Coul...Could we have a Role-play forum?

[Mikita]

Actually there is already an 'mmo' out there that's designed more for roleplay purposes and doesn't focus as much on the normal battling/crafting/end-game that other mmo's do (though it does still have them in there)

It's called Mabinogi

I guess I roleplay in FFXIV.
I didn't really start out to do so. I just play as "me"... but have come to identify quite closely with my Eorzean self.

What probably pushed me in this direction are the amazing character models, textures, animation, functional design, realistic lighting and other visual effects... and the overall believability of the design of Eorzea. I guess that would be visual "immersion".

Question for more experienced gamers and roleplayers:
Do graphics play a big part in your ability to enjoy the roleplaying side of a game?

Mabinogi is very cartoonish and immediately strikes me as "a game" ... compared with FFXIV which immediately impressed me as a living, breathing "fantasy world".

Just curious. ^^

[Fensfield]

Question for more experienced gamers and roleplayers:
Do graphics play a big part in your ability to enjoy the roleplaying side of a game?

Hmm...

Yes and no.

They certainly don't enable me to roleplay - one of my primary RP haunts is the MU* scene - the old talker systems that MMO's grew from and can't do any better than ASCII art and Pueblo image links. However, I will certainly admit that graphics can injure my ability to roleplay, if they're somehow offensive or incongruous .. and really nice graphics such as Final Fantasy XIV's do help a little.

I've never seen so perfect a rendition of Forra, I was actually a little shocked at how well it captured him .. seeing Forra right there almost exactly as I imagined him really does help, I admit.