RPGs are Role-Playing Games. The ones that I refer to are the old-school kind type, I'm sure many RPG veterans that have took enough pains to play those games (or had existed in that era) would realise what I mean. The modern RPG has now been heavily distored, mainly because of the increasing popularity of MMORPGs. These online critters have taken a totally new twist to Role-Playing Games and are still on the rise without fail; it depends really, on personal opinion whether MMORPGs are good. But I have to clarify that RPGs and MMORPGs hold extreme differences and very borderline similarites.

But back on topic, I would like to do some simple elaboration to RPGs. From my early youth up till now, I was an avid RPG player. My RPG history goes as such: I started off as a Dragon Warrior Fan. Dragon warrior was actually not very great, but it did introduce me to the world of RPGs. I was more or less hooked, deciding that this would be my favourite genre from the time to come. I did more or less the whole series, then stumbled upon Dragon Warrior Monsters. It became my favourite game for awhile as I loved the concept it carried. I went on to play Link's Awakening, then the Pokemon series (which I laughed at). Then I played Dragon Warrior Monsters II and replayed the Remake of Dragon Warrior III. After that, I was fortunate to stumble onto the classics: Final Fantasy 6 and Chrono Trigger. RPGing was practically my second life after that, I played Illusion of Gaia, Robotrek, Mario RPG, A Link to the Past, Tales of Phantasia, The Shinning Force Series, LiveaLive, Megaman Battlenetwork I and II, Golden Sun etc. etc. etc. etc. I had even started dealing with creating my own RPGs, concepts were in my head and storylines to accompany the gist were thought about. I used RPG maker 2000 and had gandered experienced by creating an RPG: The quest for the Orbs. It had a normal plot but somewhat deep characters with symbolism scattered around a bit. My computer had to be formatted after sometime, so that game was lost. I had also tried working with RPG maker 2003 and played games created by fellow RPG makers. I enjoyed A Blurred Line, The Way series, Bob's Big Adventure, The Book of Three etc. etc. etc.

Ah... nostalgia. In every RPG I had played, I always tried looking deeper into the plot, to see underlying meanings behind the actions. Some stories like Final Fantasy 6's simply blew me away. It gave me the usual feeling of mixed statisfaction, joy and silent sadness while being in total awe. I believe only RPG players can experience this.

A RPG is like an interactive movie that is told in a novel fashion. Thats really lots of stuff to enjoy in it, the most outstanding feature it shows is the storyline. Really, the stories are sometimes really very enjoyable. Better than televison material. Then there's the characters. There's enough time in an RPG to involve every character and to tell his background and story, and show his personality. In true blue old school RPGs, the graphics aren't exactly very good to be showing emotions and thats when they have to express it... by words. The literature is sometimes awesome in the RPGs, and the concepts they bring out, sometimes devising their own science, sometimes creating a new universe.... its good.

The game is also enjoyed with music, instrumental, without vocal interruptions. Love mozart? Try Chrono Trigger's sound track. Then again, although the graphics might not be that good, it can still be enjoyed. The special effects and battle animations add to the story's effects.

All in all, RPGs 'rawk'. Playing RPGs were what my childhood was about and even today, I still am playing RPGs. Perhaps not so often as before, but I believe its because all the 'good' ones are gone.

Until I get my hands on another great RPG, I'll be comforting myself of this RPG concerto by my sweet memories of playing.

Seriously... the greatness of an RPG can only be shown when you play one.
They can be rather deep if you really go into it...

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