Role playing games

Role playing games

A role-playing game (RPG and sometimes roleplaying game) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making or character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.

Industry: Video games

Add a new term

Contributors in Role playing games

Become a Contributors

Role playing games

Dragon Quest

Video games; Role playing games

A series of role playing games developed by Square-Enix. The series has become so popular in Japan that releasing them on weekdays has led to large levels of absenteeism.

Turn based

Video games; Role playing games

A battle system whereby the player and enemy takes it in turns to take actions against each other. Originally necessary due to technical limitations, it has fallen out of favour slightly with more ...

Action role playing game (ARPG)

Video games; Role playing games

A RPG where the player controls their battles in real time, as opposed to the older system of the player and enemy taking turns to attack each other through menu commands.

Slime

Video games; Role playing games

A common basic enemy, especially in role playing games. The most famous variant comes from the Dragon Quest series, where a slime is always the first enemy encountered in the game and is used as a ...

Call of Duty

Video games; Fighting games

A behind the scenes multiplayer video game series franchise that features the clash between Russia and the United States in Modern Warfare during World War II and World War III. In the game, players ...

Warcraft

Video games; MMO

Warcraft is franchise of video games, books and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The WarCraft firstly appeared in 1994 as a real-time strategy - WarCraft: Orcs and Humans. Success ...