Hi everyone,

I am a Ph.D. student in Experimental Psychology at the University of New Brunswick Saint John in New Brunswick, Canada and I am conducting a study for my thesis on factors that are associated with safe video gaming and those that might increase an individual's risk of problems associated with gaming. The hope is, in the future, that these results could inform lower-risk guidelines for video gaming similar to the ones that currently exist in Canada for alcohol, cannabis, and gambling.

Participants will be asked questions related to their demographics, substance use, mental health, and video gaming behaviours and activities. My study is open to individuals who are aged 19+, reside in the USA or Canada, and have played any kind of video games (offline or online, any game console, etc.) within the past month.

If you think you would be interested in participating, you can access the informed consent form and survey here: https://unbpsychology.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1LjbQYJrkcWrgdE

Thank you!

This project has been reviewed by the Research Ethics Board of the University of New Brunswick and is on file as REB 2023-194.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at the contact information indicated in the above link (you can read the consent form without completing the survey), comment on this thread, or PM me. I welcome any comments or discussion from the community! Just be aware if you wish others to know if you have completed the study as commenting that you have completed it will make that information available to others in the community.

Has anyone ever tried this fantastic WRPG? It's all fun, combat is fun, exploration is super fun, all three faction quests are superb! (Skyrim can't compete, fight me), don't even get me started on the best DLCs I have ever played in any game, even the sidequests are good, and the thing I love about this game most of all is how it has four very different regions with their own music and theme... Dalentarth, Plains of Erathell, Detyre, Klurikon, and Alabastra, the world just feel so alive. It's basically a game where the developers never thought of making a sequel so they poured tons of content with a lot of variety so it feels like a proper world with varying regions and people. The only downside to this game is that the combat is easy, even on the hardest difficulty, the combat also doesn't feel skill based as much games like dark souls and the witcher 3, other than that it's a really fun game with tons of content and fulfills that medeival, fairytale, fantasy packed with a grand adventure like element for me.

I'm trying to think of the first game I played that was different depending on choices made in an earlier game in the series. I feel like Knights of the Old Republic 2 in 2004 was the first that I played. Does anyone remember any other game that did it earlier?

I'd been meaning to give Knights of Pen and Paper a chance. Bought it on Switch during an EShop sale. Now that I've given it some time, I enjoy it. The game offers elements which I like, and which I've had trouble finding in computer RPGs. In other words, sprite graphics, humor, and moments of relaxation.

I'm not sure if KOPAP qualifies as a computer RPG. It references tabletop gaming. After a couple minutes of gameplay, a lot of quests are available. The characters are (at least implied to be) rolling for initiative. That said, this game doesn't seem to include elements such as alignment, loyalty, or morality. KOPAP offers class selection, though I've seen similar options in early 1990s console RPGs. It also offers item crafting, though that idea existed in Atelier games before any were translated.

So... do you think Knights of Pen and Paper belongs somewhere on the spectrum of computer RPGs? If not, do you think it fits into another genre?

I'm looking for my "next big game" to play.

The game came out around 1995 when I got my first computer, you played as a four man team, 2 mages and 2 warriors although each was slightly different from one another (one of the mages was a primary healer for example).

One of the things I vividly remember about this game was that you would be in a maze/labyrinth trying to find your way, the more steps you took the more likely you were attacked. When attacked, each character would act in turn with the monsters.

I've been searching the interweb as best I can but so far I can't seem to find the title. Any help would be appreciated :D

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Let me know if further info would help and I can try and remember.

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EDIT: I found a game that looks VERY similar, Eye of the Beholder II, but that's not it.

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I am a very passionate RPG fan, and I try to flesh out video game RPG characters the same way I do DND characters. Do any of you guys know of any good websites/resources that can help me develop my character's backstory, quirks, ect? Anything post-apocalyptic in particular would be sweet!