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作者: 上海恐龙 时间: 2007-1-26 15:36 标题: 给不能上维基百科的朋友：什么是RPG？

目前 RPG 游戏，以游戏方式分类，可分为：
桌上角色扮演游戏 (TRPG)。
个人电脑单机角色扮演游戏。
个人电脑连线角色扮演游戏。
游乐器角色扮演游戏。
大型在线角色扮演游戏。
以游戏风格分类，约可分为：(主要是电脑、游乐器的差别)
欧美式 RPG
日式 RPG
中式 RPG
[编辑]游戏方式分类

[编辑]桌上角色扮演游戏
“桌上角色扮演游戏”（Table-top Role Playing Game，简称 TRPG）可以说是各种 RPG 游戏的始祖，利用一套游戏规则书和故事脚本，三五好友便在桌上进行角色扮演游戏，这就是“桌上 (Table-top)”名称的由来。TRPG 有点类似演戏，玩家扮演某一种演员角色，以固定的游戏规则和故事背景来进行游戏，例如：你可以在中古世纪的欧洲为故事背景，扮演一个高贵的骑士，而你的朋友依他的个性，扮演一个成天作奸犯科强盗，于是就展开一场角色扮演游戏。
TRPG 在市面上有许多种系统,较著名的有：
龙与地下城（Dungeons and Dragons，简称 D&D）。
泛用无界角色扮演系统（General Universal Role Playing System，简称 GURPS）。
Sword World RPG（著名动画“罗德岛战纪”使用的系统)。
[编辑]个人电脑单机角色扮演游戏
由玩家利用个人电脑控制一名角色，或是数名角色的游戏方式。
再依游戏进行方式，可大概再分类为
回合制 RPG 游戏。
即时制 RPG 游戏。
动作 RPG 游戏（ARPG）。
战略 RPG 游戏（SRPG）。
回合制 RPG 在游戏进行的途中，可以停止时间进行，等待非玩家角色（NPC）结束行动后，再由玩家进行操作的游戏方式。其中以 D&D 为规则的为大宗，由于 D&D 的游戏规则严谨，且有大量的故事题材，故电脑单机游戏有许多是以 D&D 的战役设定为蓝本的游戏。以 D&D - 被遗忘的国度为故事背景的
柏德之门（Baldur's Gate I & II）。
冰风之谷（Icewind Dale I & II）。
无冬之夜（NeverWinter Nights I & II）。
光芒之池（Pool of Radiance）。
以 D&D - 龙枪为故事背景的
早年 SSI 游戏公司出版的一系列金盒子。
以 D&D - 异界为故事背景的
异域镇魂曲（Planescape: Torment）。
即时制 RPG 故名思义无论战斗、交易、对话，游戏世界的时间并不会停止，比较有真实世界的临场感，故此类游戏也多以第一人称进行游戏。较著名的游戏有：
创世纪系列（Ultima 1 到 10）。
魔法门系列（Might and Magic 1 到 9）。
上古卷轴系列（The Elder Scrolls 1 到 4）。
动作 RPG 游戏，玩家扮演的角色通常都需要大量的特技，例如：各种攻击方式、用跳跃方式取得宝物等等。此类游戏以日本制作的较多，著名的游戏有：
暗黑破坏神系列（Diablo I & II）。
伊苏系列（YS 1 到 6）。
圣剑传说系列（1 到 4）。
战略 RPG 游戏，此类游戏融合战略和角色扮演里，角色升级的特色，而衍生的新玩法。著名的游戏有：
三国志英杰传(严格地说此作都不能算RPG而应该算成纯战棋游戏，但这样一来就没有PC游戏符合了，姑且列入此类)
以 D&D - Eberron为故事背景的龙晶传奇（Dragonshard）。
杂烩 RPG 游戏，含有多种游戏类别，比如战略、经营、益智等等。著名的游戏有：
大航海时代系列(1-4、2外传)。
太阁立志传系列(1-5)。
其他著名的单机 RPG 游戏：
魔戒系列（Lord of the Ring）。
轩辕剑系列。
由此可见，RPG 游戏在电脑单机游戏上的地位极其重要。
[编辑]个人电脑连线角色扮演游戏
由单机游戏进行网络连线的游戏方式，可再分为：
区域或因特网连线
玩家自设私人服务器
区域或因特网连线的代表作就是暗黑破坏神系列，此类游戏通常会有人数上限，以某位玩家的个人电脑当做主要的联络电脑，进行团体游戏。绝冬城之夜也可以使用这种模式。
玩家自设私人服务器的代表作就是绝冬城之夜，官方网站有提供服务器软件，供玩家自设服务器。
[编辑]游乐器角色扮演游戏
通常是使用电视为显示方式，以简易的操作方法为主的 RPG 游戏方式。因游乐器是由日本先行开始，故许多游戏都是以日本游戏制作公司为主，通常都是日式 RPG 的规则。近来由于 XBOX 的普及和 PS 的国际化，也开始有许多欧美游戏制作公司加入。著名的游戏有：
勇者斗恶龙系列（Dragon Quest）。
最终幻想系列（Final Fantasy）。
[编辑]大型在线角色扮演游戏
参见条目：MMORPG
在线角色扮演起源很早，早在因特网尚未普及的年代，玩家便有使用类似 BBS 的方式进行游戏，主要都是以文字叙述的方式进行，而现代的在线角色扮演游戏，除了文字传递方式之外，更有华丽的游戏画面，且可以容纳更多玩家，也可以四处收集装备、宝物，强化虚拟世界中的自我，但也因此沦落于练功、打怪的鼠标点击游戏方式，反而失去角色扮演的特点。
著名的在线 RPG 游戏有：
在线创世纪（Ultima Online）。
无尽的任务（Ever Quest I & II）。
魔兽世界（World of Warcraft）。
天堂（Lineage I & II）。
仙境传说（Ragnarok Online）。
最终幻想（FF Online）。
用最粗略的区分方式来说，东方网络角色扮演游戏，大致上是以玩者控制人物来进行砍杀怪物或对手，以提升角色能力并赚取虚拟金币，但美制游戏则较强调完成任务或解决谜语，最近甚至出现以生活和社交为游戏重心的模拟市民（The Sims Online）。
网络游戏因为其匿名性，以及互动对象为真人，亦因此产生许多新型态社会问题，例如：虚拟物品交易、盗取帐号、小白横行等。而游戏系统或程序上的缺失，玩家利用插件 (俗称 BOT)，也造成许多问题。
[编辑]游戏风格分类

