With games like Baldur's Gate etc., you were limited to the role play that was scripted in for the chars. If this, then that. With online MP role play, you never know what's going to happen. Even if you just gather a few buds for a romp through Undermountain, for example, you are still role playing, even if you don't stick strictly to your character, unless, of course, you run around slaying dragons all the time.
Whether players stay in character or not, it's still a role playing game, and it's still most definitely MP'er. MMORPG's are not the only MP games out there.
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