Computer RPG Games
Community for CRPG games and other RPG gaming discussions. Witcher, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Baldurs Gate as well as indie RPGs (Underrail, Avernum, Space Wreck etc.). Focus is on CRPGs, but discussion around JPRGs, ARPGs and hybrid games with RPG components is also welcome.
Tabletop/pen & paper RPG discussion is not a good fit for this community. Check out !rpg@ttrpg.network for TT/P&P RPG discussions.
Memes are not banned, but the overwhelming focus is on discussions, releases and articles. Try and post memes (on an occasional basis) that would make people who don't like memes admit "OK! That was a good one!".
Rules (Click to Expand):
-
Follow the Lemmy.world Rules - https://mastodon.world/about
-
Be kind. No bullying, harassment, racism, sexism etc. against other users.
-
No spam, illegal content, or NSFW content (no games with NSFW images/video).
-
Please stay on topic, cRPG adjacent games or even JRPGs are fine. Try to include topics / games that have a strong roleplaying component to them.
Some other gaming communities across Lemmy:
- Adventure Games - !adventuregames@retrolemmy.com
- Automation Games - !automationgames@lemmy.zip
- Cozy Games - !cozygames@lemmy.world
- City Builders - !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works
- Horror Games (variety) - !horror_games@piefed.world
- Incremental - !incremental_games@incremental.social
- Indie Games (variety) - !bside@fedia.io
- Lifesim Games - !lifesimulation@lemmy.world
- Open Source Games - !foss_gaming@lemmy.world
- Roguelike Games - !roguelikes@lemmy.world
- RTS Games - !rts@reddthat.com
- Space Games (variety) - !space_games@piefed.world
- Strategy Games - !strategy_games@piefed.world
- Turn-based Strategy - !turnbasedstrategy@piefed.world
- Tycoon / Business Sim Games - !tycoon@lemmy.world
- Video Game Art - !gameart@sopuli.xyz
- Video Game Music - !vgmusic@lemmy.world
- Video Game Questions - !askgaming@piefed.social
Game-specific communities on Lemmy:
- Baldur's Gate 3 - !baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world
- Cyberpunk - !cyberpunk2077@lemmy.world
- Deus Ex - !deus_ex@lemmy.cafe
- Elder Scrolls - !elderscrolls@lemmy.zip
- Fallout - !fallout@lemmy.world
- Mass Effect - !masseffect@lemmy.world
- The Witcher - !thewitcher@lemmy.world
Thank you to macniel for the community icon!
view the rest of the comments
Sometimes when you become too powerful, the game becomes less fun. You cruise through challenges or skip entire mechanics.
I was playing an RPG recently and, due to defeating an optional boss rather early received a massive power spike. Several extra levels, but also a new skill that essentially gave my party haste for free all the time. Double actions.
Afterwards, every enemy encounter became kind of trivial. They're still doing their part- the big moves that you need to account for, the dramatic speeches, and so on- but my party is so strong that it doesn't matter. With haste I can just heal and then attack, or attack twice. A big story boss went down before I could even get my wizard to do their cool combo move.
So that kind of sucks. Sure, I won, but it wasn't fun. I didn't get to engage with the boss's mechanics, because they died too quickly. There wasn't much danger because I could freely heal and revive my team. I could just watch a playthrough or movie if I just want to see stuff win.
Victory alone isn't fun. There needs to be struggle.
Defeating the optional boss was a big struggle. That took several tries and an hour of time. Realizing the potential of permanent haste was also fun. I changed my build so one party member could set up a combo on their own. But actually playing turned out to be disappointing. It felt hollow.
I could turn off the permanent haste. That feels weird. I know if I do so, every time I lose a fight I'll be thinking "I would've won if I'd used it".
On the other hand, there are exploits that let you skip content that's not fun. If the game demands that you catch 999 butterflies in order to unlock a cool sword, I wouldn't feel bad about using a "if you stand here and hold down the button, it does it automatically" kind of exploit. That's skipping over something I don't want to do, as opposed to the fun parts of a game.
I bet there are people who feel like the boss fights are the slog, and are happy to perma-haste through it.
I don't really know how to square these circles.