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[编辑]欧美式 RPG
欧美式 RPG 通常都有巨大的故事情节，引人入胜的剧情，但不限定解谜路线的游戏方式，开放的让玩家自由发展，自由度较日式 RPG 活泼许多，故事剧情也多可分为主线剧情、副线剧情和其他零碎小任务。也通常使用第一人称的视点，使用 3D 的画面构成，造成许多习惯日式 RPG 的玩家，很不习惯此类游戏。但一旦能融入游戏建构出来的世界的玩家，往往也会觉得日式 RPG 太过容易、枯燥和单一。
[编辑]日式 RPG
日式 RPG 游戏的设计强调剧情的推进，与欧美式游戏相比，此类游戏大多比较封闭，玩家只能按照设计者缺省的程过进行游戏，如某一物品未取得，就不会有下一个提示出现。某种程度上，日式 RPG 更像是可以与玩家互动的电视剧。日式 RPG 游戏因游乐器的普及，而拥有庞大的市场，可与欧美 RPG 一较高下。
[编辑]中式 RPG
发展最晚，早期多由台湾游戏公司制作，大多数以金庸、古龙等等知名武侠小说为故事蓝本，近年来也有自创的世界设定出现，也有以传统神话为故事背景的游戏。此类游戏通常带有强烈的中国传统文化的色彩，故市场多限于华人社会。著名的游戏有：
以山海经为故事蓝本的轩辕剑系列。
以爱情为主轴自创中式浪漫的仙剑奇侠传系列。
即时战斗的剑侠情缘。
天地劫系列。
金庸群侠传。

