needle Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 Have you ever noticed that with all of the great concepts out there that hardly anyone has done something really original for game design. If I see one more D20 product I'll hurl :exclamation I woiuld if the early 90s will be remembered as the golden age of role playing like the 40s is remembered as the golden age of comic books ??? You've got to wonder if everything hasn't been designed. Think i'll go get my copy of d20 the English men where you play a slightly insane webmaster in the English countryside ? Sorry Chris :cheesy So are all of the original ideas gone ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloe Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 I had this depressing culture lecture last term.Apparently nothing's new anymore. I didn't really take much more than that away from it, but yeah, apparently nothing's new. That means all the good ideas are long gone. ??? A bit like the X-Files in that respect then... I heard someone mention a VTM D20 at Dragon Meet last year. I don't keep up to date with these things but if that sort of thing is true then yeah, the golden age has passed us by.*A TOAST! TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROLEPLAYING!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage Posted April 3, 2002 Share Posted April 3, 2002 In my first class at film school, my teacher said that every story has been told a long time ago - the trick is to find a new and personal way to tell it. Don't bend over backwards trying to come up with something amazingly new just to be different; to be truly different, you have to tell the story *your way*, because no one else can do that.New things will come along, but it takes longer nowadays - I actually like d20, but I would hate to see it comepletely take over the world of gaming. On the other hand, at least it seems that Magic and the other card games didn't completely wipe out RPGs the way I thought they would.Computer games, on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Mal Posted April 4, 2002 Share Posted April 4, 2002 Silly Monkeys. I believe the phrase you are looking for is 'There are only seven stories in the world'.But its like I always say, You gotta go your own way (In other words I concur with Heritage monkeys teacher monkey, but I put it better) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloe Posted April 4, 2002 Share Posted April 4, 2002 I agree with the video-game comment...Although I know two people (Both called Alex - spooky huh?) who both got into playing Vampire: The Masquerade after playing the video-game. Which was good, but not as good as Diablo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlequin Posted April 9, 2002 Share Posted April 9, 2002 it's all about black & white... that gaem kicks @$$!-harle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeon Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 But Deus Ex is the God of computer game RPGs, without a doubt. If you have not played it yet, and have the specs required, then buy it! Only 10 quid now on budget! :hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 No, Planescape Torment and the Fallouts are the gods of CRPG...Deus ex is very good though it's still mostly a FPS. I liked better System Shock 2 than Deus Ex.In Fallout 2 you could become a crime lord, a slaver, a porn star, a cult leader, a selfless hero or even a sheriff.'Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeon Posted April 24, 2002 Share Posted April 24, 2002 I love them both too. But Deus Ex being a shooter? Not quite! You could quite easily kill only a few people during the entire game! Though I admit that it is a bit of a hybrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breearg Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 I.. uh.. ummm... ::draws pictures in the dirt with shoe:: I like the Quest for Glory series:So You Want to be a Hero?Trial by FireWages of WarShadows of DarknessDragon FireI love 'em, you wanna start somethin'! grr grrr ::shows teeth:: -Breearg"I love the smell of victory in the morning! It smells like... sweat, no no... oregono! No... victory, yeah, that's the ticket, victory." - Hero, Quest for Glory II: Trial By Fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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