RPG vs MMORPG

[Eopie]

Hello.

What is your favourite genre: RPG or MMORPG.. or other?.

My favourite was MMORPG, but i am not sure now since i am playing more time.. Skyrim, FO4 than other kind of games.

RPGs you play alone, no Pvp...but is more rol, more immersive, and the questing and the story is more deep, more exploration. And you can find sandbox features, like happen with Bethesda games.

MMO or MMORPGs usually are a bit grindy, have gear-depency, and is dificult find good immersion or rol. Nowdays is more voice programs, and you need be competitive etc. Almost no social content apart of the traditional Raiding.. or massive Pvp.

Surelly everybody plays all genres (like me). Only i am curous about what is your favourite.

Maybe the future will be a mix of RPG and on line?. For example Mass Effect Andromeda will have On line mode apart RPG and exploration.

[🅷🅴🆇🅴🅽]

Western Open-World Roleplay Games.

[Kameraden]

Open World Adventure is kind of what Bethesda style games are anymore.

I've always been an open world fan. Main reason I loved the original Legend of Zelda games, reason I loved Simcopter on the PC.

Reason I liked and enjoyed Fallout 3, New Vegas, and Fallout 4.

Roleplaying is nice and all but it isn't that necessary. Though I do much prefer a game in which I feel like i'm playing as a blank slate in which I can do whatever with. It's what made New Vegas much nicer than the other two recent Fallout titles.

Ironically it's that blank slate feeling in which makes me like GTA online more than GTA V. GTA online isn't story focused and you get to play on the same world map. Start out with like $500 and a 9mm Pistol and eventually be a billionare. GTA online was kind of fun if not repetitive. Something that GTA V story mode epically failed at, with it's insane story focus.

[swingers swing]

RPG because I don't enjoy dealing with other people. MMORPGs kinda get boring unless you got a group of friends to joke with lol.

[Zee_]

For MMOs I primarily play for PvP and/or exploration (I'm an EKS or KES depending on the time of day), never was much of a loot ♥♥♥♥♥ type so WoW and other loot-centric MMOs bore me quickly. While older MMOs like Ultima Online, Asheron's Call and Guild Wars were my jam back in the day (still play the original Guild Wars from time to time).

While I still play MMOs (usually guild wars 2 because it doesn't require a huge time investment or have much grinding involved compared to most other modern MMOs), I mostely play single player RPGs these days. So I guess I'd go with RPG as my preference.

But if you were to expand the choices to genres other than MMO or RPG, then my answer would be FPS first, RPG second, MMO third, space sims fourth and strategy games/4x games fifth.

edited to add: I forgot to include racing games/racing sims... toss those in with space sims for fourth place I guess. Also forgot fighting games... ugg... um... make them 5th and put strategy/4x games in sixth place.

[Solomon Hawk]

MMORPG
It's almost a contradiction of terminology, but it exists.
The thing is, that not everyone in an MMORPG is into RPG elements and their reasons are various and it can break your immersion of you allow it to.

[DouglasGrave]

Just RPG, definitely. I prefer to play at my own pace, and MMORPG and similar games with ongoing investment make me feel like I'm obligated to play.

[Mistslicer]

RPG all the way. Single player

[DeadlyFred]

I prefer limited multiplayer RPGs. A game I can play by myself or invite a few friends along to join. MMORPG design and balance is completely different in respect to other types of RPGs. Like, while playing TES:O, all I ever find myself wishing is: Man, I wish I could just make my own damn class like in every other TES game, I'd be enjoying this much more.

Basically, I really want Fallout 4/Skyrim with like 2-4 Player Co-Op.

[Eopie]

Originally posted by DeadlyFred:

I prefer limited multiplayer RPGs. A game I can play by myself or invite a few friends along to join. MMORPG design and balance is completely different in respect to other types of RPGs. Like, while playing TES:O, all I ever find myself wishing is: Man, I wish I could just make my own damn class like in every other TES game, I'd be enjoying this much more.

Basically, I really want Fallout 4/Skyrim with like 2-4 Player Co-Op.

I am curious about this game. You can play alone like a RPG and you can create Servers. So people could create roleplay servers, or hardcore servers, or you can play with your.. 2 or 3 friends in a private server..

http://www.conanexiles.com/

That could be cool in games like Skyrim or FO4. Roleplayer servers or others kinds or alone, depending of your taste.