作者: hugang 时间: 2007-1-26 15:37

RPG其实就是“人品游戏”，因为你不知道什么时候会踩上地雷:D

作者: RestlessDream 时间: 2007-1-26 15:37

这个词条俺编辑过。

没想到这么多年了还这么烂

作者: 上海恐龙 时间: 2007-1-26 15:38

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原帖由 RestlessDream 于 2007-1-26 15:37 发表
这个词条俺编辑过。

没想到这么多年了还这么烂

OOXX……

作者: fido7 时间: 2007-1-26 15:39

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原帖由 hugang 于 2007-1-26 15:37 发表
RPG其实就是“人品游戏”，因为你不知道什么时候会踩上地雷:D

作者: Kuzuryuusen 时间: 2007-1-26 15:40

:D

ＲＰＧはなんてくだらないんだろう？
って思わないんですか？
画面に向かって猿のように単純作業を繰り返しても
お金ももらえないし、人間的にも全く成長しないんですよ。
何も得るものなんて無いんですよ。
むなしくならないんですか？

あのＲＰＧをクリアした自分はすごいんだとか思ってるんですか？
自信が付くとか思ってるんですか？
そんなことが何の役に立つんですか？
そんな自信は現実社会でむなしくへし折られるだけですよ。
他の人が現実社会で有意義に生活している間に、
仮想世界に引きこもっても社会不適合者になるだけですよ。
自分の成長を停止させて、社会に貢献できない人間になりたいのですか？
こんなに無意味なことに時間を費やしてきて
「あなたは今まで何をやってきたの？」
「あなたができることは何？」
と問われて困るのはあなた方です。

感動した？それはあなたの精神が未熟だからでしょう？
くだらない感動のためにどれだけ時間を無駄にしてるんだろう？
ＲＰＧをやめたらどれだけ有意義な時間を持てるだろう？
よく考えなさい。

http://bbs.stage1st.com/thread-244627-1-3.html

作者: 刃风 时间: 2007-1-26 15:40

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原帖由 hugang 于 2007-1-26 15:37 发表
RPG其实就是“人品游戏”，因为你不知道什么时候会踩上地雷:D

:D 加入《维基百科》

作者: sonicteam 时间: 2007-1-26 16:38

少了最重要的一条

现在几乎所有的非NAMCOBANDAI公司出品的RPG游戏都不敢在游戏包装说明书和宣传资料上写RPG这个词

原因是 RPG是NAMCOBANDAI公司的注册商标，如果要使用这个商标都要写上这句话。SEGA就是

作者: 紫龍 时间: 2007-1-26 16:49

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原帖由 hugang 于 2007-1-26 15:37 发表
RPG其实就是“人品游戏”，因为你不知道什么时候会踩上地雷:D

这种RPG太落后了……

作者: 王总 时间: 2007-1-26 17:42

RPG不是一种兵器么....

作者: df3d 时间: 2007-1-26 17:52

RPG! RPG! Hold On~~~~!

Black Hawk Down! Black Hawk Down!

I got Black Hawk Down! I got Black Hawk Down!

作者: fyxfyx 时间: 2007-1-26 20:21

Research PostGraduate

作者: 藕是张力 时间: 2007-1-26 22:53

关于RPG的词条，还是参照英文，日语WIKI吧

作者: tank149510 时间: 2007-1-26 22:59

RPG不是俄制反坦克火箭筒么:D

作者: 蒙其D路飞 时间: 2007-1-27 12:19

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原帖由 tank149510 于 2007-1-26 22:59 发表
RPG不是俄制反坦克火箭筒么:D

怎么又小黑屋了.............

