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Background
The mid
1970s gave birth to a new genre of role playing video games. Online RPG were
the results of early university mainframe text-based role playing games on
Unix-based computers (such as pedit5, dnd, and Dungeon) and PDP-10.
When the
1980s came, Rogue, a very popular dungeon crawler, was released. Because of
this, a deep system of gameplay was observed in the settings, items, and monsters.
As a result, new genres of “roguelike” replicas were made. http://tinyurl.com/6gpmxet
One of the
most influential among the role playing games invented was Dungeons and
Dragons. Ever since its release, improvements have been made on online role
playing games in general. In 1988, SSI formed a series of “Gold Box” Computer
Role Playing Games with Pool of Radiance. The rules were based on Advanced Dungeons
and Dragons. It also featured overhead tactical displays for combat and a
first-person display for movement.
Initially,
role playing games offered only a single player mode of playing. But with the
advent of games like Diablo, multiplayer options of the games became available
and quickly became all the rage especially in the mid-1990s. With more success,
these multiplayer games became massively multiplayer online role-playing games
(MMORPGs) with the advent of the internet. Games such as Everquest where
produced as MMORPGs.
Dungeons and
Dragons and other traditional ORPGS became the basis for the game mechanics and
the settings found in the new role playing games. http://tinyurl.com/6gpmxet
They all
involve a team, group of characters, usually called a “party” that join
together to accomplish a mission or quests. Challenges and enemies await the players
and they become more and more difficult to overcome as the game progresses.
Some
obstacles are dragons, monsters, or evil wizards. Most of these are inspired by
science fiction, mythology, and fantasy.
Rewards and Points
The players
themselves build their own avatars or characters. They also have different
options on how they can modify these characters basing on their skills,
attributes, equipment, special abilities, and personalities. http://tinyurl.com/6gpmxet
However, the
improvements of their characters are highly dependent on how they play the
game. New powers, equipment, and better health are given as rewards and prizes
for achievement of their goals and accomplishment of quests. It can also be
given as reciprocate to the service they offer to the locals of the fantasy
setting.
Rewarding
the characters may be done based on these 3 systems. The training system awards
the characters with proficiency in using equipment. With training and practice,
the character will become more accustomed to it.
The skill
point system rewards the character skill points based on the quests he or she
completed.
The
experience system awards the player with experience points upon winning battles
and destroying monsters in the game.
Complex Fun
Normally,
status screens are displayed on the gamer’s monitor to know the attributes and
hit points of the character. It uses a more complex abstract graphical representation
because bars and meters are not utilized in describing the character’s status.
Instead,
numerical values are designated to do the job. http://tinyurl.com/6gpmxet
Multiplayer Experience
Single and
multiplayer options are available with online role playing games. These games
allow you to be part of a group or a team. They give chance for player to
player interaction through chat. A sense of competition is also experienced
during battles with other teams.
With
revenues exceeding more than a billion dollars each year, it is then, with no
doubt, that online gaming encompasses other role playing game genres. http://tinyurl.com/6gpmxet
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