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Posted Aug 1, 2003 by gareis
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 | | What about role-playing games? Most fall under the 'board games' heading, imhoe. On the other hand, you get MUDs, which are much the same but less personal. On the other hand, any other computer RPG is more advanced in the areas of graphics and usually in world detail. On the other hand, those RPGs are hardly open-ended, as is life.
The problem with computers? You have to specify each option. However, you have the same problem to a lesser extent with board games. Only mind games solve this issue.
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Posted Aug 3, 2003 by Placebo Domino
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 | | U people should play Deus Ex (The greatest RPG ever made, however it really shouldnt be called an RPG - its not the greatest format of RPG, but its the best damn gave ever concieved. Warran Spector is king) and Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. They are much better than pen and paper, and u dont have 2 look like a complete geek cos u play them
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Posted Aug 4, 2003 by gareis
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| | I play Deus Ex--the warez version, but you can't get mods for it unless you have the original, unwarezed version of the game. Mods probably make it twice as good.
The only thing I disliked about the game was the fact that I couldn't choose to go with Paul earlier, or to stay with UNATCO. Mods take care of that, though.
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| | | Subject: No rules!
Posted Aug 5, 2003 by Eunomia
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| | Oh! I created a posting about RPGs before I noticed this conversation. Sorry. I agree that RPGs are superior to both. I run a game set in an imaginary world of my own devise, the Amyverse. My rules, I make 'em up! Why bother with manuals and directions when an RPG allows one the freedom to make her very own system, if she likes? Plus, I have tyranical tendencies.
Eunomia
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Posted Aug 5, 2003 by Tigger
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| | I'm at an age when I should know better. My computer was purchased both as a research, and a correspondence tool, but my grandchildren have "educated" me into the world on "on line" games, and they are, I must admit, addictive. Medal of Honour Spearhead is the ultimate shootemup, which one can play against opponents world wide. I also enjoy "black and White", which is a more task motivated game. So, provide they do not become too time consuming, and an addiction, then the graphics, and the interrelation of the player and the instant responses on the screen make computer games far, far superior to the old board games. But each to his own.....
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