作者: 严俊 时间: 2007-1-27 12:24

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原帖由 hugang 于 2007-1-26 15:37 发表
RPG其实就是“人品游戏”，因为你不知道什么时候会踩上地雷:D

RP GAME ？

作者: Klyress 时间: 2007-1-27 15:09

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原帖由 tank149510 于 2007-1-26 22:59 发表
RPG不是俄制反坦克火箭筒么:D

为什么一定是俄制...

作者: lindley007 时间: 2007-1-27 18:47

响应号召帖个英文的

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Computer role-playing game

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A computer role-playing game (CRPG [1]) is a video game genre that has its origin rooted in personal computers (PC) and to varying degrees utilizes game mechanics of traditional Role-playing games.
Gameplay elements strongly associated with CRPGs, such as statistical character development, have been widely adapted to other video game genres. For example, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, an action game, uses statistics (abbreviated as "stats"

to keep track of stamina, weapon proficiency, driving, appearance, lung capacity, and muscularity. Warcraft III, a real-time strategy game, features heroes that can complete quests, obtain new equipment, and learn new abilities as they advance in level. However, neither game is considered a computer role-playing game.
Contents
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1 Overview
1.1 Character development
1.2 Themes
1.3 Navigation
1.4 Quest Structure
1.5 Encounters
1.6 Combat
2 History and Chronology
3 Criticisms
4 Variant terminology
5 Differences between PC RPGs and Console RPGs
6 List of companies
7 Prominent designers
8 See also
9 References

[edit]Overview

CRPGs are originally derived from traditional role-playing games, especially Dungeons & Dragons, and use both the settings and game mechanics found in such games. The stories featured usually involve a group of characters (a party) who have joined forces in order to accomplish a mission or "quest". Along the way, the adventurers must face a great number of challenges and enemies (usually monsters inspired by science fiction and classic mythology).
Characters have a variety of attributes such as hit points. These attributes are traditionally displayed to the player on a status screen as a numeric value, instead of a simpler abstract graphical representation, such as the bars and meters favored by video games in general.

[edit]Character development
Players are allowed to choose how they want to improve their character's (or party's) performance in terms of attributes, skills, special abilities, and equipment. These improvements are given as rewards for overcoming challenges and achieving goals. The conditions that need to be met in order to earn these rewards may vary; some games are focused on defeating enemies, while others emphasize completion of the quests. The amount of freedom players are given when choosing what to improve also varies by game; some allow highly detailed and specialized customizations (known as "builds"

, while others automate the process almost entirely. In many games, players are allowed to name and create the concept of their characters, as opposed to playing the role of a pre-defined protagonist. When creating a character from scratch, players might be able to choose their race. Players choose a character class or profession that defines the focus of their training in different aptitudes such as weapons mastery, social skills, spell-casting, and stealth. Some games allow characters to advance in more than one of these professions, but this usually carries some form of disadvantage in order to maintain game balance. Some games also allow the player to choose a "background" or "vignette" that defines the history of the character, prior to gameplay.
Two different systems of rewarding the player characters for solving the tasks in the game can be set apart: the experience system (also known as the "level-based" system) and the training system (also known as the "skill-based" system). The former system, by far the most common, was inherited from traditional role-playing games and emphasizes receiving "experience points" by winning battles, performing class-specific activities, and completing quests, which are then "invested" by the player into the necessary skills. The second system was first introduced in Dungeon Master, and emphasizes developing the character's skills by using them - meaning that if a character wields a sword for some time, he or she will become proficient with it. This system was later used in the The Elder Scrolls series, as well as the Dungeon Siege series.
Both character development systems have their advantages and disadvantages. The experience system allows more flexibility and fairness in rewarding the completed tasks, but is generally unrealistic, since it is, for example, theoretically possible to develop a character's warrior skills without ever actually using them in game. The training system does not imply any reward for the completed quests, except a material one, assuming that the character trained his or her skills while working towards the set goals. However, such systems tend to over-simplification (as seen in Dungeon Siege) and are often considered a step away from classical CRPGs towards the action RPG genre. Many games, such as Oblivion (Elder Scrolls), utilize both the training system and experience system.
In most computer role-playing games, character advancement does not affect the characterization of the player character. Planescape: Torment and Fallout both stand as notable exceptions to this trend for their inclusion of complex quest structures and NPC behaviors that were altered depending on the player's choices, with Torment taking into account the player's predilection for law or order and Fallout introducing reputation-based traits such as "Child Killer" or "Gigolo." Other D&D-based games (including the Baldur's Gate and Knights of the Old Republic series) also offered many opportunities to shape the player's character, changing the nature of the game and and its NPC reactions.

