hes definteily an OLD SCHOOL crpg type... > anyway. I agree, deep game mechanics is not a bad thing. It's just a thing some people like and others do not like. I like it some of the time. -- Knight37 Never send a human to do a machine's job. -- Agent Smith, "The Matrix"
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From: Knight37 <knig...@email.com>
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Subject: Re: what is the deepest or most complicated rpg?!
Date: 20 Aug 2002 18:14:59 GMT
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