Comments on: Computer RPGs are actually Roleplay Simulators. Discuss. http://www.covengaming.org/wordpress/?p=550 ....where the Lurking Gherkin ponders various gaming-related issues. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:37:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: The Gherkin Patch » Archive du blog » Selling Tabletop: Differentiation is the key http://www.covengaming.org/wordpress/?p=550#comment-769 The Gherkin Patch » Archive du blog » Selling Tabletop: Differentiation is the key Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:39:36 +0000 http://www.covengaming.org/wordpress/?p=550#comment-769 [...] are worth keeping alive), we need to distinguish these games from other games that are essentially ‘Roleplay Simulators’, in the same way that Guitar Hero is a guitar sim, not to be confused with actually playing the [...] [...] are worth keeping alive), we need to distinguish these games from other games that are essentially ‘Roleplay Simulators’, in the same way that Guitar Hero is a guitar sim, not to be confused with actually playing the [...]

]]> By: Lurkinggherkin http://www.covengaming.org/wordpress/?p=550#comment-763 Lurkinggherkin Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:57:34 +0000 http://www.covengaming.org/wordpress/?p=550#comment-763 Hmmm. Actually, Satyre, you have a valid point, that punctures my analogy somewhat. You can't really fly in a flight sim, and you can't really play guitar on a guitar sim. But it's not impossible to RP in a computer game. It's only that the medium isn't conducive to RP (and hence, it tends to wither or never develop in the first place). I was trying to find a way of describing to the uninitiated, in concise terms, what the essential difference is between computer and tabletop roleplaying games, in a way that makes it clear that computer gaming isn't an upgrade or replacement for tabletop, which tends to be the default perception. Though I say it myself, I still think that using 'Roleplay Simulator' as a description for computerised formats is a simple way of highlighting the difference in a fashion that's easy to grasp without asking someone to read an essay. Hmmm. Actually, Satyre, you have a valid point, that punctures my analogy somewhat. You can’t really fly in a flight sim, and you can’t really play guitar on a guitar sim. But it’s not impossible to RP in a computer game. It’s only that the medium isn’t conducive to RP (and hence, it tends to wither or never develop in the first place).

I was trying to find a way of describing to the uninitiated, in concise terms, what the essential difference is between computer and tabletop roleplaying games, in a way that makes it clear that computer gaming isn’t an upgrade or replacement for tabletop, which tends to be the default perception.

Though I say it myself, I still think that using ‘Roleplay Simulator’ as a description for computerised formats is a simple way of highlighting the difference in a fashion that’s easy to grasp without asking someone to read an essay.

]]> By: satyre http://www.covengaming.org/wordpress/?p=550#comment-753 satyre Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:52:17 +0000 http://www.covengaming.org/wordpress/?p=550#comment-753 Damn, what is happening to the blogosphere - all this insight in one week? A very clever and concise summation of why CRPSs/MMORPSs don't involve a lot of RP unless it's player-driven or the mods are in the mood to NPC. Now there's a thought... Damn, what is happening to the blogosphere - all this insight in one week?

A very clever and concise summation of why CRPSs/MMORPSs don’t involve a lot of RP unless it’s player-driven or the mods are in the mood to NPC.

Now there’s a thought…

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