[edit]Themes
Like the first role-playing games, most CRPGs are set in a fictional high fantasy world. Whereas the tabletop games have since diversified, few CRPGs feature elements from space opera, post-apocalyptic, alien and other science fiction themes. Almost none take place in historical or modern settings. Several notable exceptions to this trend are Arcanum (steampunk), Bloodlines ("gothic punk"

, Starflight (science fiction), Darklands (a blend of medieval German history and legend), and Fallout (post-apocalyptic).

[edit]Navigation
An important characteristic of a CRPG is freedom of movement. Most CRPGs allow the player to travel where he wants, putting few or no implemented restrictions of where the player can go, locked doors not withstanding. This makes exploration an important element to all CRPGs.
Characters in CRPGs often travel long distances or navigate through complex and maze-like locations in order to accomplish their goals; thus, many use a system of maps to help the player navigate through the game world.
Since Akalabeth, these games feature characters moving on one or more maps. When the player-character in that game entered a dungeon or city, the view is changed from the map view to the player view. This representation is still used by Final Fantasy series and many other console RPGs. But since Ultima 6, many CRPGS now feature a player view also in travels, showing fully developed and complex landscapes, and only showing the map to help the player.
Some games feature maps that must be viewed on their own separate screen, while others feature an automap that is always visible during normal gameplay. These maps commonly keep track of a character's current location and important destinations. Although these maps generally make navigation easier for the player, some games limit the visibility of the map intentionally to provide additional challenge or more realism.

[edit]Quest Structure
Computer role-playing games, more so than any other genre, are famous for having long and involved quests. In particular, many of the most famous and well-regarded CRPGs such as Fallout contain multiple quest solutions and nonlinear gameplay through branching plots and often multiple endings. Different character builds may approach quests differently, using diplomacy, violence, subterfuge, bribery, or a variety of other methods, often driven by character as opposed to player skill. Many quests in CRPGs are optional, allowing for freedom of choice in defining a character's goals and intentions. In some CRPGs, such as Planescape: Torment, choosing one path over another may have moral implications, potentially changing the alignment of the player. In some other CRPGs, such as Arcanum or Geneforge, a set of quests may be mutually exclusive with another set, forcing the player to come to a decision on the possible long term effects. Such quests often affect the player's standing with a particular faction which may help or hinder the player. Thus the player's choices can have profound consequences later in the game.

[edit]Encounters
The CRPG travel system usually uses a map view and a set of nodes that the player can traverse to. During travel, the player characters may wander around in dangerous places, such as enemy strongholds or the savage wilderness. In some games, these locations will spawn random encounters, usually when the characters are moving. A random encounter may be benign in nature, such as finding a friendly non-player character or a wandering merchant, or it may be hostile, such as being spotted by a group of enemies or walking into a trap. Encounters are more often hostile than benign. By encountering and defeating enemies, the group of characters may be rewarded with loot and experience points, just as in many of the simpler traditional fantasy RPGs. Participating in random encounters repeatedly for the sake of amassing these rewards is referred to as grinding. Enemy characters featured in random encounters rarely have any impact on the story. Some games, instead of using a traditional random encounter system, generate the characters from a random encounter on the screen before the player is forced to interact with them. This way, the player is able to better prepare for the encounter or avoid it altogether (if possible).
Some encounters in CRPGs are not random; they happen automatically when the player reaches a certain point in the story. These encounters are usually important events and may be foreshadowed in some way. The vast majority of these non-random encounters are "bosses", enemy characters of importance who are always more difficult to defeat than any common random encounter. Other scripted encounters may include unavoidable guards, characters seeking the player's attention, or incidents that are critical to the story. Like most video games, CRPGs often feature a climactic final encounter, after which the game soon reaches its conclusion.
Random encounters are no longer frequently used in modern CRPGs, with the exception of a few special cases like roguelikes.

