Why do people even like RPG?

[johnappseed84]

dobby985 said:

Soriku said:

The best RPGs have the best stories and gameplay. Story alone doesn't cut it to make it super great.

If you want REALLY good RPG gameplay, play Tales or Star Ocean.

Not neccesarily. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons doesn't even have a storyline and that was the original roleplaying game.

Actually A D & D always had a story, it just wasn't that pronounced in its first few years, but there had to be a fantasy setting for the games to take place in or they wouldn't make any sense. Also, you can go back and read all of the early manuels and each of them kind of reads like an encyclopedia on the different races, character classes, spells, and monsters in the games.

And of course, D & D moved into more concrete stories in worlds like Grey Hawk, The Forgotten Realms, Krynn, and Ravenloft not long after it had been on the market.

I like rpg gameplay because of its strategic elements which grew out of classic war games. The more turn-based the systems are the truer they are to the original d and d games with their dice rolls and saving throws.