thread: 2013-09-24 : What even IS the object of an rpg?
On 2013-09-25, ctrail wrote:
I'm not convinced that a game text can lie about what the object of the game is. For example, the objective in Chess is to checkmate the opposing player. If I wrote a game text for Chess 2, which states that the objective was to capture all of the opponents pawns, but which in all other regards is the same game, I think we can agree that the object of the game has changed exactly because the game text statement of the objective of the game has changed.
Are you saying that roleplaying games are special in that they have objects that are independent of the game text? Or was my example atypical in that my new game objective was very close to the old one? If we imagine Chess 3 where the game text says that the objective is to tell the best story afterwards using the moves as inspiration, I'd again say that the objective is exactly what the game text says it is, but perhaps in that case you would disagree?
