IncendiaryDevice
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I'll be creating the poll for 1999 RPGs tomorrow sometime, so this is just a quick 24 hour poll to find out if I should be including System Shock 2.
The specifics for this game seem a whole lot more complicated than most games, even other hybrids which are usually just 2 genres moulded together. SS2 however seems to be lots and lots of stuff. Or, what we would today refer to as an FPS with minor RPG elements.
1) It was never meant to be a System Shock sequel, this only happened after production had got going along, most likely for name recognition purposes.
2) It promotes itself as an FPS first and foremost, and also as a Horror Survival, and also as an 'action' RPG.
If this game was released today without the name recognition, such as with its sequels the Bioshock series, it's highly unlikely the codex would consider it an RPG.
It's without doubt that the game is considered both good and highly influential generally, but should it be something that gets voted on in a poll of great RPGs? If it was included in the lists would people be voting for it just as a good game rather than as a good RPG?
Would people here use it's possible exclusion as an excuse to flip their shit "cos [insert hybrid RPG I don't like] is included so why not this one"?
Simple vote, yes or no, the result here is the result which will carry.*
My stance was immediately no after reading about it, but I've never played it, hence the fielding to the codex. Poll closes in less than 24 hours. One vote only, you can't change your vote, voting is anonymous.
*Highly brofisted/agreed etc posts to the thread may out-value the poll if it seems either side is particularly vociferous, these polls are supposed to reflect active forum users opinions, after all.
The specifics for this game seem a whole lot more complicated than most games, even other hybrids which are usually just 2 genres moulded together. SS2 however seems to be lots and lots of stuff. Or, what we would today refer to as an FPS with minor RPG elements.
1) It was never meant to be a System Shock sequel, this only happened after production had got going along, most likely for name recognition purposes.
2) It promotes itself as an FPS first and foremost, and also as a Horror Survival, and also as an 'action' RPG.
If this game was released today without the name recognition, such as with its sequels the Bioshock series, it's highly unlikely the codex would consider it an RPG.
It's without doubt that the game is considered both good and highly influential generally, but should it be something that gets voted on in a poll of great RPGs? If it was included in the lists would people be voting for it just as a good game rather than as a good RPG?
Would people here use it's possible exclusion as an excuse to flip their shit "cos [insert hybrid RPG I don't like] is included so why not this one"?
Simple vote, yes or no, the result here is the result which will carry.*
My stance was immediately no after reading about it, but I've never played it, hence the fielding to the codex. Poll closes in less than 24 hours. One vote only, you can't change your vote, voting is anonymous.
*Highly brofisted/agreed etc posts to the thread may out-value the poll if it seems either side is particularly vociferous, these polls are supposed to reflect active forum users opinions, after all.