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[Ariella]

I just watched part of the Ken Rolsten interview at Bioware Pulse TV.

He talked about the four things that an RPG needs Narrative,Exploration, Combat and Advancement. He also comments that cRPGs are for the most part still trapped in their table top/PC conventions so the game slows down... Ken also commented how glad he was to have Todd McFarlan on board because of the latter's experience with combat threatre which allowed them to borrow combat conventions from action games. Ken says it's still easy to play KoA:R like an RPG, but you might just find yourself seduced by some of the new action conventions that have slipped in.

Now, as I was listening to this:

http://www.bioware.com/biowaretv

I couldn't help but hear the echos of another game developer we all know who's been saying the same thing about HIS game for the last year. The irony is that in repsonse to Ken's comments on the KoA boards they're thrilled, where here we got: "Oh my God, Bioware is betraying its base."

Looks like Mike may have had it right after all, and that the RPG genre is in for another evolution.

@Mike Laidlaw: I know you've put up with a lot of crud over all this, but keep in mind, a true visionary is rarely recognized in his own time <G>. though you may have to suffer that less than most visionaries.

[John Epler]

tmp7704 wrote...

Huntress wrote...

And yet every single RPG  been made is Action oriented.. Not true? Check them out and come back to me on that.

Yup, not true 1, 2

that's quite ancient  examples obv. but it's to point out that there is more width to the RPGs than just "kill foozles, collect loot". And some of these games indeed can go as far as to skip the foozle killing part completely, without becoming any less of an RPG.

While I certainly don't disagree with you (I've always found the most intriguing P&P roleplaying sessions to be those that have either no combat or very little combat), I can't help but feel that you've opened the dread portal to the 'Realm of What Is An RPG?'

So I'm going to nip that in the bud and say 'No 'what is an RPG' discussion, please!'

[John Epler]

And now we've hit the 'pointless bickering and snide remarks' part of the thread.

Locking. Because this forum needs another 'Your opinions are -wrong- and you should feel bad for having them' thread like it needs a hole in the head.