[edit]Combat
Almost every CRPG features combat as one of the main challenges to the player. A good portion of these games is spent avoiding, preparing for, or carrying out fights. Combat is usually carried out in either turn-based or real-time mode.
In a classical turn-based system, only one character may act at a time; all other characters remain still, with a few exceptions that may involve the use of special abilities. The order in which the characters act is usually dependant on their attributes, such as speed or agility. Most turn-based games do not emphasize reflexes.
In real-time mode, there are no turn restrictions and characters may act at any time. Action tends to be more frenetic though sometimes difficult to control. An example of a CRPG featuring real-time combat is Diablo. Many real-time CRPGs are classified as Action RPGs.
A variant of this mode called real-time with pause allows the player to pause the game and issue orders to all characters under his/her control; when the game is unpaused, all characters follow the orders they were given. This system, abbreviated as RTwP, is often actually implemented with an underlying turn-based system, as in the Baldur's Gate series. RTwP has been particularly popular in games designed by Bioware. The most famous RTwP engine is the Infinity Engine.

[edit]History and Chronology

Richard Garriott's Akalabeth from 1980 is considered to be one of the first graphical CRPGs not hosted on PLATO.
Main articles: History of computer role-playing games and Chronology of computer role-playing games
Role-playing video games began in 1975 as an offshoot of early university mainframe computer text RPGs on PDP-10 and Unix-based computers, starting with Dungeon and graphical RPGs on the PLATO System, pedit5 and dnd, themselves inspired by traditional role-playing games. Other influences during this period were text adventures, Multiple-User Dungeons (MUDs) and roguelike games. Some of the first graphical CRPGs after pedit5 and dnd, were orthanc, avathar (later renamed avatar), oubliette, Dungeons of Daggorath, baradur, emprise, bnd, sorcery, moria, and dndworld, all of which were developed and became widely popular on PLATO during the latter 1970s, in large part due to PLATO's speed, fast graphics, nationwide network of terminals, and large number of players with access to those terminals. These were followed by (but did not always lead directly to) games on other platforms, such as Akalabeth (1980) (which gave rise to the well-known Ultima series), and Wizardry.
These early Ultima and Wizardry games are perhaps the largest influence on the later console RPG games that are now popular. Many innovations of Ultima III: Exodus (1983) eventually became standards of almost all RPGs in both the console market (if somewhat simplified to fit the gamepad) and the personal computer market. Later Dungeon Master (1987) introduced realtime gameplay and several user-interface innovations, such as direct manipulation of objects and the environment with the mouse, to first-person CRPGs.

