I am playing my first computer RPG ever right now (Baldur's Gate) and I have very mixed feelings about it, I guess. When I first began playing, I was disappointed very early on at the limitations. One of the first things I did was try to do something unexpected and the programming just wasn't there for it. Anyway, I quit the game for about 5 months and only just came back to it a few weeks ago with a new understanding that the game will be very limited as to what my actions can be.
Anyway, I guess I am just wanting to sort of bitch about this topic. I've played pen and paper RPGs on and off since I was about 12 (I'm 32 now) and I was really hoping that the computer games would be more interesting than they seem to be. I wonder what the future games will be like? Certainly never as inventive as the pen/paper ones, but hopefully better than they are now.
That said, I am having fun, more or less, playing BG since I've understood the restrictions of the game parameters.
Does anyone else have thoughts on this topic? Maybe some of the old school types? ; )
Katherine
P.S. The kitty on the bottom of all the pages is so cute! Here's a link to an equally cute, but somewhat more evil-ish looking kitty:
http://www.konstruktiv.net/kitty_02.html
[ 11-12-2001: Message edited by: Katherine ]