[Poll] What are the two most important things to you in a computer roleplaying game?

[FriendlyMerchant]

Good combat and good character building is most important. It's the primary reason anyone started making computer rpgs, so that all the calculation aspects of an rpg are automated leading to more time in combat actually playing the game rather than figuring what the numbers have to be this time for your dice rolls. It's also the primary form of gameplay in rpgs.

 

[Takamori]

Good combat where I have to solve several problems with my build that I'm using and have a good reactive story so I can feel I'm roleplaying the character that I'm playing with.

 

[Dorateen]

Full party creation and free, open exploration. The two go hand in hand, because I want as little developer influence as possible on the direction of our party's adventure.

The purpose of a developer in the context of a computer role-playing game is to deliver the systems, mechanics and serve as an arbiter of the rules, just as a Dungeon Master is intended. Their task is to populate a scenario with encounters and NPCs to interact with and then get the hell out of the way.

Player Agency, above all else.

 

[undecaf]

Deep and rich charactersystems & -building plus reactivity and c&c.

I would’ve liked to choose exploration and tactical combat (that can not be real time) too, but if it’s only two then the firstly mentioned couple it is.

 

[0sacred]

C&C and reactivity comes first for me. Interacting with well written NPC's is a high point for me in any RPG, and the simulation of a living, breathing world hinges on reactivity. One pet peeve of mine is that very rarely NPC's react to the awesome feats you perform (eradicating a nearby tribe of Orcs, slaying a dragon, preventing a dam from collapsing, erecting a stronghold). They're like "well done heroes, here is your next task". I usually don't give a crap about the overarching story, the stories you forge for yourself are more interesting anyway.

Character creation and development comes second, and for me this is more important than deep tactical combat. I mean, interesting character development and tactical combat together is like a cake with cherries on top, but if I can strategically craft my party, battles could be auto resolved for all I care.


These are the two things I'm looking for in any RPG, the rest matters little to me.

 

[Lhynn]

Robust character creation and sexy women. Everything else can be easily figured out from there.

 

[Serus]

Crispy
What is so "retarded" in my post? The dumb joke in the end? Live with it.

 

[__scribbles__]

Satisfying character progression and reactivity go a very long way for me. Good level/encounter design is also a big plus.

 

[Ismaul]

AoD is more C&C + exploration. Combat is secondary, you can even play without ever fighting.

Combat is not secondary non-combat playstyle is secondary, it's C&C+combat game, it has almost nothing to do with exploration.

I'll repeat my answer above about exploration:

I mean what was talked about earlier: discovery.

All AoD is built on uncovering artifacts and piecing together what happened in the past, while at the same time figuring out current political machinations.

Combat is secondary to that.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

AoD is more C&C + exploration. Combat is secondary, you can even play without ever fighting.

Combat is not secondary non-combat playstyle is secondary, it's C&C+combat game, it has almost nothing to do with exploration.

I'll repeat my answer above about exploration:

I mean what was talked about earlier: discovery.

All AoD is built on uncovering artifacts and piecing together what happened in the past, while at the same time figuring out current political machinations.

Combat is secondary to that.

It's a gamebook.

strange, I sure do remember nearly all the "exploration" being literally this:

"discovering old gods technology"

whoa


can you link me to the copy of the game you played, because apparently mine was broken

 

[Angriph]

I am a simple man. I see MCA, I click.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

The game has to keep me interested in playing it at that time.
The game has to have decent UI so as not to piss me off.

Those two options weren't there so... I chose exploration & varied game world. Exploration has always been something I enjoy be it text adventures, game books, arcade games, RPGs, strategy games. Hidden shit intrigues me. I also enjoy seeing bugs in game and exploits that the makers failed to fix. The other choices... eh. I mean parts are definitely a plus by my mood one day might just get tired of a certain game with those.

 

[Ismaul]

[AoD]'s a gamebook.

Even if a lot of stuff in AoD happens in a dialogue window, that doesn't change the fact that the whole game is built around discovering artifacts, history, plots, and accessing wondrous locations. It's even designed so that your character build determines what you have access to; discovery is built right into the character system.

Maybe you want more stuff to happen in the 3D world, and that's a fine position, but it's a criticism of the graphical presentation of the game and how you interface with the world, not what it's about.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

[AoD]'s a gamebook.

Even if a lot of stuff in AoD happens in a dialogue window, that doesn't change the fact that the whole game is built around discovering artifacts, history, plots, and accessing wondrous locations. It's even designed so that your character build determines what you have access to; discovery is built right into the character system.

Maybe you want more stuff to happen in the 3D world, and that's a fine position, but it's a criticism of the graphical presentation of the game and how you interface with the world, not what it's about.

No, it's a criticism of the fact that besides the combat, the entire rest of the game could exist like this:

It is a digital gamebook with a combat minigame that can be(and must be in many of the paths) entirely ignored.

 

[Ismaul]

It is a digital gamebook with a combat minigame that can be(and must be in many of the paths) entirely ignored.

Oh, so you're agreeing with me when I say combat is secondary in this game...

 

[rusty_shackleford]

It is a digital gamebook with a combat minigame that can be(and must be in many of the paths) entirely ignored.

Oh, so you're agreeing with me when I say combat is secondary in this game...

Yes, because it's not an RPG for the same reason gamebooks weren't RPGs.

 

[BanEvader]

Combatfagchads are taking over.
Eventually storyfaggotlets will grow up and realize the only thing that matters is the mechanics, the numbers, logos.
Shit, I just realized the meaning of words is also metaphysical, like numbers.
I've just unironically ruined my day.

 

[BruceVC]

Answer this question by choosing any two of the options above.

Great poll, I voted complex combat and exploration

 

[Maxwell's Demon]

Why is presentation lumped in with graphicswhoring?

Combatfagchads are taking over.
Eventually storyfaggotlets will grow up and realize the only thing that matters is the mechanics, the numbers, logos.
Shit, I just realized the meaning of words is also metaphysical, like numbers.
I've just unironically ruined my day.

Words and numbers are just tools. When they fail to correspond to the underlying reality, they should be scrapped for better ones. Refusing to take part in this process of refinement is just escaping from reality into solipsism.

 

[JarlFrank]

Character customization & exploration.

That's why Morrowind is one of my favorite games.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Reactivity, believability/authenticity, and C&C

don't even understand how these are related

the most important thing in rpgs after companions is npc schedules, obviously

 

[Nortar]

Good combat and good story.
Either one could be enough to carry a game (Planet Escape Tournament and Black Guards, for ex.), but both at the same time is a match made in heaven.

Singling out C&C and exploration is kind of redundant if the story is well made.
And character building one way or another is required for complex tactical combat.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Every time I see C&C I think of Command & Conquer.

.... well and C&H pure can sugar... that's the one commercials of the 80s.

 

[Dodo1610]

Reactivity, Immersion and Roleplaying are the most important for me. But I completly refuse to play anything that looks like ass.

 

[JamesDixon]

The ability to murder entire populations of Madam Soggy's and get 500 gp per scalp.