Role-play

Video game concept

Role-play is a major element; players assume roles of others and creating stories, rather than acting out pre-scripted ones. Player are also expected to participate in this activity or at least maintain a believable front for not participating.

games

platforms

Alternate name: Enforced role-play

PLTO 1974

WWW 2001

PLTO 1975

WIN 2003-02-16

PLTO 1975

PLTO 1977

WWW 2009? *

This tag is to combat how easily games become labelled as RPGs even though they have only the slightest notion of role-playing, possibly none at all, simply something that used to appear only in RP videogames back in the 1980s (nowadays these are called RPG elements).

In essence, role-playing has become a vague term for the masses, usually confused with what actors do when they do their part in a play, a movie, or such instead of playing out a character in a dynamically woven tale.

Related:
* Open world
* Non-linear
* Player governed
* Crafting
* Alchemy
* Emotes
* Continuous
* Home
* Procreation

Related: (less, but may stil be an indication of greater rp potential)
* Task generator
* Item generator

Popular tags

dungeoncrawler multiplayer

Games by year

The first Role-play video game was released in 1974.

University of Illinois published all these games.

Platforms

PLATO		4
Internet Only		2
Windows		1

Most common companies

University of Illinois	4