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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:17 pm
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A first-person shooter: an action game where you play through the eyes of someone with a gun, generally a soldier. Very actiony, though the stories are usually predictable. A role-playing game: a statistics driven game. Create a character and play as you want. Lots of number-crunching, sometimes complicated stories, not good for everyone. And if you combine the two? Well, the world might just end....
But its happened before, with nominal success. From the older Deus Ex, to Fallout 3, to the newest oncomer Borderlands, these two genres are bringing people together.
I have two very good friends. The first guy (we'll just call him A) loves FPS games, playing Call of Duty religiously, while hating RPGs. The second guy, S, is the opposite, being really into games like Fable and Elder Scrolls, while hating the fats pace and "stupid stories" found in A's games. However, both were overjoyed by their repective elements in Fallout 3.
So, I guess discuss role-playing shooters, why you like or dislike the ones so far, and please state why.
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:21 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:44 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:46 pm
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:29 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:25 am
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Tron714 Sure i guess this deserves its own sub genre but i am a bit iffy on the whole thing. Sure there are role playing elements and fps elements as well and combined together. It is a peanut butter meets chocolate situation but i still dont know what to call it or if it should just be classified as a RPG... since you kind of do role play in every game you play... right? There are a lot of games that have brought gamers from each genre to such games like Deus Ex and Fallout 3, but there are other games that have done so as well. Bioshock is one of those games because of Plasmids being like magic to some people and they play the whole game relying on plasmids. As for the fps gamer went through the game relying on the most powerful weapon in the game. So i guess what im getting at is that it doesnt particularly have to have RPG elements in the game... but it has an appeal to that audience as well? So... wouldnt it still be considered a FPS none the less? Tron714 Afterthought Mmmmk.... i just proofread what i just typed aaaaaaaaaaaaaand yeah. I feel like i babled about nonsense but does anyone understand what i just said? xd
I see what you're saying about roleplaying in games, but I really disagree. To me, roleplaying is about making your own character and making your own descisions. In Call of Duty: World at War, the onyl choice you ever have to make is what two guns you want to carry and that Nazi death situation near the end of the game.
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:53 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:24 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:26 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:03 pm
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