Quote from: HorusArisen;1065178D20 (ancestral and modern)
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Quote from: Itachi;1065176The problem in bringing up the videogame medium is also that, at this point, "RPG" is more of a factor that's been applied to a bazillion titles that wouldn't fit exactly the delineated box of the genre but that portray key characteristics of it as immersion, simulation systems, choices & consequences, etc. sometimes even better realized than what the so called "RPGs" do.

The STALKER series being a good example here. It's basically a first person shooter only with a myriad systems for simulating survival in a harsh environment, like trackers for sleep, thirst, hungry, radioactive contamination, etc. Besides portraying a setting whose people/fauna act by seeking their needs and goals dynamically/in a non-scripted way. All this result in an emergent environemt that, frankly, puts most so called "RPGs" - both in electronic and tabletop format - to shame in regards to simulation.

Quote from: Itachi;1065184I hated those once too. These days though, I don't hate any individual mechanic. Instead, I hate games that says something on the tin but don't back it up in actual play, regardless of mechanics used.

Quote from: Chris24601;1064516"I decided a Chimera lived in this dungeon next to the small hamlet you grew up in and from which you launched your first adventure... everyone roll up new PCs for next time" is crap DM work and always will be.