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Re:Deconstructing the Role-Playing Video Game by Semaphor on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @05:49AM (#40984077)
> party

Age of Decadence is out, then?

> turn-based combat

Baldur’s Gate (1 & 2 were RTwP) is out then?

For me, I require an RPG to require no reaction timing, if it does, it’s an action game or adventure with RPG elements.

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Re:Deconstructing the Role-Playing Video Game by Joker_vD on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @07:51AM (#40984849)
How do you rule out the chess?
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Re:Deconstructing the Role-Playing Video Game by themaninthedark on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @12:05PM (#40987377)
Baldur's Gate(1), as I recall, does have turns, it is just structured by default that there is no pause at the start of each character's turn. I'm fairly sure there was an option to do so because I remember setting it on.

It also had a strict round order, each character only took an action then passed to the next, with no two characters moving at the same time.

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Re:Deconstructing the Role-Playing Video Game by cherryteastain on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @02:07PM (#40988629)
BG1 and 2, as well as several other Bioware games such as KotOR, have rounds as you described but all characters in combat take their actions concurrently within the round. It's not like BG3/D:OS etc where only 1 character's actions are taken at a time.
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