[edit]Criticisms

CRPGs often face criticism from players of traditional RPGs. A common reason for this is the fact that most CRPGs focus on combat and statistical character management instead of storytelling and deep character development. This trend is called powergaming. Players also criticise the fact that the player has limited, pre-programmed control over their digital avatar, rather than unlimited control of a character who may interact with any aspect of the game's world.
These are common criticisms of simulated realities in general; indeed, these criticisms are also directed at gamist and simulationist players of traditional role-playing games. A virtual world might create the illusion of freedom in terms of choice and motion, but even in the most free-form CRPGs, a player's actions are limited by the amount of content that a game's designers are able to program. Narrativist RPG players, being used to having no such pre-defined limitations, find themselves unsatisfied with the experience provided in CRPGs.
Many gamers feel that it is inaccurate to use the term "role-playing game" to describe games in which the characterization of the game characters is determined by the game designer rather than the players' portrayal of their roles. However, this is a criticism of the term rather than of the games themselves.
Although current technical limitations may not allow CRPGs to be as open-ended and free as traditional RPGs, numerous games allow for considerable variation in their content delivery. Many games also feature graphic engines designed to be easily modified by enthusiasts, who with their own variations and ideas may add new graphical content and build their own home-grown setting and stories. Some games such as Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption and Neverwinter Nights also feature built-in "storytelling" multiplayer modes which provide one player all the functions of a gamemaster. However, future developments in artificial intelligence may lead to the development of CRPGs which answer all the traditionalist criticisms.
Another major criticism of CRPGs is one inherited from their roots in early, combat-focused role-playing games — that their typically strong emphasis on statistics and numbers for many facets of gameplay has diluted "role-playing" into "roll playing." In many cases, it's not clear where to draw the line between player choices and numerical determination. For instance, whether there should be a stat-based skill for information gathering has long been the subject of debate in the RPG community.

[edit]Variant terminology

Warcraft III is primarily a real-time strategy game, but it strongly blends CRPG elements into its gameplay.
Because traditional role-playing games predate them, computer RPGs were given the abbreviation “CRPG” as they increased in popularity to avoid confusing the two. In Japan, however, video game RPGs became widely popular first, so the term “RPG” (in the Latin alphabet) is used for them primarily, while the original versions are given the retronym “PRPG”. Outside Japan, console RPGs are frequently referred to as “JRPGs”, and computer RPGs are sometimes referred to as Western role-playing games (WRPGs [2]).
CRPGs which mainly feature complex, squad-based combat systems are known as Tactical RPGs, and may be abbreviated as “TRPGs”. Some prefer to call them “Strategic RPGs”, thus they may also be referred to as “SRPGs” instead. Tactical RPGs feature a strong emphasis on tactical combat, usually turn-based. This subgenre borders with Real-time tactics and Turn-based tactics, and some games are considered to belong to both the CRPG and Tactics genres, or be a hybrid between them. Jagged Alliance and Silent Storm are famous Turn-based strategy games that are also classified as part of the tactical RPG genre.
Many games commonly referred to as CRPGs, such as Diablo II or Dungeon Siege, are often described more specifically as Action RPGs. This subgenre tends to be faster-paced, more skill intensive and focused on combat, while lacking developed plot and dialogue. Sometimes Action RPGs are also referred to as hack and slashers.
Games that take significant elements from CRPGs and other genres, but don't have a genre name like "Action RPG" yet, are usually referred to as "hybrids." For instance, System Shock 2 and Deus Ex are two famous FPS/RPG hybrids. Warlord's Battlecry and Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars are RPG/RTS hybrids. Other games, such as Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators, have so many different genres mixed together (i.e. CRPG, RTS, Elite-style trading simulation, TBS, text adventure, SHMUPS) that they defy any meaningful singular characterization. These games are usually simply referred to as multi-genre.
Furthermore, any CRPG developed by an amateur developer is usually referred to as an Indie ("Independent"

role-playing game. Popular Indie role-playing games include Avernum and Geneforge. Indie role-playing games are not a distinct subgenre but their small budgets usually have a dramatic effect on the game design.

[edit]Differences between PC RPGs and Console RPGs

Main article: Cultural differences in computer and console role-playing games
Due to cultural differences between developer companies, historically different inspirations and origins, distinct target audiences, and hardware with dissimilar capabilities, two main trends or "families" of computer RPGs exist. Each follows a certain pattern in terms of art style, storyline, and game mechanics. To see an involved discussion of the major differences between computer RPGs and console RPGs resulting from the occidental and oriental divide, see Cultural differences in computer and console role-playing games.

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