Difference of a CRPG from a regular RPG?

[dezell123]

Whats the difference?


And what are some good CRPG's?

 

[dezell123]

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[ElFenix]

crpg is a computer rpg.

the other kind is pen and paper.

crpg's generally have a fixed plot and modules, though they can range from having none to lots of replay value depending on the number of side quests/multiple endings.

and then theres mmorpgs, massively multiplayer online rpgs, like UO, evercrack, and daoc. some, like uo and daoc, have minimal plot (or none) affecting the players (though i think UO now has a plot). (UO, as far as i'm concerned, is the most rpg-ish crpg ever, in that you can do all sorts of things, your skills aren't set at character creation, that sort of thing. daoc, all their is is fighting. star wars galaxies should be very good, i think).

then theres squaresoft rpgs, which recently have become little more than interactive movies. the best of those, IMHO, was final fantasy 4 (2 in the US), which had the most plot twists of them all (though its not anything like the interactive movie that the PS versions have been.)

 

[GermyBoy]

True that, FFIV (2 in the US) was the greatest game ever! I still play it once a year, AND build my levels to 99 for every character while on the moon, to ensure I have a 20+ hour game. LOL. Otherwise it's beatable in one sitting .

 

[ElFenix]

yeah, i thought that maybe if rydia and rosa were 99 (and hence everyone else was 99 as well) i could cast white meteo... wrong!


sitting there on the moon with edge dead because he was a wuss and just sucked exp after getting to 99 since he didn't do damage and my party in a 2-3 front-back config because edge would always die up front cuz he sucked for hours to get to 99 killing behemoths and those floating head things.

 

[XZeroII]

never seen someone bump a post after only 12 min...

 

[GermyBoy]

<< yeah, i thought that maybe if rydia and rosa were 99 (and hence everyone else was 99 as well) i could cast white meteo... wrong!


sitting there on the moon with edge dead because he was a wuss and just sucked exp after getting to 99 since he didn't do damage and my party in a 2-3 front-back config because edge would always die up front cuz he sucked for hours to get to 99 killing behemoths and those floating head things. >>



Um...I don't believe that your Rydia couldn't do Meteo. My Rydia could cast Meteo readily at level 50. The nature of Meteo is to be a slow spell though. Try Nuke isntead. It casts almost immediately, and at Level 99, and did 9400+ damage on Zemus. Edge doesn't suck, his Masamune and other M-sword are great combos. Perhaps you were at too low a level to be on the moon? Anyways, Kain was able to Jump in like 3 seconds, Cecil would be able to replinish most of the parties HP on his own w/his Cure2, and Rosa did some awesome White attacks.

 

[Silex]

mmotrpg's? Massive Multiplayer Onle Text-Based RPG's. I ask, because many of them are free and it's a good way to pass the time sometimes when you feel like reading. Shoot! I knew that I knew of a couple, but they seemed to have slipped my mind. Anybody out there know of any that can point me in the right direction? =D

 

[GermyBoy]

<< mmotrpg's? Massive Multiplayer Onle Text-Based RPG's. I ask, because many of them are free and it's a good way to pass the time sometimes when you feel like reading. Shoot! I knew that I knew of a couple, but they seemed to have slipped my mind. Anybody out there know of any that can point me in the right direction? =D >>




Text based you say? I've tried RedMoon (graphical), and it's pretty big and cool. If you want text-based, play Zord series, or Planetfall. Very fun games.