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Could games be made better with RPG style dialogue?

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#1  Edited By ABritishNerd

My favorite part of RPG's is the dialogue system (e.g - http://www.flickr.com/photos/spaceninja/2607620905/). I think this style of conversation would be great in, say, a shooter genre where you could order your squad pre-breach of a building which way to work through the building while you flank the bogeys. In sports genres you could answer interview as the Manager of the club. So what do you think... could games be made better with RPG style dialogue?

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#2  Edited By TotalEklypse

Try SWAT 3. Least for the FPS thing. 
 
I guess it is similar. you don't really have to talk about it but you have to use a com rose thing similar to the chat tree.

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#3  Edited By thedj93

I don't see why not as long as it isn't overused. this kind of makes me think of deus ex, although i know that that isn't exactly what you're going for.

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#4  Edited By WickedCestus

I think games could be made better with more JRPG-style anime cutscenes. 

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#5  Edited By Animasta

what you are looking for is called ME2

it's a shooter that uses RPG dialogue trees. it's a pretty good shooter I think!

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#6  Edited By napalm

Goddamnit, people. Fucking Mass Effect. 
 
I just rolled my eyes so hard they almost fell out of my fucking head.

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#7  Edited By TheDudeOfGaming
@Napalm: I laughed, thank you for that sir.
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#8  Edited By penguindust
Fallout New Vegas orders wheel
Fallout New Vegas orders wheel
For some reason I want to say that the Rainbox Six games had an orders wheel, but I could be wrong.  It's been a while since I played one.  I like dialogue wheels but I think they're really only necessary to move a story along.  Game play should be whatever is intuitive and fast.  If that's a wheel, then that's good.  If it's something else, say a scroller or options box then that's the way it should work.  It really depends on the game. 
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#9  Edited By Cloudenvy

@supermike6 said:

I think games could be made better with more JRPG-style anime cutscenes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

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#10  Edited By ryanwho

______ would be better with RPG elements 
Giantbomb thread generator.

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#11  Edited By Gladiator_Games

Absolutely I think games would be better with more dialogue trees. It really allows you to learn more about the world you're in, you can get more of a backstory than just a linear progression, and lets the world open up and unfold for you. It also adds some interesting replayability because you want to go back and see what the other trees lead to. It also allows you to flush your character out a bit more, even if the games don't include a dynamic good/evil character system, sometimes it's nice just to be able to give your character more.. character.

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#12  Edited By Marz

some games, not all games could be better integrating an rpg style dialogue system.  I mean you wouldn't want to toss an rpg dialogue system in Tetris now would you?

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#13  Edited By ryanwho
@Marz said:
some games, not all games could be better integrating an rpg style dialogue system.  I mean you wouldn't want to toss an rpg dialogue system in Tetris now would you?
They already did it with bejeweled and poker.
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#14  Edited By Little_Socrates

@Cloudenvy said:

@supermike6 said:

I think games could be made better with more JRPG-style anime cutscenes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

In all sincerity, this AND the other thing.

Basically I'm bored with silent protagonists.

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#15  Edited By ABritishNerd
@Gladiator_Games said:
Absolutely I think games would be better with more dialogue trees. It really allows you to learn more about the world you're in, you can get more of a backstory than just a linear progression, and lets the world open up and unfold for you. It also adds some interesting replayability because you want to go back and see what the other trees lead to. It also allows you to flush your character out a bit more, even if the games don't include a dynamic good/evil character system, sometimes it's nice just to be able to give your character more.. character.
Agree with everything you said, great answer.
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#16  Edited By prestonhedges

Depends on if you mean dialogue trees where all the options mean the same thing and lead to the same answer, or if you mean actual dialogue trees.
 
They don't make those anymore, but yes.

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#17  Edited By mikemcn

@Cloudenvy said:

@supermike6 said:

I think games could be made better with more JRPG-style anime cutscenes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

I hate the entire concept of more anime.