What are Roleplaying games all about?

Question

I have been thinking about getting a game and found out that its a roleplaying game (Marvel:Ultimate Alliance)and have never played one before. I have played Ghost Recon: Advance War fighter and Call of duty 2 and love and beat the both and i am a big comic book fan and want to know if this is something that I would like or would be pissed off that I wasted my time on it!! All in put form you all would be greatly appreciated!!

Answer 1

The most important part of a role playing game is the fact that you play as a character and have to make decisions that, in modern games, can affect the outcome of the story. Games that you are used to playing usually don't have the character development that is involved in a role playing game, but if you like the theme, and would like to control how your character advances and interacts in the world, you will like the game.

Answer 2

Roleplaying has come to be a semi-general word. But usually a rpg consists of a very indepth storyline, 60+ hours of game play, leveling up characters (the more you fight the more experience you gain, the stronger you character becomes...unlocking new weapons or abilities), and you can have more than one person fighting at a time.

You usually have a group of people (or atleast more than one) that will fight. Sometimes fighting is turn based, where you play as all the characters just as different times (one after another...and the bad guy gets a chance in there as well). Some have all of you fighting once where you can switch control between each.

It varies depending on the game, some companies try to enhance game play so they add or take away what they like or dislike. But that is the general concept of an rpg. Its fun....they just take a long time to get to the end, but it makes for a bit more fun. But you also have to follow the storyline to get through the game.

Hope that helped!

Answer 3

Well RPGs are a different breed of games all it's own. Sounds like you are a shooter/action fan so at least that's a start. The greatest thing about RPGs is that you can build up your character throughout the game and you get new abilities and better stats as you go. But of course these types of games take time. The have a story to follow and puzzles to figure out. So if you can invest the time, RPGs are great...especially once you've figured out the combat system.

Answer 4

Role Playing Games are some of the most in depth video games out there, you have to train your characters skills and stuff, you have to pay close attention to the dialog or you will miss a clue that will later keep you alive. You have to fight fantastic creatures (in your case super villains), and all kinds of other stuff. In my opinion the best RPG's are set in the high fantasy worlds of castles and dragons' but that's my opinion. Some RPG's are turn based and some are what I call Action RPG's, which is when you have to press combinations of keys to use a certain attack or spell. I love RPG's but people that play a lot of shooter and things like that sometimes dont appreciate them, but the game your talking about is an action RPG so I think you will enjoy it.

Answer 5

RPGs are just games that try to immerse you in the universe of the game itself as much as it can...a game like GTA3 could be considered roleplaying but the term is usually used for fantasy games like World of Warcraft (which is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game or MMORPG) or even the final fantasy series.

Answer 6

if you're a comic book fan, you might. it's pretty involved. you make a character for whatever game you're playing (is this for computer or are you getting a group together or what?) essentially, whoever's game it is makes up some kind of story and the players are characters in this story. you, as a character are put into situations in this story and, to see the outcome of whatever you want to do in these situations, you role dice. there's all kinds of things involved in how to determine what you have to role and what kind of points you get for stuff based on your character...i've played, like, twice...with a bunch of nerds. they swore their lives by their game. they would draw pictures of monsters and stuff like napoleon dynamite. it was a bit ridiculous. i don't know if you would like it. i don't know what kind of person you are.

Answer 7

in spite of the fact that i do no longer own a Xbox 360, it form of feels as though Mass effect and myth II may well be stable selections for an in-intensity RPG call unique to the Xbox 360. regrettably, this console technology has no longer yielded very stable RPGs because of the "casual gamer" and FPS concentration of contemporary consoles.