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IGN on the State of the CRPG

Posted by Zonk on from the hack-slash-rinse-repeat dept.

Via the ffwd linklog, IGN has a feature up discussing the current state of the CRPG. From the article: "Most people tend to associate RPGs with sword-swinging maidens in chainmail bikinis and doddering old white-bearded mages in robes spattered with owl poop. While the high fantasy setting is certainly the stock background for most RPGs, an RPG is defined not by its content but by its manner of presentation. To be a true RPG, a game must contain three elements. First, it should offer up an interactive story in which the player takes a vital part. Second, RPGs must allow for character growth that's driven by a player's choices or actions. Finally, RPGs must be built upon a system of rules and statistics that are used to resolve the events that take place in the world."

4 of 130 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Single player CRPGs are dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Anybody who calls Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas an RPG deserves a big fat smack on the head. Everybody knows Halo 2 was the best RPG ever.

  2. Re:Poor Final Fantasy... by MrWa · · Score: 2, Funny
    heck, I'd play it in a heartbeat.

    which is also about how long the game would last, until people get away from the current mindset of watching the numbers. For the most part, people playing the current crop of MMORPG's would be just as happy watching a spreadsheet of formulas being slowly incremented, with the occasional loud DING and some whizbang graphics...

  3. Re:Poor Final Fantasy... by C0rinthian · · Score: 2, Funny

    Already done!

    http://www.progressquest.com/

  4. I would like to take a moment to correct this post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    "To be a true RPG, a game must contain three elements."


    Yes, and they are:
    1. Fire
    2. Ice
    3. Lightning